Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
A Rock in the Baltic
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i have been the answer"
| He sprang up, bent over her, and she
| quite unaffectedly raised her face to his.
| ''Oh, Dorothy" he cried
Oh Alan" she replied. with quiyeriug
voice, Il never thought to see you again.
| You cannot imagine the long agony of this
| voyage, and not knowing what had hap
| pened"
| It's a blessing Dorothy. you had learned
! nothing about the TrOgzmondoff."
All, but did: that's what frightened me.
| We have q man on board who flung
| for dead from that dreadful rock The
| Baltic saved him: his mother. he calls it,
Drummond picked her up in his arms, and
i carried her to the luxurious divan which
| ran along the side of the large room. There
they sat down together, out of sight Of
| the stairway
Did you get all Of my letters%'
L think So
You know l am a poor MANI
Il know you said So"
Don't you consider my position poverty
I thought every one over there had a con-
tempt for an income that didn't run into
tens of thousands.
II told you, Alan. I had been unused to
money and so your income appears to me
quite sufficient
Then you not afraid to trust In my
future?"
Not the least: I believe in you"
"Oh, you dear girl. If you knew how
sweet that sounds! Then I may tell you.
When 1 was in London last 1 down to
Dartmouth in Devonshire. I shall be sta
toned there You see. L have finished my
foreign cruising. and Dartmouth Is, for
time at least, to be my home. There's
fine harbor there, green hills and a beauti-
full river running between them. and /
found such a lovely old house; not grand
at ALL you know, but so coy and COM
Portable standing on The heights overlook
ing the harbor in an old garden filled with
roses, shrubs and every kind of flower;
vines clambering about the ancient house.
Two servants would keep 1t going like
shot. Dorothy, what do you say?"
Dorothy laughed quietly and whole-heart-
eddy.
''It reads like a bit from an Old Eng
house,
.'You DON'T care for this sort of thing do
you?" he asked, glancing round about him.
What sort of thing ?'
This yacht, these silk panelingS. these
gorgeous pictures, the carving, the gilt. the
horribly expensive carpet.
''You mean should / feel 1t necessary to
be surrounded by such luxury? l answer
most empha tically / like your Ivy
covered house at Dartmouth much better"
For moment neither said anything: lips
cannot speak when pressed together.
Now, Dorothy, / want you to elope with
me. We will be in Stockholm long before
daylight tomorrow at the rate this boat is
going. I'll get ashore as soon as practical
ble and make all inquiries at the consulate
about being married. I don't know what
the regula tions are, but 1t is possible to be
married quietly, say In the afternoon. will
you consent to that, and then white letter
to Capt. Kempt, thanking him for the trip ON
the Yacht and I'll write thanking him for
all he has done for me, and after that Wen
make for England together. I've got a let
ter of credit in my pocket. which luckily
the Russians did not take from me. l snail
And all the money need at Stockholm.
then we'll cross the Swedish country, saff
TO Denmark make our way through Ger
many to Paris. II you IKE or TO London
We shan't travel all the time. but just take
nice little day trips, stopping at some
quaint old town every afternoon and even
ing"
ssYou mean to let Capt. Kempt, Katherine !
and the prince go to America alone?"
..Of course Why not? They don't want |
u.s. and I'm quite we-well, Dorothy
we'd be delighted TO have them to be sure |
but STILL I've knocked good deal about |
Europe, and there are some delightful old