Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-08-16

sordid."
IL never said so, any way. That's your
guilty conscience. Oh, pshaw think it's
silly and very impractical
"Well, ] don't care what you think
Here's the beach covered with this light
wood. and I'm gong to call the servants
and have II gathered before dark"
You can't for Terence is waiting with
the horses at the other station for the coll
onel, and you gave little Jim leave TO go to
his grandmother's and it's Hannah's even
ing out, and Kitty must be In readiness 10
wait on table and so there's nobody but
Nora, and she's busy. and il isn't her work
and she a refuse 10 do it, and that would
make you angry, and should lose a good
cook"
Five servants TO walt upon two people
It's shamefulr' groaned Rex.
They're not waiting on two people.
They're taking care OF the grounds. the
horses, the house. and cooking for com
panv more than for us"
We'll, then, If there's nobody else, I'll
do It myself" he said desperately-"Il
do 1t myself"
And IN sit down here and see how
long il wil be before you're tired or It,"
81 dare say you willr he exclaimed,
sayagely. Il suppose il would break your
back to pick up one OF these chips"
"Oh, II that's what you mean" cried |,
ia answering furry-we did fight Just like
childrcu-''if you want your wife for
drudge, guess can pick up wood As
long As the next one" declare didn't
seem to know Rex any longer. aud I'm
very sure he didn't know me. doubled
up my skirt and pinned it back like a fish
wuman-l didn't have another pin about
me than that long gold one with the dia-
moul head that you used TO admire SO,
but quilted II in; and tied 4 knot In my
scart-it was my old rose colored and gold
India mantle; and ran and caught this
stick aud that stick and hurled them up
the beach. and Rex was tossing them up
too; and before knew IL there was
stack Of them, and was determined that
my stack should be a. big as his; and pre-
sently hc stopped and slapped the dust Of
his hands aud looked at me and laughed.
What dO yoti mean 10 do with your pile
when it, doueE said he.
set fire T. il, and run away by the
Hight ut d." said /.
"No, | wondn't" said he. lit would
hc q great deal better To Kiss your nus
band ana make up" And we did
there was never anybody to see on our
Lon. Beach Now said Rex, III don't
want you 10 30 this I'm just going to
finish these piles my sell 70 show Terrence
what he, nrglcctmg."
"Oh. ! think it's good fun" said ana
AT 1t We went again, each t:yin. 10 outdo
the other now gathering the dry splutrrs
now growing greedy and trying 70 fetch
10 some biz stick floating In little blight,
and reaching out for ID. | ws~ sure to lose
my balance and plung In over shoes alrl
scream and run-my beautiful new French
boots that had paid twenty dollars for the
last time was m town, and they wouldn't
even do for Kitty now But 40 matter.
We were having a royal time, and had for
gotten all about old tolenel VI MauGs
"lf YOU knew how II made YOU look.
you'd take such exercise every day" Rex
stopped long enough 90 get breath ana ,Ay
~ our cheeks are ike two red rose"
Aud oi course ! didn't stay a. that; and
4 gay halt hour Il was. All At once | felt
wet TO my skin. and looked, aud there
waS the ~kirt Of my dress that had PIN
ned up so carefully all down aud drabbled,
and the front OF il vet tLTUUgn with the
dripping of the last wood had saved. and
the pin-"Oh, I've lost the pin" ex-
claimcd-"my beautiful long diamond
headed PIN"
You have: Well, charge It to profit aud
loss, said Rex. 1T would be IDLE 10
look for il on this sand and Shingles
needle 10 q haymOw. and dark haymow,
too. presently. It's gone 10 keep company
with INV cuff button.r
"Oh, Rex One OF YOUR wonderful cuir
buttons cried. standing still with nv
armful. They were antiqur?-one Of the
very things, they said, when We bought
them al Rome that Cellini had of the peas.
ants, who found them when turning up
the ancient soil about the vines-heads Of
c9sars exquistely cut In onyx. And Just
then. as | Vas exclaiming, wave came
running up behind me and knocked my
feet up Ike two niue-pins. and iell face
down. and the wood 10 my arm struck my
-echlsce Of carved coral roses, and they
flew a hundred ways at once; and the next
instant there was great sound in INV
ears, aud felt the world going away from
under me, and Rex seized me just in time
and pulled and threw me up the sand and
there was a whole shelf Of the beach torn
down and gone, aud my corals with H.
The scream OF a maddened beach drag
.ed down by the wave" said Rex. laug-
ing. for fear | should be crying You're
not not hurt, darling?'
"Oh. quick quick I'm sinking | cried
IN agnOy. And so | was-in the qGIcE-
sand, which we had always heard moved
up and down the Long Beach but which
We had never believe IN because we
coulan't lind it. I'm be sucked in in a
nOment! | shrieked. ''Somethnp's
pulling me underneath, Boards-quick-
one OF the planks. Oh, Rex, Rex. What
horrid death. I'm going. oh, good
4 bye, darling" And the last knew
saw him fiat on his face crawling toward
me over the sand And when | opened my
eyes again | was in my own bed with Rex
hanging distractedly over the foot OF il,
and the doctor putting spoon between
my teeth. aud all the lamps in the house
burning. And If | had been diving |
should have laughed at Kitty a. she stood
just within the door OF the dressing room
holding up in DISNEY mass OF mud and
tnery ihat sue would never be able to
make over for herself.
surely" said Nora, looking in the
next day. ''lt's lucky the jintlemin wnt
aft a. he come the night, for the masther
was that wild he'd ha' niver sane him."
What gentleman?" said I.
The wan Teddy wint to fetch an miss
ed"
20. Colonel MManus Then he's Gomez
An gone. By the same token, whin
he found there was diyil a sowl TO resave
him, an the dinner burned to a cinder as
| towld him. an he overlooked Ike, he
tares up an' down, ad' av twas Ted |
should be afther sayin he was mad at onst.
but bein' jintlemin-'' And Nora turn.
'u . uti dItas III utT apron anu ne.
nose in the air. But the sarcasm doing her
good she came back presently. "Ye poor
darint. saId shc-I never could teach
my servants the least respect for mel
was that scared when see himself bringin' |
ye 10, lump of mud, an he as white |
as the back of your hand. that | forgot |
intirely the message the big colonel lett. |
the divl fly away with him"
"Message?"
''Jist that, To give Mr.. Parks his card, |
and say that Colonel M'Manus-bad cess
to the like OF him had no time to travel a
hundred miles twice"
When was well and about again, we
were out on the Long Beach another twi- |
light. but taking excellent care OF our
steps, and keeping quite on this side of
the two great piles Of drift-woOd that
adorned it.
How much wood do you suppose there
is in these piles. Rex? asked.
Il don't know. Maybe foot
"A fOOfi How ahsurd-and the niles |