Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-03-12
A SEASIDE ROMANCE.
Philadelphia Can

But how can ] help feeling neg
lected and miserable, Ned You
scarcely look at me when Miss Lowell
is near, and she is your preferred
partner ia all things nov. You walk
with her, you sing with her, you drive
with her, you dance with her, and it
makes me very wretched.
Now, Mollie, if you're going to be
Jealous
I'm not Jealous, Ned. If thought
YOU didn't care most for me; if fan
ced you cared at ali for anyone else,
| don't think I'd demonstrate with
YOU at all. would just take off this. "
touching the diamond on her hand,
and hand ii back to you. I'm not
jealous, but you are not very kind to
me, Ned. -"
My little pet, you do not see these
things as | do. One owes something
to society, especially when one is at
the seaside If you would only re
member that | love you too well to
ind fault with anything you can do,
and if you would become little more
of society character yourself,
would be perfectly happy. Why, you
scarcely take the least attention from
any one but me, and so many are
willing TO offer attentions to you.
Now. deal, kiss me once; must be
off / am to drive on the beach with
Miss Loval not jealous, my PETE"
Not jealous, Ned, no; and she
turned from him, but without giving
the kiss he had asked for.
''She is Jealous, thought" the young
fellow 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 were rolling, re.
ceeding, leaving now a mass af sea
weed on 1t, now returning and bear
ing it away-a very coquette Of an
ocean, now kind and now cold, and
always fair IN the sunlight
Ned Tremaine hurried over the
beach, whistling as he went, and he
presently caught up with his affianc
ed, who, in her pretty dress of cream
and black, with the wide sun-hat
pushed a little back ON her blonde
head, was looking very beautiful and
animated and smiling in the face Of
Lee Stone, the most inc0rrigible male
flrt at the beach.
Where now, Tremaine2" the latter
called out, as, With nod, ne pursued
his way.
For a drive on the beach; will see
you later" and Ned had gone by, re
suming his whistle.
Mr.. Stone smiled little and spoke
a few words to Mollie. She colored
slightly, followed the tall form of her
lover Il 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 ride, they received pretty nod
from Mollie, who was his companion,
and who looked as though she was
thoroughly enjoying his society.
She certainly lost no time in fol
Lowing my suggestion, > Ned told him
SELF half in surprise; 'and she has
certainly found the society of Stone
anything out boring
What a handsome couple they
make" Miss Lovel said, with a GER
tain CLEAN in her steady gray eyes.
Ned colored sud ienly, he didn't know
why.
Perhaps you didn't know that Miss
Annes is my promised wife," he said,
a trine colder.
'Oh, but so many engagements are
broken IN a summer at the seaside (;
one never minds that very much, ;"
the languld belle said indlHerently.
That night there was a hop at the
hotel, and Ned had made up his mind
while dressing to be little more at
tentive to Mollie; but, TO his surprise,
he didn't fnd 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 pro
nounced ia his attention to her and
while she gave MIN Ned a smile
from the distance, he found it quite
difficult to get near her; thena light
tap on his arm informed him that
Miss Lovel was asking him why he
was so pre9ccupi ed, and as Mollie and
Stone went oircling by, joining the
walters, he followed them with Miss
Lowell.
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Lee laughed later when he and Mollie
stood on the hotel terrace, watching
the moonlight on the sea and strand
and one solitary couple pacing slowly
along beside the waters. Both knew
who they were, for few moments be-
fore they had seen Ned Tremain place
that pale-gink scarf about the Should
ers Of Miss Laura Lovel as he led her
across the terrace, too much engrossed
in his task, it would seem, to notice
Mollie or her companion.
"0h, everybody firts more or less
at a seaside hotel one has nothing
else to do, you know, Mollie answered
Lee, with a light little ripple of laugh
ter, and he looked down on the pretty
face to which the moonlight was so
tender, his voice sinking to almost
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