The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-15

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walk to the chair and back before we have
our supper"
The chair was q great bowlder that stood
out away down the shore near the water,
rudely fashioned during the centuries that
it had stood there into the shape of huge
settee. Therese sat very still for a moment
after the father spoke, but he put his big
hand gently on her arm, and presently she
rose to go with him, mutely comforted.
"Where are you going2" called the moth.
err after them. "The supper is ready and
waiting"
"Then it will have to wait" called back
the father. Come, little maid"
They walked down the shore in silence
until they reached the chair. Therese
climbed up into her favorite place, and her
father stood by her resting his gray head
on her knee.
Zine ladies are flckle," he said "IIe
may come back"
4 81 do not want him that way,n she said.
"If he comes at ALL he must leave her for
me. i do not hate him, for she stole him
with her ways that only wicked people
know. But will not have her send him
back to me-"
Therese was very quiet when she cam,
back with her father, but the walk had
done her good, and she was about the house
after supper was oveB, helping her mother
as she was used to do.
When she went to bed that night, her
eyes were still dry, but she prayed that she
might be forgiven for tho wicked things
that she had thought.
For the first few weeks after she came
with her mother to stay at the old farm.
house near the shore the hours and days
had dragged drearily with Eleanor South
ard. She was used to being amused and
entertained, and there was nobody at the
farmhouse to entertain her.
On the other hand, she was called upor
part of the time to amuso or try to amust
her mother, who was in perpetual ill health
Her mother enjoyed being in i'll health
but she enjoyed it in a melancholy wa,
that needed some one TO see her suffer and
pity her quite often.
1t was with great joy, therefore, that
Eleanor discovered that there was in the
neighborhood young man who was good
looking, who was intelligent above his class
and who had curly hair. She made his &C
qlaintanee down by the shore where he was
fixing up an old boat.
Her hat blew off into the water, and he
fished it out fer ser, and they both laughed
w NtG Iut way &c "tfs AitiithChs
She put it on, and the salt water ran down
over her cheeks, and that made them laugl
again 1t WAS very limited neighborhood
and ii was easy to get acquainted.
Eleanor went back to the farmhouse ant
told her mother that she had discovered 4
type. They talked it over together and en-
ioyed the idea and decided that it was very
fortunate.
! When they discovered a few days latel
; that the type could sing curious little
Swedish ballads quite acceptably, and thai
after the days work was done he wor'
, clothes that were really presentable, the,
were even more pleased.
Eleanor managed to see good deal o
her discovery, and after awhile she induced
him to come to the house.
1t was not long before his coming Their
was quite the usual thing. The two womei
flattered the young man outrageously, ant
pretty soon Otto began to think that h
was considerable of fellow
It was then that he began to neglec
Therese. When he did not neglect her, h.
patronized her, and that hurt her even
worse
But Therese WAS an independent littl
i thing, and she would not stand that s.
they had their quarrel, and Otto said tina
he was not coming to see her any more un
til she was sorry that she had talked so t.
him.
He meant TO punish her. 1t was only tn
other side OF his patronizing Therese sait
very well, and that WIS the reason she sa
on the doorstep wishing that she could die
Perhaps the worst thing that he did wa
when he told Eleanor about all this. Sh
listened to him just little startled, an,
then she laughed and pretended to give hin
4 good advice, while all the time he knew b.
A her tone that she was laughing at him an
his story.
That made hun desperately hard on The
4 reese, for, singularly enough, he began t
think that she had done a monstrousl,
clever thing in getting him to fall in Low,
with her.
He talked about himself to Eleanor
good deal more than ever that evening" ant
: when he went home he was well started
toward being very disagreeable yount
, man.
Otto had done enough certainly to de
, serve to lose his sweetheart altogether, ant
; no doubt that is what would have been i
something had not happened that brough
him to his senses. Fortunately, however
something did happen.
lncre cdUle Breut storm one night, ant
in the morning when the clouds began t,
scatter and the waves began to subside tn
+ people on the shore saw that during th
night huge coasting vessel had drifte,
upon the sand bar.
., She was caught there fast enough, bu
i, 1t did not appear that she had suffered an,
r serious damage.
When it grew calm enough, the captain
of the vessel sent boat ashore and offeret
/, large pay TO men that would come out an,
, help throw enough of the cargo overboar,
to tighten the ship and release her from tn
bar.
There were plenty who were willing t
CO. They went out that day and returne.
ct night to their homes.
There was another days work befor
. them. Then it was hoped the vessel wouli
float clenr of the bar.
Therese's father was one Of the men tina
went out to do the work, and on this sec
ond morning Therese wanted to 20 GU