The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1902-12-11
.CUpID'S SUMNER SCHOOL? 7.

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Copyright. 1904 by the 8. s. Mcclure
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Tommy Darling it was Thomas
Hendrix Darling on the hotel register
was in love. Now. In way, this
was nothing unusual, for Thomas was
SO frequently, SO yariously and 50 OBJ.
viously in love that NO one Mt the Sen
View House took him Mt an seriously,
In other words, Thomas was q whole.
sale dirt who conducted his campaigns
SO openly that had he sat In solitude
for an hour the erl lie summer CON.
tingent upon the island would have
remarked upon the strangeness OF the
proceeding; not that. such IN event
was probable when there were twenty
seven attractive and tractable younp
women at hand that is, all were tract.
able except one Tommy frankly nd.
mitted that be had been rejected by
out of the twenty-seyen. but
when urged to go ahead and make his
volume of re1ections complete be
turned strangely reticent.
No one would have believed the
truth-that the twenty-seventh was the
real object OF his adoration-and, that.
despite his vast experience In this In.
stance, he became oddly incapable Of
uttering the words that would put his
fate to test. With twenty-six Of the
"Sea Viewers" as he dubbed them. he
was brave to the point OF audacity,
and not one of the girls felt her heart
touched by the turn Of SO much an a
feathers weight; but with Janet Mars.
denl All. that was diferenti She
might not take him seriously either.
Tommy really loved this quiet, self
contained girl. and his tongue STAN
,mered and grew slow when he tried to
tell In all seriousness what he had
Outlines spoken In Jest. In spite OF
his mercurial temperament Darling
was not dirt In the common accepta-
ton OF the word. Beneath his gayety
was hidden strong, manly nature
that seldom manifested itself. Perhaps
all unconsciously he had shown this
better side to Janet. for he felt In
stincttyely that fiippancy In her pres.
ence was dissertation of the love he
Nnurtured far below the surface.
The weeks sped by. Pretty girls
came and pretty girls went Moonlight
sails and rides gave way to hops and
amateur theatricals on dark nights.
There were grabbing on the lake, clam
hakes beyond the Point and picnics In
the woods across the inlet, and of all
these Tommy was the life, the bright
and guiding star. But tomorrow Il
would all end. Janet was going homs.
Tommy gazed modify toward the
point of rock around which she had
disappeared. Seven wasted weeksl He
was nm Idiot. a.
Tommy kicked over camp chair
that. stood in his way and strobe down
the steps toward the beach. He found
Janet with her new magazines perched
In n shady, sandy corner.
your mother tells me you leave for
the mountains tomorrow. I'm tremen-
dously sorry you are going"
Tommy was- digging holes with the
point Of her parasol.
His voice was genuinely tender and
earnest The smile died on her lips
and her eyes softened: but. after all,
his record was against him.
Are you clever ut dguresr she In.
CURED.
She had the parasol now, and Toni
my followed what she wrote In the
sand:
"27-2o=T
Like fash he reached for what had
now become Cupid's weapon. Under
the question he wrote clearly '.27-26=
everything
The others don't count, you know"
he added, looking out at the dancing
waves.
Every clever OF you'll. What "a. time,
you must have thinking up all these
pretty speeches. When do you have
time to sleepp Her raillery brought
a fush to his cheeks, and he clasped
his hands resolutely about his knees.
ITO be honest, haven't slept much
lately. I've had something on my
mind. I've been trying to linda way.
to tell girl that love her but 4
can't make 1t. She's not summer
girl you see, but the sort of girl one
would want winter and summer-for
all time His fippancy had quite dis
appeared now, and Janet suddenly
shielded her face with her hand,
though the sun had NOT yet crept
round the rocky barrier behind them
"You see, no one believes I've a heart,
for I've let the girls play football WITH
1t till everybody thinks it's worn out,
but that was just counterfeit, don't
you see. and want this girl to I'M
derstand that the real thing is all hers.
and think 1t has been waiting for
just her all these years. Now. II you
could tell me what to say-how to con-
vince her. M
His hazel eyes. from which all play
full. teasing light had fed. were fxed
on n distant dipping sail, and he did
not see the expression on Janet,s face.
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