Smyrna times., 1892-06-22
ANDROMEDA.
Baltimore Sunday News.

was nowhere IN sight, and the mOnste
three headed, in the guise of thre
terrible young observation-disclosures,
her peace of mind daily.
Something had brought uD the elias
sic legend, and, as she looked owe
three battered states, her youthful son
was Dltter with the unreasOning hope
iessness of temporarily defrauded girl
hood 0''
am chained to a great bare upl,
rock, and the monster coming to de-
YOUR me is named poverty, discourage
ment and hard work ~
Her pretty brow was knit over tbt
slOvenly problems of the oldest Mac
worth, and her impatient finger tapped
the slate with the blunt pencil. She
hung back her head, pushed the slate
aside, and stared at it stonilv. then
suddenly dropped her face in her
| hands.
The strident voices of her CHARGES
returning from ride were now andi.
Die, and AndrOmeda fiercely dropped
her head and dashed away in tears
Mrs Mortimer MacwOrth bustled into
the school-rOOm, accompanied bv her
treasures, and Immediately found fault
with the condition of things in oen.
eral.
please understand, Miss Lynde, that
expect the governess to keep the
pupils desks in order"
But, Mrs. MacwOrth, it encourages
careless in the pupils themselves, A
useful lesson is lost" began andre.
media.
Mrs. MacwOrth waved her to silence
i wish no discussion Ofthe subject y
she interrupted, lOftily. INV former
governesses, Miss Brown and Miss o..
borne, were only too delighted to snare
the dear children effort" And She
swept from the room.
The results of that style of training
are very manifest" thought Miss
Lynde, with fleeting smile. She res.
tored herturbulent group to a semblance
of order, and the lessons of the dav
were begun.
The next morning brought an unex.
pected diversion. Mrs. Macworth sud
denly made up her mind that the sen.
son was sufficiently advanced for
visit TO the seashOre, and Marian Lynde
was ordered to be ready by ten the
next morning. Tie dancing pulses
OF gilhood asserted themselves at this
proposal. She could not fail to have a
little rest, and could eniov such
snatches OF gayety as might come in
her way. The children would be an.
sorbed in shell gathering aud sand.dio.
ging for several hours each dav ana
she could sit on the rocks and saze ut
the far floating vessels. In her delight
she could have embraced Mrs. Mac
worth, which would have astoni.bed
that mountainous individual beyond
measure.
Late that night Marian Lynde looked
over her scaDty wardrobe and planned
and cOntrived. Her cheeks were nink
her blue eyes shOne. and. as she |
brushed and cOmbed her blond hair
she regarded her reflected image with |
innocent satisfaction.
u am as gOOd-looking as lots of girls
who go. Maybe shall meet Perseusl"
And she laughed softly.
The hotels at Neptune Beach were
already crowded. Incoming trains
hourly disgOrged their passengers
deelng from the dust and heat of cities
ancient matchmakers with their lovely
daughters, young men in English suits
ana eye glasses, young mammas with
their stylish dressed children and
white capped nurses, tired teachers and
writer's, business men rushing down
'or day and night to grid them.
selves afresh for the battles of the
nOney-changers and the endless vocif-
eratiOps of the Stock ExchanOes
turnOuts howled along The
smooth driving road, tennis clubs drew
n their vOtaries, lovers found nooks
n the rocks and spent manv blissfnI
hours under striped umbrellas, discuss
ng the ephemeral summer novel, the
lew school of emotional poetry, and
asst, but by no means least, their own
ubjective moods and conditions.
Into this Kaleidoscope whirl came
Mrs. Mortimer Macworth, her dar.
lngs and their gOverness. Miss Lvnde
elt that she could have looked after
vice as many Responsibilities" for
he sake of the thrill that swept over
Ter when she took the children tn
he beach on the morning after their g
rival. :
In all all the thrOng of bathers and 5
romenaders she knew not one: but IL
vas enough to breathe the soft air and {
nave 1t TO lit the soft rings from her
Drhead while she gazed over the iilim. '
liable waters in the intervals of watch.
ng her charges. G
"Perseus" did not make his appear. f
nee till the third day. |
Mrs. MacwOrth was giving the gov
rness some special orders in regard tn /
be children's bathing, when a fault. t
youth, with brown ewes t
ARK hair and an iFFeproaehable nous. v
acne came along the beach and put 2
ut his hand. ~ t
Charley Sylvester Did YOU rain
own Z" exclaimed Mrs. Macworth. b
The young man glanced up at the o
lOudles skies,
Scarcely. Got in late last night on n
ie "Owl express. Allow me to nres. -
Mt my friend-Allen Fraser.n
de 6eckoned to gentleman stand. h
lg at little distance. The latter had n
pleasant face, not so handsome as q
ylYester's, but giving an impression of o
lnny temper as well as mental L
rength. A brown beard, cut in arts. y
G fashion, would have BETRAYED his
even If he had not carried Il
portfolio. He glanced expectantlv q
Marian after acknowledging the in. !
odnction TO Mrs. Macworth, h
Miss Lynde, gentlemen" said that il
dy, stiiy. She could not well do
IS. "
Charles Sylvester bestowed a patron. b
ing bow and an almost imperceptible al
ting OF his acknowledgements million.
ollar eyebrows, but Allen Fraser
nhed and shook hands with the
'ung laday. b
He has both brains and heart,' Al
ought Marian leading away the o.
'ung MaewOrths. ri
"Mith Lynde NTH Lyndell Rer. y
banged me wiv wooden thpoo.oo. ="
,on !'' s''oO
This vail rose on the fresh morning h
r, putting all Andromeda's pleasant h,
ncies to flight. She had allowed her. E,
II TO muse on certain sunny smile nj
% kindly hand-elasp Of the dav ie
'toFe, and, this being an unwarrapta. q
proceeding in view Of stern facts. N
% received her punishment In the a
aforementioned interruption.
keproviug the "bangern and eonsol. a
9 the hanged = she took the chill. e