The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-03-04
SUMNIERVLLE.

SUMMERVILLE.
ooh, Teddy, can't you get any more
apples than this? Tm sure l could if |
were only up there" cried the girl
standing with up-turned face under an
old apple tree, from which small boy
was trying in vain to gather few ap
pies.
Il know you could. Do come up,
Lew. There is no one here to see, and
/ won't tell.
why, Teddy Chesleigh! l am eigh-
teen years old" with indignant en-
phasis
well, didn't suppose you'd do it.
But there is bough of daisy apples
right near the fence. You might reach
that
Il will,'' she replies, after moments
hesitation. Here goes" and looking
around to assure herself that no one was
within sight, she tossed down her hat
and mounts with nimble steps the rick
ETY. old fence, catching the branch,
heavily laden with delicious fruit
''Oh, Teddy. they are elegant" she
exclaimed, with a gay little laugh,
disclosing row of white, even little
teeth.
She makes a perfect picture there, her
uplifted arms forming a frame for the
bright, laughing face with its crown of
bonnie brown hair, which the wind
blows recklessly about, and her slender
figure, in ii close-fitting dress of soft,
clinging gray, standing out in bold re-
lief against the blue sky, while the wind
throwing the dress aside, shows pretty
little foot and slender little ankle.
Clutching the branch lightly in both
little brown hands, she gave vigorous
shake, when looking down to note the
result of her shaking, she sees. much
to her horror, a young gentleman,
equipped for hunting, standing not far
off, whom she Immediately recognizes
as one whom she had met during the
past winter at Albany.
With little gasp she turns her GRIM
son face up to her brother with a re-
proachful glance, but, undaunted by
her indignant looks, the shameless
youngster sits grinning in the tree
apparently enjoying the situation inn
mensely.
The gentleman turns toward the more
friendly face and addresses a few re-
marks to him about the apples, thus
giving Llew an opportunity for descend
ing from her exalted position.
When she is again on the ground, she
tries in vain to smooth her hair, which
is blowing in dire confusion all over her
face. The gentleman now raises his
hunting-cap, and smilingly offers his
hand, saying, Miss Chesleigh, | be-
lieye?"
Yes" she answers, her face bright
with bushes, as she hesitatingly holds
out a little, tanned hand Am l not
speaking to Mr.. DelmaTe?"
''At your service | must beg pardon,
Miss Chesleigh, for my untimely intru-
sion," with a smile still lurking in his
dark eyes as he looks at the still-con-
fused maiden.
Il grant it, but wish to assure you
that I do not do such undignified things
often, but the fruit did look SO tempt
ing"
Let me congratulate you on your
success" glancing at the goodly number
which lay on the ground. Il used to
be quite an expert in such matters, and
have come into this country to renew
my skill, and as beginning have start
ed out to hunt, but awkWardly broke
my Gun at the first attempt to use it."
Then Llew calls to Teddy, who is
gathering up the apples, and adjusts her
hat.
Come. Teddy, it is getting !: te, and
auntie will be worried about Us. Be
sides it is tea time. Then she says to
Mr.. Delmarre: Il must say good-by for
to-day, but if you spend the summer
here we will be such near neighbors
that we shall probably see each other
often
ALLOW me to walk with you, as | 90
this way and am beginning to think it
is supper time also Then, as silence
helping Teddy carry the fruit. The con-
versatien is carried on chiefly by Teddy
and Philip during their short walk, for
Lew has not yet quite regained her
composure.
When they reach home and Mr.. Del
MARIE has left them Teddy receives a
severe scolding, but, rs usual, proves
invulnerable. But Lew succeeds in
eXtorting a promise that he will never,
never tell For she knows her Aunt
Mary, a sedate spinster of uncertain
age, who has presided over the house
hold since the death of their mother,
would be utterly shocked.
Her father is middle-aged gentle
man. almost too indulgent at times to
his motherless children. He seldom
goes away from his farm, but Lew
spends several months of each winter
with her fashionable cousins in Albany,
where she had met Mr.. Delmarre
adjoining the Chesleigh farm is the
land of "old John Delmarre," as he is
generally called, crutsy old bachelor,
whom none OF his neighbors know ex-
cept by sight. lie is the uncle of Phil
Delmarre, who is the old mans favor
ite, and as we have said he had come
to spend the summer months with his
uncle.
The summer months passed quickly
by, and Phil, in spite of all the beauti
ful women he had seen, and women,
too, who had bestowed on him their
choicest smiles, fell desperately in love
with this little maiden, whose indiffer-
ence to all his attentions only made her
more charming and desirable in his
eyes.
So it was not strange that one day
while on one of their numerous excur-
sions, and while Teddy had gone farther