The Washington times., 1918-08-30
The PlOtters
John Butler, Speaking of En- -abeth's
Brother, Is AstOnished at Her Sud-
denness in Changing Conversation.
A SERIAL OF EAST AND WEST

and not pleasant memory that he
could not place.
The odor OF the steaming coffee
recalled to him the fact that the
beverage would not remain hot
Miss Moore" he said. In = low
voice.
The girl did not move. Had that
really been her name II would have
startled her to consciousness.
An impulse made him speak =
name OF which be was very fond
As she was called Lizzie" perhaps
her real name was elizabeth"
Very. softly, almost timidly, he
tried the experiment of calling her
what he would like to have the
right to call her-if the name be-
longed to her.
elizabeth" he murmured-
She started and opened her eyes.
yes" she answered quickly.
Then when she saw him standing
above her she laughed.
Reused From Her DreaA.
"I was dreaming" she explained
"I thought I was some one else, ana
that some one was calling me.
heard my name spoken very dts-
tinctly. Did you call me?'
SI said Miss Moore!" he svaded,
watching her.
Her face changed slightly. II was
almost as II q shade OF disappoint-
ment crossed It.
THAT is not what / thought some
body was calling me in my dream
she said. ~But dreams always 50
by contraries.T
sThen you could not have been
dreaming of breakfast" he teased.
setting the tray down on the grass
by her side. "See what have
brought to you!"
How good you arel" she ex-
claimed, looking at him gratefully.
"Oh, that coffee does smell dels-
ciousr-
1T is-for Mrs. Chaplin made u.
he rejoined. Nov. try to eat some
thing and drink your coffee. ana
you will feel " mother being
only" with q liz. augh. don't %
too much like another being. for
like you just as you are"
Thank your" sh9 smiled II him
frankly. you know how to say
such nice things"
"rrue things" he ~--rected-
She was slipping coffee. ana
this gave her an excIso for not re-
plying.
To prove that he was not watch
ing her. he began TO pick the clover
blossoms within his reach Whea
he had q number OF them, h s.s-
tened them together with q piece %
grass and presented them to her
with a little bow.
"a bouquet for my lady's kreaE-
fast table" with mock ceremony
She smiled at them delightedll
"oh, clover Is so sweetr' she saSay
"But 7 am going to wear these -
stead of putting them on my tray
where can only see. and not smell
them"
She pinned the bouquet at her
breast. and he watched her slender
fingers making the posies fast in
their place
A Pointed QuestI0n.
You tied that grass very i'm
geniousIy," she remarked MY
brother says that he remembers
that when he was q little boy my
mother used to pick q buttonhols
bouquet for my father every morn
ing. and tie 1t together with a long
hair drawn from her own head.
wonder how he could ever bear to
throw the little boutonnIeres away
afterward."
You say your brother remembers
It." Butler remarked casually.
Don't you recoIlect your fatherr''
She shook her head. "Only faint
ly. He died when was ver~ little.
Ny brother is older than T..
Your mother Is livingT Butler
asked
He felt a keen interest in all that
concerned this girl.
She shook her head again. NO
she died several years ago. My
brother and ! are all that are left
in my Immediate family"
Your brother lives in Pen-zyi-
vania, 'too?'
This query reminded her that she
was supposed to be from Penusyl-
yania- and a panic seized her p
the moment she had forgotten the
falsehood that she had been acting.
NO" she said hastily. Ny
brother does not live with me. ]
may live with him later-but Just
now l cannot. See,"-with an evil
dent effort TO change the channel OF
the conVersation-+T have eaten a
biscuit and all Of the berries, not
to mention taking every drop OF
coffee.
"IC your desire " as &c see me eat.
you must feel amply repaid for
your trouble"
The man was silent. He could
not understand her sudden change
OF manner.
tie BE COatinued.)