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The telephone bell wakened her with a reeted her pleasantly with the word that it was all right, he had reached caood place for the car, and it would be at the hotel at nine o'clock Ruth turned froue disappoint, only that he must hurry Not even a word to his mother But then, of course, s, perhaps, as women did, and maybe it was just as well for him to take it all as afor her

But when they went down to the car, behold he was in it!

"I got leave off for the"I told ot me back in time when I'd ton and catch the noon train back from there He's a peach of a captain If ot a chance to ask hiood luck the lieutenant has a two days' leave this tily Was Harry Wainwright the lieutenant?

They had a golden s that welded a friendship already well begun

"Weren't you at all frightened last night?" asked Ca at the delicate beauty of the face beside hith and sweetness of it

Mrs Ca in the back seat and they felt quite alone and free Ruth looked up at him frankly: "Why, yes, I think I was for a minute or thile ere behind that barn, but----Did you ever pray when you were in a trying situation?"

He looked down earnestly into her face, half startled at her words: "Why, I don't know that I ever did I'"

"Well, I don't know that I ever did before," she went on thoughtfully, "but last night when those ain, I found " She dropped her eyes half ehtened little child I found ht ae heard that other car coe! I wondered if anybody else ever had an experience like that"