The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-07-06
THE HEART
ON THE SLEEVE.

W Eeu Il cIltd ANeu IN SUiuinei bH
the seashore aud grew rp 2mphibious.
One July / went to the old place for q
rest. but l met rather an adventure
very important adventure TO me
While walking on the beach met two
ladies. evidently mother and daughter.
The daughter was pretty. but as she
gave me n passing glance | noticed .
strange antagonism on her young face
l noted on her sleeve just above the
cuff little gold heart studded With
ruhies.
The next morning we got north
easter. and the bulletin said Danger
GUS | sauntered down TO the beach.
But few were in the water, though ]
noticed one person far out among the
rollers and was not long in determin-
ing that il was woman. | had scarce
" made the discovery when n faint
cry, Help" came in above the wind.
The bathing master ran TO the water
/ threw off my coat and shoes, CRYING
TO him. Go back and get your boat,"
Then | plunged In and after q struggle
reached a woman who was being
whirled away by a sen pousse or whir
pool. | caught her and kept her up till
the bathing master reached us in a
boat. without which she could not
have been saved. When pulling her
into the boat. | first noticed that she
was the girl | had met on the beach.
and there on the sleeve of her bathing
dress was the red heart.
/ soon learned that her name was
NhrsG 1lnf nft 4 Lon ,,.S1
many other things about her. but one
thing | did not learn-her reason for
wearing the little red heart. The quo.
tation. Il Will wear my heart upon
my sleeve for DAVIS to peck at" was
familiar to me. but whether it had any
thing TO do with the trinket in question
/ did not know and was not so pre-
sumptuous as TO ask. Miss Keith aa
soon as she had recovered sent fog
me and thanked me for saving he.
life, but she seemed to speak the
words under some constraint of the
nature of which / was ignorant. He
mother on the contrary, plainly fell
every word with which she expressed
her gratitude. She was a lovely old
lady, and it was plain that her daugh.
ter was all the world TO her We soon
found that we had visited the same
countries and had mutual friends. In
short became intimate with them.
Christobel Keith learned that she
had been so called from the poem OF
that name. and she partook Of it
weirdness- seemed rather to regret
that l had saved her life and was
Never in my company without that
constraint she had evinced while
thanking me for doing so. Her moth
er, on the contrary. was friendliness
Itself. and | was not long in detecting
that she was giving me every oppor-
slnity with her daughter. Nor was /
backward in availing myself Of it.
While Christobel Keith attracted me by
her personality. the mystery surround
Ing her drew me with all the force OF
the sea pousse from which / had saved
her. For awhile she seemed not to
have made up her mind just how to
treat me, whether to encourage or hold
me off; then suddenly she seemed TO
warm to me with her whole soul. This.
in turn, was followed by icy coldness.
BY this time / had got my bearings
and surroundings and laid my course.
i was an ola UEUl at Tic khihC tht
lady seemed disposed to play and went
into the contest with all the GOODNESS
of one who had been often under fire.
Fortunately a party of my friends
came down for few weeks. and for ,
them l deserted the girl who wore
her heart upon her sleeve. An old
flame of mine was among the number,
and I devoted myself TO her. But new
err for a moment were my thoughts
diverted from Christobel Keith.
At first this change was parted by
Miss Keith when we met with that
look of defiance with which she had |
first greeted me. Then IL was trou- |
bled look, and, lastly. one day when |
passed her / noticed that the red heart |
was missing Then / learned that |!
mother and daughter had left the sea
shore A note was left for me, ad- |
dressed in the mothers handwriting |
On opening it | was thunderstorm at /
finding within bit of tissue paper. the
heart. Mrs. Keith bid me friendly |
goodby and added, Il leave you, with
put my daughters knowledge, the
trinket she has been accustomed to
wear. Keep it as a token Of our graf
tude."
Suddenly the meaning Of the gift be
came plain to me. I had stanch
friend in the mother. who had Informed
me, by the token, that her daughters
heart was mine. The rest of the mys-
cry was as much a mystery as ever.
Nevertheless my surrender was not
ess complete than that of my loved
enemy.
The same evening / astonished my
friends by disappearing from the sea-
shore. / went to the city and the next
afternoon sent in my card TO the
Seiths. Christobel came down to meet
ne. and as she advanced, biting her lip
o retain her composure, I threw open
ny coat and showed her jeweled heart
,inned against mine of flesh and blood.
She started / boldly threw nv arms |,