Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-10-23
KHAKI
BY ANGELA &. sHEEHAN

\ News
81 paper Syndicate.)
"Oh surely / ought to get a Iette
! from him today, exclaimed Alice. d
/ she slipped on her hat to run down I,
{ the village pOstofiice.
The clerk looked through the mai
for her, just as he had done every day
for over two months, but there wa,
none. Poor Alice turned away with q
sinking heart. Would Dick never write
to her? Certainly there could be nc
reason for such a long delay. 1t was
about three months since she had an
swered his last letter. and yet there
had been no reply. Here an awful
thought occurred TO her.
"Oh-Oh. wonder-yes, that must
be it! He has met some French girl
over there that he likes better than
me. Why-why-ooh I'll never write
to that boy as long as / live"
Khaki, Alice's little Scotch collie,
cooked one eye speculativey at his
| young mistress. Never In all his puppy
life had he known her to be averse
to a romp with him, but lately every
thing was changed. Even his implor-
ing little tricks could not induce her
to cuddle him. Well. mOrtalS were fun
ny, anyway; mere puppy couldn't
be expected to understand them.
But Khaki was not the only one that
noticed Alice's abstraction Her young
brother Jack had been taking account
of affairs.
Probably she's in love" he guessed.
Well, something would have to be
done. He simply couldn't let such a
state of affairs go on.
"Golly, lately fellow can't even
ask for a single favor without having
his head taken off," he ruefulIy COM
planned
Now, Jack was an observing boy, so
1t is not strange that he noticed how
often his sister went to the postofiice
for mail she never received. He was
also a diplomat.
by the way, Alice, how's Jack7" he
casually remarked one evening.
How do you suppose know?" she /
snapped. 81 don't know or 1 don't /
care"
So that's where the shoe pinched.
Well, he could easily fix that up.
That's what a younger brother was
for anyway.
Dick Fale was resting one afternoon
In Y. NJ. c. A. hut with a group OF
fellow engineers, but he was not en-
tering into their discussions. On the
contrary, he was thinking seriously OF
a certain girl way back in the States.
'Wonder why she doesn't answer
my letters?" he questioned. Possibly
she doesn't receive them. No, that
can't be, for I've written every week
for at least three months. Could it be
-er-could it be that she prefers Ed
Field after all? Well, no girl will make
4 fool out of me If / know it. She'll
get no more letters from me-"
No sooner had he uttered these
words when his chum appeared with a
etter for him.
Thought Id bring 1t to you, Dick,
is long as | was coming this way
Why. man, what's the matter with
Ou?"
Ii is no wonder the mystifed fellow
sked such a question, for Dick was
ancing around with a lock of golden
air dangling in his fingers.
"She's willing She's willingl" he
reclaimed. ooh boy Just wait until &
get back to the States. Hey, Fred \
1ant to be my best MANI"
When Dick finally quieted down he
Nplained to the curious Fred the Il
Gaming of the strange lock of hair &
One evening they had been sitting
II on the porch. when Dick fooling- b
cut off lock of Alice's hair. When B
lice was ready TO answer in the af- n
NATIVE question he had recently &
ked, she could send him the lock Of q
Iir. Agreeing, Alice slipped the lock
to book she was holding, thinking
to he a safe hiding place"
'And now" added Dick "as long as
n going TO be sent home soon I
mt let her know I'm coming, but
II surprise her"
After the wedding guests had all de
rted Jack. with Khaki as cOmpan-
T. AAiiFN HllhNtii upNn vi the iIWus Z
position of his when
wanted TO think.
Gosh, Khaki. Just look at that
tch Isn't it a beauty?" he chuckled
"but didn't Sis look sur
sed when Dick told her he received
t lock of hair. Wonder how she
,ssed 1 did it though? We should
S Job, she would never have given
this watch. What about it. Khaki?"
Bow WOW !" agreed Khaki.