The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-05

love MIN -. Dur want 9,
g none q Il ana that i W. q, =. lose
forget. s1e Tried "a
Rex Henrik stood in the on..
o. his BIC farmhouse and loo Spsn door
over the wide spreading na,s away
With ready harvest; but ~, .e, y ripe
were not there. 80 thoughts
"Confound IT." he mu,..
lnsly to himself. 4 don't -. mean
makes Rose avoid me - see see what
cannot stand It any longer. ana dpDft! !
speax g ner about It II she eoa. slan
us on the ride tomorrow sues u With
well enough, but Rose d tha ~ IKE lola
an ! want for q wife. and sha ' won Won,
g nov that ! would like l,tt uusat
ner company occasionallv A.'le Of
spoke. ne sighed. and went ~ ~ he
work with z heavy heart ~ % his
This ride was regular er.
the young folks every summe u' with
the first touches Of autumn When
the air. With lunch spread " es.1 IN
meath some grand old trees. h ~. os
DaDbling brook. they sat ana issue
and made merry. TALKED
The following day was TO-,
Ialr. and they started of IN gro..
It's, with Rex Henrik driving ms spl''
OF big bay horses hitched 70 M l,s par
board. and with lola Dayenno,. Uuct'
ting chatting beside him. Ross p. sl''
contented herself with seat ho ,owa
Rose kept the tears from shou,. and
ner eyes. but it was with an as %
that she carried on an Indifferent ea aOs
versation and laughed as lioh. , 'oa'
any one about her, while D. ~
known to her. was mildly cross noe n ~
the brunette beauty beside him ' ~
having usurped the place he inta,. -,
for Rose. He hardly heard ha.
slant chatter. nor saw her gr.o sou.
glances meant only for him u'
At last they reached the end ., >,
ride and were soon busy spread,na ~.
their lunch on the grass After th Sss
had eaten all that lay before thom
they scattered and strolled abopt tha
woods and fields for an hour or a.
before the return homeward.
With heavy, aching and anv,o,.
heart, Rose managed to slip silently
away by herself and, sitting down
upon big messy log beside the brool
she covered her face with her hand.
and cried softly to herself. She va,
startled suddenly by a stem beside
her, and glancing up quickly she saw
Rex standing before her looking At
, her with the love light showing strong.
er than she had ever seen It before
In his eyes. She blushed confusedly
as she rose to her feet, and began to
walk away. He stepped quickly for
ward and seized her almost rudely In
his arms and drew her to him.
why have you wandered of here
all alone?" he asked anxiously, a.
he looked down into her fearful eyes
Because" she stammered slowly.
Il thought you wanted to have her all
tosyourself," she replied readily.
Who?" he demanded decidedly.
lola Davenport" returned Ross
Il thought that you were tired Of me
and wanted only-her," she said sob
bingly.
do you think that care for her
lola Davenport" demanded Rex al
most desperately, and then as she sim.
ply replied by bowling her head. be
went on. II do not. You should be
the first to know that, Rose" he said
seriously. "She has fairly forced her
company upon me and was wanting
only-you- all the time, sweetheart
He bent and kissed her.
ooh, REX" murmured Rose happily
IT was the one to blame all the time.
l put her before me simply to try 70
test you. and I thought had broken
my own heart. But you have stooo
the test nobly and love you now more
than ever for I know now that you
are-all mine!" she said seriously.
That fall, even while the leaves
were falling softly and the narVese
were being gathered home, there ~ss
q quiet wedding In the little neisr
borhood and lola Davenport was