Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-01-11

With a quick, half impatient gesture
as she turned from the sea.
1T is late" she said. "Yes; it would
be odd If he were the one"
AS Jolly said week later. he was it
all right. And gradually Jolly's smile
deepened, and he went about with his
hands in his white duck pockets, wear
ing mystical look of wisdom beyond
mortal ken, for his prophecy was CON-
ing true
Dudley Graham was the strangers
name. jolly exulted in it. 1t couldn't
have been better. And when, after q
couple Of days, Dudley showed him
self possessed Of an unlimited "wad''
to boot and a disposition to scatter it
Joily's admiration changed to respect,
and he hoped Dudley's choice would
fall on Dorothy. because for himself
he always had preferred blue eyes
But Dudley apparently had no choice.
The cousins were the prettiest girls at
the Lights: '""refore he made love
to both 81 - with absolute impair
TALLY. Ana ne was an artist at love.
making-nn ordinary piazza incoming
or woodland StroI.s. but at daybreak
when all the world lay in bridal veil
of pearl and diamond, he would take
the girls out for sail or send them
up great clusters of forest flowers to
say good morning for him.
(which one!" asked Jolly. and ever.
of 1,n t.rht
ton. Perhaps no one thought it often
err than the girls themselves. Grnduni
ly they drew apart. There WAS II,
open quarrel. hing to gossip over
but all the old sweet cOmrad eShip vi;
broken. and except when Dudley wa
with them they lived alone.
To Dorothy it was ii wonderful thing
this strange new love. something no
to be breathed of. and yet her eye
never met Graham's that she did no'
feel vaguely sorry for Irene. Ant
Irene, winsome. gay hearted. was odd
ly quiet and restrained these days
and, hearing Graham's voice in her
ears as they two bent over the dip
ping SAIL she felt her heart ache for
poor Dorothy.
And then. as Jolly called it ever aft
er, there came the day of decision. 1t
was a gray day, threatening. squally.
bringing with it premature tang of
September chill. Graham was going
out in his yacht, the Lorelie. AS he
came down the steps of the piazza
Dorothy Joined him. tall and slender,
in her raincoat and hatless.
Graham hesituted and glanced to
where Irene stood.
"Afraid?" he asked laughingly. and
she took the challenge. not because OF
his words. but because of Dorothy and
her silence.
"There's a storm coming" called
Jolly. "l'll get the life savers ready to
go out after YOU"
1t was only jest. and half an hour
later Jolly. in his big hearted. rough
way, would have given all he owned to
call 1t back. for out on the gray sea
the little white winged yacht swirled
and dipped as the storm swept down
Ga it. and when the darkness had lifted
there was cry from those watching
from the inn, and down at the little
white life saving station below the
lighthouse they were. pushing out the
lifeboat.
Keel up. the Lorelie drifted. but be
fore the lifeboat reached it they found
a figure swimming for shore, n hearty.
strong. athletic youngster, one Dudley
Ora ham. who had kept his presence of
mind and resolved to save said bud
ley Graham's sweet life at all hazards.
$50 ahead" called Tom Hardy. the
captain OF the crew to him. "Go ahead.
you're doing finely. Keep it up. We
wouldn't stop You for the world"
And they eft him swimming for
shore and made straight for the over
turned yacht. where two girls held
each other above the peril of the sea.
Take Irene first" said Dorothy.
Dolly first" gasped Irene as Tom
lifted her into the boat.
The next morning jolly sat on the
piazza smiling buoyantly to two figures
in the hammock.
"He went on the early boat" he said
blithely Congratulations. But was
not he a really lovely specimen? For
fair weather, mean. Wasn't he
Jolly" interposed Dorothy. "even
the inevitable can be postponed. can't
it? We-lrene and I-have decided
that our inevitable man must be twins"