Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-06


soous ix ryceaelv he was nownsking
just the same love To Rosa Macge
wondered II she ought not 10 tell
Rosa. but then she could not be
sare that IL would not be spite
fal; - she didn't Why should she. she
didn't care. anyhow? SO she tucked
up her skirts shorter than ever and tom
boyed around aud was quite miserable
she rowe6 by herself EverybodY
rode horseback now. SEE swan races
BY herself. Nobody ever came In now
unless Rosa did. and then IL took them
water She let her hair all loose and
IL erinkled around heF. Her bath suit
was green and she looked like lilly.
Madge could see that herself as she
trcd water way out IL made her hate
herself for being plump and round She
dueked her head 10 make her HAIR come
out worse. and she wished herself
dead Once Ralf swan out To her.
Why don't you come in; you will
get cramps?" he said Try 10 be at
tractive like your friend Miss Rosa"
AT this Aadge made a plunge at
Rails aggravating curly head. The
sudden weight OF her on his shoulders
sent him down She felt herself held
tight. She screamed and struggled.
but that only filled her mouth with
salt water. and her struggles were held
By a strong and not very gentle grasp.
Down. down. down 1t occurred
TO her how near the chan
mel she had been and how
swift the current ran there. She had
never been under water so long before.
A surging sounded in her ears. Then
. sharp pain through her leg. and it
stiffened, and her whole body filed
with pain The cramp. in q moment
they were above the water. Ralf
struck out strong. He needed to. The
tide ran hard. Madge hung about his
neck helpless, doing as his short orders
directed and crying silently.
When they reached still water he
shook her roughly. You nearly
drowned the pair Of US" he said. II am
a good mind to marry you, you young
tiger eat, and chastise you as you de-
serve"
Il hate youl" sobbed Madge, and
buried her teeth in his shoulder When
they got within sigh: of the others she
let go for shame. But Ralf said moth
ing.
Rosa was so pretty and 80 full Of
solicitude, and called her ''such reck-
less child" and after it was all over
and Madge lay in bed, recovering from
her chill and salt water swallow, she
realized what a nuisance she was to
every one, and how every one thought
her more OF child than ever. Ralf
sent her up, tied in white paper. n
piece of stained Jersey cloth with two
Jagged holes in it. She tried to be-
lieve she did not know what it was.
Next morning some one asked: where
is Hedden?" Gone to town." said
some one else. ito get q new bath
suit" and Madge crept guiltily away.
do you know, Miss Rosa. that one
Of the islands In the bay il haunted?"
what haunts it?"
Once upon a time there lived a queer
old fisherman, whose house was the
abin of a ship and"
You are telling about Peggottyw
mo; this man was not nice like Peg
gotty. He was strange and ugly.
They did say he had wrecked the ves-
sci of which he used the cabin for a
house. At any rate, the name of the
lost vessel hung over his door-the
Raven-as IL to remind him. He lived
all alone. a-a-alone-"
"You are trying to brighten me with
that dreadful voice. What did he look
like?"
Very dreadful Some thought him
one of those who had been drowned
come to life again. He looked it. all
soppy slammed and yellow-a fearful
combination His beard was scraggly
and his eyes gleamy. Well. one night
came fearful gale, and the island
was all washed over, and"
'0h, what?"
1.-The house was washed away and
the man was washed away, and the
whole thing was washed away"
Z The island too?''
mo, didn't 1 just show you the
island? But ever since that time the
g-ghost of that dreadful old man has
w-w-valkedw
Really" Es
Really"
IL never heard tho story before.
believe you made 1t up this minute. :"
"Where are you goiDg?"
Don't want to try it, eh?"
"No. no; row away from 1t. / don't
want ever to be able to recognize it. !"
How sweet you look when you are
frightened.
II wish you meant all you say"
"Nonsensel You don't care a bit
whether mean what / saw or not"
Rosa put on pretty little hurt air.
You are always either frightening
me TO death with ghost stories or say
iug unlSind things" she complained.
People should not take each other
too seriously in the summer time, Miss
Rosa. suppose, for instance. I took
you seriously7'' Rosa looked shy
what would happen then2 | might
believe you nicer than you are and /
might get my heart broke"
You think so III of me2"
mo. bat 7 know girls Of your kind