Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-10-04
Fl Summer
Storm.
BY A. M. DAWES OGDEN
Copyrighted, 1901, BY Homer sprasu'

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T,ha afternoon sunshine rippied across
nc Iesa hnrn,sh,ng tha wavaa 10 eold
ma hr,neing ont soft aiinta Al Mar.
ma -. AI,ston,a hair ,rha g,rl,a ewes
~ .sd draam,,v over the water. 'Her
$500, a., -os,,ah,o asttl0, M usls...veerA
s,as,,es.s loosalv behind her head M shA
,oarsa hacE IN M. rustic chair Tha
cIaav aalieatelv s,,e,seilea feEfilf6e fha
,,,ls,.t fss.,r,. rels1..i IS, I. hann4 nhank
6on-nif hfenthed n rare atmosphere os
refinement ana charm. Mrs. Rushwell,
hooking critically at her. wondered for
the thousapdth time why Margaret
Ind never married, lnG23
They were seated In one OF the pref
ty piazza crowned lighthouses which
decorate the Adirondack shores. Mar
earet had been reading aloud while the
other sewed. Mrs. Rushwell carefully
threaded her needle. aafaso Ha2
"It has been SO lovely to have you
all to myself this way, Margaret" she
said sincerely, II almost wish Ned
was not bringing up all that mob to
night"
A clint of laughter fiickered in the
Rirl's ewes. g ~ $50 i'as
q And who all are comipR?' she
oueried idly. She knew Mary's social
tastes-Mary. who was never 80 happy
os when entertaining a roomful. For
herself. the fresh, cool breeze, the
fringe OF green edging, the sparkling
bit of blue. the distant glimpses OF
nurple mountains-these filed her with
an unsDeaknble sense of peace and
comfort. She did not think that the
oeonle would bother her greatly. Mrs.
Rushwell reflected.
swell. there are Susie Hoyt and Billy
Morris and Jim Black well and-and-
OH. yes YOU remember Townsend Las.
.itar Ha "a ,ust returned from Chile.
where I believe he was the most popu-
lar minister ever sent there from
washington. And Belen di Herrera
arrives too She IA a sort Of ward Of
bIs 7 believe. He knew her parents
intimately and when they both died
he rather took charge OF the girl and
has inst brought her IN 10 her moth
er.s neople She was an American.
The 9irl IA awfully young. only sew.
epteen. but they develop early in those
countries. So when I asked. him In
vited her too. He brought her to sec
me lust before left town, and In spite
of his being 80 much older believe
he ia going to marry her. It's quite q
romantic story. isn't III" 5ts
every" murmured Margaret. She
had grown a tribe paler, but that
might have been attributable to the
heat The breeze was going down
with the sun. Her manner was quite
unruffled."
az ranamher Mr. Iassiter very we'll"
ohio soiJ nuietlv "It will he pleasant
20 ,naat him ogo,n" -
mt as abe dressed for dinner that
.uanina Maryoret found herself using
av.n ,nore thon her us,aI dainty care.
whan sno bod anIabed the airi lifted
tho hand glass and surveyed herself
ooraeuIIy uttIe sIob auttered be-
tween har nartcd lips She was stili
s,,,, and straight and fall but the
thoughteui moutb had n tired curve.
and Inc soft hair showed n patch of
SILVER.
artaan sbe reaected rather wiatfully.
"U,,, ho tb,nk mo very changed. I
wonder! Ihen WIN suuueh .hanss
OF MOOD sne Diew OUT tne eanuie anu
smiled lie mas propaDiy aorsNten
the whole episode ages since, sne os'
cided. Don't NO q goose marsare''