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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
nervous, and it took much argument and expostulation to allay her fears.
"Now, wife, instead of wringing your hands, it would be a kindly and hospitable act to prepare some food for the unfortunate young man. I'll warrant he has not eaten since sunup, and there is nothing like a chase to set the stomach a-gnawing — whether you be the chased or chaser, ' ' said the good man, trying to divert his wife's mind by engaging her in a humane task.
This was a clever appeal. All the woman's fears were forgotten, as her motherly and benevolent instincts came to the surface.
"The poor lad," she ejaculated, hurrying toward the kitchen. "Probably it's been a month since he had a good meal."
With many admonitions, Bob was entrusted with a plate of goodies and sent out to the famished guest in the tree. Mrs. Smith would never have given another thought to the risks they were running, could she have seen the ravenous appreciation accorded her viands.
"That tastes like home and moth
er," exclaimed the lieutenant, gratefully.
"I'll fetch you some more later on," said Bob, replacing the parted branches carefully, before he started back to the house.
In his absence, the dreaded searching party had arrived. Their captain told the object of his visit, and, in spite of the assurances of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, that Lieutenant Ralph was not in their house, he ordered his men to search. Discovering nothing on the lower floor, he sent four men to search upstairs, while he and the others went outside.
As she watched the sentries filing thru the back door, Mrs. Smith 's fears increased. Bob had not returned — the soldiers might surprise him near the tree! Mr. Smith made vain attempts to soothe her. He was much wrought up himself, and only the presence of the soldiers in the house enabled him to maintain an appearance of calm and indifference. No sooner had the soldiers descended from the upper floor and rejoined their comrades than the anxious parents hastened out of the front door,
PERHAPS THIS WILL HELP YOUR MEMORY," SAID THE CAPTAIN