The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-14

mi found matches on the mantel ana hs"'
81 the fire which aared mp meffily; -.
"Now'" said the girl. ''of with tho,s
wet shoes and stockings, Here let me h''l
IVA no 1" he protested and iumbled wlll
the string. There was one that bothrtcu
him very much, until the girl, on he'
knees al his side. quickly united the Aios
"yon1l be hot and sleamlhg w Jew
Minutes. !" she said, And III Try nhu ypu
a mir OF Captain Toms slippers, captall
Tom is a sort OF carctaker here you Nho"'
| III be back IN a moment; L.,,1,
When she came back she had q ool!''
of currant wine, She gave MN thc shp
pers and glass OF wine and p9sheu ~ ~,
chair a little nearer the blazing nv 4,
crowded a cushion behind ms heah anu ~
nodded his thanks as he held out ~ h". ~
lbis nerves had collapsed; the lire was very
soo,hing and the wine made him drowsy
lie let his ewes fall shut and soon was ias'
sleep. - ,h.r
The girl smiled down on him ana then
taking a low chair by the iireside drew on
her shoes and stockings and dried them
and after a time put them on agaln-aho
the old man was still fast asleep
Presently he awoke and looked around
and found the girl smiling down on MN
He nodded at her. 40. i,
"Sbipwrecked and marooned, ehy nc
cbuckled. II remember now. just ior .
| for a moment thought il was all part oil 0
had dream-and then | woke up and "a"
Won. Everything AL right, eh!' ~,
81 think So" She said. 'rhe gale Is. stu
pretty lively. but il cant harm US here
Now YOU may put on your shoes. They
are quite dry
What would you have done i the boat
had gone over" he presently asked
II can SWIM" she said, with a quick
smile. "And ! would have got you up on
the overturned boat and held you there
until help came.
The old man nodded .,n IA
"Guess you'd have done it, said the old
man. "but | fancy its better lust as II Is
Where are We! .i;,d
You're in bungalow the girl replied
ats a bungalow ] built with the heip o
Captain Tom. It's comfortable even Il
| the comfort is a homely sort.
at suits me at this moment quite az
well rs il the highest priced architects Of
New York has planned the structure. lie
looked at his watch and chuckled. That
man | went TO meet will wonder where I've
disappeared. | only hope he won't worry.
"No doubt he'll be all the more glad
when he finds you are safe said the glrl
"And now you are TO have q cup OF yea
and some bread and jam That's what
they give convalescing bad boys who have
run away and fallen in the water; Ana
she laughed as she pushed a little table
near him and poured out the hot tea and
gave him the bread and jam
"Say." said the old man, this Is tlne
adventure. | wouldn't have missed this
for a good many dollars. That's tip top
JAM" ,,
Then you have forgiven the LoreleiE
laughed the girl.
"Nfy dear Young lady" he cried as he
| lifted his teacup. II am too much indebted
TO you to think of anything else. A little
while ago | promised myself that | would
give you anything you desired. ! VIII
admit that the stress OF fear was heavy on
me at the moment, but Tn not the sort
of man who gets well and then plans "a
cheat the doctor What can do for you:
She looked at him thoughttully
Eyes" he answered. Don't be afraid.
1--WE had scheme in my mind for some
time" she said. perhaps this is the chance
TO work it out"
Go ahead" he cried.
pretty soon / will show YOU an old
wooden building on the north shore. II is
a home for incorrigible boys. They are
sent there from the eastern part OF the
state. They are not all bad boys. Some OF
them are only unfortunate The building
is not a fit home for them. II is more like
prison. Every little while some OF them
break out and run away. They need bet
ter building, they need surroundings that
will uplift them know about this be.
cause once week | visit there and sing
and play for them. Now my scheme is this
to put up a modern building on this is
land, a building that isn't at all like a
prison, and | would give the boys the run
of the place There are seven acres of
land here and a pretty grove, and the wa
tiers of the bay would offer much better
form OF restraint than stone walls and
barbed wire The island is mine
yours"
''Yes. II was given to me by my grand
fathe2, n captain John Allerton. a famous
old whaling master. / will give the is.
land for this project ii some one else will
give the building"
She paused and looked into his wrinkled
face
what do YOU estimate the building will
cost" he quickly asked
She hesitated again.
ut could be erected for $4,000"
He frowned little,
'But this does you no good, he said.
ooh, yes it does" she cried.
"You are very strange girl said the
old man Then he drew a memorandum
book from his pocket and penciled few
words. There is my acceptance of the
conditions" he said as he tore the leaf
from the book
She took it eagerly and glanced it over.
Then her face flushed and she drew a quick
breath.
care you Amos Crandall?" she half
whispered
"Why, yes" he answered as he held his
pencil poised And now, what is your
name"
She suddenly raised her hand.
"Hark!" she said. Someone is coming
to our relief. That was launch whistle,
Let lis see who it is
He followed her through the doorway
and to the beach, The wind had gone
down and naphtha launch was coming to-.
ward them over the bobbing waves,
The old man shaded his eyes with his
hand.
'T'll bet that's Jim there in the bow
See, he's waving his hat"
The girl touched his arm.
"Sir," she said in low voice. 81 will
tell you my name now. know why you
came to Fairhaven. | know that you have
been very angry at Jim and that you are
here to take him away | am the cause of
this misunderstanding. | am the girl he
wrote you about ! am Anna Holman"
He turned and stared at her
''You!" he cried.
He was quite dumbfounded.
The launch, was very near now. Its
whistled piped up shrilly,
"You!" repeated the old man. "Well,
Welt"
Then he suddenly put his arm with a
fatherly gesture about the girls shoulders
and stood close beside her when the launch