The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-02

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tender Don't you laugh. and tel.
Eina?''
Never"
Gross your heart, hope to die, Ii
you ever tell you'll lose your eye, "
chanted Sally.
Which eyer"
You're laughing now. don't care.
He was a lovely boy. And he said:
Sally, let's run away. and never
come back any more And said:
No; / am sorry to hurt your feel
ings, but never will forget you or
the honor you have done me as long
as | live That's what Nina always
says. And then / let him kiss me-;
| and he wanted a lock Of my hair, so
/ cut off a piece of Nina's long curl
that she tacks on the back of her head
when there's hop. 1t wasn't just
| the color of my hair, but he didn't
know, and that's what Nina does when
they all beg locks of her hair. Why.
she wouldn't have any hair left at all,
you know. And then I let him kiss
me few times more, just to let him
know was really and truly sorry, and
he went away You've got bite!"
Sheldon did not notice the bobbing
cork. He was staring at white sal
that dipped blithe1y to the breeze at
the north end of the island.
isn't that Creston's yacht?'
"The White Ladye? Yes, that's
his" She looked at it attentively
and sighed tits just as well you
didn't hunt Nina, because she's out
there. Creston's splendid. He's got
money, too; but that isn't it. know
Nina's in love with him, and it vii.
all be fixed when they come back
I'll never let anybody propose to me
on yacht Just get nicely started
and have the sail flap at you, or
something. And no one can handle
a yacht when there's proposing, can
they? Isn't she going little topply
now?"
Sheldon said something beneath his
breath, and turned back to the con-
temptation of the cork
"But Nina won't mind this time. /
guess you don't mind anything when
you're really in love. He's going
south tomorrow, if she doesn't say
yes. He told me SO, and told Nina
last night"
They have veered around, and are
heading for the pier"
Maybe the bay is rough. You'll
never catch single fish if You bob
like that Maybe | ought not to have
told you, but you're the only one of
the whole lot that / like, and when
told Nina you were in love with
her-that was after you gave me the
fshpole, SO knew-and that wished
she'd marry you, she said you
we're taller than Creston, and dear
boy. And one day / found her cry
ing, and asked her If she was in love,
and she threw a pillow at me. And
then | asked if it was you, and she
threw two pillows. But when said
Creston, she just kept still, and cried.
so | knew. They are coming this
way
do you think she'll take Creston? 2"
asked Sheldon, without looking up.
ooh, yes asked her, and she
laughed and said if she didn't marry
him she'd accept the last one who
proposed. / wonder who that was.
Wallace did last Sunday night, bu:
Nina would rather try the lighthouse
pier herself than take Wallace
Sheldon took one last look at the
white yacht bearing down upon them,
and suddenly devoted all his attention
to the fishpole. There were three I'M
paled beauties to his string when the
White Ladye Slipped gently along
side the pier, and when he caught the
rope that Creston threw, he was smil-
ing almost cheerfully, and Sally took
heart Nina was cool and sweet in
white duck barred in blue, and she
smiled back at him as he helped her
to the pier.
Coming, Creston?" he asked.
Creston shook his head, and he
raised his cap to her. Sally saw that
his face wore the same look that had
been on Barton's and the rest when
Nina had finished with them; but the
hand that held the white duck skirt
from contact with the wet sides of
the pier wore single diamond ring.
and Sally pondered.
81 am going back to the club
house." said Creston. Eve sail south
tomorrow
When he had gone. Sally looked
anxious1y at Nina. She was smiling
dreamily at the retreating yacht.
'Nina"-Sa1ly's tone was low and
regretful- he really going?'
Really and truly I think he IS
heading for the lighthouse pier this
minute-'
Sally reached for the fishpofe, which
Sheldon had cast aside, and threw our
the line carefully
''Well. I'm sorry for the last cne,
them she said.
Sheldon raised parasol over Nina
with proprietary interest, and shut OF
the view OF the yacht as he kissed
her