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ByronWilliams
Copyright 1012, Wcstorn Nowspapor Union
CHAPTER I.
You have felt the thrill of the
chase? Your pulses have leaped Ulte
an arrow at the yip, yip of the dogs
In close pursuit? You have dashed
madly over fences, taking the hurdles
without regard to personal danger as
the prey suddenly sprang from Its
covert and whisked swiftly Into the
hazel brush ahead? You—but wait!
Fancy!. Did you ever behold ten
. pretty, vivacious lithe-Hmbod young
■women chasing a handsome man—a
perfect • stranger—through a dogwood
swamp, their dresses swirling high
above pretty ankles, their baying,
shrieks of hysterical laughter?
"Catch him! Catch hljtn!” Bhrilled
a slender blonde to the leading lady
. Tunning ahead with an athletic stride,
her head and shoulders back, her, hair
Tippling in the wind.
"Get him, Jackie!” panted a rav
enous brunette, close behind. “Darn
these narrow skirts, anyhow. I’d like
to be a man long enough to wear—”
“Oh, gee—this Is—too—much for
me!” and a solidly, built blonde with
a retrousse nose' and a red sweater
toppled onto a bed of moss under a
thornapple-tfbe and gaspfed for breath
that persisted in cross-circuiting a
g chorus of chortles, struggling for
freedom.
“E-Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay-I-Ay 1 ”
"Run, girls, run!”
. "Go it!”
“Hot foot! ” ,
"Whoo—p!”
A startled rabbit, aroused from his
breakfast of alder shoots, sat up in
mazy bewilderment, took one hasty
glance and bounded away into the
marsh grasses, his funny little tall
bobbing through the squashy places
Hko a meteor df down.
Ahead the man was running freely,
taking an occasional swift glance
over his shoulder at the foremost of
the foe. One by one the pursuers
were falling by the way, their laugh
ter becoming more and more distant.
Suddenly the man swerved behind a
great ash along the trail and waited.
Through the brush behind he heard
the leader' coming like a wood nymph,
light and airy. »
The man crouched. She was upon
him now. Agilely he sprang from his
hiding place and opened his arms!
With a gurgle of surprise, her
cheeks as flaming red as the Oriental
poppy on a sunny morning, she 'collid:
ed with his manly breast. Before she
could free herself, the man’s lips
were at hers, sipping the honey with
an ecstasy‘of delight!
"Oh!’ she gasped, struggling.
"Were you looking for me?” asked
the man, taking toll again and hold
ing her close. „
“But—” she cried. “But—” between
Msses. And then with one free hand
she boxed him soundly- on the ear.
He let her go Instantly, rubbing his
bead regretfully.
She stood staring at him, her laugh-
■ teT ’ given way to anger.
“Sir!”., her eyes blazing. “How
• dare you?”
"Never mind,” said the man hum
bly, “I’ll take it back!” coming nearer
' and reaching for her slim waist.
■ Some lame philosopher has said
Coming closor, ho reached forth his
hand and'touched her lightly on the
arm.
“Tag!” he cried, and started to run.
The girl sat down unceremoniously
In a tangle of grape vines.
“I had my fingers crossed!” she pro
tested—and the man came back, dis
appointedly.
“I’ll wait until they cramp,” he said
determinedly,- crouching at a respect
able distance.
“There ain’t a-goln’ to be any core!”
nodding her golden head positively
and striving to keep back the blushes.
The man seemed saddened.
“Listen,”^ she said soberly. “If I
expected over to see you again, I’d be
mortified to death. But I don’t, and
I’m going to make a clean breast of
it, because,” with maidenly modesty,
“It served me right!”
He waited patiently, nodding by
way of approbation.
“»You’re the first man that’s come
up to'- this forest primeval in five
weeks. Wo were hunting for mocca
sin flowers when we caught sight of
you.
“‘Girls! there’s a man!’ shouted
Bes^ Winters—and in a spirit of mis
chief wo set out after you. It, was
only a flash of 'feminine deviltry, that
would have died out at 'once—but
when you ran—well, It was so funny
we ran after you. I’m something of a
sprinter and l^-I got in the lead—and
I—didn’t expect you would—would—”
Tho man grinned.
“ ‘A bird in the hand is worth two
In the bush!’” he quoted. "I thought
you’d beat ’em—and I—but I hear
voices. Shall we run away?” entic
ingly.
“By all means, no,” she replied se
verely.
“Very well, then, I surrender—to
you.”
The girl shook her head.
“I don’t want you.”
"What, after chasing me across
that confounded swamp!” looking
meaningly at her wet and bedraggled
skirt.
She reddened.
“It is a woman’s privilege to reject
—even after she has chased a man
to cover.”
“And; you stand on your rights?”
earnestly, but with mirth in hTs eyes,
“I do!” positively.
“Why?” he persisted.
“Because!"
He bowed profoundly.
"Before woman’s final and always
conclusive reason I seem to accept
the inevitable—but do not be deceived,
fair lady, ‘things are not always what
they seem,’ ’’ quoting. “I have caught
you,fairly on the first lap, I, too,
shall stand on my rights—the rules
of the game!” ,
“Oh, here they are. Come on, girls!”
cried an eager voice.
One by one nine warm, giggling
summer girls came into view, ranging
a galaxy of beauty beneath the green
trees.
“Did you catch him, Jackie?” cooed
the brunette. “Did you?” .
The golden haired one'dropped her.
eyes.
“She has—er, she did!” said the
man, speaking for her. “Is this the
pack?” .
