St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-17
AT THE SEASEORE.
Romantic Filtration and what
Came of 1t.

RnQ miserable, N6u! LOU SCd1COiy iooA CIV
me when Miss Lovel is near, and she Is
your preferred partner in all things now.
You walk with her, you sing with her, you
arlve with her, you dance with her' ana IL
makes me very wretched."
Nov, Mollie, if you're going to be Jeal-
pus-"
''Pm not jealous, Ned. If thought you
didn't care most for me-if l fancled you
cared at all for any one elseI don't think
I'd demonstrate with you at all. would
lust take off this" touching the diamond on
her hand. land hand it back to you. I'm
not Jealous but you are very unkind to me.
Ned"
my little pet, you do not see things as
zee them. One owes something to society,
especially when one is at the seaside. Ii
YOU would only remember that l love you
too well to find fault with anything you can
do. and if you would become little more
IF society character yourself, would be
perfectly happy. Why you scarcely take
the least attention from any one but me.
md so many are willing to offer attentions
10 YOU. Now, dear, kiss me once; | must
)e off: am to drive on the beach with Miss
Lovel; not jealous, my pet?"
''NOt Jealous, Ned, no." and she turned
o him, but without giving the kiss he asked
or.
''She is Jealous. though" the young fell
low thought, smiling as he watched the
pretty. straight figure going away from the
nook in which he had found her, out to the
stretch of sand against which the waves
we're rolling, receding, leaving now mass
Of seaweed on it, now returning and bear
Inc it away-a very coquet of an ocean,
aow kind and now cold, and always fair in
;he sunlight.
Ned Tremaine hurried over the beach,
Khistling as he went, and he presently
caught up with his atfianced, who, in her
pretty dress in cream-a nd-black, with the
wide sun-hat pushed little back on her
blonde head, was looking very beautiful and
animated-and smiling in the face OF Lee
Stone, the most incorrigible male fiirt at the
beach.
Where now, Tremaine?" the latter
called out as, with nod, he pursued his
way.
For drive on the beach; will see you
later:n and Ned had gone by, resuming his
whistle.
Mr.. Stone smiled little and spoke a few
words to Mollie.R She colored slightly, fol-
lowed the tall form of her lover moment
with her eyes, then gave gracious answer,
and half an hour later, when Ned and Miss
Lovel met the pretty, light carriage on the
beach, in which Lee Stone took his daily
drive, they received a pleasant nod from
pretty MOlIie, who was his companion, and
who looked as though she was thoroughly
enjoying his society.
''She certainly lost no time in following
my suggestions" Ned told himself, half in
surprise; land she has evidently found the
society of Stone anything but boring"
s1What handsome pOunla thew 1O9kapo
Miss Loyel said, with certain CLEAN in her
steady gray eyes. Ned colored suddenly;
he didn't quite know why.
perhaps you didn't know that Miss
Ames is my promised wife" he said, trife
coldly.
sob. but so many engagements are
broken in summer at the seaside; one
never minds that very much" the languid
belle said, indifferently.
That night there was hop at the hotel
and Ned had made up his mind while dress
ing to be little more attentive to Mollie;
but to his surprise he didn't find Mollie
AnneS shrinking under her mothers wing
as had been her custom. A number of her
old friends had arrived while they were at
dinner, and they were about her; besides,
Lee Stone was quite pronounced in his at
tentions to her, and while she gave him a
Ned a smile from the distance he found
itquite difficult to get near her; then light
tap on his arm informed him that Miss
Lovel was asking him why he was so preoc-
cupied and as Mollie and Stone went cir
cling by, joining the walters, he followed
them with Miss Lovel.
ga rather pronounced Irritation" Lee
laughed later, when he and Mollie stood on
the hotel terrace watching the moonlight
on the sea and strand, and one solitary
couple passing slowly along beside the
waters. Both knew who they were, for
few moments before they had seen Ned
Tremaine place that pale pink scarf about
the shoulders of Miss Laura Lovel, as he
led her across the terrace, too much en-
crossed in his task, it would seem, to notice
Mollie or her companion.
sob, everybody flirts more or less at
seaside hotel; one has nothing else to do.
you know" Mollie answered Lee with a
light little ripple of her laughter, and he
looked down on her pretty face to which
the moonlight was so tender, his voice sink
ing almost to whisper as he spoke to her.
1T is cowardly pastime for man," he
said, softly; land, for woman, it is a
cruel One."
Again she laughed, while arranging the
bracelet Oh her arm; touch of mOckery
was in the 1ippling voice.
''And yors-iS it pleasant to know that
you. are cruel or cowardly?" she questioned.
lone is tempted to become personal when
such remarks come from one who is said to
count his cOnQueSts with cruel pride. and to
whom the world gives no higher aim than
to faScinate, and-remain careless. Am I
too plain? Forgive me-
81 forgive you freely-as would forgive
you all things. Miss AnneS; but neither YOU
nor the world fully understands me. [ may
seem trifer; but, were the woman l love
to love me in return, no smile would be to
me so sweet as hers. no presence half so
dear"
Mollie had been watching the couple on
the sands, going slowly back and forth,
back and forth in the moonlight; now she
lifted her sweet young face, and looked at
him with sort of wondering pity.
do we all wrong you, them" she asked
gently. Have you failed in your wooing?
Can you not win where you love?D
His face flushed little at her words.
and she, watching 1t, was struck by his
strength and beauty. How did it chance
that she had never noticed either before?
81 am not left the chance to woo or win
her," he said slowly; ''she is another's
promised wife"
''Ah," she said, pityingly, and she gave
him her hand in a sweet, Womanly Sym-
pathy, never for an instant connecting his
words with herself. He lifted the small
hand reverently to his lips, and, drawing it
through his arm, turned toward the beach.
AS he did so he found himself facing Ned
Tremaine and Laura Lovel, who were COM
ing in from the moonlight, and he noticed
that the young mans face was quite white,
while there was half scornful smile on the
lips of the fair belle of the seaside, But
the two couples passed each otheri in silence,
the one going down to the stretch of glitter
ing sand, the other going in to the dancers.