The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-06-29
geleet Story,
IN THE DARKROOM
Bailey Millard in Cosmopolitan.

holder, and the plates will be as trecSly as
Matte Freeman. There always some
thing wrong with this fussy photography,
but it 5 perfectly fascinating, anyway.
Tripping back to the darkroom, Rose
Tenny, as dainty piece of Dresden china
girlhood as You might see in long day 5
auto drive, lit her ruby light, banged the
door, stepped to :he table and slid the black
panels off her plate holder She was IN a
hurry, for the Colorless Miss Coe was
waiting for her on the north yeranda. The
darkroom was an isolated liltle affair IN a
| corner of the grounds, where 1t had been
built accordin. to Rose's plans by rich,
indulsent Papa Tcnny who denied her
nothing, though this Photographic fad was
vaguely unsatisfactory to him.
'.Girls like Rose, his thought ran,
''ough,n To ooop themselves up in dark
little holes like that. ItIl be taking the
/ bloom off her cheeks.
But to Rose nothing was more delight
ful than the darkroom, withits air Of mys
tery and lis smelly "hypo' and hydro
chinone.
She busted the plates and the holder
With her E;tc camel shair brush, clicked
/ them together under the rahy hight, Sid
them into her black box aud tro,Gci up the
I gravel walk, slipping the camera strap over
[ her shoulder a. She went
She was going out snap hunting with
/ the Colorlc>, Miss Coc. not because she
I loved her, t,S she was coldly imp-~zible
! but because photography makes strange
icllowship-, aad where there are oniy two
| rral enthusiasts IN the same village they
are bound to pei together aud compare
[ prints
When Rose searei the north vcranda
| Miss Coe' S gray eyes saEed az her through
thrir clear uurimmei glasses With the same
I inp-.ssiye hook that she gave everybody.
/ The two sirIS walked down the driveway
over she little brilse and up TO the Old
/ craSs grown mad through the flaming fall
I woad-. udcr toe actiuic October sun
the forest vas 1rat placc for ,nap-hunt
\ ing adventure.
If only We oall .,r, thuoc autumn
I shades INTO our picture. sirhcd R"-e.
hrr oli passion for e,4or- yibran; IN her
+ tone
/ Yes. said Miss Go, uaiusFjrel En
/ thusiasm vs. alien "a her temperament
.'Wouldn 1t b. just splendid u h. able
to take all the Tich ,in,, IN that nlapi"
I there
Yes, splendid, echoed Miss Coc,
They had walked and snapped about
mile shcn = derby ha, topped the ne
ahead. and pair u swinging ls--s IN Esccd
trluscTs sirusis toward them.
why. theres Rai,ley calvert cried
Rose, her face gang ; bit rrlder MAX
/ ins short eui to the train, guess. Com.
uiuters arr always IN hurry
'.Ycs, catching the train, said Miss
( Coe.
/ Vas her sone a note le-s drawlys Was
there the slightest gleam hehiod her glass.
( - Ihi bet cold fsec take 90 the least.
the lainie-t tioee of p.nk. II 50, Nobody
/ could possibly have noyics-l Il Miss Coc
kuew that Railcy Calvert had bccn Rose :
tcnnis partner saspioiously ofeu, and that
I on her dane, card the vague scrawls that
I stnoi fay hi, name had occurred tar mare
I frequently than other serawbs; - lha, she
I UNDERWOOD the Rose Tenny blush u the
instant aud the Ro,e rsaay head droop
{ and .ide glance
.iGood morning. girls Rose thrilled
to the rleh sub bass. ''Goius cunning
rather early. areu { YOU
No, D.. carly--you are late. said
Rose, IN = challenging h,Iie tone, Why,
We sc been our an hour taxing ssal~.
Going back soou
Sorry ean SAY aud pose for you,
b. said. watch in had. but the ten a ol0ck
train has al unfortunate habit Of leayiug
gu time
1t : rather puncIuAl Affirmed Miss
&c.
Oh. Ne wcreu' hunting Tor people to
po>e. said Miss Tenny laughing
',Well. IN help with the hsshlisht If
you Il let ne come down tonight, he
suggested over his shoulder, a. he moved
ou
YES. DO come. and Il show you the
result of my day work All the blthe
and winsome Rose fcnny Way went with
the words
'.AIl right be there at eight, if you
don mind Aud be eliminated himself
from the Immediate landscape in half.
run down a twist in the roaJ.
1t seemed natural that they should turn
1 J.. a Ill q,
little while Then Rose yentareI:
Don't sou think he's-hr s--E''
''He certainly Is, sal! Miss Coe, in
even, unimpassioned tones.
There was another silence. Then Rose
said
Il want to tell you something
thing awfully secret. She was 80 full of
it that she would have confded it to the
nearest tree, aud Miss Coe certainly could
be a sympathetic as any tree alive or dead
.Its about Mr. Calvert and me We re
engaged Nobody knows it Vet, but papa
aud mamma aud Cousin Kathryn. 1t
happened only Thursday. This Is Satur-
day-three days. Why, Miss Coe, you We
dropped your camera! gu OuGh6 10 keep
the strap over your shoulder. Let's see
anything smashed?'
Rose picked up the black box, opened
it, glanced at the lens, set and snapped
the shutter and shook the holders. while
Miss Coe looked on with as much interest
as she ever eyinced in anything.
ITS all right, said Rose, "but that
thumb screw little loose.
She frightened the screw and they walked
on, Rose saying many nice things about
RaiSley, aud Miss Coe echoing some of
them quite audibly, though for the most
part her fiat voice seemed TO contain, if
that were possible, less of conviction than
usual
''She shows almost human interest in
the affair, doesn't she?' was Rose quer-
ulous thought That's what you get
for unbosoming yourself to glacier
After all, photography was futile that
| morning. To Rose it had seemed an i'm
perlinence to snap her little camera in the
face of Nature in this her most poetic sea-
son. Nor had Miss Coe-now singularly
| absent and reserved even for her-made