The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-01-12

Ss ssosx HERE was the usual num-
- ber OF summer guests at
RHI 81 Guirs Head.
f q Granite Cottage-a long,
a. low old-fa Shioned build
By A. WIGHT.


and accommodated about thirty guests,
of whom Dorothy stretton was one.
Dorothy was at Gulps Head with
her, father and a widowed aunt, who
acted as chaperon.
e People said sshe was the gentlest,
logeliest. girl they ever knew with her
friends and with1fhe unfortunate, and
that she was like ice for coldness when
she chose to be.
Oscar Dinsmore, who had followed
]; her TO- GulHs Head, was boarding at
the Excelsior House, He was consid-
cred a capital fellow" among his as
soaiates;Sh he spent money freely, owned
q yacht, drove a. handsome pair, was
! witty, accomplished, and had been
nearly everywhere.
This man, who had been fattered
{ ana eourted enough to spoil most men,
was in love with Dorothy, and she
not Indifferent to him, though she en-
sdeayoredst to be. =
He was too bold lover to be daunt-
ed, however, and so. one lovely night.
when pale young moon swung low
SYef the solemn sea, and the sound Of
irfnping feet mingled with the throb
of VOL ard cornet in the hall, he
wrapped aashawl about her, drew her
out upon the balcony, told his story
ais he alone could tell 1t, passionately
I and tenderiy, and waited for her reply,
scarcely doubling what it would be.
IS Hegazed at her in amazement when
the gEPs sweet lips syllabled softly:
snorothy! would have sworn that
= you ioyed me. I know you to be above
;triHi1g with the honest love of any
manr he epied.
81 think At will make you angry, but
81 must speak, much as value your
friendship. I refused your offer to-
night, Mr.. Dinsmore, because ! know
that you are frittering away a splendid
manhood, and God does not put us into
the world to cultivate the meaner part
ef our natures. 1t is an actual sin
Tor a man Of your ability and means
I to drift with the tide, as you are drift
1 tng.
The low vibrant voice died away
upon the cold night air.
Oscar stool before, her in confounded
silence, hot flush burning his
& brow.
And through this thought was the
uneasy consciousness Of his own short
comings.
He collected himself with sudden
efort, and smiled with cold courtesy
.as he gave her his arm:
Miss Stretton is pleased to be criti-
cal,n, he observed. "But even blame
fromShef own lips is an honor. Shall
we return
81 knew you would be angry with
me- she said, wistfully, just before
they entered the hall; "but I have
spoken only the truth. Your future
Hes In your own hands"
For weeks Osear avoided Dorothy,
and lived so recklessfy that he became
the talk OF all the/peopie, at Gulfs
= ~ b
Head,
- Day; by day the girl saw him whirl'
ing by behind his handsome thorough
breds with set of men who were glad
to spend his money; or heard his voice
In reckless laughter as he betted IN
the bowling alley or billiard hall; and
not infrequently she saw by his flushed
face and unsteady eyes that he had
been drinking too freely.
Dinsmore never missed an expression
on the fair, pale face when she was
within sight, although he scrupulousiy
avoided speaking to her. He took {
sort Of savage delight in his rockies:
course, and in the grave sorrow Of th'
girls eyes, and all the while his love
for her grew stronger and stronger IL
his heart. ....,s
The summer was ended. The first O
the September days had come, and Dor
ethy's party were preparing to return
to town. The girl had suffered a new
experience, for the pain was too dee,
for uninterested eyes to read.
In the six years which followed, j