THE HOLY TERROR.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 14

THE HOLY TERROR.

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Anil, truly, -he «n. n jM-.irl' ; \::.| |i Hi" M.ivi- w.u \orv iniliii ill tic k ._; I" • 11111.!. \i\ m> 11 o:l li ~ lit , !" Illicit. I jiMiu-iii-j - If. Sli.. iniilvPil oldnr and piiliT: :ii ! :..■■■ h iir «n- imtaiily ilank :iml ilul! • ■■ i hi ).:•• ■!- mi " itli Iri- , sunny i-iirl-. I - ~■ ii.•■..•;■ -M-r,.,l 1., (]„ iinyt'.iinu i-XPi-pt! j.. ~ .r.Hiiii ih,. li,,u.p. In vain I'm- 11-i!y| Yon k:i'.A \ ".i < .n _: ■; io stir yonr.olf.j '■ ivia ; yi'M'ii ■.■■t tin" •!>>." i Mine t'lo I'Miiiii;;. I.ittiu'i!* tin , on.l ii: J !>i- iii.'i.l.iy-. Aiifii MaviM d vlalcl her--rl! t'lii llllAi'll til jilill lilcai lit d.lllKT. I u;i I ki-;.t :•' lii-f rniini. J \itPi" tin , nioal (.<-.ny s;iy;po.-ic.l t'.uU ti- 11. 'V. inijilit like t:i ' >o'.c ;it tin' l-.in , ] . i:it.Tll.\ I k h|. ;., I,;> study, n trjat ! .. i.:, «;i* im: i.iti-si vniii'lii-af tl tlio! Terror. But'that evi-n- --- !>■• •.■.;!- mii tun keen oil t'le i.l-n. lie \miu'.i| !i;i"if jnffi-rri'd t.i wniiiler in tiiol li -I U i-i.nip. lliiwoviT. George looked j J. ,:;,-,.ful. I H" fiiiiijil Hip Ijiltti'irty l>onk and ?tart-il I \.i u.i:, at tlio |>i."t:irpd iii M"-- liefuro I him. Inn. 1n ,, .■.μ-imi him and the pages.) ram.- \ iviilly t'le of Tri—ltpr iiii;;v;ii ri'il a.- v i-licrry and her jrolduti iiair. witj tin- iU-i-ky little- curls droopii:_r nwr lirr'car-. Niaht wm falling H.imi and -oft on the <n»r.ip:i oiu>iil<'. j .'•i I i: until 1 lie nice ju-i t(j 1 n!< at Not lindiliL' lio 1- ;it lii--t. ho iuiii.-hi'd J ' >i--i'l; up o:i a -m.iii h.,n!,1,T. U-hiiul a! : H-2-. ..luinii ~f ruws t<. think. lloyoiul j :i' i- Jii i ti;» was a liu'r arbmr with a. -ii.nr font. fr..in «"!ik-!i the rn-»r» Jii.l liim.! Wry 5.....H n<. hoar.l v<,!,,.. ~,,min_. ilo«n l!ii- |..itli. Her vui.T. liprV and IJcor^o - .-. II." v..i, a!,,,;, 1 t.i ;.>in dciii, uhon tlipy! -t.ip;. ! .-1..-..- l.j Iwm. Co ir^'c - - vt.i r- ] I— l-'.ii-.] him. it all trt-mljiinf; and! <-id: ' ; "'>i r month i< exactly liVp a rose.' "■"■■ l >■""■ w >inlcrfttl ln-hp< shade your i ■■»'•-• 'ik, !it!!i- bl.ii-k vi'ilr.. Oh. 'lris-j V 1"" ;,, lii'iirtiful. i want one uf tlio^o] 'I.iriiu'.' littlo ,'url* t ii.it toueli your die ki all daj. vi kffp—li-r-re." , i And ti>c II.T. tiirnoil -i,'k at l.Mrt wif, poMUniiH f.i- hi, lirothcr. "Bet tW| a— is toiii-liinu hi-? heart." In.-1 erti'l to liinisrlf. slinddcriii™ at tlii'i l.'ioujrht. 'I'll.' next day. love-k-k and la = t-day-(■i-thi.-Miulidii.v -i-k !,<■ run mod from room! T.i room, t.'eorge lia<l departed for tiipj d.iy, ai:d .\la\i~ and Iri~ sat in the 2:ir-! den. " j Ho pa-spil out of Oporge - * drfwing rimni. wit;re a penknife was the only] iiiirlli annexing. Into Mavis' room.l h< , knew, she kept pepper-'' mints in tli,. mid,Up shelf of her ward-j :..'