Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-02-26

/ her rowing in the afternoons,
heart began TO warm 10 hopei.
was better to have man say no'h'ha
| than 70 let him spoil things Win com
monn,ace remarks. She MADE MN
rovv her 10 shady hooks. where snt
,,or,d take a little volume or Lore
Tennvsop and read II to him. sshs
1you,d gaze at him silently ana mys
teriously. Robert began 10 DC hs"es,
and male. The silence and poetry anu
1 odoration of Jane were enervatins hinl
prt whenever he made an attempt u
toll, anv one else out rowing James
ewes would give him TO unueis'anu
that he had stabbed her 10 the hear'i
so poor. huge, sweet-tempereu hoper.
was finally bound hand and foot. lie
foIlowed Jane all day long. let himseil
no road 70. uuarreled with. admired
and often showed sparks or real emo
ton Still Jane was conscious or
sonse of disappointment. 1t was heaVy
,rnrl,~this dra gging Of Robert through
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4 A. last her homemade hero was
4 o,,,ced "a leave. Jane frightened up.
( Here was an opportunity TOT touch,
ing farewell. That afternoon she ana
Robert rowed to Deautiiui h'ue
:, island where, on moss-gro"n pahA
~ above the lake. they watched the set
AZ tine sun "for the last time. as Jane
=. said.
: "Robert. let's carve p. L. on this log
IN she cried enthusiastically.
- "P. L. ?" said Robert, in solemn as
is constituent.
" ayes, for Paradise Lost!
q "Whats the joker" he asked.
20 lane felt 1t would be useless TO e1
nd plain.
The next morning as Robert depart
a,s Cd on the little steamer Jane watches
we until she could no longer see shlhin
or on her heros coat the silver heart sh
&C. made him swear to keep Tor her sax
- ALWAYS. Then she gave little sig
IN of relief. Robert. indeed, was heav
val work.
Jane now felt that she was eith'
nts one of those to whom real love neV'
the comes or that since romance was dea
his she would not continue to be its so
the upholder. She began to join the o'h
ust girls in singing coon songs IN tne eve
,ng ings, and TO play tennis with shass
,ad red haired college boy. She OFTEN ma
~ attempts 10 go to the Lost Paradi
nor. and mourn in pensive solitude, but IL
her red -haired boy was always getting
and a party to hsh or uls ~. WI nv :.
orr. dragged her with them. The II
of. haired boy was ugly, headstrong a
nine had no ear for Tennyson, but ne
n smile like those for which comedia
al On tha stage have been known TO
ave ceive large salaries.
One day the hotel guests hired
noIa little steamer and toured the lakes
rob. n picnic. The red-haired boy sat
.ohla lane on the back deck and made pu
and At luncheon he beat a boy over
with head with chickeh oon1 w,
tho didn't pass the cakes to Jane. WI
ioaIv II began to rain, as 1t always does
,rths picnics, he seized Jane by the hama
;siro made her run along the road until
Iror begged for mercy. Reaching
.sihlo steamer. he pushed her into his o
this coat, wrapped ner ie ~
;pair. sack ana composer n,ins 80 10
n of TO play the banjo all the way no
II wasn't at all romantic, but
90 On pleasant in its way. Jane wished
,uoht had not wasted so much time 1901
Cd ia for an heroic hero.
was How long do you stay here!
,amer asked.
/, eoft It'll tomorrow" he answered.
N his "Only tomorrow she cried.
some. The red-haired boy stopped sin
about and smiled at her. He wasn't su
high. very ugly boy. "Sure; on the
older boat. Wave your hand as we go p
70 be he said.
per. In the early morning following
Inn to was walked by foot from the stea
Jumping out of bed she seized
with and tapped it from the window.
,tcbed the boat rounded the corner she
dane see the sunlight shining on the
with haired boy. He waved his straw
adows and he was gone.
,bt no Jane crept back to bed and v
leaned her hands in pleasurable anguish.
~ think 1 loved him all along" she
20 that "and never even knew it."-Colt
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