Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-05
By BRIGGS B: 6;

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you ought to have been resting long :
told me that he has been trying all .
the evening to trace you. His son
phOned about your disappearance. 1t r.
seems you hung a signal in your win
dow before you left, did you?"
The color famed into Hilda's white
cheeks.
Yes" she nodded. IT hung out
my little red scarf. He told me to
put something red in the window If I
got into any trouble
well, Dan Stevens saw it and went
TO investigate. They traced you tp :
West Philadelphia. but lost track
Hilda's eyes shone To think that
he had seen her signal and stopped
his train 1t was too wonderful
How kind and>good he must be! OF
course. that was not surprising now
| that she had discovered he belonged
to a great fanlilH-and yet, wasn't it
even more surprising when, one
thought it OUT, out; That That :. man Of CON
little working girl in whom, of course,
he could have no interest save pass.
| ing one?
The telephone bell interrupted her
! thoughts. for the secretary who an
swered it came out of the booth I'M
mediately saying:
1 MIR. Daniel stevens, Jr. wishes to
I speak to Miss Lessing."
! Hilda grew suddenly cold ana hot
all over to hear the FORMAL am,
incu1cement. 1t seemed 10 put the
/, ycrng engineer SO Ia- away ;touve
ne and make it s1:h IL solemn affair
calling her Miss I4essn-.' He mad
never called her that before. WY.
at the Junction he had addressed her
as Kid and given her a honey, lit
tle-eir feeling that put her at her
entered the booth and closed the
door, saying "Hello" in srrh> weak
little frightened voice that she had to
repeat it before it was heard. But
then came the hearty voice Of her
:; friendly engineer over the phone:
Thank goodness! Then it's really
you. Hilda Lessing. it it? We GER
nervy little kid, you. what have you
been doing: Turning detective on /.
your own account and beating the
Secret Service to it? WELL TIN proud
of you, but I arm mighty glad I've
found you at last, tor we've had all
kinds of a scare about you. Your
mother came on to see you, you
know
My mother" gasped Hilda with
she?"
She's right here beside me, and
shes, going to talk to you in min
ute, but first 1 want TO tell you some
thing: When got home just now
found that my mother was gone to
: Washington on short trip, SO I got
her on the phone at once. and she's
coming after you right away and go
ing to take you to her hotel with her.
You stay right where you arel till she
gets there; because she won't know
you otherwise, and we don't want to
lose you again, you know. We've
mad all kinds of time finding you.'
"Oh, but I couldn't go to a fine l1o-
tell! gasped Iiilda. 1--WE only my
working dress! And I lost my, hat
and coat running for the train. I'm
really not flt-'
On! that doesn't make any differ
ence, came the hearty response.
My mother'll fix you all up. She'll
! love t. do it. You just tell her all
about it. She's peach OF a mother,
and She loves girls MY sister died
When she vas a baby, ana iaothcr has
&, always wanted a daughter. She'll Just
De tickled to death to get hold Of you.
You'll love her. I know, for she's sim
Ply great! know, for I'm 9. good
ludge OF mothers. You've got a
mighty fine one yourself, and now she
wants to talk to you..'
| Continued In tomorrow
r. Evenings Herald.
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J Girls like compliments-also Ice
cream and oysters.