“Who are you, sir, that dares call
us dogs?” demanded a red-lipped
blonde with hair like flax.
“I am the fox!” replied the man.'
He arose to his feet and put his
thumbs into the armpits of his vest,
a habit he had, facing them mock
ingly.
“Look!” screamed the short one,
"he is an officer!”
Jackie started.'
With a deft movement- the bru
nette reached- forth and laid back the
lapel of his coat, peering at a tiny
gold-star, , englav.ed.
“Oh, girls,” she cried dramatically,
a ring of mischief in her voice, “look
who’s here; HIS HONOR, THE
MAYOR!"
“His honor, tho mayor,” sat on
soap box in tho center of tho front
veranda, a moro mau in tho hands of
tho enemy, waiting his fate and try
ing to look unhappy.
“What’s tho ch'argo,” domandcd
Alico Mason, appointed by tho court
to defend the prisoner.
- Tho-judg-o- moved- uneasily~inw hor
chair.' Then', in a lowj , cutting tone
! sh'e"s'ald: ' • " '
“lie's a thief!”
Tho mayor looked up apprehen
sively.
“I object,” ho protested, “to the
court’s statement of tho case. It is
irregular in—”
"Ordor in tho courtl" Interrupted
tho judge. "Who’s running this
case?"
The man lowered his eyes, accept
ing tho inevitable.
“This defendant,” began Jackie, "Is
thief. He stole a kiss from—from—
from a perfectly proper young woman
who had never been kissed except by
—by—well, by those who had a per
fect right. I might say that he not
only stole one but—I believe it was
several the young lady claims ho
stole. He not only" is a thief, but—’’
“Whom did he kiss? We demand
to know who the victim was?" cried
the culprit’s lawyer, vindictively.
"Overruled!" snapped the judge.
The Mayor.
that a woman with -a sense of humor
hasv.never -been born. In refutation,
tho girl suddenly broke forth into
peals of laughter, backing away from
him until she leaned against a tree
trunk for sdpport.
The man kept his eyes on her.
"Anyhow,” he said finally, “I like
the game. Who Invented it?”
CHAPTER II.
“The jury will arise and bo sworn!
“Jackie” Vining, the Judge, waited
impatiently.
“What’s the matter with you, girls?
Mabel, Lucile—don’t you know you’re
jurymen—or, on .the jury. Stand up!
There!” with satisfaction. ’-‘Now raise
your hands—no, no; your right hands!
That’s better. You solemnly swear,
cross your hearts, hope-tq-die, you will
carefully weigh the evidence in this
case and render a verdict according
to tho statutes—er, according to what
you think this wretch deserves?” ma
liciously.
Six pretty heads nodded, in unison.
"Be seated,” said the judge sternly,
out across tho meadows nttor tady-
slippers. Aurora was taking her mat
utinal bath in dew as wo trudged
down Simon’s hill and camo to tho
bottoms. Just as we were nbout to
enter, wo saw the defendant skulking
in- the wood. Somebody said, ‘Man!’
and wo stnrted.ln pursuit. Instead of
-surrendering*,“tlla* vrilaln-.iled' at • top;
speed. We-Van aft or.-him! .Jackie—■
or, I beg your 'pdrdoiij your honor, Ic'd
the chaBo.’ I was second until I
caught my. toe in a briar .tondril and
collapsed in an alder bush!”
“What hnppened next?” encouraged
Margaret Farnsworth, tho prosecut
ing attorney, brushing a stray curl
from her violet eyes,- and fixing tho
witness with a steady oye.
“I heard a scream from the wood
.ahead and then sounds of oscula
tion!”
“I object!" interrupted Attorney Ma
son, striking, a legal attitude. "There
is no evidence that this witness is an
affection expert—that she knows any
thing about osculation at close range,
lot alone long-distance kissing, Young
lady, have you ever been kissed?”
“The objection is sustained," gur
gled the court, mercilessly!
The witness,blushed rosily.
“I refuse to apswer,” she said,
stubbornly.
"On what grounds?” demanded tho
judge.
"On the grounds of self-implication
and coercion," she snapped, her chin
in the air.
"Tho court reverses itself,” easily.
"Witness need not incriminate her
self. - Ask the next question, attor
ney.” " v
“To the best of your knowledge and
belief,” began the stateis attorney;
picking a burr frorp her skirt and tpss-
ing it carelessly to the floor, “wore
the' noises you heard sUch as to malcb
you-think that somebody was being,
er^-kissed?”
“Wait!” interrupted the defense, “I
objqct on the grounds—on tho—it’s a
hypothetical question and—without,
proper-foundation in fact,” impres
sively.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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“How Dare You, Sir?”
Tho mayor sighed. Things looked
black enough.
Your honor,” he said • apprehensive
ly, addressing the-court, “I appeal for
a change of venue. I have reason to
believe that the judge is prejudiced
against me. I—”
Judge Vining pierced him with a
glance. „
“The idea!’’., she cried, with asper
ity. , “Sit down, sir.”
“Well, anyhow, it was worth It!”
he shot back, resentfully,.
The judge blushed as she opened
the hotel cook book- and searched os
tensibly for the criminal act relative
to kissing against woman's will.
Call the first witness!” ordered the
court.
Pretty Molly McConnell, her raven-
crowned. head held at a serious angle,
her dimples set in a solemn back
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Miss Lucy Goode White has been
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League for. the Protection of Mother
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fVbyssintan Government Erects a Cart-,
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The efforts made by - the powers
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