Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-06-06
ROCKVILLE. MARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1919

AQQ leIL lRr, walking SLOWLY out OF
sight down the lane.
Mae sat on the log some time otter
his departure from the scene, telling
herself that she really cared a lot for
this country youth; and II 1t were not
for the motor car and the yachts and
the magnificent home that were prom
ised her she-well. she had once told
Joe Martin that she would marry him,
and Mae did not feel that sho was
hckle.
Finally she rose and walked along
the path in the direction opposite to
that which Joe had taken. She was
absorbed in thought and scarcely no.
ticed where she was until she found
herself looking down at stocky,
tawny-haired youth of about seven,
carrying 4 rake over his shoulder She
had passed from the woods and was
traversing the edge of a field.
"Hello, SIS" was the youths greet
ing. where you goln'-home? To get
ready for the trip to CleyelandT
She was startled This boy was Joe'g
brother, although he had always, re-
ferred to her as his sister. probably
counting on future events. Surely Joe
had not seen him so soon and told him
of her plans.
what do you mean, BubY' she
asked whats this about q trip to
ClevelandT
The boy spread his mouth in wide,
knowing grin.
Jaw, you can't fool me-" he asserted.
Didn't I hear Joe atelnn' the folks
bout 1t last night? Didn't hear him
say he had got a Job In a surveyors
office or somethin, in Cleveland,
through takin' that mail school course 2
Didn't 1 hear him say he didn't want
you to spend your days on q farm and
he was going to take you to the city
and make good there7 Didn't / foller
him and see him meet you in Lovers
Lane this afternoon to talk 1t over
with your Didn't /, huh? And then
you try to fool me like that. Shame on
you, SIS"
Early In the afternoon the next day
Mae set out for the railroad station.
Her father and mother wanted to &C.
company her, but she declined and
walked off Juggling a suitcase which
contained the clothes she had been
unable to crowd into the trunk that
was taken to the station the day pre-
vious.
She had plenty Of time, so she saun-
tered along, taking last looks at the
Aalds and the houses and trees that
had been her surroundings ever since
she could remember. At the entrance
to Lovers Lane she paused. 1t was In
that lane she had promised to marry
Joe, and 1t had been their trysting
place for two years or more. Tears
swslled In her eyes as she stood and
looked down the lane, which was tax
Ing on Its multi-cOlored autumn garb.
great effort to leave. 1t would not take
much to make her change her mind,
she told herself.
She tried to move on, but she could
not pass the entrance to that leafy
path without taking one more look at
the log on which she and her farmer
lover had sat so many times and dis
cussed the future. Silently she giided
down the lane. Hearing a rustic
around bend In the path, she stobped
and darted behind a tree.
The rustic grew more distinct. She
recognized the sound as made BY
some one walking along the leafv iloor.
She crouchsd behind the trunk and
peered forth to see who Il was.
Presently he appeored an angular
Young fellow With beir that hoTNaroA
on yellow. wearing a strlped green ana
red shirt blue oyeralls and boots that
were like snow shovels. Over n shoul.
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