The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-29

coming from the garden and he
thought she was prettier than ever
as he looked upon her, When they
met he said: Miss Wiuslow. / am
going. to have racing party and /
want YOU TO go. There will be sew
erai ladies and gentlemen there, and
we want to see who can win the race"
Il am sure / can never win. and
he asked her If she would try, and she
said, Yes"
The day for the racing has come
and they are all assembled at Mr..
Pages house. All of them have beau
tiful horses, but Rollan thinks none
is as pretty as Arberta's- They start
the race, and before they get to the
end enc of the horses falls down, ana
the girl Is hurt real bad. They take
her UP and try TO comfort heF wniie
they walt for the others TO come.
Miss winsIow reaches the end nrst.
and they are all very much pleased.
especially Rollan. They return to the
girl that was hurt and Rollan takes
her to his home, as she does not i've
In tho city.
They gave Mics Winslow medal
for winning the race, and she 10 very
thankful for It,
The girl that was hurt Is getting
on nne, Her name is Miss Rachel
Denlow, She loves Rollan and is
jealous because ne seems to think
more of Arberta than he does OF her.
She does not like Alberta, but she
tries to do all she can to please her.
1t is a beautiful summer morning
and Rolian Is going away for a few
days. and Just before he leaves he goes
to the library to tell Alberta good
bye. Arberta does not know that ne
Is going away. Rollan sat down by
her and took her hand in his and said:
"Arberta, l have come to bid you
good bye for a few days" She looks
up at him and says: Il hope you Will
have a good time"
Thank YOU" he said. and kissed
her sweet lips. Take care or my
mother "All right" she said. and
they parted.
Rachel heard OF his telling Alberta
good bye and not saying anything to
her. and she was more jealous tnan
ever.
While Rolian is away Arberta is
taken sick. but is not very sick: but
they have to take her meals to her.
One day when the servant was liking
her meal Rachel came into the room
and wanted to take II up to her. The
servant finally consented and left the
room. Rachel got something poison
Gus, and put Il in Arberta.s tea ana
LOOK IL up W icA. W SitC saw ~
to her she said, Il hope you will en-
10Y your supper" and she went down
stairs.
After supper Arberta felt worse
than ever. and soon fell asleep
Rachel came up there to see how she
was getting on after drinking her tea.
She found her asleep, so she took her
up and made her walk downstairs,
and they went out Of the back door,
so no one would see her. and ordered
a hack and took her to the asylum.
She told the people there that she was
crazy. Then she returned home ana
found that all were in bed. AS she
went upstairs she said: II don't guess
she will see Roilan Page any. more,
and maybe I can win him."
The next morning when the break
fast bell rang all appeared but Ar
berta, SO one OF the servants fixed her
breakfast and carried 1t up to her,
but when she went in no one was
there. Then they all began to look
for her, but abe could not be found.
Rol1an came home the next day and
his mother told him of her depart
ure, and he seemed TO be hurt very
much. He said: II will try and and
her. % he went down TO the river and
got Ia = boat and rowed across the
river, thinking that she might have
committed suicide; and as he was al
most on tho other side he looked UP
and he saw Z girl waving handker-
chief from the window. and he
TROUGH she looked familiar. 20 he
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