Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-14

ing, but while Aunt Rebecca was pun
ing the tomatoes and picking the GU
cumbers he walked straight up o;the
Unfortunate and wrote on. a pad he.
\ had brought for the purpose: 81 81
Fishing was good yesterday. l.
hoped you would be Gut q. ~ q. z955$ s5.s q
81 don't care so much a bout lishing.n"s
she wrote ,.i:l 0 jl5 T 6
wouldn't you like san on the
bay?' sss; 7ss $s5 255 .$; ,5 n
She shook her head. $s Az ;s9 n. & 5-a ' 5.:
e. see no hammock here. / haye5a.
spare one and will be glad to. put 1t
mp for you" t;o' i::tsi3s :
AAzother. shake. but she signed her
$ti1ahas at the same time. % s5i s5s5 .5s5
said he'd come. and he did 6me.r''
observed Aunt Rebecca after the young
man had departed. Here's the card
he left. He lives in town and paints
pictures. What's the name Clarence
Z Denton?' .,5gss s s. = :. ,.>zs
"Oh. he won't come again. I'm going
fishing today, and If y see him coming
+ IIl5 row away. :. Perhaps 4 shall give
him snub."iE,. ri 49,; -.
e The snub was administered two
hours later. Miss Jessie had reached
|8her5 fishing ground when the artist was
s SIGHTED hearing down upon her. She
lifted her anchor ard rowed straight
away and the distance was too farfnl
him to. see the smile on her face q. for
her to see the look of cIlaGrin Oh his:
Ssz AS: the day turned out TO be warn,
there was no boating insthe afternoon,
and neither did MIR. Denton show up
for more, vegeta 5les In .the morning.
I Miss Jessie pretended to- be well pleas.
| ed. huts9dawn: inner heart she was
,niqued - 2ss.t 1.srs. -.
As matter of fact. the girl had be.
come indignant by the time she, had
taken, up the oars, and tife feeling was
added to after: she had $fished for an
L hours;without bite Or a sight of the
other boat: Then came an Interrupt:
ton. She h.-aked: What she believed
was. whale. and In her excitement
she rose Up and tumbled into the, WI,
ter. with Il great splash. The boat
kidd not go over, and she soon. had her
hands on it. Butte draw herself ul1
was another matter. She could ! not
do it. She could only hang on and
think of sharlss.sz.f, =
sttShe had 3been clingings for half AT
hour when a. boat suddenly appeared
In sight. and, at !, the top. of her voice
/ she called out to be. saved She called
izence, twice. thrice. and then the boat
was beside her, and Mr.. Clarence Den
ton was lifting her in by the shoulders
! He said no word until she was in and
then asked: - -! 49, - -
Is "Does it always have this effect OF
deaf and dumb people?"' - -: 4.
#='I can't say as to others, but have
!, surely found my voice." was the sauey
4 reply. Z. - > .:>'
4 SSsssWell. that's worth the wetting.
:. saw you when you went over, but was
/ waiting for lou to call. As you may
lose your voice again If not taken carr
Of, I will: accompany you home; a.is.
After Mr. Denton had been an al
most daily caller at Towser's for tire.
! weeks and a pretty constant guest ID
: the dinner table Aunt Rebeccas beck
oned Miss Jessie out behind the cur
! rant bushes one evening and said: :
1 - 4 you haven't lost your voice again
! 5cu'd better tell him that I'm willing
: Uncle Joe's willing and, that you
: fatheris one Of the willingest men ii
Z. the world. Then you'd better be will
!; Ing. too, forssit' high time a big cir
! IKE You was ster 81 -. y ;. ~ : 4 {
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