The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-09-10

p
and dashed into the water after it.
Bravo, Old fellow called Tom.
Here, here, sir"
But TO the victor belong the spells,
and the dog made of with his capture
Pursuit was impossible through the
wet marshes. POverleSs to avert the
catastrophe, they watched the dogs
fendish demolition Of the fragile con-
trivauce
It's an outrage" exclaimed Tom.
And its your favorite suushade too"
At this Annette burst into merry
peal of laughter What other man
among all her conventional friends
would have used that quaint word
"sunshade:" Il ticklcj her fancy.
How do You know" she asked him
teasin@ly.
because you always carry it," was
Toms candid admission.
That's because haven't any
other" Annette informed him. But it
doesn't matter, really. 1t was just
gdriSh cretouLe thing"
of these extraordinary specifications
Tom took rapid mental note. The next
day found him securing the rural me-
tropoliS of Greenylle for something
that correspondent 10 Anuettes descrip-
ton and to his own visual recollection
Of the i'll fated parasol But nowhere
had such a novelty as a "gariSh
cretoune sunShade" ever been heard
Of.
lie told Annette so when. weary AMI
Disguised. he returned to the hotel
She laughed ut him mercilessly.
is it 50 funny he asked her visit
fully.
We'll, You are" she enlightened him;
| "crctonue is quite Il new thing for
/ pIraSOls 10 be l..ade Of. It's generally
used for covering chairs and cushions
and WiuIow boxes and things like
that So very probably all the shop
keepers over in Grceuville thought you
/ were crazy when You asked them for a
cretouue para -SuuShade."
They acted so" was Toms feeling
/ comment
1 \ few days later, forcarmed with
tlis wealth of "cretonnic" information.
/ Tom took his way confidcutially up to
town. Annette comfortcd herself with
Che thought that nothing hort Of very
/ urgent business had forced him to post
+ ponc even for Il day their morning pad
/ die UP the creek, which had come to be
/ for each Of them an accepted and an
. ti,jpated pleasure.
( ON lis rctu"u. although tor more like
/ ly bccaUScH il was late in the evening
/ aud fan moonlight. Tom sought out
/ Annette in the gay chatting groups on
/ the hotel veranda and quietly signaled
/ to her.
Get something to throw around
1 you, Annette he directed land let's
/ 90 down on the beach for a stroll The
moonlight is beautiful on the water"
Annette, her heart dutteriug prophet
ical}y. acluicsced without a moments
/ hesitation.
When they had found a sheltered
nook on the lee side of q picturesque
/ old rock, Tom took off his overcoat
and spread it for Annette to sit upon
A. he did 50 a long narrow package
! dropped on the sand at his feet.
"Whar's that?" asked Annette sus-
piciously.
Something l picked up in town"
Tom chuckIed. want to see it:"
With eXasperating deliberation Tom
unrolled the wrappings.
"Of course" answered the truly fem
Iune girl. perched on the rock.
There he exclaimed at length. I'M
| furling the treasure. do you like it,
oh. what a beauty" gasped An
nette. Il never had such al mean
never saw such lovely one. But,
Tom, cretonne would have been all
right"
Tom shook his head as one who
knows whereof he speaks.
NO" he told her boastfully. The
cretonne ones aren't in the same class
with this. l know because I've got
two awfully garish ones of that kind
for you up at the hotel"
why, Tom Brewster" reproved An
| accept
WHAT" interrupted Tom calmly as
with the slender tip Of the parasol
which was all one mass of exquisite
finly flowers. he made marks in the
smooth sand. upon which the moon
light shone with unmistakable distinct
ness.
Annette, her eyes tracing with fas-
cinated wonder the written words, Il
love you" almost forgot Toms ques-
| ton.
Il couldn't accept but one" she sud
denly reused herself to answer.
Then accept me, dearest" Tom
! pleaded, smiling up at her
AS to what happened then under the
sheltering "sunshade" even the man
in the moon was left to imagine
"Cut Off With a Shilling"
We often hear Of the threat of being
"cut off with shilling by our pc
culiar and crotchety relatives, but the
following clause OF will is literal
execution of it which would not be
considered by many of us to be very
] ! lN ION. ls....