Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-30

mere night after night ~ 1e
nao known how that view OF the SIM
'e' quiets, yet | was surprised TO find ber
% SIN ana calm. 1t seemed as thouph
nao known each other for some time
nave romanced to myself idly from
Iiiac CHI when the yellow light lies over
Ine sea and the river and the pines. and
oreW upon my memory only to And II
well stocked. Moreover, I learned much
VI the river people, of the birds that live
IN the marsh and of the animals Of tho
WOODS. had watched the purple grackIe
Uuiio MS nest and the blue jay forage for
MS ohsprlng when the summer was
young, and L knew many a story of the
sea-gulls. Miss Graham was a fattering
hstener, her lips slightly parted, her eyes
allght with interest.
-, You must be hungry" I said at last,
lunch at noon, no supper until 8. I
should like to offer you my cottages hos
pitality."
was looking for the flush that I
knew would come, and was not disap-
pointed.
Thank you," she answered, "but, you
see-What would people think if they
looked in your dining-room window and
saw me taking tea alone with your"
People don't look in my dining-room
window" I answered.
She shook her head so decisively that
| knew she meant it.
AT least, we will have a cup of tea
on the beach," l said "out of doors-oh,
a dozen yards from the cottage, where
all the world may see us if they choose"
"Splendidv she cried, and, jumping up,
led the way down from the heights.
On the smooth sand some distance
from my door Charles had placed the lit
tie table, Two chairs faced each other;
plates, napkins, and a center-piece of
beach-marshmallows were the decorations
and my man, as straight and rigid as an
Egyptian idol, stood a short distance off
Miss Graham gave a little cry of pleas
ure.
Its like the Arabian Nights ~ she ex-
claimed 1.-THE whole thing seems to
have sprung out of the sand"
l seated her at the table,
"You may serve the tea, Charles"
ordered.
He brought forth the teapot, and was
about to pour the tea into our cups when
Miss Graham expostulated. Its the
woman's place to do that !" she exclaim-
ed, and Charles surrendered the teapot
into her care.
Chow many Jumps of sugar" she
asked, with the delicate superiority of a
hostess to a guest.
1.-TWO"
"Will you have lemon or cream"
There were both; thanked my stars that
Charles was so thoughtful.
Lemon"
I received my tea-cup and a moment
later had the satisfaction of hearing Miss
Graham say that the brew was delicious.
"And such pretty cups 1 don't believe
you're a bit of hermit, but a very pam
pered old sybarite."
1--WE use these only on state occasions,
for our honored guests" I explained.
"But I don't feel as if this were a state
OCCASION" she answered. ut seems quite
"a though we'd been doing this all sum-
mer."
ST wish we had" I said, quickly
81 mean, it seems so usual" she said.
and yet, in reality, you hardly know
me at all why, you haven't even met
Aunt Elizabeth yet"
mo, that's true 1 agreed. But then,
on the other hand, you don't know such
a very great deal about me-
Its the very fact that we know so
little about each other in the usual ways,
and so much in other ways" Miss era
ham attempted to explain, that makes
everything so nice We're both so much
interested in the Ship and its history,
you know"
eve are" I answered. 'That reminds
me that I was to tell you all about the
Ship some time"
Eyes" She looked off to where the
boet Law shinuing like mahogany IN the
va11ov afterglow. "But don't you think
Tzo,d hotter wait until we're on board
AGAIN. The smell of tar and the feel OF
the wood will make it so much more
real'
s"Then, you'll come" began, and
s+o,,nad for Miss Graham was looking
mast me at the door of my house. L
t,1rrad 70 see Islip there. a broad smile
wreathing his face.
"Weu, well, well!' he remarked, ad-
vancing. what charming ldyl! heal-
" 7 had no idea when | came IN at the
hacL door that l should find such a pretty
r;o+,ra awaiting me in front" He bowed
=. Mics Graham. where is the horse,
porhara. that goes with your habit
81 left him in the woods. He's used
- standing" She turned to me- MT
seIden have you met Mr.. Islip?" i,
s.vos+ardsv." | answered. HE lunched
here" C., - o mo
90 Good lunch as he's giving you tea
Really selden, you're not living a ,,s up to
| DduSeu,
S 49, from Miss Graham to me. !
hate an interloper, but I'm afraid that's
ma mart assigned me. When you didn't
annear at dinner, and couldn't De round
= Volunteered to hunt. l was getting
orriad over the disappearance.
~ Amt Elizabeth- :,
ho "Ts III in bed with a headache" said
We. @onite so; so we didn't like to tell her :;
+oot all the responsibility on mysef;
I'm NAV have looked somewhat sharply
1sI;n at these words, for when l turn.
a. a. - tbe girl caught an amused CLEAN