Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-23
DAILY NOVELETTE,
PRINCESS PLAYS CUPID
BY Rena Thurlow
by Rena Thurlow
DRINCESS and Major were two
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DCcn tnc n1cHnS OF bFlHRine loSN'hN'
, two young hearts which came very near
, bong crossed in hopeless love.
Geraldine Evans was the niece of
: Colonel Harris and was paying him
visit at Fort Corliss. 1t was from
Majors back that Dick Wentworth, a
handsome lieutenant there. had told
|, Geraldine he loved her; it was while
sitting on an old log by the wayside,
Princess and Major standing nearby,
that Geraldine promised to be Dick :
wife; and. Mas! it was through Prin-
cess and Major that they fell out.
Dick had asked her if she would ride
with him that evening at Z, and she
answered: "With the greatest Of pleas
ure.' ..
A few minutes before the appointed
hour she stood on the wide vcranda
inclosing the coloDels quarters. She
leaned against large wooden pillai
drinking in the wild beauty which ma
ture had SO lavishly bestowed in this
corner of the world. The hospitable
atmosphere of an army post was novel
to Geraldine. She watched the far
glide slowly down the staff The mill
tary day was closed.
So,.on o.oroo,. ooo ma, o,. ,,. o
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Sorro,r, ,.rn,, ~ lie I.,,.nn ta,,,;,', n,n
"oh Jo oon,o fo,. a r;do NJ r..
r,rtain ord NIrs WiI;oms oro a";,,,
out for a ride, and I want you for the
fourth"
"Indccd. 7 shall be pleased TO.
Geraldine replied. piqucd at Dicks eyi-
dent carelessncss.
At I o'clock as Dick came out pull
ing on his gauntlcts. he found his stecd
quietly grazing a little distance off.
Then followed n temper trying game
For three quarters of an hour the young
officer approached first one horse and
then the other. Just when he thought
his hand was upon the bride. up would
90 par OF heels and the black beast
would scalnper on
inc result was. Dick was one hour
latcr than nc had promised.
As the auto was making the turn at
the end of the road, hot, dusty young
man WIN Two roal placN horses rode
up ~ inv 'o'oue, gate. tic touhd
';.1 . ''''' ''''' "o"''"s oa'h III inc
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...aiI Gona,i;', '.S' lug. W. "",'' ou' lot
for hin, a. n,.,,I.;m ~. @ ,nr.,:' uuu N",'ru !,
bc waited for hon 90 o,In;,,
.onoo ond , oa,n .p pa" "ci ap
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,oep'c'''p'F came WIN the hrst TINT OF
i.,: '"' lr'l'o" """e soltcncd thc
,a,,.; 'ihu NH ana
49,, ou III, sun rose req ahd
''i.u mol.,',. al "".'ouueu course each daS.
al ',",uIne e'l was ou' r'u'hs on irincess
WIN, r, '''' 'sea"' "ro!'
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w.. Mos'ern n'',s' pus ior tns irst timc since
n 'as' 'u"' ''' '"'u'nc u'd not notice Its
,''''s "ec'ssarS that you go
u,., "o. ,' 'o'''r'o"' r MISS EVahs
"'N'u ''e' s'ap' "'aS' notinS the aD-
SUN laluM"S 'ooN o' h'r 1acc. Her
aus"r' was in'erruP'cu DV frlncess,
VINO ior moment seemed almost un-
'''anascaoie'
'llow uneasy your horse is, Miss
Evans.
'ies, she is always so without Major.
Who is that coming behind us?''
1t was Dick on Major. II must say
" good by to her." he thought.
= 'lf ] were to spur Major on and
:, pass them at run, Princess would
! surely follow
The flying horse and rider passed
them. Major whinnied as he shifted his
{ companion, and Princess archcd her
e glossy neck and was after him like the
wind. 1t seemed that she understood
that the happiness of two hearts de-
I pended on her overtaking Major.
i Dick was delighted when he heard
the oncoming hoofbeats of the running
horse, but his exultation was cbopgoJ
to terror when he saw directly in front
of him washout in the road some ten
feet wide. Geraldine would never he
] able to make that jump, she could
!. barely keep on her horse now Jo
4 peril. To check thoir borsos hns st 'i.o
s lean was imnossiblo D'iore 'ne