The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01

The young man bowed to the three
In turn.
and We have a bungalow and dc
not wish TO be disturbed"
Il shall take great pleasure in not
disturbing YOU"
But can't you understand, sir. that
we are on our vacation and don't
want any men aroundP
Sorry, young ladies-extremely
sorry-but i am on my vacation and
don't want any females around. /
Will agree to KEEP my distance IL you
will keep yours. / have camped here
for the past three years on account
OF this spring"
The delegation walked back to the
bungalow without a word. Then the
meeting was called to order again and
Miss Florence asked what further
steps were deemed necessary to rid
themselves of the presence of the i'm
pudnt intruder.
why, If it's his land he has a right
there, hasn't heT' ingenuously Queried
Molly.
And I didn't expect to see such a
good-looking young man." sighed
Edith.
Are you girls going to turn trait
orr" demanded the chairman in in
dignant tones. He may be good
looking, and he may be on his own
land; but he's no gentleman. A gen
tleman would have consented to move
MS camp even 10 miles If kindly re-
Iuested by three girls who were
camping by themselves. II he thinks
We are going away instead he'll find
himself very much mistaken. We
must snub him on every possible oc-
,asion."
After breakfast, two mornings later,
Florence went down to the shore for
a row to find the boat missing. The
tide had f1oated 1t OF during the night.
AS she stood there wondering about
tides and skiffs and intruders the
young man of the camp came rowing
up in his own boat and towing the
missing craft. He leaped ashore.
raised his cap and drew the skin
upon the sands. Then he entered his
own craft without word and rowed
away.
At dinner that evening Mrs. Jones
proudly placed a dish Of fried SOUR
rels on the table. The girls welcomed
with little screa msof delight. Miss
Florence had half finished her dinner
when she remembered having seen
the intruder with a gun on his shout
der in the edge of the woods that
afternoon. She suddenly lost her APP
petite and whispered to the girl on
either hand:
You may bow your neck to the
tyrant's yoke If you will, but as for
ne-never!"
But such a deep, rich voice as he
hast"
And such eyes and teeth"
At the breakfast next morning there
was excellent fish on the table-fish
caught that morning. as Mrs. Jones
proudly announced. The girls pitch
ed in" but after five minutes Miss
Florence refused further fish. 1t came
to her like a fash that the impudent
intruder must have furnished the sup
ply.
She looked at her chums in cold dis
dain, but Miss Molly clasped her
hands and rolled her eyes.
20, l knew he must be a gentleman
the first moment l set eyes on him."
And how terrible it would have
been had We driven him away from
here" added Edith.
They were traitors to the cause, but
their conduct only made Florence the
frmer in her determination.
Fate knows when to mind her own
business, and when to interfere with
that of others. In this case she held
of for a couple of weeks. Miss Flor
ence went out grabbing by herself
She planned to be by herself so as to
snub the intruder If he acme within
10 rods of her.
1t is useless to speculate how a
girl and a boat get upset on bay, lake
or river. They do, and that's all there
is about it. Florence was after the
biggest crab of the century, when she
suddenly found herslf sinking down
to a watery grave.
When she did recover she heard
sobs and signs all around her, and
as she tried TO sit up she heard Molly
eXclaim:
90, goody, goody! She will live, He
has saved her life!"
And if she doesn't marry him she's
an ungrateful wretch" added Edith.
why we've known for two whole days
that he was a son of Senator Blake,
and one of the incest young men in
the world"