Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
REWARDED
By
CLAIMING POLLOCK
Copyright, 1904, by Charming Pollock

4 Convright, 1904, by Charming Pollock 4
jrT1vuTmTm'TT"TVT Observation-Disclosures
Sollie Marshall went to Red Bank
Cor her vacation almost entirely be-
oouse Frank Ewing was there. To
nor friends in the offices of the Ameri-
oon Opera Chair company she said that
sbo felt the quiet of the place to be
,rbat she most needed. In point Of
fact. however, what she most needed
vos the love Of the young bookkeeper
,vbo had dropped his pen week be-
fore with the avowed intention Of rus
ticating ut Red Bank.
The ordinary, sensible woman of thir-
s. +TT-two. which was the exact age of
{ Miss Marshall, probably would not
have sympathized with her much con-
corning this requirement Ewing was
inst twenty eight, and his gray mat
ter" was not gray because of maturity
hr OvereXertiOn. He was exceedingly
good looking, exceedingly tall and
broad and debonair, and these virtues
e.
EMarshall, whose eyes were accustomed
To grayness of mind and Of other
things.
81 Ewing liked Miss Marshall, too, in a
patronizing sort of fashion, his regard
baving been deepened considerably by
the discovery that she was mistress
of double entry and not at all averse
Ito double labor. His affection never
melted into words, and it was suffi-
ciently adjustable to permit of being
put quite out of the way when its pos
SCISSOR met so fluffy and alluring per-
son as Nellie Carruth.
Frank Ewing's gone with your girl
Eagain" Miss Marshall heard an idler
Eremark banteringly to another as she
Eclimbed the steps of the Globe hotel.
? She stopped to tumble a handkerchief
Eout of her bag.
) "Who? Nellie Carruth?" inquired the
, Eyouth addressed. Looks as if 1 was
i, Ecut out, doesn't itP'
+ That he was not the only individual
E"cut OUT Miss Mashall learned i'm
e Hmediately upon the return Of the pair.
.. NFluttering about the piazza, she dis
Ecerned them at the end of the street,
q the bookkeeper hanging on the words
y of his companion as no amount of mere
re appreciation Of wisdom ever made man
n hang on the words of woman. Ew-
p bng was greatly embarrassed, too, when
he saw Miss Marshall, although she
tried to seem uninterested alike in his
presence and in his attention to the
blue frocked girl to whom he present
led her.
Ewing was acting quite within his
rights, she told herself later, obeying
the impulse that bade her justify him
even to herself. He had made no pact
g with her, at least no verbal pact, and
~ he knew that few men recognized the
alidity of unspoken contracts. Why
Should a fine, strong fellow whose life
was before him be tied to a neutral
tinted woman who already realized
that her future was to be only her pas
Stripped of it's illusions? If Frank
Ewing wanted to marry Nellie Carrutf
wasn't any of her business.
Nevertheless while presenting an i'm
berturbable front to that part Of thu
world located at Red Bank she suffered
keenly the next few days. Miss Car
- #uth and her widowed mother occupies
~ cottage near the river, and betweel
- Falking riding and boating she ant
per new admirer were together almos
constantly. Ewing glanced at Mis-
Alarshall once or twice, assured him
Relf that she didn't care and was gla
That he had not committed himself
rn! Ewing was not bad sort of man; b
Fas just a man.
This was the state of affairs when
Pre- at the Carruth cottage upset Re
Bank and permitted to the bookkeepe
o. 4 display of courage which seemed
40 write "fnis" to his romance. The blaZ
broke out at dead of night and game
8uch headway in the front part of th
swelling that there appeared scar
probability that the two inmates coul
III be rescued. Red Banks volunteer fiji
n brigade propped its ladders against ii
#eranda before the bedroom window
WI y WiSclN IGluStu " AAOui1 NAS'
nm Trough the blast furnace of the bla
iIARg porch. Ewing went up one of the
Ike toy monkey on a stick and ca
ped both women to places of safety.
Dell Miss Marshall, who thought it risk
ra,H NJ be among the spectators at a tir
i'd not witness this deed, but 81
eard Of it, and her heart swelled wi
8ride. She had known all along tn
Ewing was capable of just such her
Pm. Forgetting her previous resery
ne fastened to congratulate hi
Bringing up speechless and fearful b
ore the couch on which he lay nursil
bandaged burn on his cheek.
kc& This burn, the result of contact wi
. falling brand, kept the bookkeep
Frapped in darkness and oil silk for
.ARFK Kortnlght His right eye had been G
Nangered and had to be treated cal
PAkally. Miss Marshall forfeited d &C
Wderable amount of salary and remai
at Red Bank. She really was nee
after Miss Carruth, to whom
IRE soon became only an impersor
occurrence which made good mater