The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-02

I'm always forgetting said Ruth.
penitentiy. rubbing her pink cheek
against her mothers pale one. Forgive
me, mamma dear. won't your
Mrs. Ellerton smiled waniy: "lt was
not for nothing that you burst In upon
me. What do you wfsh7'
4 ITO ask /! We might go down to the
cove. schooner has Just come In. and
we are dying tn see IT."
! 'Gertruder" said Mrs. Eilnrton.
Yes. mother" replied soft voice be-
hind her.
you startled me. child" said Mrs
Eieriou petalanfiy: ''yau entered so
noiseiessly. There. there, / did not
mean To wound you You may go 10 the
cove. hat keep Ruth out Of mischief"
Gertrude, the elder. was pale and shy:
bat Ruth. the tahy. was chubby and
strong. with RESTLESS feet that carried
Der with the rush uf rompiBG tom boy.
Their father was their favorita play-fei-
low. and they grieyed at his absence
through the week. for the cottage was
lonely one. save for n fisherman hut
II WAS mile 20 their nearest uelghhor.
Mrs. -Elierton watched the children de
part. then her gaze wandered over the
view beyond: the covc. where lay a
small schaoner. ard. near by. ON the SHORE.
the fshermans solitary hal; the siisory
bay which the cove gave on: ans the long
beach running out n a paint. on the tip
o. which stood a lighthouse.
An hour later Mrs. Eliertoa WAS again
disturbed by The chatter 81 children; ard
coupled with Ruth's high treble she dts
/ finsutshed an unfamiliar note GiancinE
sshfuuah thu window SHE saw Ruth enter
5 INK The garden. bringing with aer~~was Il
possible. Mrs. Eilerton opened the win
dow
ooh. mamma," eriad Ruth. we've had
such fun and
Ruth" interrupted Airs. Ellerton. Sc
seFeiy. who "a that with you~'
Why. Mary aud She
Mary Who Mary what?'
Rnth looked puszied She turned -
the liIle stranger who replied tlmidly.
PLEASE mum. Mary Bethel
"fss Mary Eethet." Ruth cried
And Who IS this Mary BethelE'
Mrs Enertau'S severe manner. which
had been steadily growing colder, new
dropped helsw the frcsztug point Ruth
fell by artor chilled. whiie poor. shNer~
tx MARY Eethei the innocent cause ~
sach change in tho temperature al the
Superior Mrs ElIerton. feii herSst! turn
ing to Ice
who Is this Mary Bethel Mrs rller-
Ten repeated
Why d" faltered Ruth. '2he lives at the
cove ard -"
And Sc So. she hal better return
, There. stew oggeu." continued Mrs. Eilrr-
I ton. plileSSiy. chow offau have warned
FoG never 80 pick up acquaintance
And thnse Hsherfelk. of AZ psaple--i sfa
Heto ttao SURPRISED. nath am"
b1l Mary Nslhgi hosrd ~ rners VITA
sob VI sr;-asEu'sh she hurst rhroggh
'a@ ssfr~sv ana her patched skirts fat
'ef7T'e rs1 ~.idiy cewa the ros6 toward
hey ha-.a
Il We ~.t uucb - honse. Ihgs refuge
- tNe HFtAcls. "a two-roosn hut ysftn
hT"wa Se3s e4ukad around IL as an
shcharawa NVeH with thls, sometimes
ne uind svaavei Down SO Violently max
we tit}a structure woul3 creak ard
sfeaa. as g fri fyav - beng demolished
A. try rr&che3 ta< &eAch Aer father
sassf 0s tH. aa'. ard lifted her ur ara
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Asnsi thr -ac- saa,s~wAy. WHATS the
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asthia t4f" SAc sattee>s
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