The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-03-05
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Shook to her laugh, az when a bird flies low
Between the water and the willow leaves,
And the shade quivsrs till he wins the light !"
Dear mel" posed on Mrs. Belford
in dreamy anticipation, 'show many
crullers will not Marcelline have to
maker" Z. d. d
| Marcelline was the Belford's French
cook, retained at an advanced salary
to do triple duty during the summer
months. Il.
Crullers in the end of August!
Olga actually shuddered at the
thought. y
| She rose. ~. )
II think I shall go and get this
warm dress off, she said.
Off she went to her own large,
bright, airy room, and there she sat
down to consider the circumstances
of the case. -f 80.
She remembered how DR.. Harland
had ordered her away for a complete
rest. 49,
"You are wearing OUT" he said.
'''social work, missionary work,
artistic work-all the employment of
fashionable women nowadays--are
breaking down your health. Go
away, but not to Newport, or Long
Branch, or Coney island. You are
wealthy enough, heaven knows, to
go where you please-which, by the
way" concluded the physician, with
a laugh, ''is less paradoxical than it
sounds. One must be very rich or
very poor to be cratic and still ap-
proved. l know just the place for
you. I'll write to Riverview and see
if the Belfords will take you"
DR.. Harland had been her M others
doctor before her, and his dictum
was law to Miss Russlin.
She had found Ri1 erview as delight
full as sanitary. The big, cool,
pleasant house, the velvet lawns, the
forest grounds, the brooks and the
bridges, and the wild, pleasant
places-she hated the: thought of
leaving it so soon.
Butrecalling Charley again, she felt
she must, it the newcomer were to
be like him.
'If it isn't dogs with Charlie" she
decided. ''its mice; if not mice, rab-
bits! if not rabbits, frogs or grass
hoppers. He was always bringing
them into the the house, and blowing
whistle or beating a drum, or set
ting off fire-crackere. Oh''-with q
very wise nod-'I know the ways of
boys; and if he is the least bit like
Charlie, why, might as we'll go back
to Charlie-and Ishallr' -.
But she didn' t.. 5 ss
Perhaps because the son Of her
hostess did not in the slightest de-
gree resemble her little brother.
The day following her conversa-
tion with Mrs. Belford she was in the
woods surrounding Riverview.
Very trim, cool, and dainty she
looked in her costume of blue-and-
arl-outing cloth, a tennis cap of
crimson crushed down on her dark
hair, a scarf of the same shade
knotted at the open collar, and a
book-"Jean Ingelow"-under her
arm.
Half way across a bridge-just a
board swung over a brawling stream
she became conscious some one was
advancing toward her from the op-
posite direction.
She looked quickly up. A gentle
man was coming toward her-a gen.
tleman in a gray linens suit and straw
hat-quite a gigantic young fellow
ne appeared to her startled gaze.
"Go back!'' she cried. "Or, wait
| shall! The board is unsafe, rotton
go back! Oh!'
The advice came too late. Crack
crack-crash! went the slender bridge.
The gentleman made spring in
to the stream, caught Miss Russlin,
who had been whirled away, as she
was being swept by. He drew her to
the bank.
81 am sorry'' he said, taking off
his hat, and standing bareheaded
and handsome before her. II did
not see you coming. 1t was my mis-
take altogether. You are stranger
here, and did not know the board
was water-worn.'
Not many of Olga's city acquaint-
ances would have recognized her Just
then. Her air of dignity, of gentle
but most pronounced WEAKNESS, had
quite vanished. She was riante ami
mated, smiling. ~ :.
II didno know the bridge was nm
trustworthy" the young man an
swered, with a smile. ttBut / am not
wholly a stranger, l know-at least
I used to know The place.
He was more than good looking
he was misunderstanding. The gay,
sweet, gentle, nature which had shone
out in feature and expression was
more charming than the mere perfec-
ton of profile. .@s.
Miss Russlin was dripping. Miss
Russlin was uncomfortable. Still, she
was decidedly curious. She knit
those thin, dark broWs Of hers into
a puzzled frown.
II don't know you. You must
have come lately" she said. sd
Their uncOnvention meeting had
eradicated occasion for ceremony.
eyes, to-day. I am on my way to
RivervieW. My name is James Bel
ford. 8
Not, . Involuntary she moved
step back Ward 80 lot that boy. .