The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-06-29
"The Hamilton Sisters, said Rose.

plumes to go with red jacket No, don t
look! She wants to bow and | won't let |
her. She was at the Larchmont hotel last !
summer aud she worked her way into our
set. There, she's driven on. -
Mr.. Calvert knows her, too, doesn' |
he !? was the mild-toned, inocuous in
tcrrogation. They were-'
"Oh, yes, he knows her admitted |
Rose, ''but only as u man like him knows
a forward, Haunting thing like her
"Why, | thought-' Miss Coe be-
gan.
''What did you think p The tone was
little sharp for Rose
Nothing. OF course, one hears all
sorts of things, don't you know? See
that rustic bridge with the old man leaning
on the rail Don't you want to snap t?''
No; take i, if you want it -
But Miss Coe did not take it
They walked along side road, and sud
denly hose cried: There, forgot my
French teacher must run right home
suppose YOU re going by the academy.
Good by
Miss Coe waved her white hand and
walked along, very >omber Miss Coe in
deed She took a side path homeward
and coming down into a shady rayine, she
stopped Of a sudden at turn Before
her and little 10 the right, upon the side
of 4 hank, sat Miss Lulu Hamilton, of
The Runway Girls, and before the
actress stood Ra;,ley Calvert, Instantly
Miss Cne pale face came as near to actual
illumination IS it bad ever come.
She wouldn believe il Of him, would
shc2 She wot,llu' il she saw 1t now |
wish she were here. oh, wish that self
satisfied. red faced oyeriresSed little doll
we're here, to see her husband to-be
Maybe be wouldnt be- Ahr'
With the All she slipped her camera
strap from her shoulder, opened the box.
whtsked about. focused the lens and set the
shutter. At thar moment, Miss Hamilton,
seeing the cSmera pointed her way, and
ever alert for spo, light effects, spraug up,
and throwing her arms about Raisly. gave
him 4 stage ciubraoe that would have elec.
trihr.l the gallery had there been gallery
there 70 electTfy, at the same time mur-
murins words of endearment which, 81 far
as Mis-, Coe 5 understanding went, may or
NAV not have been echoed by the i'm
promptu hero Miss Zoe pressed the rub
ler bulb with what might have passed for
a smile Of triumph The click Of the shut
ter made Raisley turn his head. He saw
the camera. realized the ambaseade and
instantly be was in a panic. He stood
stock still for moment, then thrusting
away Miss Hamilton : red -slecved arms he
turned and ran prccipiiately down the ra-
vine through the tr,vS.
As be ran. the thought gathered in the
nrbulous haze Of RaIsley Calyert's mind
thar this fleeing frum Photographic iixity
wa uos the wissst move in the world. lie
same .lowly to realize that the thing bad
been doae -- the scring eye Of the camera
had witnessed his real or apparent trans
gryrsion, and apan its retlnA had been reg
i,,crvl the awful evidence uf the fa,eful
embrace. What Rose would think and
huw she would act If she caught sight Of
the picture, was "a him the iurturing men
acc uf the mOmeutl Ii would be impoSsi-
BE for him IA s.sothe her outraged sefssl
bilisie- by explaining how he had met Miss
Hamilton in the road, how she had in
v,ted him to 20 for a drive and luncheon.
how angry she had been because ef his re
fusal. how she had dropped her reins, how
/ the horse had bolied down the road aud
through the trees until the cart had been
overturned At stump and she had been
thrown out II would be impossible for
him to tell how the theatrical young woman
had made prgteDse q injury IN nearly
every part Of her body and had cluug
| her,sly to him A. 10 her natural prOtec-
tor but had finally owned to the Imposi-
tiou When charged with it, IL would be
absurd To explain the application to him Of
her arts Of icotlight hove with the Circean
tang in Il, to tell how it had altlmated IN his
vigorous scoliing of her, how he had gwen
her a. understand that neycrmore must
she assail him By an Oiious acquaintance
that had found aud left him free from the
lare sh. had fancied herself to be to him
Nor could he tell how seornfully she had
used Rose name in retort, how she had
reveled sardonically in the opportunity for
the lover like pose which she, with her
acute sense. must have known would reach
the eyes of the woman whom she regarded
as her successful rival.
The plcture-the picture! What OF the
picture Then came the saner reflection,
Why should Rose ever see it? Evidently
Miss Zoe had been alone She had taken
the fatal exposure in giriish freak, and
no doubt might easily be persuaded to let
him have the plate before 1t was devel-
oped or, if developed, the ne .ative. How
he should delight in shiyering that partlc-
ular piece of glass into ten thousand little
bits
When he had thus overtaken himself
As it were be Immediately turned about
aud raade all haste back To the dread place
of ambush, but no one was there. lie
followed along toward Miss Goes house
OF sudden he caught sight of Miss Ham
il,on. whose French heels angrily pune
tured the path on the way to her dogcart
Wishing to get by her as quickly and safely
as possible, he made detour through the
woods, and of a sudden nearl y bumped
into Rose, who was walking thOughtfully
along, her plea Of the French lesson hav-
ing been an easy ruse to rid herself of the
boredom of the company of the glacial girl
whc was not moved by her mighty conf
dences. But Rose eyes were turned aside
so that she did not see him, and by max.
Inc another and wider deteur he managed
to get away from her precious vicinity
Coming around by the road, he swung on
| so fast toward the Coe place that when he
reached the gate he was adrip from exer-
ton, and realized that he was tempestu-
ously in earnest. lie wiped away the
| sweat, but his face was very red when he
| fingered the bell The servant said that
Miss Coe had gone out for an auto drive
with her brother, whom she had met at
the gate. Did she leave her camera at
home No, she hadn't brought 1t H.
Well, he would wait No, he would not
wait He would 20 down TO the village
and meet the Goes at the garage when
they returoc.l there.
He had long wait at the garage, but