The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-12-21

deepened. and Ne went about with his
hands In his white duck pockets wear
Ing a mystical look Of wisdom beyOnd
mortal ken. for his prophecy was cOm-
Ing true.
Dudley 0rnham was the strangers
name. Jolly sxulied In u. u cOaldn't
have been better. And when. after q
couple u days. Dudley showed himself
possessed Of an unlimited "wad- %
boOt aud n disposition 20 scatteF u
Jolly's admiration changed 20 respect.
and be hoped Dudley's choice would
fall on DOrothy. because Toe himself be
always had preferred blue eyea
But Dudley apparently had no chOlce.
The cousins were the pretiiest Girls nc
the Lights" Therefore be made love
% both % them with absolute impar-
TALLY. And h. was an artist at love
maklng-nO ordinary piazza morning
or woodland strOllS. but at daybrear
when all the world lay In a bridal vel
Of pearl aud diamond. be would take
the girls ont for n sail or send them
up great clusters % forest flowers o.
say gpoi mornIng for him.
(Which OneT'' asked Jolly. and every
one at the lights" echoed the ques-
ton. Perhaps no one thought u often
g. than the girls themselves. Gradual
~ they drew apart There was no
open quarrel. nothing 60 gos~l? over.
but al the old sweet comradeship was
broken. aud except when Dudley was
with them they walked and lived
alone
To Dorothy u was a woRlerful thing.
this strange NV love. something not
60 h. brrathcI of. and yet her ego
never net Graham's hat size did not
feel vaguely sorry for irene. And
Irene. wiHsnnIe. gay hearted was odd
~ quiet and restrained these days.
and hearing Graham's voice In her
ears n they two bent over the dip
ping sail she felt her heart ache for
poor Dorothy.
And then. ~ Jolly called u ever aft
&c. there zane tie d1y % decision. n
was a gray day. threatening squally.
bringing with II a premature tang Of
September chlli. Griham was going
out in his yacht. thu I.rrelie AZ he
came down the steps of the piazza
Dorothy Join,sl him. tail and slender.
In her rain coat and hItlcss
Graham hesitaje,l and glanced 90
where Irene stood.
"AfTald." hr asscl lauchinrly. and
n
his WORKS. but because 81 dorothy and
hcr silence
There's storm coming" called
dolly. I'm get the life ~, crs ready 10
20 out after YOU"
u was Only a jet. and half an hour
later Jolly Ia hls big hearted. rOugh
way. would have given all he owned Go
call u hack fnT Jut ua the gray sea
the little white win.ei yacht swiried
aud diVqsei n the storm swept down
On 10. and whea the darkness had lifted
there was = Try from those watching
from the inn. aud duWa "a the little
white life saving station lel0w the
lighthouse they were pushing out the
llfeioat.
K"el up the Iorelle drIftesl. bot be
fore the life''sat reached u they found
4 'tre swimming for shore a hearty.
STRING. athlet." youus~icr. one Isuslisy
Graham. WhI IaL kci,t his presence -
mind and resolved O. save said Dud.
ley t'Tahams prcc.1as lie at all han
arts.
10 ahead" called Tom Hardy. the
captain ~ the crew TO him TO ahead:
you're dp.is finely. ke'p u up. We
wOuhln't stop you for the world
And they left him swimming for
Share aud masie straight for the over.
turIei yacht. where two girls held
each otlier abIye the peril &c the "a.
Take Irene hrst" said I,orbihy.
dolly first gasI-sd Irene a. Tom
liftr'l her iato the l,Jat.
The next mo-u.ag Jolly sat On the
piazza smiling hCJyantiy TO two figures
In the hammOk
He WCHt on the early boat he said
hlitheiy. Congratulations Hut was
not be n really lovely speclmeni For
fair weuiner : meah Wasn't he
Jolly" inter, ,~ed IburOthy. even
the Inevitable .an he postponed. can't
hl we-lrvnc and I-have decided
that our Inevitable man must LIZ tulnaS