Smyrna times., 1904-09-21


say thing like that was utterly soul |
less.
Didn't you oppose my going today?" |
Sally, you are
'And don't call me Sally"
The rest has been said. PembertOn
shipped his oars and looked upon life
in a cynical spirit of isolation and
silent bitterness. Not another word
was said until they reached the lilies.
Standing up, with one oar he punted
! the boat in among the pads and cling
ing, twining stems that clustered un-
der water with the insidious entangle-
ment of a mixes tresses. So closely
lay the dark green leaves that no water
was visible, only here and there the
lifted chalice of lily in it's perfumed
glory of green and white and gold.
Still there was silence, and both
picked the blossoms industriously
The bottom of the boat was nearly
half full. Sally had tucked a half
blown bud in her belt and was hum
ming softly to herself. Her cap was
discarded, her sleeves rolled up to her
shoulders, and over each small ear
was a large, starry lily, stuck hap
hazard in the folds of brown hair.
Pemberton took a side glance at the
picture and sighed.
''Tired!" asked Sally graciOusly.
He cast a handful of dripping lilies
recklessly down at her feet
mo, I'm not You know what's the
matter with me just as we'll as l do
myself, and you glory in it. l never
saw a girl yet who didn't"
Didn't what?' She buried a dainty,
fresh trophy.
Didn't glory in deviling the life
out of a poor fellow when she knew
he loved her to death"
''No one has told me that he loved
me to DEATH" Sally's tone was de
murely disinterested.
"Sally, darling, you know 1 DO"
"Mr. PembertOn, l do wish you
, wouldn't. You don't know how un
comfortable you look, and don't want
to listen"
! "Well, l do" retorted PembertoI
defantly. "I've been in love with yOU
: ever since you came to camp, anC
you've tortured and teased and or
| dered me about just because you knew
l was overheard and couldn't help my
5 self"
"Oh, look at that beauty owe
t there" cried Sally. Il want it."
e sally, darling
! But Sally was reaching for the lii!
l with the crook end of her parasol
e and before PembertOn, caught off hi
+ guard in a conflict of emotions, coult
$ reach her she had slipped with a sof
$ splash into the lake, and the greel
), leaves had closed over her head.
He was after her in an instant The
d were near the shore and the waite
t was only slightly above his waist, bu
d it was a very wet, wilted, helples
C young person whom he lifted in hi
g arms, and the clasp of her arms arOun
d his neck was reassuring and mos
It pleasant.
e "Oh, Jack" she gasped. Put N
It back in the boat, quick"
er PembertOn glanced at the boat
lie was quite eight feet away. His chi
raised trife higher, and he smileC
An enemy would have said he grinnet
j. and that there were triumph and q,
1r light in the grin, as he suddenly di
r covered a chance for a strategic NOV
er "Sally, darling" He frightened h
OF hold on the slender figure in drenche
t. duck. Il won't put you back in IL
r boat until you have heard what 1 wal
d. to say. NoS, don't get angry and i
ly digEant, because if you do under Il
ip circumstances l think 1 shall eth
n drop you back among the frogs
eS else
Sally ceased struggling and lay pa
go sive, lashes closed.
If. Her very helplessness made MIN su
ne denly remorseful.
or Dear, you know all can say, dol
ne. you? And you do care little, kno
~ you do or you wouldn't treat me
ed Sally, you're getting heavier eve
at minute. Please say yes. Sally, di
er- ling, if you don't hurry l shall eith
ow drop you or kiss you"
There was no answer, but the shf
"a ow of a dimple in the cheek near'
I, a him. Sally was smiling. For br
ak instant something happeneI-mer'
on a seconds ldll in the cosmic whirl,
sol it changed all the world for tV
Pemberton put her gently and tend
the " back in the boat among the lilies.