Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28
Short STORY
Of the DAY
IN THE DEVIOUS PATHS OF LOVE.

The young man, who had been writ
ing a descriptive article for a London
daily, broke off at shore" and threw
down his pen, yawning bitterly. The
yawn he bit off short, catching a
glimpse Of his face, reflected in the
cleaning metal of the coffee pot upon
his table.
ITO stroll barefoot with her, upon
the moist and shining sands" quoted
the writer of the sentence. And to
think that / have come down here for
a holiday--and that have spent three
three have been wet-and that there
isn't her to stroll with. wish there
were! Here's the sun coming out in
earnest. In ten minutes the streets
will be bone dry, and all the mac kin
toshes will have vanished. I'll dash up
to my room and get a towel and have
a swim. Perhaps mermaid Will come
and be companionable!"
The sun was out and so were the
wasps. to the great distress of a stout
American lady and her three slim
daughters, who beat the air with their
sunshades and volubly complained.
The journalist did not rush to the
rescue-he had been snubbed by one
of the slim young ladies upon the pre-
vious evening for replying in the neg
alive to her question whether he had
ever met Earl Brown.
Say, mister"
A pallid child of the male sex, at
tired in white flannel knickers and
blue silk blouse. wearing on the back
of it's prematurely aged. infantile head
the red cap Of French fisherman,
tugged at the back of the journalists
coat.
''Well, sonny" responded the jour
nalist good-humoredly. recognizing the
younger brother of the transatlantic
young lady who had snubbed him be.
cause of his lack of acquaintance with
the upper ten.
Mamie's real mad with you. She
says you're a low-down nobody, and
that you've no business to own such
an aristocratic name as Delapole."
3pAASt iNPifNN tAN oNhti VI TIC
name, "but | was born with it, and
the doctors said 1t would kill me TO cut
II out, Have you been eating sweets ,
again, young MANI"
Nav! On'y candy. An it's fetched
another front tooth out, an mammals
as mad" The artless babe dis
closed a cavity. MY second lot, too
an she says If live I'll have to have
an entire set before I'm IA. So | said.
If | don't live till then you'll save
$780,"
and your mother spanked your"
queried the Journalist
What's that?" asked the dazed and
0ampered infant.
Sonny" replied the journalist. III
you knew you'd be happier boy,"
And having uttered this epigram,
he strobe onward to his favorte bath
ing nook. situated at the extreme point
of the golden sickle-shaped curve of
sands. Here but two little white
tents stood, shivering on their fimsy
cane frames, and the journalist char.
tered one for the sum of fourpence and
disappeared into the canvas booths
interior just as a girl, followed by a
discreet, middleaged maid, chartered
the other tent
The journalist heard the rustic of
silken draperies. the crisping fall of
lawn and cambria. Then a pair of
shoes fell lightly on the removable
board flooring of the tent They fell
as quietly as dainty shoes should. Then
came little shuddering cry and the
patter of bare feet on boards.
And then the tent curtains parted
with rustic, and the journalist, peep.
ing out. saw nymph-like. slender
hgure in full retreat towards the sea.
Nov! Before she looks round!"
The journalist dashed into the
water, Swimming with his hands
under water, his under arm shooting
out with clock.work regularity as the
upper one descended towards the
medal line, the kick accompanying
with methodieal precision, the jour.
nalist made pace.
Green water shot with opaline
streaks slid past the submerged eye;
the uppermost looked out not for a
buoy. but for the girl in the blue cap.
Their eyes met, the blue and the
grey. and something like mild shock
of electricity went through the jour
nalist. With charming air of good
fellowship. she called to him across
the intervening space:
Isn't il jolly?"
JOLLY" the journalist agreed, ad.
miring an ivory arm that lifted itself
against the sunlight all dripping with
sparkling brine.
Il wish ! could swim on my back!''
came from Blue Cap This stroke