THE APPLE TREE GIRL
Two cars passed her, Charlotte turning to look at each, but neither was the Little Rattler. "He may be delayed on a case," she thought, and going in to Dearnley & Clark's she bought a yeast cake.
A number of customers were in the store, and when Charlotte finally came out the Little Rattler was standing in front of the doctor's house, and she caught sight of Neil disappearing through the office door.
"I guess I'd better go home," she thought, her heart sinking. "If I had met him on the street I wouldn't have minded. But to go after him in his office, after what I did that afternoon—oh, I never, never could! I'll have to wait for another chance."
Walking with resolution she went to Briggs' Livery Stable, and came out a few minutes later in the red-wheeled buggy, Mr. Briggs seated by her side,
145
