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II. I "Glad to'da it for you, my boy; only
Wa at ::;awing down!"' she ex-, glad. Have you come far?„
4:iainzed. "We are stopping!" I "We don't know," Randall answer -
unthinkingly, to w are! hurrah!" Randall thrust t ed unthinkingly, , when Hope threw
his head out of the door to investigate.' him a warning glance. That is --a
"Are we near a town?" asked Hope,1 pz"Hum a d I see,"n1 eplied their host
peering over his shoulder. "Oh, how with a twinkle. "Excuse me. a mo -
very deck it in! It must be nearly meet"; and he bushed out of the room.
madtr•- lit!" "However can we tell him—" Hope
'1 taiek we're in a freight yard; tehecked herself, with a glance at the
not ecu h of a town, though;" there! small girl, whose presence she had
was only ,n occasional light twinkling ' forgotten.
fn the distance. "The rain has stop-1
"Of course the truth is going to
ped at any rate," With s jerk, the sound silly," Randall whispered, abut
train cine to a standstill. "Let's get 1 when he comes in I'm going to maks
out before any freight hands come a clean breast of it." Then he raised
along. I'll get down first and help ! his voice. "Little girl, can you tell
you. f,.'an you hold the bag?" I us how far it is from here to Mt.
He suited his action to the word and Altemus?"
the next moment they were on solid The child yawned. "Did you only
grour,tl again, scurrying and tumbling come from there?" she asked ciisatn-
acnet-s the ties. They emerged at! pointedly. "You'd better Burry up
length upon what appeared to be a' then, dad," she called in a shrill voice,
long, pleasant village street, bordered! "you haven't much time. The follow -
by -l' trees. Outlines`of houses loom- I ers'll be right along."
ed ghostlike on either side. 1 Hope and Randall stared at the
It must be very late," Hope fret- • child and then at each other, mystified.
• ted "How can we have the face to Had it leaked out, somehow, that they
wake up anybody!"' i had stolen a ride on the freight
"Perhaps they aro only siting in! train?
their kitchens; village people do, you' "I'm coming," sounded the man's
blow. Ah, there's a light at the back! voice from the next room. "Mother,
of thio house. Somebody's awake. can you leave the kettle?" He enter -
there, anyhow. We'll ring." led as he spoke, "Mobher'l1 be right
Randall opened a gate and led the in; we need her for a second. We must
v: -ay up e 4hora stra yi.nt path. As have everything correct, mustn't we?"
be struck a snatch to find the bell, "I suppose so," replied Randall in
Hope got a glimpse of the darkened a puzzled voice. "But we—"
front of az unpretentious cottage. In "Ah, here she is. Now, do you
: response to Randall's ring, an upstairs n.ind standing over hare, under the
window was raised and a man's voice, ! light?" He took up a small book and
mild and sympathetic. hailed them. 'turned over the pages, "What are your
-"T7t;hat can I do for you?" )names?"
vt ill you—We want to know—that! "Oh, our names, of course. I should
is this yotzrg ledy and I—a runaway; have mentioned mine in the begun,
tr-- Oh, ir, + n.Id you mein letting; ning," apologized Randall, rising and
us 'come in and 1'11 explain?" To Hope; crossing the room. Hope followed,
he added in an undertone. "I can't wondering.
shout out to the high heavens that we - "I am John Randall, of Springfield.
` were carried oif in a freight train, This young lady is Miss Hope Win-
: heal tie ink us s', -ark mad. What shall throp, of Boston. We are stopping at
I D .Y " the Broadview Hotel, Mt. Altemus, and
"-I don't knew*" Hape .was begin- this afternoon we—we--"
edge. when the voice caned down: "Yes?" queried their host with a
I see. I see. I'll he right down. twinkle in his eye, as Randall paused.
..Tuat. rant on the "oreh, please. until "Hush, Mattie," to the small girl who
I Haar ^ren the door." . was pulling his coat-tail, "that auto -
In a surprisingly short time the mobile did not stop. Nevertheless,
belts were withdrawn., and the door we'll begierif you are ready. Mattie
' ori eased. Standing in its hospitable is always stirring up sensations, but
breadth he'cling an old-fashioned Tamp, we've never been stopped yet. Miss
high above his head, was a kind -faced, Winthrop, will you stand here, please?
stop-shont.dered man, wearing a Now, sir, can you tell me whether
• shabby brown velveteen house jacket there is any just cause why you and
and a scull cap. Behind him were this young lady should not be—"
grouped a comfortably stout, smiling Hope, suddenly comprehending,
woman and a very sleepy little girl, screamed. Randall turned to her re -
the last being the only one of the aasuringly.
three to betray a hasty toilet. "We might as well tell," he said in.
'Tome right in, come right i:n," said a low tone. "They will understand."
the man heartily. "Here's mother to "Oh, don't you see--" began Hope,
look after the young lady. Be ye wet? in an agony of embarrassment.
' It was rainin' right hard," "If there be an impediment," inter -
He bustled into a small parlor, set rupted their host sternly, "I must be
down the lamp and pushed efoiwvard told frankly."
two chairs. His wife disappeared into "Impediment?" repeated Randall
' a back room, whence other lights ap- weakly. "I don't understand. The --
;peered and the homey sound of a our—well, the manner of our—our er-
tstrove being shaken down. The little riving here was so ludicrous, that
girl perched herself on a chair near Miss Winthrop is afraid you'll laugh,"
the door and stared unblinkingly at "No, no," interrupted
'Hoe and Randall. nervously. "Ie--he--oh, you see?
'We don't wish tove you so much He wants--"
trouble, sir,'' Randa
began apolo- "1 want nothing but the gentleman's
getleally, but the man checked him word," interposed their host gently,
ilifh a kindly wave of the hand. "Now, if you please—"
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