The Meeker herald., 1919-08-30
THE COMMITTEE
BY NELLIE GORDON.
copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndlcats.)

considerably In the town Of KentvIlle
with the dawnIng of peace. Dorothy,
before the war, had been rather n
lady of leisure, but the lure Of don:
ones bit had gotten Into her blo'A
and she was restless with little 4 10
Scanning her mail she found 0i,r
letter which brought look Of en-
thusiasm to her very attractive face,
replacing the bored, listless look
which had settled there lately.
1t was from the American Red
Cross, asking that she serve on COM
mIttee to aid men returning from the
service. in finding positions suitable
to their various abilities and to help
them In general In readjusting them
selves to civilian life.
Dorothy literally threw herself Into
the work with grent eagerness. From
morning until night she give Of her
best efforts to the wonderful work.
One morning. us she was leaving for
the "After-Cnre" headquarters. call
er was announced. And In the living
room she found tall, bronzed young
man clad In olive drnb.
Miss Gray?' he questioned.
Dorothy nodded.
"T understand that you are one Of
the .After-Cnre' committee. and as
have just returned from camp have
taken the liberty Of calling to ask II
you could aid me In finding work.
suppose 1t Is n little Irregular. as do
not belong here, but as l intend to re-
main here for some time, mt least. l
thought perhaps you might be willing
TO help me-"
Dorothy considered for moment,
then, assuming her most buslnessiike
manner, said: ut is rather irregulnr.
suppose. but then. the object Of the
work is to help all soldiers. and
think perhaps the matter Of your not
belonging here will not matter"
After noting his qualifications. and
securing his address. she promised to
communicate with him as soon as pos.
sible.
A week later found Robert Birn"v,
Dorothy's protege. settled In the Of
fee OF Dorothy's father. And. strung
ly enough. 1t became necessary fr>
Dorothy to visit her father at busnrs-
very much more often than In n
past. She had many pleasant CHI
with the stranger. who puzzled
greatly, as his manner Of speech ~
habits were very much at vnr!nu
with his apparent position in life
Some months Inter came dnv
much rejoicing In Dorothy's FAINT
Brother Bob arrived home after
year Of fighting "over there" ~
he had been home about wc"e
accompanied Dorothy one mornir'
the office.
And rs they entered the outer
f1ce strange thing occurred. r.;
cleared the little gate in jump M,
landed almost on top of the you
man who was studiously working A.
desk.
Bob Blrney-by all that's worc
full" shouted Bob. wringing H.
young mans hand. "But what In w..
name Of common sense are you dol,
hereT
Birney, flushed and uncomfortai
and avoiding Dorothy's wonder
gaze. answered: "Tll see you this n
ernoon mt $50 and explain eve.
thing. I'm rather busy just now. Il
I have some things to finish which are
quite important"
Promptly at s 80 Bob's roadster was
waiting at the office, and the two
young men rode OF together in the
twilight. After they had been riding
a little while Birney began his re
cItal.
You see. after I got home I wa.
pretty well all in,' and dad sent me
up here for n rest before getting into
harness with him. After I had been
here few days I saw your sister, and
then 1t was all of with me. l Just
had to meet her, and I couldn't think
OF way. Then found out that she
was on this After-Cnre' committee,
and the Idea came. So I went to her,
posed as man who needed work,
anu she secured the position in your
fathers office for me. Oh! It was 4
caddish thing to do" he added bit.
terly: land I suppose you'll. think I'm
n pretty poor sort"
But Brother Bob was shaking with
suppressed laughter. Pretty cleverl~
he choked. "Now it's up to you to
square yourself with Dot. She's wise
that something's In the air after this
afternoon, but I didn't say a word tc
her. l wanted to hear your version
first"
Dorothy must have had a premoni.
ton that she was going to have q
caller as she donned her very prct
tleSt gown,
When the maid announced his ar.
rival she descended to the living room
ana FOUND there young man, tall and
bronzed, but with brown eyes that
were more somber than merry, as on
another occasion.
Il have an explanation to make.