Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-10-21
FAIRY WORSHIP"
The Picture Which Young Artist
is to Paint.
CHAPTER j.

CHAPTER j.
The sun was nigh its setting. Out
over the level, shining sea he seemed
TO lie; blood-red and ruddv purpIc
CLEANED the throbbing waves of the
horizon; rosy and golden came the
ripping waveletS from that distant
path Of the sea TO the yellow sands of
the ManN coast. A path, winding up
headiand, led from the western shores
To white road. The red CLEAN of the
sunset was upon il and the sparse
heather landward glowed ruddv as
some girls sauntered lettering alone
the path.
There were three of them. sisters.
One was q child. Nessic: the other.
Meta and Kate Qualtrough. were on
the happy borderland of eirlhood and
womanhood. We have no picturesque
national garb of foreign land where
with TO set them forih-they were
dressed rs hundred cf girls in London
might be dressed. though they came
out OF so pure a ManX race a. To- be
proud of the day when English people
were looked upon a. foreigners i'm Man.
Nessic was full of life; she danced
ahead, or she fingered behind. she
sprang 90 right or left over the broken
ground of the headland; what her SIS
tiers waited for had evidently no strong
mold on her thoughts At last she
struck I'm with this.
lc u be utterly foolish YOU girls.
idiing here any longer for those lads. =
her accent bore the North country lii
and the soft, sweet tones Of the Manx
people. Do you think they'll be leay-
ing their fishing for the
Hist commanded Meta.
he girls were all at play in sense.
out u was play with serious vein in
II 20 Meta.
"Eh? I'm full Of respect and wild
NeSsic threw ont her arms and made a
CAV. bowling reverence IN circlino
fashion to the hills and the Green
mountains But the boy. are NOT 80
aud I'm thinking they 'doniv he hinder
ing ~ if they were here
"Still. we promised" Kate put i'm
And they promised too: and If they
break their promise wen bc free from
ours, J say. DO come. We'll be- awfllly
later and there lot to do.
ben they walked on "a bit faster.
Ncs-te was ont Of sight, but vet they
were closely following on her items.
10 many turns and bends aud shoulders
arc there TO these ManX headlapds that
one may be easily out Of sight A
Snout burst forth into the still. summer
arr and the next moment Nes,ic. with
waving arms and with yellow hair Nv
ing as the light wind caught her. was
seen ON tho iopmost bit Of green.
itoal ahoy' and her arms 0eSticu-
lated. There was boat -kimminp
aero thr bay Peel BAY One ,pI,ou-
p"ted head wa in the stern Of the
round. deep boat. b. belonged 10 a
h-her Tad. who was the working chum
~ three scarlet-cappcd youths Oncoi
these last was n Qualtrough. "A cousin
~ The girls The others were his friends
lHd- who q year or two back had been
with him no King William College ai
'astleiOwn. bat who. being English
were only in Man for a summer haunt
now
and now b. had been for fhe dclccta.
ton Of these same Young EnQlisbmen
that the dOings of that midsummer eve
were bcIng made 20 much Of
40 they near 70 land or not2''
asked kalc
Undoubtedly. wa Mcta's decisive
word DO They not know if +. for
tHeW "e fe making tbf- dolay
IN fcrt hor time the boat was gu,
81 ght. which means that she wa vel.
under the hcadlaud and landing ben
crew in White strand cove some few
moments more and three yotmg men in
boating ilanncl- and each with rough
PcaJacket stop appeared from clam.
boring up Che face Of the hoadland.
Ihcn The party went ON more swiftly
FIRST on 60 md across the white sun.
lit roadway. then down au Opposite
lane rough and stony and intended
ni, lane finally los' Itself on a fur,
common. where short. sweet. mossy
grass was patched irrerulariv b, +
sHvagery OF gorse aud furlc and strong
waving brockcn Meta. weIkiEr
.parl pulled ihe bracken. Kate ap,
Nrio with energy Of more t,It
sl'e and less solitary humor babe .h0