Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-06-24


Nearly all of them bore the red
cross, and eve as he hurried her into
one of them. she sensed the fact that
he was preparing to kidnap both a
girl and a machine.
h sat still and held onto her hat
as t..ey drove out of the city and in
the direction of that dreA Mike garden
OF ~enchantment, the White City.
Il thought you said you was a sub
stitute conductor" observed the kid
mapped lady as she leaned back COM
fortably. "Was that just some of the
romance?"
Who wants to know?" he asked
calmly. IF we're pinched, the less
you know about me the better, amt
it?"
But this machine?"
He placed n hand on hers.
Nix on the worry" he answered.
You're here to enjoy Yourself; if
there's any fines to pay, I'm it. Do
you get me?"
You are white" she said at last.
He could not hear her so she re-
peated 1t in his ear and he grinned.
when we get there" she decided
it'll be Dutch treat, anyway"
When they reached the White City
he did not abandon the car, as she
halfway expected. While he was park
ing 1t she watched him with unassumed
interest.
/. Gee" she frankly commented,
you gotta nerve! What if the owner
sees it?"
Slowly. solemnly, he wtnked.
maybe a little white chalk can
change a license number-long enough
for a getaway" he suggested. "Any-
way, don't you expect some nerve to
go with this kind of a map?"
Mary Eleanor Edith gazed steadily
at his face.
you amt no Gibson man, for a
fact" she acknowledged, "but I'm sat-
isfied with it."
AS the factory whistles were blow
ing six o'clock Mary Eleanor Edith
put the last bit Of sticky popcorn ball
into her mouth
:" don't know who you are" she
said, "and l don't care. You've give
me a sure-enough picnic-day-and I
feel like getting back to work again.
If you get into trouble about the auto,
will you come over to-"
He held up a demonstrating hand.
II won't have trouble" he treasured
her; you seen me put it back where
it come FROM"
SWELL" she went on, 81 sure thank
you for the ride and the movie. /
paid for all the rest-my share
didn't II"
you'd orter let me-" he began.
But she laughed, and he noted the
ring of happiness in it. "It was a bar,
gain, remember" she returned. 1T
all went into our adventure-day."
Fright you are" said he warmly.
"Good-by. Mary Eleanor"
"Good-by, sub !" said she, disappear
ing in the street car. SIN glad I ran
Off" she thought. "Fm gladr
"Mary Eleanor E%-e-d-u-th!"
Mary Eleanor Edith swallowed
quickly as she squared her shoulders
"Yessum!" said she; what is It
maw?"
"Guess where me and Mrs. Yeage,
went today"
"How should / know| queried hel
daughter evasively.
well, we went out for adventure
That's what we called Though I'd
tenn 1t just a picnic. We went to the
White City, and we saw"
Mary Eleanor Edith swallowed again
and more quickly, her heart hammer
Ing unanimously in her thin chest
"We saw you there. What in the
name of sense did you quit your jot
for: Or was you just off|
II was just off" replied her daugh
ter. gulping. 81 was tired and I need
ed Notwithstanding different
I'm going back tomorrow"
Her mothers eyes narrowed.
slow do you know they'll take yor
bacE?"
Mary Eleanor Edith's Imagination
pictured the foreman when she tolt
him of the moving-picture affair.
"Oh." she hazarded easily, Il guess
they will, all right"
What was coming next?
HeI mother rocked a few moments
while Mary Eleanor Edith rearranget
her tumbled hair. Then:
"You had a right to tell me you ant
Mrs. Yeager's nephew, VIII, was ac
quainted. She see him and you out
there today, jest as we was going
out"
HE amt got a steady job, so--sC
we just went for a little outing" tenn
pcrized her daughter.
STEADY jobY" repeated her mother
"Well, If running Doctor Wright's au
tomobile for two years, with never ar
accident, amt steady, ! want to heal
what isl"
Doctor Wright's chauffeur? Not q
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