The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-11-07


She rose as graceful as panther,
and full Of spirits, and went out
swiftly and silently into the park,
| taking care to evade any other Of
the Waffle House guests who might
. be about.
The kennels were in quite the op-
posite direction, but then Miss Rye
| had a passion for the waterside, par
ticularly this morning, when the sun
was so riotously hot, and the mere
sound of the swish in the reeds would
| be cooling. Also. nobody ever went
down to the lake in the morning. She
would be alone and unpcstered for
once.
Captain SuttleDury could bestow his
insufferable attentions upon the
hounds. She laughed aloud at the
thought.
1t was understood, as such matters
generally are understood, that Miss
Rye was the destined bride of the
Captain. He was ugly, vulgar, and
4 one Of the wealthiest of landowners,
so that he could marry anyone he
chose. And his choice seemed to be
Miss Joan Rye.
Beauty and the Beast" as Lord
Waffle remarked to his distant con-
necti0n and temporary private secre-
tary, Mr.. Dick Maynard, anent this
affair
The young man nodded.
II hope she'll refuse him." he said,
frowning
MY dear man." said Lord Waffle,
"how can she? Lady Waffle gives
me to understand that Miss Rye and
Shuttlebury have fixed it up, kindly
making my house the base of opera
tions. He's vulgar little brute, and
he'll fiutter around till she's worn
out. Then shall have to congratu-
late him.
Maynard shut his mouth at this
feeble-minded view and busted him
self over his work. He spent a rest
less night trying to devise disinter-
ested schemes whereby Beauty might
be saved from the tolls, and woke
early and angry. with a conviction
that a secretarial post precludes one
from undertaking the duties of a
knight-errant
He went down to the lake (because
IN the morning nobody ever went
therel, got rod from the waterman
and, having Dunted himself across
TO the shady side, fixed the pole in
Inc reeds by way OF anchor. set his
noat running, clinched his rod in the
DOWS and TlI.nn1nf1t-
the cushions, with pipe in his
mouth.
That is why the following things
came to pass when about half an
nour later Miss Joan Rye came down
10 the boathouse, followed at n dis
Greet distance by the irrepressible
captain Suttlebury, who by an III
chance had marked Miss Rye's direc-
uon, and had not therefore taken the
TouDie to inquire of her maid as to
wnere she might be found. The Can
tam was feeling uncommonly sulky
and spiteful, knowing he had exerted
nmself for some days past in man
uef that no woman was worth" :"
without marked success.
Meanwhile Joan came TO the waters
euge. A shimmering heat-haze lay
nghtiy over the lake, making dim
tHe further shore under the hill.
whose imminent pines would, as she
Knew throw the coolest shadows, and
vi among the rushes ON either side
vi the boathouse the coots winged
mustered escape at her approaching.
some white swans, too, cared them
serves OF shore after the fashion of
nnocked dignity. The waterman was
nowhere about, and Joan had to up.
moor her own craft. She had fixed
vi Canadian canoe, and. having
seated herself, made away with
sroau' gentle scoops of the paddle. re-
tude M 'o'-
cue mad disappeared into the haze
pssond Captain Suttlebury's view
oeiore he was ready with the punt In
"nich he meant to follow. And on
'ne other side of the haze things
we're happening of which Joan's first
.ntimatlon was this: Towards her
,'on the opposite hank, came an an
parently unoccupied punt. 1t came
erratlcally, with slow jerks and
sweryes to left and right. A stout
pAe-rod was fixed in the bows and
'ent almost TO cracking.
some one must have been fishing.
.lom IT." thought Joan. The float
"as invisible, but the taut line and
~'S'ed reel showed her what was
,ue matter. The fisher must have
svue ashore and pike hooked him.
~ IN the meantime. How ANNOYED
w man would be! And then
o, why it's Mr.. Maynardr' she said,
Suu' quite suddenly "Asleep."
que mad wanted solitude, but some
~" was in no way vexed to come
~ man. Otherwise she would not
,a,e done what she did. That was TO
s,le ss'ule up to the punt and step aboard.
reel carefully. ' 'As
~ "hat splendid fish It must ben
~ snld. feeling II delIcately as She
,hs'ea IN little. 1t must have been
sporting instinct that was aroused.
a." H. sne forgot her canoe and her dc.
s're for solitude. and began to play
"ow pike II not the eamest Of
~,us nsu that swim. but even a pike
make some struggle. ana This