New Britain herald., 1924-08-25

 RE PERFECTLY LOVELY" She laughed without restraint; he was such a queer, awkward person,
 No; i' would he ratlf'r nice not to think about it. she snld. "Rut ] lust the same. I'm goIng to put Snu up the incest sandwiches know how to make"
 "All right. Anything at all
 And I may even expect you to ! praise them"
 Sure. will"
 she laughed aEain, hut there "as not the least hint Of teasing In her eyog.
 Henry Williams" she said. "somctimos you can be perfectly 1 lovely. No: | know you don't un- i ders,and. It makes ii better be- cause you don't"
 1 He had no answer for that. and was uncomfortable. For some ! reason he could not explain, he was red in the face; he could feel it. He could not stand women. and he would never learn how.
 "I guess I'll have another look i for that wheel" he mumbled.
 "All right. Good luck old timer"
 She watched him go. half l amused. half-puzzled look in her eyes. There was hint of mother liness in tho smile on her lips: but it was not all motherliness. either.
 The Wreck was making another st arch of the outhuilhngs sqnint- l ing through lis spectacles at places where the wheel might possibly be. | He had looked in all the likely places. so far as he could remember: now he tried looking in the unlikely ones. The part that puzzled him mos, was his patience and lack Of | temper. Ordinarily. he ought to l have been fuming. with his nerves raw and his muscles twitching with irritation. But stolid mood seemed to have settled upon him, i and he continued his task with q phlcgmatic calm that astonished l him
 He saw Chester lnderWo ood emerging from the shed where the 6ivver stood on its crutch. but took no notice of him. There was noth- ing that Chester could contribute in | the way of information, and he felt that it was polite to let him alone. The more he searched the more probable it seemed that he would ride away on Charley McSween's horse, He would not allow the i small matter of a bet to detain him, although he would have found pleasure in triumphing over the | foreman of the Underwood ranch.
 Sally informed him at lunch time i that the sandwiches had been made and put away, and that she hoped he would not complain about them, He merely shrugged She also told him that she was going for little ride in the afternoon with Chester. 1 He shrugged again, but there was a scowl that went with it.
 She did. He saw them ride away i toward the hills, and then spent a part of miserable afternoon In further quest for the missing wheel. ! It Was none Of his business, of course but it did not seem to him that girl who was engaged to the sheriff, or anybody else, ought to be galloping over the range with any young man who happened to come along.
 The afternoon Of Jerome Under wool was equally unpleasant. He wanted to get hold of Bob Wells and acuuaint him with discoveries, but i the sheriff was somewhere on the road and could not be reached by l telephone. It seemed to Under wood that the whole system of sup pressing crime was unnecessarily primitive. He saw the situation en- tirely' in terms Of Now York. he expected metropolitan service. He i fumed and exploded, and he shot grim innucndoes at Charley Me- Sween, who maintained his calm, although he began 10 be sorry that : he had ever bothered himself about obtaining an emergency cook
 Sally came back from her ride. | flushed and charming. She told Chester that it had been delightful, l every foot of the way. even saying if in the presence Of tn" Wreck, who happened to be in the vicinity of the corral. Apparently still looking for an esse tial part of his fivver.
 Back in tN kitchen again. she be- came seriouA and restless. She waited awhile for Henry Williams; she had something to say. But the Wreck was evidently minded fo keen aloof. He did not appear until after she had sent Timothy to i find him. with message that she wanted to talk 10 him. He came l into The kitchen with sullen look on his face and without word. 1 began putting on his apron, grimly resigned to the performance of al l least one more hateful task. Never mind the apron yet" she said. There's somrthin~ rore inn rortant."
 He waited for the eNpiauation. We may moi have to ride horses. she whispered. after a cautious etanrs to make sure there were no eavesdrorpers.
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