The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-08

lage with her for her finances de
manded that she be back at her type
case in the morning. But i was I'M
usual that Jack should have hired {
livery rig.
Then she recognized the horse be-
! fore she recognized the driver for the
! drivers body was momentarily OBJ
scured by tn little aninlal's head. L
was Monday Washing.
/ "Herbert!" she said, arising.
He fastened the mare to the ham
mocIring in the corner of the house
+ He came across and took her tremb-
ling, out-stretched hand pulling off
! his cap as he did so and freeing, the
mammoth cowlick which seemed sur
prised to find itself uncovered and
rose up as much as to say: "Well,
and whereabouts in the world is this
place, anyhow?"'
81 went to Mis- Mathers' place and
! asked for you and she said you were
out here to your folks's place gather
in up some things, So just come on
out
'T'm glad you did, Herbert. ]
don't know anyone whom [ would
rather see just now than yourself
excepting"
81 understand" he said. 1t was
one time when he did not "put his
foot in it,"
She placed a big armchair for him
on the porch and sat down opposite
at come kind O. sudden and
tough, didn't it?''
eyes," she said,
The conversation Jagged. He tor
tured his hat.
"I-come-on business for my
father. It's about your estate"
A little fear stabbed in the girls
heart. Like all country people SIZE
had a nameless dread of that great
all-powerful- oft times cruel thine
known as the Law. And business
and "estate" were terms of law. The
pallor on her face deepened as she
waited for Slug to make his errand
known.
"Yes?" she prompted family.
But Slug was in no hurry.
"You-you think a lot of Purse
don't YOU Mary?" He did not wai1
for her to make a painful reply. 81
see YOU do and that for me il
amt no use. l guess l warn't cut
out to have the kind O wife such as
you. A sportin' man don't cry ovel
split milk nor when the cards goes
against him. And life's more or less
of a sportin' proposition, any how
but love is a stacked deck! Oh
/ hellw
He did not mean to be coarse. The
exclamation came from his heart.
"Herbert-"
"Why don't you marry him, Mary
Is it true that he's payin' up debt!
the law don't require him to pay?"
eyes"
"He wouldn't do that unless h
was more than on the level dom
think. I'm glad if I can't have you
that a chaps going to be your maj
who's like that. 'll-feel-safer."
you'll feel saferl"
I'D hate to think o. you married
to man that grew to be like you
step-fathcr was-at least what thu
town believed"
The girl turned her face away.
"Mary, there's lot O. jokin' abou
a girl bein' sister to a man afte
, she's give him the mitten. But
sort o wish seein' I'm cut out b,
Jack Purse, that you'd look OF
me same as brother"
Herbert" she said after a pain
; full interval, 81 hope it will make yol
} happy to know that I've thought o
you that way from the night whei
, you first invited me into your house
Maybe that's why let .you-kiss-in
i and yet didn't come to think of 20
quito like I've come to think of Jack.
, "Then you don't mind talkin' a
bout yourself to me?" he asked ate
= the ruination of the cap was nearl
] completed. mot so long as ! mea
: it all right"
"What can / possibly say, Hel
: bert?'
"Mary, amt you got no folks nc
where that could give you a han
in this scrape?"
e mo-" she replied. Both m
: mothers brothers were killed at Ma