The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-05-17
Uncle Terry
...By...
CHARLES CLARK MUM
Copyright, 1000 by Lee q Shepard


When the meal was over he handed
the box of cigars he had brought to his
host with the remark. please accept
these, Mr.. Terry, and when you smoke
them think of the forlorn fellow you
found by the wayside."
"Tve got to leave We to the tender
marcies of tho wimmin folks" said Un-
Gle Terry, after thanking Albert, ''for
I've got work to do, and tonight Wen
havGeo visit. l hope you'll BIO willin'
to stay with us a day or two" he added,
IAN tomorrow III take We out 1sbin'."
II Will stay until tomorrow, thank
you." replied Albert.
II should like to row up to where !
was left boatless yesterday" he said
to Tclly after Uncle Terry had gone,
"and finish the sketch 1 began and also
try to find the cushions 1 dropped in
the woods. May I { ask you to go tooT"
81 should be glad to If mother can
spare me-" she answered.
When he rowed cut OF line little hap
Dor where he had left his boat Telly
sat in the stern holding the tiller ropes
and shading her winsome face was the
same broad sun hat he had seen ON the
rock beside her the evening before. 1t
was n long four mile pull, but he was
unconscious OF 1t, and when he helped
his companion out and secured the boat
he said: Nov, 1 am going to ask q
favor of YOU, Miss Terry. l want you
to stand In just the position I first saw
you and let me make n sketch Of you.
You were leaning or a rock and resting
your head OF one hand"
Telly looked puzzled.
you did not know 1 saw you out on
tho point last evening, did your" he
added, smiling. 81 stood and looked at
you for five minutes and then walked
away. I did not know who you were
then or that I should meet you lateEo
If 1 had I would not have been so
rude"
The color came to Telly's face at
his evident admiration, but she did not
say no to his proposal, and stood pa
tiently in the position he wished while
he made the sketch. "There," he ex-
claimed when it was finished, II shall
transfer that to canvas when / go back,
and whenever 1 look at 1t 1 shall recall
this day ~and-you."
"Will you need the picture for thatf'
she replied with q smile.
THAT sounded like Alice" he said,
and added hastily, "Alice is my only
sister, and / think more of her than Of
any other woma living"
Telly sat OH the boats cushions in a
shady nook and watched Albert finish
his sketch and then listened to his
talk. He told her all about his home
II sister and Frank as well. In n
way they exchanged n good deal Of
personal history Of interest to each
other. Then they gathered flowers, and
Telly insisted ON decorating the boat.
When it was done she wanted him to
make n sketch of 1t for her. Draw
yourself as holding the oars" she said,
"and l will try to paint q picture from
the sketch to remember you by" she
added with n smile.
= Then, as the sun was getting low,
they started for home. The breeze had
vanished and the sea was like glass.
Only the long ground swells barely
lifted their boat and made the shad-
Ows Of the trees along the shore wave
in fantastic undulntions. When they
reached the Cape Telly said: You had
better go around to the cove where ia
Their keeps his boats. It's nearer to
the house, and there Is n float there
where YOU car pull your boat out"
She waited until he had dom SO, and
then stopped and selected n few Of the
flowers with which they had decked
the boat. 81 am going to paint them"
she said quietly as she turned and fol-
lowed Albert up to the house.