Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-18

Bravo, OLD felsow!' called Ton.
Here, here, sir"
But to the victor belong the spoiss,
and the dog made or with his capture.
Pursuit was Impossible through the
wet marshes Poweriess to avert the
catastrophe, they watched the dogs
fendish demolition of the fragile con-
rivance
Its an outrage.' exclaimed Tom.
And It's your, favorite sunshade too
At this Annette burst into a merry
peal OF laughter. What other man
among all her conventional friends
would have used that quaint word
''sunshade?'' 1t tickled her fancy.
How do you know r she asked him
teasingly.
Because you always carry it." was
Toms candid admission.
That's because haven't any
other" Annette informed him. But 1t
doesn't matter, really. 1t was just a
garish cretonne thing"
OF these extraordinary specifications
Tom took rapid mental note. The next
day found him securing the rural me-
tropolis Of Greenville for something
that corresponded to Annette's descrip-
ton and to his own visual recollection
Of the Ill fated parasol- But nowhere
had such novelty as a "garish
cretonne sunshade" ever been heard
Of.
He told Annette SO when, weary and
disguised, he returned to the hotel
She laughed at him mercllessly.
rs it SO funny?" he asked her visit
fully.
well, you are" she enlightened him;
''cretonne Is quite a new thing for
parasols to be made of. It's generally
! used for covering chairs and cushions
and window boxes and things like
that So very probably all the shop
! keepers over in Greenviiie thought you
were crazy when you asked them for
| eretonne para-sunshade."
They acted 60" was Toms feeling
| comment
A few days later, forearmed with
this wealth Of 'cretonnic" information,
Tom took his way confdentially up to
| town. Annette comforted herself with
the thought that nothing short of very
| urgent business had forced him to post
die up the creek, which had come to be
for each of them an accepted and an
ucipated pleasure.
On his return, although Tor more like
ly because9 it was late in the evening
and full moonlight, Tom sought out
Annette in the gay chatting groups on
: the hotel veranda and quietly signaled
to her.
Get something to throw around
you, Annette" he directed. land let's
go down on the beach for a stroll The
moonlight is beautiful on the water"
! Annette, her heart futtering prophet
fcally, acQuiesced without moments
! hesitation.
! When they had found sheltered
! nook on the lee side of picturesque
| old rock, Tom took of his overcoat
and spread it for Annette to sit upon
As he did SO long, narrow package
!, dropped on the sand at his feet
whats thatf' asked Annette sus-
rpiciously.
"Something picked up in town."
Tom chuckled- want to see it?"
With exasperating elaboration Tom
unrolled the wrappings.
"Of course" answered the truly fem.
mime girl, perched on the rock
'There!" he exclaimed at length, IN
furiing the treasure. do you like it?'
"Oh, what beautyT gasped An
nette. Il never had such al mean !
never saw such a lovely one. But,
Tom, cretonne would have been all
right"
III III Tom shook bis head as one who
knows whereof he speaks.
Ne s me" he told her boasRully. 1.-THE
'Scretonne ones aren't In the same class
with this. know because I've got
two awfully garish ones of that kind
for you up at the hotel"
j, why. Tom Brewster reproved An.
nette in establishment Really, can't
accept
, III stWhatT" interrupted Tom calmly as
With the slender dip Of the paFasol
: pN2AlA wes8 s&l1 VSzS AlABS III SAQGAS&1E
Almy flowers. he made marks in the
smooth sand. upon which the moon.
! Light shone with unmistakable distinct.
ness.
ss.5S Annette. her, eyes tracing with fac
einated wonder tins written words, II
love you" almost forgot Toms qnes.
kaoa.
/: ~ couldn't accept but one" she sud.
denly reused herself to answer.
:, SEs Then accept me, dearest" Tom
4 pleaded. smiling up at her.
Ca. As to what happened then under the
/ sheltestng '1g1nshaae" even the uaan
In the moon was left to imagine.
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''cut OH with d shilling" by our pc
81 eEliar and cEoschety relatives, but thu
following cianae OF VIVA 10 a literal
execution OF IT. whIch would not bs
I considered by uany Of us to be vers
I effective saive for ths gain attending
Il their demise: ~.
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