Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-03
The Dick and
Dorothy Affair
BY D. H. TALMADGE.
Copyrighted by Authors sydicate.)

'T'HE first intimatiOn we at Bowling
ton had of the circumstance con
sisted Of two black headlines in the
Daily Gazette, surmounting half col
umn OF commonplace nouns, exhil-
arated verbs and vivid adiectives,
which really were not warranted.
Dorothy Epworth had gotten beyond
her depth in Redstone lake, and had
been in a fair way to drown when one
of the boatmen at the Chummel inn
rescued her. that was all. Dorothy
was ever doing something to drat the
attention Of the multitude. We at
ADowlington had little patience with
her doubted her sincerity FIN the
present instance ~Suspecting, as eN-
perience had taught us>t0 JsFect,
that her distress in deep wafer had
been simulated. She could sWnaI Like
Il duck.
Therefore it was that we discussed
the matter entirely without show e
emotion and, in part with seTerity.
Mrs. Trowin, whose broth FER Dick
was desperately in love with Dorothy
and manfully avowed that be cared
not who knew it. was particularly de-
cided in her remarks.
81 can just see that girl" said she,
lowering her eyelids in way she has,
az can Just see her comingl it over
those people! I'll warrant Nou she
did not attempt to threaten her little
tragedy until the shore was well lined
with spectators, and the newspaper
reporter was at a point favorable to
observation, and Dick-poOr, foolish
Dick Why does he persist in wear
ing his heart upon his sleeve?-was
so situated that not a narrowing de-
tail could escape him. lDl warrant
YOU her heart was fairly bursting with
mischievous elation even while her
cries for help were thrilling with hor-
ror those who Heard. O., know her!
Don't tell mel"
She dabbed viciously at the salad
with her knife, which act precluded
any doubt of her sincerity, and lis
tened patiently while Others of us said
Dorothy will know after awhile
what I say of her here She will
wheedle and coax it out of some of
YOU, every word. Ent, 1'-and Mrs.
Trowin's voice at thT uncture was
well worth hearing an Wher face was
we'll worth seeing mot afraid Of
hers Is not a sister jul Efed. pray tell
me, in shooting morse.A Of opinion at
the one who trifes with the hottest
sentiments of an only brothers heart?
Has Dick not followed her like an alb
iect hound for more than year? And
has she not made of him a spectacle to
delight the giddy throng? Yea, verify
I am neither a prophet nor the daugh-
ter of a prophet, yet I will suggest to
thee story which will in time circu-
late throughout the circles at Red
: stone Lake and attain 4 certain poV1-
: larity on Swellvue avenue itself. Dor
otbv Fpworth will confess. She will
admit that her distress in the water
was merely assumed-assumed to test
= Dick. And the world will laugh at
Dick because he stood like a stick
while a common boatman rescued her
+ o. it is abominable."
!. None Of us took issue with Mrs
Trowin, and the conversation Jagged
heavily after this. We knew Dorothy
T, .Enworth. Some of us feared her. Al
; Of rs feared Mrs. Trowin. Hence the
u conditions were not favorable to
pleasant talk. We were distinctly re-
Iieved when the dinner was over.
: The subject was not again referred
n 70 seriously for three weeks, at the
end Of which interval the wisdom OF
Mrs. Trowin was proven, to her own
= satisfaction. at least. Dorothy had re
as turned from the lake to the city, ant
nick Of course, had followed. The
Trowins had closed their house al
R. Dovlington, and Mrs. Trowin had sig
ralized the occasion by crying out as
- che stood at the carriage door: "Tht
Y, sooson is dead! Long live the sea
4. .on," Whereat we had elapped oul
y lands and murmured slow charac
w o,ieticl What a woman she is" oUif'