Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-24
The Coral Necklace
By Grace E. Craig.

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ooh, Daddy Look There's vesuvus And it
is rcGlly smoking cried Faire Anterior, dancing up
to her father on the promenade deck OF the 14stm5a
The great liner was making her dignihed way among
and ali the passengers having packed away their
steamer caps and ulsters were gathered on deck ready
Fourteen ye5r-old Fare with her merry tace well
tanned now by the sea-breezes and all aiight with
eTGs her gray eyes shining b and her soft brown o[s
hold them, made pretty picture in her wide brown hat
and brown corduroy travelling suit
Her father locked down her smilingly she c.r
See, Daddy all the little boats coming out to r,oe.
rs, The people in that have guitars OH TIL
are going to sing. and look look Those men a.
passing up punches OF violes the end Of i--.
stick. May throw them some Coppers? and CC--G.--
oh There are some little hoys diving and coming =
with pennies between their teeth"
Mr. Athcron laughed heartily and followed his little
daeccrs hasty flight down the deck to point
70 rare lie voyage from Boston to Naples had
bo5" t--.... Ic- mother and Aunt Alice had been
ju-. ,.e -a liz, 81 i'll, but Fare had not suffered, and
BIG li1.@-s@I9ca. They had played shuttle board and
h-o-l-,; 81 t-a:Ped their four miles every day
T.. i.,:--@ai-@-ld days at glorious that
~ .:-.~t s--ry when the steamer last
T,e-s ..- a--.I- AZORES and anchored in the har-
be- O.. .r J--:e"t c.:y OF ponta del Garda where
l. r.. Columbus stopped for supplies on his hrst
lei Ter afternoon in the old town how
co. .- Went a bore in tiny boats, rOWed by
D. .-.--cs" mol and hired queer carriages
O. ....5 O.; pretty little dCnkeys Tor drives about
u ..
III 20 or TIRES days Later Fare had VISITED
.-,-1"Te OF the MediteTTsne&n' and II
g.. L:- tIi1n her - see the tan. narro"
'..-.' m D." street ".'erc the great as
.. -.f oa dear land first opened his clear
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ne D: . I't ,i OF TIrSn ei.e
-~,' --r-c cried. as they drove up fror!
{, -.. The hill DO the corasI
arc f'rE With them
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V 80 '". ny Iitlie canRAteT a realY
iTF- rE. !. ;..~ t:S pace q the BABY cham She
i
. t.r h"c y aooNe Al. Things.
ara .+, ,7" .'@.' t.Sr. j 'e at.vaEs
lo5'6 &c." .'--. "a c,--i beads because lncie
Cha .-.' = fl. Re wen vas a baby. put do
have T. T.. &. .--@,t v.icn rnt It C0 now.
fai5e :sz-@t .f'z --1G 81 TIC Ecd hip
that .--. ':-I after tl2 two wcsa- Gage
and fSi Ei.t E- ".-,frEcb IF rrC2FIf o. -i~-"t &c
scv"s t'E,- s:o~S a cal tc.i5 ".tc' rolled
doM-: lbs .'S--E to'Ya~a TIC CT 90 \"n.es
Eii-c va. - Tii-i[ iT the t'a:32eT.7al+ he ing
vas a-s"cT.% ~ g. very ling s'r! IN neat. black
W f :,r 81. 1,.t..rs e, da,i. tsr 51J
fnc S,.- 81 .,.~ IN ItaIy F7frc. st;ing M in bed
ygitl h., T~,.r -,s aim --rd her rcsizcd that
the @ sd .arcd At her rather vstf,,riv. and them
with nc that TIC lovely dark eyes and the
roH4,,e. q. es Sre s%ollen with I'VE, Weeping.
~" 1t 81 car he much older than am Auntyr
she :1 IS c-:..hcd 9Et OF pea after hcr aunt nag
CO., 60, ''-'' '1 'ie 'ia' O'o' N'S''e
@I,r- child, P-obab1, she ;s fired and ,nhaDnv-
A.. ,l. iol,aG tronbInd ior = Tn0r1ent Thcn She
49,; III ~, [,,r+a;ne and bob a,,rt and recc
proI'9tj {at little Tcresifa Vesnvius was in psf1
e;o,4 .,I - bea,,.;f,,I NeanoI;+an b9 tbe f5;-es
nicre n the whole wide world Law lust beneath tie
window
The banpv davs flew bv on wings Mr. and Mrs
walked up down the ancient streets and peered into
the houses which had been buried under Vesuvius