The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-07-08

I'm ready an wllin. to go if you
think best" she said, IAN I'll do my
| best as long as l can. hain't got
| long to stay, an if see you two hap
py I'm content
Two weeks before Christmas came A
cordia letter from Blanch reminding
Alice of her proflilsc to visit ~ 5Sdur-
ing the holidays and insisting That she
do'so now. With it was inclosed an
equally cordial but brief note of invita-
ton from Mrs. Mason. Alice replied to
both, In due form and with profuse
thanks, also stating that she had prom
ised her brother she would visit him
during her vacation. and hoped to have
one or two evenings with them at that
time,
Alice fnclosed both notes to her broth.
-er and told. him haabad best inform
the Nasons of heSht1 ENDED visit in a
matter dkfact wai sBat,sIShe. added.
"do not let on that you: know, they
have invited me to visit em. We
VIII do Just as we talked--go there and
spend one or two evenings. or, perhaps
may meet them at thsater, which
would. be much better"
BY. return mail came his assurance
OF obedience and a sizable check. "Use
itaal, my dear sis.tShe wrote, "arid for
your own needs, too. do not want
KMeto feel ashamed sof your. sapwns
' EN- you come to Boston"
Bless his dear heart" said Alice
when she read the letter, what a prize
that island girl will get in himw
When Christmas came and she
Kissed Aunt Susan goQlBS She was
near giving, ,uptshe tripnitogether. It
may h2ye' been the sad face OF her
aunt that brought the iiTesolution. or
feeiing that meeting Frank would
reawaken the little heurtache she had
.or hye mouths afeR RdTSh dtSSirs stee tfe &sas met
by her brother
81 have not told Frank" Albert ex-
claimed, and shall not let them know
yOu are here until we call. | want you
to E!yself for few days, because after
Frank knows you are here | am sure
to be one too many most of the time"
"Not on his account. you'll not he"
replied Alice with Il snap.
What gallant escort that brother
was. and what Il change from the dull
monotony of her home life those days
were to Alice.
They visited art galleries mornings,
and devoted the afternoons and even
|. ings to theaters: then usually tete-
a:tete supper at cozy place where the
best was to be had, and a little chat in
his OF her room before .IeSring. 1t
was during one OF These Eief' visits
that she noticed some of, ti piQtjlyes
that lung in his room. zf$ y,
''Wha..Rpintcd that 81! fecA
scene2" she asked, looking at oBe ssIf
is gem, ana those poor saiIqSs. A
ing to the fcsScovereds sgfYl
enough to make one.shiycf. And II
awful waves. too, are. simply terfffy
ing. And what pretty scene is thfs
wild tangle of rocks with girl leaning
on one and looking out on the ocean
where the sun is setting or rising"
she continued rs she viewed the next
one. Then as she examined 1T a little
closer she added. "Who Is T.. TT"
Albert mode nH "As-'cr and she passed
to II third o"c Glowing a little rlppled
| cove with the ocean beyond and girl
seated in the shade Of small spruce
tree.
WHY. this is by e. T. too" she ex~
claimed. And turning to her brother
she repeated. "Who Is Il. TT"
Well" he answered, IL will take
you down to the island some time and
Introduce you TO her. She will be glad
to meet my sister, you may be GER
tain"
Thea the brief history of this girl,
as her brother had told it, came to her.
80 that was the wreck she floated
ashore from, was it, Bert? And can
she paint like that? Why, am as
tonishcd! And who is the girl leaning
on the rock? What an exquisitely
nodded figure and what pretty pose!
Who Is she?'
THAT is your possible sister-inl law"
answered Albert, with Il touch of
pride, "and the pictures were done by
her from sketches l first made myself.
They are true to life so far as all de
| tails go, only l failed TO catch her OK
prcssivc face in the one that shows q
front view of her."
$50 that was the way you wooed
your island goddess, was itT' observed
Alice, with a rogulsh look. made her
pose for sketch while you said sweet
things to her. Have you a picture
| Of herf'
mo, / am sorry to say l have not.
Remember, she has been hidden OH an
Island all her life, and I doubt If she
ever had n picture taken"
And when will you take me to sec
her? am 30 anxious to meet this