The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-06-08
CHAPTER I.
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III the south simmer OF laughing
gold and blue edged the faded hori-
Aoh.
Eagerly the young man leaned for
ward, dark eyes tightening. lips part
Ing as if already he could taste the
SAVIOUR of the sea.
Then, quite without warning, deep
elbow of the bay swept up almost to
the railway, its surface mirror-like,
profoundly blue, profoundly beautiful.
Il think" said the traveller softly
81 think it's mighty fne to be alive
and-here."
He lounged back comfortably again,
smiling as he watched the wheeling
landscape, his eyes glowing with ex-
pectancy. For his cares were negli-
gibie, his content bouudless; he was
experiencing. for the first time in
many years, a sense Of freedom akin
to that felt by Z schoolboy at the be
ginning of the summer vacation. The
work of his heart and hand for little
time belonged equally to a forgotten
Yesterday and an uncontemplated To
morrow he existed only for the CON
haent Today. He had put behind him
the haunts OF men, and his yearning
LOT the open places that lay before
nm was almost childiike in its fer
Fehcy; he would, indeed, have been
quite satisfied If assured that he was
TO md nothing to do save to play aim
lessly in the sun. But, in point of
lact' ne looked forward to an employ
ment much more pleasurable; he was
on 20 snooI duck Win MS very dear
IIleHu, MI Aulnohy guam OF Iansle-
"oou rouge NokciAls' Long Island.
AGAIN lhe "hlstie o2"led uncannily,
ana .he Tram began 10 moderate It's
speed. ODJects III me foreground that
olner"lse Aau peeh mere streaked
plurS assumed recognizable contours.
NoiIh oi lAe Inc SllhS OF squat,
square uhIoFe-y frame edlfceS,
ahgAed upon country road, drlIted
PACK. a brakeman popped head and
shoulders INTO the car and out again,
leaFlnS the ecEo OF an abrupt bark to
De interpreted al me passengers
leisure.
Slowly jolting across a ruttod, dusty
road, the cars stopped. Amber, alight-
ing, found himself upon length of
boardwalk platform and confronted
by distressingly matter-of fact wood
en- structure, combining the functions
of waiting room and ticket and tele-
graph offices. From it's caves de-
pended a weatherworn board bearing
the legend: "Nokomis."
The train, pausing only long enough
to disgorge from the baggage car a
trunk or two and from the day coach
es thin trickle of passengers, flung
on into the wilderness, cracked bell
clanking somewhat disdainfully
BY degrees the platform cleared. the
erstwhile patrons Of the road and the
station loafers-for the most part hall
marked natives OF the reGion-stlag-
Cling off upon their several ways.
some afoot, majority in Gi!apidated
Surveys and buckboards. Amber
watched them go with unassumed in
difference; their type interested him
little. But in their company he pres
entity discovered one a hsure so
Thoroughly lorelGh ana aIoot IN attl-