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"Pardon ht sorass when I went back to hunt for ht where she stood"

He held forth his hand, and there dropped fro

Allison flashed on the porch-light, and looked at it

"Leslie, is this yours?"

The motor-cycle arht of fire and laht with recent tears, her cheeks pink with excite velvet cloak and a little concealing head-scarf, standing in awith swift feet to her brother's side in the grass after he was released froht the look of her face Now he stood speechless, and stared at the lovely apparition Was it possible that this lovely child had been the cool, brave girl in the car?

Leslie had put her hand to her throat with a quick cry, and found it bare

"My string of pearls!" she said "How careless of lad you found the up for the first ti man who saved my brother's life Won't you please come in? I think you were perfectly splendid! I want my aunt to meet you, and we all want to thank you"

"Oh, I didn't do anything," said the stranger, turning as if to go "It was you who saved his life I got there just in time to watch you You're some shot, I'll tell the world I sure airl could shoot like that"

"Oh, that's nothing!" laughed Leslie "Our guardian made us both learn Please coed Allison "Coed the young man

But Allison put out a fir the door behind hi to his aunt, "this etting woosey That fellow sure had a grip onhad hit my head and taken away all the sense I had, so I couldn't seeet him off"