The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-05
BY SARA BEAUMONT KENNEDY.
(copyright 19Ol. by Authors, syndicate.l

| - counter and cnattered ike mag
49,. while the tired little clerk across
counter waited patiently to serve
And while she waited she lis
- The three discussed a box
1 sartv at the summer opera, dance at
| ~ conntry club-and Harry Allen,
If the handsomest and most pop
49,. Climb men about town. The lit
49, clsrk knew him only by sight; but
socb of the shoppers had some per-
III arecdote to- tell of him; and each
,ongbingly wished he would choose
son,e watering place she had pick
- out for her own outing.
A. last they made their purchases
went outside the sunshine was
,si+e and hot; the little clerks head
with a confused mixture OF
So" costumes, sunshine, summer
1 .t,as and Harry Allen. The next
s.on,er found her so absent-minded
tSot she lodged complaint with the
aod Of the department. For several
80 the little clerk was as one in
-, so that Ben Pierce, from the
-,,.arcbief counter had to come
,ar and help her straighten her
Sovss that she might leave with the
Tiers Then one evening Dorathy
49, hone to find Uncle Jim, who was
.orroad conductor on one OF MS
,isIts AS soon as he saw Doro-
+bv he declared she looked like
nad chicken and that she needed
change. .. pine
.,, Gov week? I'd get you pass
ooh. Uncle JIM"
.cv,r co,ldn't exactly make the riff1e
the btg hotel, but the Park house Is
-. ocross the street. know lne
ansokaener there; she'll look atter
III and keep the young bloods
of safe distance-she's ugly ehous"
- Give a man delirium tremens' put
she's a good woman. - v,+ dow
g. II was settled and the next 10y
nnrathv asked leave OF apsenee AoA
the following week. 49,, ore
"Don't forget me Wnle Sou
-. v,hisDered Ben Pierce, as lhey
n.anf ont into the street that last Oh
ternOon. +ba rier at
pine Reach and saw the tossing waves
and felt the bite of the SAT- preeLe
she told herself she was peglIi,lns ~
"a live Miss Hay, to whose care SnS nc
toor c6n1mended, was an ideal chape-
- IN tba+ she asked no questions
UH0 jnto,.fered with no plans: but she
6id 10 count" and the girl was con-
/ tent The house was full OF cohese
ibovs down for a fishing frolic, ana the
&6av after she arrived one of them PICK
I'd nm her handkerchief, and so got
|Horo,Iatnred with her Just in the Ola
*s.weat wav." He was rather young, pui
a too did."tes COUNT" particularly as
H. introduced her to his companions,
WHO invited her to sail with them ana
nook her TO a dance at the big hotel;
\ 8she having explained that her chap-
L erone was not well. -
n Very pretty she looked that evening
in her dainty white dress; and as neI
escort knew miles of men She hdd
Eplenty of partners. But it was not un-
4 til the end of the evening that she mel
Hilary Allen. for whom three other girls
were signing at other resorts. After
she met him he danced with no one
else; and when they were not dancing
they walked on the moonlit balcony
that overhung the sea and talked OF the
music, the moon and other things that
the time and place invested with SUCH
profound interest. The girl went home
in a dream as new as it was beautl-
full So must Cinderella have felt when,
by that swift transition wrought by
fairy wand, she stepped from cinder-
heap into the first drawing room OF
| the land. The little ribbon clerk had
gotten into society. And the man be
hind the handkerchief counter was for
gotten.
The next morning Harry sent her an
armful of roses, and that afternoon he
called Her chaperone was sorry not to
meet him, but was seldom able to
come into the parlor, she told him;
and that was the truth, at least to the
etter. That night as they went skim
mining over the shining sea in the pri-
yate yacht of a well-known capitalist,
Dorathy had to pinch herself to make
sure 1t was not all dream. The conf
pany was select and brilliant, but no
one was prettier than the little clerk,
the quality of whose white flannel
Ooating dress was not betrayed by the
Snlmmering moonlight. This knowledge
ogether with that wonderful adapta-'
ollty which, in the American girl,
Mamounts to a sixth sense, carried her
safely through the novelty of her sur
Ouhdlngs Besides, she had come with
marry Allen, and the stamp of his APP
Noyal went far with the people of his
Ft Dorathy had always had certain
lule airs and graces of manner that
belonged to the upper ten"
She is very young, for she has. not
et made her debut, she says, the
Ndlned society girls said, indulgently,
Watching the zest with which she en-
yed herself. a.1.- E
she is adorable the men declared,
gaSAng in the freshness of her smile,
ge giancing coquetry of her eyes, big
'I ~ black and velvety.
ene was so popular that it was some
Sue before Harry got her to himself
secluded nook of the deck behind
pie of chairs put out Of the way of
~s dancers There the moon-subtle
St"st that she is-must have gotten
WV ms brain, for he talked in a low,
hS ant voice of love, of it's swift COM
NJ, us strength and sweetness And
bs 0'Hy listened with a new thrill in
oIood' so that they forgot the
s%e's behind them and the hostess
eb15 cabin, and thought only OF each
W.t words and eyes.
DIV nefe is your home? Out of what
nv 49, Gt Already have you stepped into
m , nle ] seem to have been waiting
W You for ages"
tD moment the girl was silent. To
gso -Iih she came from his own city
70 e,S proclaim herself out of his set
ars5- perhaps this beautiful idyl; he
oN4 50 much for social caste.
Des,ss did | come FROM" she re-
mtL slowly; then she stretched
"'l arms. Il came dawn From fine