The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-05

No" said Daisy acidly. 1 was yell ling at you. You appear to be deaf to conversational tones" { Tt was the Mir. Cosgrove, ]" he ex- plafned maliciously. You see every one calls me Ted. and I've sort of grown out of the habit of answering to the Mister"
 He smiled as he observed the color mount Into her cheeks. It was this that furnished the excuse for the dis pute in the afternoon. Dai sy Il 1d ob- jeeted to his letting Grace B. 4son call him by his diminutive. and that had been his defense. Under ordinary cir- cumstances she would have been fur- ious, but she wanted very much to go to Muriel's wedding, and unless she could catch ehat first train there would be no hope of reaching town in time.
 T am sorry that I startled you" she said sweetly. T merely wanted to ask if there were any boatmen about. | want to go up to town on the first train in the morning and I want some one to take me across the lake Aunt Mamie is stopping at the Regent"
 The hoatmen have all gone horne,' he answered. ''They give 1t up at 10 o'clock"
 T just remembered that tomorrow was the wedding day." explained Daisy.
 T l0OuBnI IL was next EIludgs
 That is too bad. he eonsoled. I'm afraid there is no chance of getting a man this time of night You see they all live back in the woods."e
 Then I suppose must give up the idea" she sighed. though did so want to see the wedding"
 If your anxiety outweighs your pre- judice against my objectionable self.s he suggested. T should be gladto take you across"
 T could not think of troubling you" she murmured. though she knew that he must realize that was why she had spoken.
 To her surprise Ted shouldered the oar.
 "rm sorry" he said. I'm not bit tired. I'd be glad to take you across"
 Then why don't your she demanded. You ought to know didn't mean that"
 You neYer can tell what a woman means was the sad response as he brought the boat alongside the dock and helped her in.
 Daisy deigned no reply, but settled herself and her suit case in the stern and sat silent. Ted cast off and with a few strong strokes was well away from tho dock
 The lake was about four miles wide DeLWeen ln6 TWO HOttl6- Ou one Nluo was the Regent while on the south the Lake View lowered on a cliff, The Lake View was on the side tapped by branch of the main line railroad that ran past the Regent, and those who wanted to catch the early trains had to make their way across the lake in boats since the first train on the branch line was at 9:i5.
 With steady strokes. Ted forced the boat forward through the clouds of neecy vapor that rose from the water. It seemed to Daisy that they must have risen above the cloud line and that the swirling sheets were detached mas ses rising aDove the rest.
 Ted took less poetic view of it. Looks like heavy fog," he suggested. T hope we make the other side before 1t closes in."
 'of course we will" was Daisy's con- fdent reply. but they had gone only two miles when the fog had surround ed them and 1t yeas possible to see only a boat length ahead.
 For more than an hour Ted rowed on without speaking. then he dropped the oars.
 "You don't happen to hear any shore sounds, do you7' he asked, quietly
 Not yet" said Daisy. ''WhyT'
 T ought to be about a mile inland, he explained. If we had held to our
 You mean that we are lostg' she asked. tremulously.
 You cannot get very much lost on a lake four miles wide and ten long" he assured. but I guess it's going 10 be some trouble making land"