The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-07-03
CHAPTER V.

opened the door in our wall of reserve
and allowed Gordon Bennett to pene.
trate beyond it, and in the light of
after events | was very glad, indeed,
l was not responsible. 1t happened
this way.
She had washed her hair and gone
out in the sun to dry it, taking book
and a box of chocolates to help pass
away the time, and, after wandering
about little, had established herself
at the top of the fight of steps leading
down to the boathouse, as the most Sc
cluded as well as the sunniest place
she could find.
Just what really happened | don't
know; ! believe she got to dreaming
out there in the sunshine, but this Is
what she said:
81 was sitting quietly reading when
! heard little thump, and there wa
that miserable comb balancing on the
bottom step. or course | went after
It, and of course before | got there 1t
toppled over and went through a
crack of the slip into the. water"
That slip is hoodooed," interrupted
Elizabeth. why don't you do as
do, and keep away from it?".' "
1T was low tide" continued Gabri
ellie, and / could look through the
crack and see it lying on the sand be-
meath the water, so | took stick and
tried to poke it out. ] got along very
FL, well by q progressing from crack to
crack, but at the critical moment
{ got excited and poked too hard, and
1T Shot out Just beyond my reach. That
made me Wild, for l knew | couldn't
face Elizabeth without it, so simply
lay down and grappled with my stick"
"Well?" | inquired, as she paused
with a reminiscent chuckle.
well, as ! was lying there with
my face the color Of boiled lobster,
I, fishiIig away for all was worth,
heard a voice say: Allow me- and
. there he, was in .sailboat; the picture
~:of GOODNESS and comfort He rolled up
his sleeyes though, and went to work,
and finana.gof'itS then calmly landed
and introduced himself, saying some
thing about having been unfortunate
in his yyisitsP ADi|. =. .
Then was your opportunity to be
, dignified and .3sduelching,r inter.
rupted. you should have frozen him
with a glance" q - .r' -
Il tried to-" she returned, "but all
at once | remembered my hair, and
who could be digpifed, then?sr =
{ $50 you brought him home with
you as a reward of merit" laughed
Elizabeth. Il shall never forget how
you looked as you came up the yer.
anda steps"
Yes" said Gabrielle; "and you two
sat and stared as though we had es-
capped from the zoo. Take your comb,
,Eizabeth;'l never borrowed one be-
fore,y and | never will again" :.
: 81 suppose" remarked Elizabeth, re-
fiectively examining her recovered
property, I'VE may be said to have
dropped into his life first your bag,
then Elise's sidecomb, and now this of
mine. It's fate-we'ye got to know
him, but It wasn't SO bad, after all,
was it," ..,...
Indeed, we had all enjoyed the aft
ernoon. Even Gabrielle returned to
tho veranda, with her hair as high up
on her head as she could get it and |
with her most impressive manner, but
we none of us referred to our trip up
on the steamer, and our visitor de-
parted without once mentioning our
property in his possession, although
my sidecombs were obviously not
mates, which made me very uncom-
Portable.
Elizabeth asked him to come again,
and when reproached for her cordial
ty said she did 1t only to please us,
and quite expected to be bored to
death herself; from which we knew
she was very favorably impressed.
A sudden storm came up that after