The morning call., 1891-09-02

to be painful to us both I will bid you good
afternoon. Come Max" and the little red
figure turned and walked proudly away over
the rocks.
Hal gazed after her and his senses sud-
denly returned.
Dorothy, come back"
His voice made no more Impression than
| the roaring sea. -,
"Dorothy, dear, Dorothy, stopP'
She did not answer. She was far out upon
| the seaweed covered rocks with Max by her
"She is going straight for that dangerous.
slippery place that she knows hate" he
multered and started to follow her; then he
paused abruptly, anger again coming to the
| surface.
He turned upon his heel and walked
swiftly toward the house, a few rods dis
! tant. He went directly upstairs to his own
| little den and shut the door with 8 bang;
| then he threw himself down in his fayorite
! chair TO think.
This act was performed for about two
! hours to the accompaniment Of many cigar.
cites. With the eighteenth one the last
! remnant of HaPs anger burned away. lie
arose and yawned, and emerged from the
| blue smoke ''sadder and wiser man."
He would 60 down and see If Dorothy had
! returned, but he would be very dignihed
and non-cOmmittal until he was sure
| that she had repented.
| He descended the stairs lesurely, whist
| ling an air from Fra Davolo" with mar
| velous skill, for he thought he deserted
| scarlet spot In the duSky hall. He saun-
tered inditferently along. then came TO a
| sudden stop.
1t was his mother. She heard him conf
| ing and waited for him.
"Where is Dorothy?" r.
left her on the rocks couple Of hours
ago-with Max" he finished seeing the re-
proach on his mothers face.
Max has been here more than an hour,
but can't find Dorothy anywhere. There
is shower coming up, go at once"
Hal had vaulted the yeranda railing, an d
minus hat and umbrella, rushed for the
| rocks. Already loud rumbings OF thunder
were heard, and big drops of rain came
faster and faster.
:" Dorothy" he called. as he ran along,
dorothy"
No answer, save the rush of waves and
the roar Of thunder
Thoroughly alarmed, Hal sped over the
rocks, calling franticalIy from time to time;
but no answering voice greeted his ears.
Mady he ran on. shouting until he was
hoarse.
At last he stopped to take breath.
He had reached the spot toward which
Dorothy had started when she left him q
few hours ago.
Suddenly Hal saw something which sent
all the blood from his heart. He leaned
against the rock TO steady himself, as O.
deathly falntneSs came over him.
There, half hidden by the seaweed, lay
Dorothy's little white sailor hat Two
hours ago the outgoing tide had been crash
ing and breaking at the foot OF that very
rock.
No wonder that Halls strength forsook
him. No wonder that sea and sky and
rocks became u confused blur.
She must have made a misstep, and-Hal
couldn't finish. He sat down and covered
his face with his hands.
Presently the cooling rain upon his head
aroused him..
He looked a. his watch He had been
gone from the house justtwenty minutes.
He reached out and reverently* took up.
the little hat; then he rose, and like one
berett OF his senses, he paced the dssolate
rocks, back and forth-back and forth
At last he turned his face toward home.
Slowly though lie walked it seemed to him.
that he reached the house Ia one brief Sec
ond.
He saw his mother upon the north YER
anda.
He assembled the steps and went around
the corner of the house. There. comforta-
bly, enSconced in sheltered nook sat-not
his mother, but Dorothy!
When the girl saw the bedraggled,
wTetehed-looking figure standing before her
all of her dignity fell before her like ar
ment
:: why ha!. dear, she gasped, what IS
the matter. Why don't you speak? ?"
Then, suddenly comprehending, she cried,
Hal, dear, your mother told me you had
gone for me. Did you think-what did you
think ?"
Speeches., Hal pointed to the hat
Il sat down there few minutes" the
girl explained and took it off 1t began to
rain so suddenly that l forge, it and came
home with Ut it,"
The pleading voice seemed 10 restore the
young man to his senses again. With a wan
smile ne held out his arms. All his fine
theories, formulated few hours previous,
flew from Halls mind liks dead leaves from
a tree.
Dorothy, my darling, do you love me?"
TWO soft arms frightened about his neck.
And we will be married and go over the
seas togeiher?"
Yes, to please grandmother and Aunt
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