The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-09-05
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anu iaFDrotnet> SaIli anu almost before
she had removed her hat she had sent
Sam to the local bookstore after a
diary. The first entry was recorded
half an hour later. 1t read: "
;%s.Todayil was followed by, manu.,
The writing was In bold Jhand. and
The sentence was Completed, With three
large exclamation points. 1t was
startling news, but there was more.
He Yas'a young man, + (
HE Vas quite gool lookipg," 4
but I think he, dyes bis mustache. ~
"And he may be pickpocket."
III he ever dares to.speak to me
shall have him arrested" n.
The diary had a rest for couple Of
weeks. Then Miss Ethel took n trip to
the city with a girl friend. She re-.
turned to rush to her room and re-
cord: -n
Il saw him again today!" 4
Pointed him out to Mollie."
"He sat quite near US In the restau.
rant where we lunched."
"He pretended not to see us, but we
caught him taking furtive glances."
1--WE both agreed that he dyes his
mustache, and that he is a, criminal
Of some sort--a sly.sleek criminal!"
I'VE, thought he followed us to the
depot. but were not sure"
Eve gave him such severe looks in
the restaurant that he might have
taken the alarm. I must say that 1t
was fine mustache, even II It was
dyed. and that he has beautiful
eyes. What q tlty that I:sutlr "a nice
looking young rnan. should be: n Grim.
mall" 49, 20 .,,f5 -+ s-s--e
And yet once again within n month
the young man with thes dyed = mus.
lache figured in the diary. seMIss Ethel
had been to the city alone again. rand
upon her return she fastened to write
In the little book:
81 was walking, along Thirty.fourth
street today, having just come out of
a store. when some one touched me on
the arm"
81 turned. 1t was the young man!
He begged my pardon. had dropped
my purse and he had picked It up"
For moment looked Into those
dark eyes and beheld that mustache,
and then they were gone. I cannot say
that either of them were dyed. can.
not say that he is,a good or bad young
man. II; he is freany a criminal, Il
ought to give him up, to Justice, h
And there the diary ended 1t ended
because Miss Ethel carrIed.it with her;
When next she went 10, the city, that she.
might lot down things on the car car com:
Ing home. and when she Went 10 lot
she found that she had lost it.!g She
saw the Same yolng man again. He
was entering an attl store. but size ffelt
that hc had been h lowing her. Upon
her arrival home shs would have liked
to jot down more terrible adventures,
but her brother Sam refused to 20 for
another diary. os'gtanl ai4Ff1ay =
In June, Miss Ethel lugged out her
easel and other parapherhalla2 to make
some sketches along the FLYER running
through the itowfi:. az ,l79!m NtoEtj =
An hour day for three days did
Miss Ethel devote TO sketching cliffs,
and then something happened. Broth
er Sam had built her sort Of nest on
the hillside where; the view was the
finest. ~
After three days the nest went out of
business by giving way and rolling the
artist in the river. Brother Sam was
far away, and the nearest fisherman
was hundred rods of, but the man
with the dyed mustache was on the
spot. He was also there to sketch
those cliffs. Instead of sketching cliffs
he plunged intoa cold river and got
very wet and rescued a very cold and
wet girl and sent'h her homein a car.
rage. She wasso near drowned that
she NOTWITHSTANDING her hero at the
time. and she wasn't concerned MS to
whether the man was young or, old. b
T. 1t was Brother Sam who interfered
exactly Mt the right time, Like lit
tie man, he hunted up Mr.. Claude Rath.
bone. who hadn't hesitated to get wet.
and thanked him on behalf of, the fam.
lily. A day or .two.later he chaperoned
Mr.. Rnthbone to- tho house. where the
rcscucr received more thanks and was
invited to call again. 49,.
The two artists went sketching in
company. Mr.. l,athbone was also a
frequent caller at the Widows house.
He went away in July and returned In
August.
a To return TO that diary for a mo.
nient. 1t had been lost in the city.
The only clue 10 Its owner was the
line: THE Diary of Ethel Hyland."
The finder had not advertised It. When
Mr.. Rathbone had first caught the
family name from brother Sam he had
smiled and carried his hand to his
breast pocket. But lie. had done moth.
ing further, unless Il was to nod in
satisfaction.
Three months after the rescue, as
the artist and the girl sat together one
evening, he told her of his love and
received the answer hoped for, and
when he went away he left the little
book behind him. 1t was not fo,ud
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