>■. Up evpmrrd. Thorp was nothing Pdililc in til-- wardrobe. l mt what he I ! "iin.l I here gave him vrn Voriouslv to! think. ' . ; Poor old Muvi- . . Of course. didn't know ... he would never. . . ii explained so many things—dear old' Hγ won-dered w-lmt lie .liould do. And Ilicn r ali-0.l that this was liis clianee. Tf h<. explained thins* to Iris ami a-ked her in wait for him. instead, perhaps •hi- would now. After all. there couldn't lie- nioiv than eif-ht years difference in j Up »r..tc a '<nii; and ardent letter! nhii-h "lip took into Tris' room. lie laid the envelope on the dressing tiiMH". and tin-n two thinfr~. hanging from: .1 in ;he «unny corner, eatislit lii? '"■>■■ Two flutTr. "jrolden thiiips that ;;'<-nn!p<l in tlie sunshine, as he had often -phi them n-lenni before. Then his filanee lurned to flip di-pssiuir table, and whit • Tie found thpre caused him to •oihlh. 'H'.p Terror was cured, he w.i?| bi- ii'd, impish self api in. With c-er- j Mm plunder lie ran to his room and. in | 'lip empty prate, made a bonfire of the 'pft.r h<. had writtpn to her. 'ii'orei? <lid not eoinp in lill latp that! niir'it to be niiesed Tris' plain, flattened I nppearanre at dinnpr lime. Slip did not up tii .pp (lie Tpiror o(V next nioruir.L-. but and fit-orao did. Tlip II T. kis-e,| Mavis very afTeetionatPly all partiii". "IVe U-ft Mimctliinz in your dre-Mii-r.M.m for vim," ii" whispered to (leorne at lit-r. tin up and look directly I've -"Hi- but munf-i tin? word to Mavis." r;p,npp lauylird. bin went up. roaring Some rleudiy practiral joke, and found a eirauiip array on iii- hod. Around a lip--li.-k wn. tied ii lalx-1 uii'.i. -Her molltli.l p- i.-ily like a rosP.'" on it. An eyeb'ark tablet and .i box of rougP aUo iiad ii.-les allixed. -Tin- black veils of hor pip*." "Her r.-i-y cheeks'' and there h'i»ii. with a piece of wire attarhed lay "Ui , of \'i>- ia--iii.itiiig ,j,]e curls, be-l-'iiviijijjf !o hi. jrm'»t wjfh, ■■Oho of her dariinsr little ruil .I'vp not the other." "'i:te;i Ist!-<•<• mi n sheet of pnppr. And liii-li. iij il- -,<!e. lav what «opmp.| to be n di.l". bi.nnet all -atm and l.u-e. Pinned to tiii- ..vas a note: j Aids :., I-Hntv di-fovered on Mis, I Tri-' dn-Mii!. i.ilhp. I-:,,,:,,,,,] hat. anf l j Miuil.ir a.irnipt:t-. fmin.l in MaviV wardri.be. old i-liap. The R.T. t P.<-n..n-t i.-;i Mavi. I was noMiiji "'""it her 1....U! it was only pepperniiin -. I'm- -..nip iinn- (".v,, ,-c s nt vrry still on tie ,mI-,> of. his be,]., tlie.n he. went to find h,s -a if,., bonnet in hand. "Why didn't you tell mc before?"' Tie a-Ri'd rather shakily, his arms about lirr. And >i |>.ilp. bad-tpinporp,! Tris,- who <•iwrjjp.il from her room late that mnrnS,, w ]~a y j f „..,- w j tll X ) lpm an ,j (Jp. - partprl early in the afternoon: Anion;; tennis racquets, peoins of HPtr . (l.hinj. ro.ls. : . m l ol]u . r tioui.ie., !,.„,„, J,, tl, o ii.t;, mom a I irnM.i. ,-,;,! vvitl, "-His Kirst 1,. V( ." „„ a ' L law. neat j atfaobed to end.—j '" s lav < hronh-Ie.") II