Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-15

or four years ago, well, ma 'amselle,
they are here Not his wife, you
understand, unless her harnt has
come, but he and his little boy. He
is no end rich, handsome and fasci-
mating, we know. Could anything
have been more desirable? No, not
the death of his wife, Gertrude, /
blush for you-but his coming here"
This is positively his first appear
ance since his grief" says Gertrude.
"Ah, Dick look out, if you stay
away much longer, there is no tell
ing what may happen, for, of course
he is after q wife. If that is not a
bonanza for this man-less resort,
where the bug professor is belle Of
the bail, give it up"
Dorothy's face, usually most ex-
pressive, is positively rigid now, so
anxious is she to keep any betrayal
of her feelings from this giddy
crowd of butterflies. When they
finish talking, she sits straight up in
her chair and says:
"Do you iniquitous young females
really mean to say that you have
had the auiacity to take me away
from Emerson to fill my ears with
such vapid nonsense as this? /
admire Scur tCmerity and l have
the honor to wish you very good
morning."
SO saying she takes her departure
backward, unhindered this time,
her slender figure in it's dark blue
habit dress sharply silhouetted
against sea and sky. The girls
watch her until a curve in the beach
suddenly shuts her from their sight.
They are quiet for minute or two,
then Gertrude says:
"How did you dare, Amy?n
"Oh, / dare do anything" returns
that nonchalant damsel, with, at |
the same time, an uneasy feeling in
her heart as she recalls some memo
ries of Wayne Palmerston's friend
ship for Dorothy.
AS they separate, to prepare for
bathing, a gentleman in the balcony
overhead throws away his cigar and
walks backward also, but out of
sight of the girls.
The next morning Dorothy, with
"Sartor Resartus" held loosely in
her hand, is looking out over sea and
sky, from n pile of rocks far above
the beach, when the book, struck
by 4 peebie, falls down on the beach :
below.
Good temper may not be Doroty's
strong point, for she turns wrath
fully to discover the cause of her
mishap, and meets the rougish /
eyes of small boy in kits, |
who contemplates her wrathy face
with calm satisfaction.
"Did you ever see a better shot 2" t
he proudly queries. &
81 can think of II better" she 6
answers. 7
what Is it ?" he asks with inter c
est. '
"To shoot you down after it," she f
replies, laughing. |
"Ho, you couldn't, you're a girl, |
and girls can throw for cold vic
tuals, Donald said, and he knows; a
Donald teached me-" S
"Well suppose you go and fetch it v
back then, since you belong to the e
superior SEX" she says, amused.
~ will pretty quick. Pm tired C
now, I'd rather talk to you, girls can c
ak; Donald says they've got the n
gift of CAB if nothing else"
"Pray, who is Donald? ?" k
"Gracious! don't you know Donald? d
Well, he's one of the bulliest brio Us 8
'ou ever knew. He takes care of h
,lace of papa's, down in the coun- g
ry, and he's teached me more things o
han l s'pose you'll ever know, II
cause he won't let girls come there Il
{ he can help it, he 'spises 'em ii
cause they gable So" C.
Good for Donald, they do" with g
recollection of the preceding morn d
ng's trial. Il
Just then gentleman comes in
light with Dorothy's book in his re
land, and he is instantly hailed by a
)orothy's young friend. "Ho, CT
here's papa now, he knows most as is
much as Donald"
The gentleman laughs little aud d.
omes toward the mute little figure st
ooking bliudly, anywhere hut to- W
ward him, saying, "Good morning o
Dorothy, here is your book which h
ny son SO rudely sent from your &C
land."
Mutely still, Dorothy stretches out "
Ter hand for the volume and finds n
clasped, and presently is aware h
hat there is some one sitting beside N
Ter on the rocks.
Dorothy, are you never going to n
peak ? he says quietly near her ear Y,
The boy has run or to play again. II
"Have you forgotten me SO utter " "
y, Dorothy" a
"No, not forgotten" she answers
n qeeer voice, as though some one al
lad hand on her throat u u
"Nor forgiven he adds,
But she answers not, aud rising d
would pass him, but he gently de- fs
aims her. u