The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18
OVER THE SUMMER SEA.
ACharmins Summer Story By Florence Hodgkinsoa.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER L
It was early hummer; the trees had not
lost the FIRST freshness Of their green. the
ground had not acquired that dry. burnt-ur
look II nearly always gets In crowded places
a. the hottest months OF the year pass By
The laburnums and lilacs wers almost over;
but Bennerton Park made . brave show
with bedding plants. n looked perfectly
delightful to the eyes OF its chief IRE
South London suburb. who were very proud
Of their one open space. and ala not mind
that It looked . mere DOT on the map. COM
pared to tn nearest nsighbor. Remington.
Lettice Linden. . fair. wistful-looking s4ri
Of %. found life rather drsary.
The Landens had come 10 Bennsrten when
Lettics was 8 ysars old. She could remsm-
Der no other home, ana yet she had .
strange consciousness that at some time or
other she had lived within reach Of coun-
cry sights and soundsI She knew hat - .
family they were supposed to have got
on" tina her father was better Oh thar
when they came to the tall white house In
the Grow nftssn ysars bseors; but the pros
peity had not made things happier for La.
ticaL
Her father had nsvse cared much about
her: but she could rsmsmbsr . dine when
he q been fairly kind. Nov, try her
hardest. she could never please him: n
of the six younger children wal dearer to
him than the irstborn- He srudssd every
penny spent OF L~ettics-srudssd her most
of al her mothers love
Things had been worse than usual this
June day. M. Linden had nung out o. the
hooss in . temper. his last words being
thai bsfofV hs returned IN the evening he
should sapsc3 LStttcs to b ready to obey
his ordsfs; Il not 'bhe would nnd hsrself In
the wrong box."
Poor Lettiesi She had gone faithfully
through the roundo Of her daily duties. neg
lecting none Of them: but she had strenu-
lest she should and Mrs.. LAnden's entreaties
more than she could bear. And now, when
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to think.
It was . strange paaes to choose for med
itation: but then there was 10 slip or cup
board In the Landeas' house that Iettics
could can her own. There she would have
been liable to perpetual Interruptions; here
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own heart. 10 voul6 ~ home,s.. I, srest
I on6on-
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