"Something tells
me we are going to have some feed."
"Oh, don't bother them," they heard Mollie's voice in laughing
reproof. "Remember, you were young yourself, once!"
"And now," said Allen, when they had gone just far enough for the
trees and bushes to screen them from the view of the people on the
porch, "I want you to look at me, Betty. You haven't yet, you know."
"I c-can't," said Betty in a muffled voice. "I guess--" she added
whimsically, "I guess I'm a little afraid of you, Lieutenant Allen
Washburn."
With a glad laugh Allen put his strong young arms about her.
"Do you think you can keep on all your life being afraid of me-- like
that?" he asked. "Little Betty?"
And Betty, with the radiant joy of all youth in her heart, slowly
nodded.
_______
And what glorious days followed! The young folks never tired of their
tramps through the woods and walks in the vicinity of Moonlight Falls.
They gave themselves up to a good time and had it in full measure.
"Gee, what an improvement over the trenches in France!" remarked Will
one day.
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