The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-05

wrapping the damp paper sgga.i about
the displeasins leather S she be-
slowed it with a shrug OF dislike, in
the disfigured bag nee more and
tarted forth In search of water to
wash off the stains of the night.
Her hands were badly scratched and
one had been bleeding. She remem
bered the glass and wondered now
how she had escaped with as few
scratches as she had.
But water she could not find within
sight Of the fire, and she dared not go
further lest she got lost. She found,
however, a dense growth Of bushes
bearing great luscious berries, and
though they were not exactly like any
berries with which she was familiar,
she decided that they were probably
edible, and gathered her hands full.
Then, coming softly back near the fire,
she looked around for a suitable place
~ the breakfast table. The sleeper
lad not awakened. She went about
cautiously and found a great fiat rock
quito near where he lay that would do
beautifully. Here she laid her berries
on a dish Of green leaves, with their
points all radiating from the center
and two large leaves, n on each side,
for plates.
Then remembering something, she
opened her handbag again.
The day before, wnen her cousins
had been taking her sightseeing, they
had treated her to ice cream soda,
with which had been served a tiny en-
velope of wax paper containing three.
small wafer crackers. She had put
hers in the bag, l%aughingly declaring
that she would eat them on the train
when she was hungry, and n cousin
had added her eneyolpe as well. She
had not thought of them when she
opened it before, but now she hurried
to bring them forth: OF course they
would be spoiled! But no-the envel.
opes were still about item, and though
somewhat damp they had retained
their shape and looked exceedingly
good,to a hungry mortal. ,
Eagerly she set them forth, three
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the bush to get more berries.
Either the soft stepping feet as they
went lightly through the grass, or the
falling of a stick into the ashes of the
fire. disturbed the sleeper, for he
awoke suddenly and looked about him.
The girl was gone! That was his
first thought.
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from him in a flash, and he rose to his
feet and gazed about him anxiously,
alertly, as if he feared danger ear
Then his eyes fell on the fiat rock with
its mimic banquet spread forth! A
food of wonder and delight swept into
his face and a great tenderness, such
as no one of his friends or foes ever
dreamed would be hid away anywhere
in his nature. He had never played
dolls on a rock with some little girl,
and moss and cgsn for carpets and
dishes, but the playhouse" spirit was
there in his heart and leaped at once
into consciousness. A table for two!
The w0man had provided a meal yer
in the: wilderness!
He HAD been turning about in his
mind how he was to, get something to
eat with. neither powder nor hook, and
here she had been quicker than he
and breakfast vas all prepared!
Something stirred in Jasper Hollis
heart that he had not known was
there. a longing for companionship in
life and home; the table set for
two and someone to caret HeN had
never felt it's need before and he did
not call it by that name now-he
merely experienced a strangely beau
thrill at the new possibilities that
life suddenly revealed to him; some
thing higher and. better and infinitely
sweeter than any OF the, ambitions and
ideals he had hitherto entertained.
He was still standing gazing in won
der at the table, when the quick crack
ling Of a twig- made. known her re-
turn.
CHAPTER Nv.
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