The Irish standard., 1910-07-23

spend in the. journey l should not rec
ommend the attempt"
II know some people," said she, lat
the Yupon Hedge inn; at Palmetto
Beach. Can. you q
IF we so at once" he replied, you.
may be there for dinner"
II am ready. said she. rising. Let
US go. please. Immediately" Il,
Captain Harrod led the way easterly
alongshore to spot where the shrub
grew well down toward the beaten
beach. They walked back between
clumps Of dark green rosemary. over a
low place in; the dunes. down to the
dry, hard bottom Of aS@forrder pool.
They emerged upon a. little irregu-.
lar hilIock and looked forth upon
strange tarn Of inky water, its black
waves crested with foam. like white
plumes on funeral Grape. The shores
of this sinister lake were densely
wooded by sullen ranks Of pines and
expresses. Virginia gasped at sight of
the somber mere. 1t seemed such an
eery spot in which to be cast away
with these strange men who lived be-
hind closed : doors and walked the
sands as to leave no footprints! -
Haul out the launch. captain"
Why was the trim. speedy looking
launch SO completely hidden in the tall
cane? The puldoos pudding, in the
reeds made, sounds like prowling ac-
completes.
Miss Suarez swept .haughtily to her
place in the boat Carson, with his
eye steadfastly fixed on his engine,
quickly showed of.
"Evenin' to. yeh." said the captain,
still with one foot In the water, like a
heron. a y
"Good evening"" responded the young
man. .&
Virginia said nothing. Carson. steal
ing look at her. saw the flush dying
out upon her face and smile taking
Its place-a dimpling. spasmodic smile,
accompanied by little quick citations
Of the nostrils, as If Miss Suarez was
DESTROYS Of indulging in laugh, but
saw no citable reason for so doing.
She waved her handkerchief at the
captain.
do you see" said Carson. pointing
to the receding shore, ''that the little
hill 1t the landing is just mass of
sheilA?"
why, so it is, believe" she ex-
claimed. How came so many there?"
tits prehistoric kitchen hidden"
said this most extraordinary young
pirate. $50 many people lived there
that they literally made hill Of the
shells of the mollusks they ate"
"Indeed!" CALCULATED Virginia. and
after long pause she added, "How
odd!' ~
Mentally her speech was, .'How' odd
that this young, outcast. should know
about archaeology, or isttt ,paleontol-
ogy?"
1t was easy to study him because
he looked 50 relisiously away from
her. He was rather interesting.
He threw, over the tiller to round
into asIittle, .reedy cove. but instead OF
running ashore he entered a narrow
creek. which he followed through
such amazing tortuosities that the sun.
low in the west. was now on the right,
now on the left, sometimes astern and
again dead ahead s.:
Their talk was verging upon the per-
sonal and therefore to be discouraged.
How keenly observing he must be to
detect in her cosmopolitan English the
old home accent! She had supposed
herself to be quite rid Of 1t, She was
quite recovered from her alarm and
looked bewitching as they emerged
from the narrows and shot out into
the lagoon. the blue waves of which
had subsidized into round rolling short
swells. y. -
''Goodby." cried Virginia. looking
back into the enchanted marsh. Good
by! This Is the world again!"
Carson was looking the other way
with less persistence now. There was
something mysterious in the charm of
this girls manner. Her goodby to the
narrows seemed a subtle rapproche-
ment to him. They were in the world,
and therefore. fguratively, she let him
come closer. s " a
The lights Of the hotels and villas
along the north shore swept by them
In panorama Of fairy Nominations,
I'VE have been very impersonaL.''
said he. MAY l introduce myself?
My, name fs''-
'Oh. please don't!' she exclaimed.
"Forgive me. but I'd rather not
know" ~ tf
ut is mo- interesting" said he, with
a slow smile. mot to know. shall
always think of you as
''As the girl from. Mars. she sug.,
gested. II came tumbling down to
you in heap out Of the sky" :
''1sn't there an asteroid named
PsycheY' he inquired. I'm going, to
assume that there is and name you
after that s.e 80,
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