The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1894-01-03

by the shore, where he was fixing up
an old boat
Her hat blew off into the water, and
he fished it out for her, and they both
laughed to see the way it was drenched.
She put it on, and the salt water ran
down over her cheeks, and that made
them laugh again. Itwas n very limited
neighborhood, and it was easy to get
acquainted.
Eleanor went back to the farmhouse
and told her mother that she had dis
covered type. They talked it over
together and enjoyed the idea and de.
cided that it was very fortunate.
When they discovered a few days
later that the type could sing curious
little Swedish ballads quite accepta-
bly,, and that after the days work was
done he wore clothes that were really
presentable, they were even more
pleased.
Eleanor managed to see a good
deal of her discovery, and after awhile
she induced him to come to the house.
1t was not long before his coming
there was quite the usual thing. The
two women fattered the young man
outrageously, and pretty soon Otto
began to think that he was consider
erable of fellow.
1t was then that he began to neglect
Therese. When he did not neglect
her, he patronized her, and that hurt
her even worse.
But Therese was an Independent
little thing, and she would not stand
that. So they had their quarrel, and
Otto said that he was not coming to
see her any more until she was sorry
that she had talked SO to him.
He meant to punish her. 1t was only
the other side of his patronizing.
Therese said very well, and that was
the reason she sat on the doorstep
wishing that she could die.
Perhaps the worst thing that he did
was when he told Eleanor about ali
this. She listened to him just little
startled, and then she laughed and
pretended to give him good advice,
while all the time he knew by her tone
that she was laughing at him and his
story.
That made him desperately hard on
Therese, for, singularly enough, he
began to think that she had done a
monstrously clever thing in getting
him to fall in love with her.
He talked about himself to Eleanor
good deal more than ever that even
ing, and when he went home he was
well started towards being a very dis
agreeable young man.
Otto had done enough, certainly, to
deserve to lose his sweetheart alto
gether and no doubt that is what
would have been if something had not
happened that brought him to his
senses. Fortunately, however, some
thing did happen.
There came a great storm one night,
and in the morning when clouds began
to scatter and the waves began to sub
side the people ON the shore saw that
during the nighta huge coasting vessel
had drifted upon the sand bar.
She was caught there fast enough,
but it did not appear that she had suf-
fered any serious damage.
When it grew calm enough, the cap
tain of the vessel sent a boat ashore
and offered large pay to men that
would come out and help throw enough
of the cargo overheard to tighten the
ship and release her from the bar.
There were plenty who were willing
to go. They went out that day and
returned at night to their homes.
There was another days work before
them. Then it was hoped the vessel
would float clear of the bar.
Therese's father was one of the men
that went out to do the work, and on
this second morning Therese wanted to
go out with him. There was room in
the boat, and it was quite calm, SO
there did not seem any reason why she
should not go. Her father took her
quite willingly.
Otto did not go. Under ordinary
circumstances he would have been one
of the first to undertake the work, but
the change that had come over him ex-
tended to his habits of industry as well
as to other things
Late in the morning of the second
day Eleanor came down to the shore,
and Otto, seeing her from distance,
joined her there.
81 want to go out thereto the
ship" said Miss Soutbard.
Otto looked at the sky and shook his
head.
81 don't like the looks of things, 4"
he said, 81 wish SO many of our people
were not out there already"
Eleanor laughed mockingly. $50
you are afraid, she said, 81 thought
that belonged to women, but II am
not afraid.
''You don't know the signs, ven
tured Otto.
''Never mind the signs. 1 want to
go out there Have You boat?
Otto bowed.
'Then you will take me, will you
not?" Her tone had lost its mocking
ring, nd she was looking up at him
dangerously.
He hesitated a moment, and then
there came laughing light again into
the great dark eyes of the girl, for she
saw that he had yielded.
"Wait for me here, he said, as he
started up the beach. "If you will go
of course 1 will take you"
Presently he returned in his dory
and took her out to where his boat, a
clever little sailing craft, was lying at
anchor.
There was Just enough breeze to