The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-04

figure became that Of the
diaphanaus girl I had so madly
pursued few hours before.
went on fire. Why not knock
her IN the head with a rock
and drag her off by her hair. as
the cave men used TO do? Why
all this respect and prolonged
tpmfoolery2 She was a female,
young. desirable and in my
power. To subdue :=her against
her will would be glorious. 1t
would =.
pulled myself out of it in
sudden horror. I shuddered.
Then. as I regarded Millicent
In a tremendous revulsion of
feeling. a craving to protect her,
I was Mortified to see huge
tafanfuIa creeping up her back.
about to go under the hanging
coll OF hair on her bare neck. 1t
was hideously green and yellow
and black. I leaped forward
.convulsively and struck her with
4he nat of my hand between her
: af9ufders- struck the tarantuia.
Il must have struck harder
than I knew, or else the blow
causl,t Millicent stepping fer
ward, for she was propelled two
or three feet before she turned.
alarm in her eyes.
"a spIder2a tarantula!"
cried. II got it just in time.
Turn around-let me see"
she gave a little gasp and
turned to- me quickly.
looked, expecting to see the
srnudge or remains where the
tarantuIa had been. Instead. /
saw at a glance that. the brown
khaki blouse was spotless. I was
about to voice my establishment
when the sickening realization
that 1 was again seeing things"
halted my tongue. stood tremb-
ling; MiIlicent was facing me
again, her breast rising anc fall
ing in agitation.
Donald, there's something
wrong with YOU. today-what lis
it2,r-sf1e exclaimed.
A yearning to tell Miilicsf
everything and urge that we re-
turn came upon me. but fought
n down. / would be obliged to
tell her of drinking excess to ac-
count for delirium tremens. and I
shrank from doing SO.
.eI'm xxfully hungry. finally
mambIed.z Lets stop and have
q bite of breakfast"
s.Breakfast?" she queried. do
you mean to say you've had no
Breakfast
CHANGE for Little Synpathy.
Ahd nothing to eat last night.
either =, I added 1uglbriously. en-.
couraged to get a fun Quota OF
sympathy from her by the con-
Germ In her voice. II hadn't even
finished my soup when
stopped abruptly. I was
tloundering offshore and might
get beyond my depth.
"when-Whaty" she asked but
never miHd, she added quickly.
sensing: my embarrassment IF
you're hungry you're hungry, and
food is to eat and not to carry
But there is not water here-wa
can't make coffee, and the squads
are raw was going to broil
them. 1 guess you'll have to Gao
bread and jam and an apple or
two if you eat now
Sounds like a whole banquet
20 me-" L laughed nervously.
Ewinging the knapsack 20 the
ground and unstrapping 1t.
look up just as Millicent wsa
gathering her legs together crisS.-
cross after seating herself on the
ground. and to my horror saw a
huge rattlesnake coiled close be-
side her, ready to strike.
The cry that # started to utter
caught in my throat and I made
q gurgling sound. I. had realized
that the snake wasn't real and
that a few more such alarms
on my part would convince Mill.
cent that she was out for
Sunday picnic with a raVing
lunatic. But. suppose the snake
2Nere real, and kept still?
My mind went boiling. l had
suppressed the cry, but the CUR
gle and my staring eyes frighten-
ed .Millicent anyway. She sprang
10 her feet as If to flee, a look
OF fear in her blue eyes
Donald. what is. the matter?
You're queer! You're not yourself.
<ou-you brighten me. Please
cell me, are you all right"
Before I realized it, the whole
miserable story was pouring from
my lips like cataract, and at
the end warned her that we
h5d better turn back before / be-
came dangerous and violent.
-SMitlicent- had taken both my
hands during the recital, and
when 1 finished she stood with