The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-22

be forgotten and the stern duties
of life taken on. Every one must help
where she is best suited to help. It
ladies to 60 out on farms where help
Is needed most, but there is some 9TH
er place where you are needed. You
have judgment-fnd that place"
Kathleen sat quite still after the
speaker had finished, her mind working
rapidly. What useless being she was,
she thought. What little value she was
to the world when every one was
needed to be valuable! The few dol
lars she had given to patriotic pur-
poses had been given to her by her
aunt and were not sacrifice at all.
She would have to do something-one
of the things worth while. What was
she best suited to? There was not
thing that she had learned at col
lege or since that would help in any
way In the winning Of the war. Then
her mind Travelled back to the days
before she went to college-the good
| old days on the farm. She jumped
to her feet with little cry Of Joy as
she thought of 1t. She would 60
back to the farm, where help was
needed the most She would show
| these shallow-brained women that she
| was a real person after all. She
would show Aleck Beatty that she was
not the artificial girl he had mistaken
her for. The thought Of Aleck caused
the triumphant smile to fade just
little. Aleck was really one Of the
| shallow brains, too, though she hated
to admit it.
Two weeks later found Kathleen
| milking cows. She had insisted upon
| being put to work almost upon her ar
rival home How fine it was to be
back at the old farm again! She
wondered how she could have left 1t
for the life in the city.
As the milking progressed, Kathleen
became conscious Of the fact that some
one was watching her. She realized,
too, that 1t was the man whom she
had noticed working in the next field.
when she first started to milk. Trying
| to make 1t appear quite accidental,
she looked up. When her eyes met
his she almost overturned the pail
/ Of milk.
"Aleck !" she cried excitedly. what
are you doing here2 You are Aleck,
aren't your" After she had spoken she
was afraid she had made mistake,
for the man before her was in over
alls and was as brown as a berry,
but If he wasn't Aleek he was his
| double.
| "You bet I am Aieckr he replied,
as soon as he could gain his voice,
land the most surprised Aleck in the
wOfld!" He climbed over the fence,
without waiting for an invitation.
you look sweet in that milking COS
tune. and you are really milking
Where did you learn to do it?"
| She told him as hurriedly as she
could, for she was eager for an ex-
PLANTATION, too.
THAT Is just why came to work on
the next farm" he said when she fin
ished. Il was sick of being dressed
up all the time and not getting any
thing out Of life but bored existence.
I wanted TO enlist, but they wouldn't
take me because of my stiff knee, so
I came out here to help with the
| crop am a soldier Of the army be-
hind the army"
"You are wonderful T" she told him,
breathlessly. "Why didn't you write
to me and tell me all about 1t? You
didn't let me know whether you were
dead or alive"
II didn't think you would care, and.
besides, Kathleen, made up my mind
to give up the old life forever and,
you see, you were part Of It."
| II understand" she said quietly,
trying to choke back the lump that
had risen in her throat "Perhaps 1t
Is for the best. am really Just but
terfly."
mo, you are not" he cried. 'eYou
are not bit like butterfly, and you
never were. You Just pretended. It
Is all changed now, for you have left
the old life, too. It was harder to
give you up than anything else, for !
really love you. Let me tell you how
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