Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-06-14

A GIRL In A
WINDOW
She Could See. but Not
Be Seen

BY ELLEN d. MORTON

Norman kiftlaHd spent Tue TWO
weeks IN her words. III. one TWEEN
ty-siNth part of the year. which EN-
ployers consider n sufficient proportion
between work and play for their en-
ployecS at the seaShorc Older per
sons. who hnve been hard worked for
long period desire rest The youn.
dread such spending Of a vacation.
Kirkland WAS twenty years old and
devoted Ia boating He owned Il whcr
ry that looked like 4 thin graSShop
per. the ouirigging and oars standing
for the wings and legs. /, was his
pleasurable anticipation to pull him
self about in this topply affair Instead
of forcing some other animal or some
machine 10 do tile work. as n man dou
BILE his age would be inclined to do.
At Ocean Beach. where Kirkland
spent his vacation. there were inleiS.
and when the wind was Off shore aud
the water still he did not hesitate 10
90 outside Resides hotels, there wcr"
cottages all along the shore. aud IN
them lurkcd danger for fine looking.
young girls
In one of these cottages on point
OF land made by an inlet and the
ocean dwelt one Of these dangers. Miss
Edith Birncy She was OF dangerous
age eighteen 4 dangerous disposition
and about her was u dangerous at
mosphcre one morning from behind
curtains she saw n Stalwart young feel
low IN light boating apparel. display
ing fine biccps. pulling past her sum
mer house out into the ocean Taking
a marine glass she brought il to bear
on the boatman and saw that lie WIS
comcly Watching him. she SAW him
row to where Il Hight swell was rolliu~.
and h. looked very attractive on
there. rocked in the cradle Of the
deep
Kirkland sporied on the surface of
gracefully his sweeps brought him hack
into the inlet
In nature constant warfare goes
on Among nations some use enormous
guns. some are invcnting aerol,lane~
from which to drop bombs Oh their
enemies. willie others ill their harlorS
with mines 10 destroy ships Now.
there is also n warfare IN love and
kir,land though unconscious az dsu
ger was about 20 run upon q pc,frd that
might hoist him clean ont Of his bachc-
lorhood and drop him into the slough
OF
He was pulling along lazily when
something driftcd 10y him that at
iractcd his attention II was q hottie
about whose neck was tied a bright
red ribbon doubtless 20 catch the eye
and that II had been placed there 10y
woman was evident from the fact
that II had been tied in bowknoi.
Kirkland backed water. took up the
bottle and saw that II was tightly cork
ed with a bit Of white paper inside.
Taking ont the cork. he managed with
the aid of iiShhook to extract the
paper. ON one side was written. I'VE
are lost" II would perhaps have been
more 10 the point II the words had
been. lyon are lost" ON the other
side We're two letters. T. r.. and q
strand of very fair hair almost white
hair was folded in % smaller bit Of
paper within the larger one.
when Kirkland read the words "Ne
are lost" he ~ once concluded that he
had picked up message from som"
ship that had gone down. bni whcr
he noticed The initials and saw the
strand Of fine hair he was puzzled
The hair WAS undoubtedly that Of 81
woman and "a woman about "a gH
down 10 thu bottom of the ocean Is
not likely to put her Initials on paper
with lock Of her hair. She would ho
more likely 10 write her full name
with Il farewell message 10 loved ones
far away
While Kirkland sat In the boat try
ing 20 dccipher this message from the
sen pair Of eyes behind q dnu
BILE harrclcd gun 81 aluminium and
glass. protected by an cmhankment ~
lace curtains. We're aimed straight ai
him. Unconscious of any lurking enc
my. he was right in the line nf flr''
It HlIi utliNV liif Kun Sttitl'u ~ tHk'
an inexpressihlc delight IN his ~
parent surprise. and when he carefully
folded the paper about the lock of hair
and slipped II into his canvas shoe he
had no pocket her face broke into a
smile OF triumph Then he ynnng mai
pulled away toward his bpathnuSc.
There Is a peculiar stupidity about
most very Young men rs to the tricks
and the manners Of the opposite sex.
Kirkland had no more idea that the
bottle he had picked NJ had been
thrown into the water pnrposely for
him than he had that the throwcr Nv
stead ~ being ont NJ sea. was watch
ing him from u house n few hundred
yards away Nevertheless there WAS
sentiment about that lock % hair
and he was not So obtuse rs not To-
suppose that the initials T. u referred
10 the owner Rut That the heck Ind
been cut from the herd u 70 pretty
girl pnrposely for him WAS frrihcSi