The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-01-08

abe added, as IL the flrst statemenf
had not quite satisfied his question.
DADDY Is not very we'll and I have
to go 20 the store Every time I've
gone In the last few days that man
has tired 10 talk TO me. was fright
encd 20 death to-day when be fol
lowed me. Tie never aid that before.
I'm go glad you happened along: aud
! thank yau over aud oyeri"
1T was nothing" he said simply
ryistlnR his hat In his hand. lie didn't
tell her 1t wasn't ' matter OF hap
pening.
sac ahook the curt off her bosom
and hack over her shoulder. He was
sorry for that.
'"He is a gambler, at least 80 the
grocery man told me tO-day-and
"a imam killer
The Pearhunter could have added
quite slrtllnEiy TO the Information
impaired by the grocery man. out
he only said!
He's all that-and more"
Sho glanced across the fence and
up the road re fanc,ed slight
sh,Nar liftCd her shoulders.
M.ys-Mlss--l don't know Your
pame!'
Two rogulsh little dimpies pluchcd
up the R.ns eyes. The two dimplea
RS Of her mOuth-artloss as the
4 ok M wings OF a Lady Cardinal.
She had no art. with such feet and
hands: ard eyes like ltte gNmpscs
Of sky through the tree tops, she had
small need OF u,
a little bit ago YOU called me-
Tho wild Rose" he finished.
II like-thatl' she stammered.
"ever so much better than my
other name"
Aglln that slow smile broke acrors
he lace OF the Peurlhunter tie
knew he ought b. say some thing
,ut what"
We'll. ss--Wiid Rose"-- he
fi1nilv ventured. with no idea OF
what else he was going to say.
Leave on the Miss. please" n
was timely rescue. Mas seems
well, so dlguhed for the woods
And YOU 0re7'--
Tie shifted the basket to the other
arm end stood gazing up and down
The ragged fence row.
They call me the--tho- Pearl
hunter" he stammCrcd after time.
The girl seemed 20 ponder the word.
/ She was last losing her first distrust.
Jus, as any other creature ~ the
woods loses II when convinced no
~ knew-that," she an~verei
'"rhe storekeeper pointed you cut
to-day when you went % the bank
I mean your-other name"
The blood leaped TO his face The
innocent question staggered him. He
stared past her into the trees.
IT'S all the name | have"
She saw instantly that sh hae
hart him. The pain that suhduei
] Th Ia, hgv q. a..
I hurt. she drew step nGater.
| The storekeeper told me the Won
derful story about youT--Blue MCon."
/ sac went on hastily, IN her voice a
| curious eagerness, doubtless due "a
a desire to turn bis thoughts from a
subject that quite evidently DIS
| tressed him
Round as a marble, and bluc-a
faint little mite tlue- like the fu.l
moon In a cold sky"
The Pearlhunter could talk. when
he didn't have TO feel his way-when
he spoke OF things he knew And he
did know fresh water pearls.
'Trha Etoiekeeper said 10 was worth
1--WE thousand dollars"
She yontured the word "a Statement
In form. q question iu ntent--aa IN
half suspecung that the storokeeper
Ind exaggerated; anxious to hops the
story might De true. yet fearing Il
mirhtn't
'SFhe storekeeper was right"
she unlaccd her fingers, clapped her
hands together softly
Daddy" she cried suddenly. I've
lon him too iOuF"
Her voice had grown serious. e.
held out her hand for the basket rae
Pearlhunter passed II over and she
TUNED away.
II was an awkward parting and the
Pganhunter fe.t ". but he was a man
OF slow speech HIS words had 10 be
chipped by hand out of the rough. one
az a time, as men OF Old fashioned
their arHowheads.
Wild Rose!"
She turned. The name had brought
the dlmples back
May I walk along with your"
nhe words were past recall before
he knew a.
The woods are as much yours az
mine" was her smiling answer
He never could remember mst
how the basket managed TO get from
her arm TO his as he walked away
with her, the sole recollection that
stood out in his memory being the
fact that the nath seemed to Nv
up and hit his feet before he quite
had time TO yet them down.