Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
THs DAILY N0VELE1IE
Tse Right Girl for Dick t,
i"' ~, WILLIAM II. CowLEs

his hanuoos Fleming, VINO nan !ust ,,,,a6 r
on , farewell to him as 1,s s"e rosdster,
INTO gay Cousin ,rSsad! 5i%dS! iPS'S He wondered ~.
Cousin Jitn ,nany special faVors were
riously nov The name OF the cousin.
permitted r,ronces would hardly nave
Certsitlls,e ,endanger the proposal sii9 ni-
caibisdiy knew was mp ~ ,rp ridiny with
ing Dick ~ rolative-that IL, IL she
other thn,i hinn,i,niitiyely, Dick felt that she
cared
did.,,, would Frances IKE IT, rum rum
~ HiIoTn TnicI; ~ I. on one OF our last , a. -
noons noST here delbGTStttely iTStte for exampe?"
with-G1n thoight, Dick stopped short
At ns nng ,,nseeing eyes to the blue maze
and liftSS.Ii SS.Iirginia uii sky. BY George, there
Of thc ,Ieni He would invite Llnette
w"S 90 shooting out in the Greae 49, hnni;
10 lo,.FU, gO iolly good care not 70 come DacN
taking 80 JW after Frances had returned.
until l,sid loIGi he precisely tit for tat, for
IL Wo",h ",,,,hilo not u cousin, was never
linetle' itstantly kin, and being, as she
tneIe o sort Of companion 10 ms fnotner'
Gid @ not lend herself ,opty as stp;es sorry i for
manG,,,o. aIwavs travelling about In the
lLuet" 20 wealth vet sharing none OF its
in,u" i.sS nr case and power, Dut Deyonu
Sinc in Frances cousin as an escort
rop'n,S, nn one or two occasions Tor an
!.Fn
I,,iT,J I,ioJ upon to mitigate her lot.
caIru ,Ionv weeks now. Dick had been
FonIgsnd FoI ,'' In the pursuit OF Frances
riaming. who had proved elusive enough
f., hc nTovoCative. yet sufficiently yield
10 w. ~ to Give promise of ultimate surren-
Jer Now for the spur OF Jealousy 10
sorca her to decision.
rSreo hours later, his brow bit fur-
ro,ynd Dick showed the bow OF the dug
oYt clear Of a trailing vine. Ihen. very
"ooeually. he addressed his companion.
10 cav Iinette. It would be an eNpc-
,i,rce S%' n lose ones way in this darn
S"Hhr S9innttc Ioosened the neck button OF
,,r gray flannel blouse whose Collai
had grown strangely tight. Net she man-
"gcd smile as she replied. "lt is an
experience thel. We Hho"h we were
IoS! 'iyom tU' havc!" %, exclaimed Dick. wish
I'd mentioned It sooner. You see, !
roned TO strike familiar channel and
got you back to the club house before
you realized we were ,n Iost at "a A. Tho e,rr
"Dont YOU recall that arched root with
the crook in it? ,..
II A fate which condemned him to be
lost with the wrong girl, glanced at the
gnarled cypress tire" whlch she mai
Gated
YES. I'm afraid we are" he admit
ted Guess I'd better fire a while at
regular intcrvals-mlght attract some
hunter or guide.
Again and again rOared DICKS twelve
gauge automatic But. after the patter
Of severed twigs had ceased, followed
only the alarmed cry of Il distant wild
turkey and the sinister rustic near at
hand OF a startled moccasin.
"I'vc two cartridges left said Dick
quietly. (which I'll savc?'
LincttC made no answer beyond
uuict nod of aCquiCSCenCe.
Quit FOR the first time in his long
acGIlaintauco with IinCtte, Dick regard
I'd her kcpuly. What a sport she was
how roolly Sclf-pOsscssed. letting him
assert his masculine pTeroRativc and
take the initiative with never word of
criticism for getting her into such a pre-
dicamcnt and then failing to CNtrlCatC
her lie knew instinctively that in
similar situation Frances would have
behaved far otherwise. NcrVouSlv high
strung. she would have urged him on to
one course of action. then another
blaming him one moment dissolving in
10 pcnitcnt tears the next. After all
was Linctte the wrong girl?
BY now the sun, hidden by an over
cast sky. was growing perCcptibly dim.
Furthermore. floating wisps of mist her
aided night--and what a night. Dick
and Iinrttc each silently foresaw it
impenctrablr darkness on every side
weird sounds from the undcrbrush. the
chill miasma.
And vet although. just as they had
imagined il, II came, the night proved.
indirectly. the cause Of rescue. Dick,
becoming suddenly aware of two gleam-
ing yellow eyes focused on them from
some shadOwY bough. fired a cartridge,
then, 10 make sure one more, his last.
The eyes vanished ana a dull thud told
the story o. some wildcats undOinE.
A moment lIipr 'I ,pOl[ Dick lODlE 80