The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-01

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~ IS were The lretti est girls Ut
lIIletefdre he made love
Is b1i1 ZOE them with absolute Impair
and be was an artist 1t love
a no otsltllI plazE5 incoming
o. lni1 strlolls l3tit IT dayhre4
III The world lay IN 4 bridal veil
81 peaFE and dil1nond he would take
tie girls ont for Q snii or send them
ND great clusters Of forest Aowers 70
say e.ood I1or1lnG for him.
HFliii.h one r aslsed Jolly. ana every
one at the lights echoed the ques
tion- Perhaps no one thought Il often
or than the girls themselves Gradual
yly they drew apart There was no
open qnarrel, nothing to gossip over.
but all the old sweet comradeship WAS
broken. ana except when Dudley was
with them they walked aud lived
aione.
To Dorothy twas n wonderful thing,
this strange new love, something not
to lie bresithed Of. ana yet her eyes
Y Hell1f nm
feel vaguely sorry for Irene. And
Irene. wi1some gay hearted, was odd
~ quiet and restrained these days.
and. hearfng Graham's voice In her
ears as they two bent over the dip
ping sgil. size felt her heart ache for
poor Dorothy
Ard then. as Jolly called It ever aft
er. there came the day OF decision. It
was a grny day, threatening, squally-
bringing with 1t premature tang of
Scptcmbc- chill Graham wns going
out IN his yacht, the Lorelfe AS he
came down the steps OF the piazza
Dorothy Joined him. till and slender.
in her rain coat and hatless.
Graham hesitated and glanced to
where Irene stood.
..Afrulds% lac asked lnughIngly and
she took the Challenge, not because OF
his words. but because OF Dorothy and
her silence.
There's a storm coming" called
Jolly. III get the life savers ready To
20 our after YOU
1t was only u Jest, and half an hour
later Jolly, in his big hearted, rough
way. would have given all he owned to
call It back, for out on the gray sea
the little white winged yacht swIrled |
and dipped as the storm swept down /
omit. and when the darkness had lifted |
there was 81 cry from those WatchinS !
from the Inn. and down ut the little
white life saving station below the
lighthouse they we're pushing out the /
:lfeboat-
Keel I'M the Lorelie drifted. but be-
fore the HfeDoat reached It they found /
4 figure swimming for shore. a hearty. I
strong, athletic yoWnEster. one Dudley
Graham. who had Kept his presence Of
mind and resolved to save said Dud-
ley Gruham's precious life at all haz-
ards.
Go ahead.'' called Tom Hardy, the
captain OF the crew to him. Go ahead;
you're doing finely. Keep it up. We
wouldn't stop you for the world. "
And they left him swimming for
shore and made straight for the over
turned yacht, where two girls held
each other above the peril of the sea.
Take Irene first" said Dorothy
Dolly first gasped Irene as Tom
lifted her into the boat.
The next morning Jolly sat on the
piazza smiling buoyuntly to two figures
In the hammock.
He went ON the early boat" he said
blitheIy Congratulations. But was
not he Il really lovely specimen? For
Fair wea ther, mean. Wasn't he
"JolIy.'' Interposed Dorothy. "eyen
The inevitable can be postponed, can't
It? We-Irene and I-have decided
that our inevitable man must be twins"