Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-11-22

When ! gablsd roof broke through
the monotony of the tree borde Tered to-
bacco fields Malcolm uttered a shout
OF relief and hurried on to a. hospttabie
mansion get behind d tall arbor-y vitae
hedge,
AT the door of the whit e-washed
kitchen wing Malcolm found a fat
black woman hulling Strawberries.
Good maWnin', sab. she said pleas
antly.
Good morning, nanny" returned
Malcolm, cycling the strawb berries hun
grily. Any Of the family at homer
Nanny shook her head. Dey amt
nobody but Miss Cherry Ii and she's
nourishin' III haid ache Use mighty
feared she amt gwine ter eat any OF
dis we're lunch I'm gettin' read w
81 wonder-I Wonder'if she would
let me stay to lunch III MY car is stuck
in the mud back here and dor II
know how, many miles it is to the
next hotel.",.;lS
:; 20 de lam sakes! OBJ course Miss
Cherry will let yo' eat! They amt
nobody ever been turned away hon
cry fun Green Gates II yo' y likes
cream chicken an batter bread AM;
strawberries an cream I reckon yo'2
kin make out a meal'''5 Nj 81 5:; 353
M II rather guess II can! laughed
Malcolm as he removed his linen
buster and cap, while Nanny hustled,
indoors and sent several black SER
wants scurrying to and fro. N 81 \ Si s5
"Marse Petrie's gone to Richmond
and ole Miss has gone wild him." ex-
planned Nanny as she led Malcolm to
large cool bedroom on the first
floor. "Jes' max yo'self conf 'tb1e sab!
an I'll send wo'd when lunch a am,
ready" 55;:3 Il. :.s /.
Nanny came herself to announce
that lunch was ready and she found.
a refreshed guest who greeted her
with a strange eagerness. In his
hand he held a framed photograph OF
a lovely girl which he had snatched'
from the mantelpie & ;S$ 5325}S.
'Who is this?'' he asked sharply.
Mammy's good-natured countenance
settled into stern lines Of disapproval.
Was this handsome stranger going to
disappoint her after all? She had told
Miss Cherry that they were entertain
ing a gentleman downstairs and Nam
my prided herself on recognizing one
at sight. Be s III n.
"Sah?"' Mammy's tongue was sug-
gestive Of reproof. ISL ls
Malcolm understood. From an in.
her pocket of his coat he produced a
letter case and from It he extracted
a silver case which opened and dig.
played duplicate OF the face he had
inquired about. n Il X 1 ASH
/ please tell me If Miss Parker Is
here" he said impatiently, for the
photographs were those of Elinor.
go de lan'!" Nanny smote her
fat hands together and looked help
lessly from the pictures to the young
man. tits Miss Cherry herself!
"Miss Cherry? Why do you call her
that?" demanded Malcolm GREATNESS
~.
aCause Marse and Miss does shes
dey niece fun de Norf and when
she's here we done all call her Miss
Cherry cause we always did when she
was knee high; to toad. !" 3f2 s sssS II;
Then Miss Elinor Parker is really
upstairs 2" gsf5i3 9ssy l,ss
Eyes. sah.' Nanny looked at him
n curiously.
= Malcolm thought rapidly. # Elinor
had not been afraid Of herself afraid
to meet him again -she would not
have. run away and hidden herself
among these southern relations Of
whom She had seldom spoken.
Nowawas the time to assert himself
and if possible regain his appiness--
and keep it. Elinor needed to- be
guided by a firm hand her father had
often said So d: fi8.s5 III a; q,
- Malcolm stiffened his shoulders and
replaced the pictures in their accus.
toned places. Please tell Miss Cher.
ry that Mr. Spencer is here, and will
F. be glad if she will join him at lunch
| ."'Yas, sah.'',# Nanny moved slowly
away rolling inquisitiye eyes at the
: young man who followed her across
the hall. VI
Maicolm thrust a. CTlSp% panknOle III
, to her hand and whispered in her$ear:
"I'm going to marry N iss Cherry. Z 5 s#
= '.Glory!'' shouted NJ ammy .'I hope
E she'll quit dat pinin' ' around now! VI
: recloned .dey was a beau in de back
ground B:
II hope I'm the one, ''3 unused Nal
colin as he waited for her return.
! Nanny did not come back then
But someone else did someone WIKI
came with light. flying footsteps
straight through the hall and into hi:
waiting arms.
= 1t was a half hour lat r before Nam
: my intruded to announce that the bat
: ter bread was getting cold.
! To her satisfac ton diamond & rim
cleaned On the third sfnge Of Mis-
Cherry's left hand
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