The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-19
about the place, Dick, she has never
been here before"

about the place, Dick, she has never
been here before"
Suppose we stroll down to the
beach," suggested Mrs. Raymond,
then you can meet your husband,
Mrs. Curtis, and walk back with him. "
Helen hated to say that she didn't
feel like going for fear the Raymonds
might think she didn't care to go, so
she got up readily and walked to the
end Of the veranda, followed by Mrs.
Raymond.
making their way along the tiny
crowded boardwalk toward the bath
houses.
Perhaps she would meet some cot
tagers later on who might make it
pleasant for her. She devoutly hoped
that Mrs. Raymond would not con-
slider 1t her duty to personally see that
she enjoyed her first stay at Pine
Bluffs.
THE water is rough this morning
looks almost like a SURF" said Mr..
Raymond, as they paused a moment,
by the rail and looked out. 1t was
late, and the beach was almost de-
serted. Helen looked around to see
if she could find Warren, but he was
not there; he must have gone in, she
thought to herself.
There he isl waving her hand to
a man who was just emerging from
the group Of bath there's
my husband now" And then, as
Warren walked forward to meet
them:
How was the water, dear! Did you
have nice swim?"
Warren's eyes showed plainly that
he was wondering where Helen picked
up the Raymonds, but he bowed pO-
litely as Helen said:
"This is Mrs. Raymond, dear. She
has been very kind about telling me
the ms and outs Of the place. Mr.
Raymond, my husband, Mr.. Curtis"
Some bathing you have here,' said
Warren genially, as they all turned
and walked toward the hotel. The
bath had put him in good humor
and even a stronge couple, with a
plainly uninteresting woman, could
not make him growl just then.
YES" said Mr.. Raymond, who had
been walking ahead with Helen, this
still water bathing certainly does put
the stuff in you all right. l keep tell
ing Mrs. Raymond that she misses a
lot not going in the water. OF course
to Helen.
Eyes, 1 love the water. Why don't
you battle, Mrs. Raymond? l don't see
how you can resist such bathing as
they have up here"
"Oh, l don't know; there's so much
trouble attached that l never thought
it paid, and now that l have left off
for so long it seems like a nuisance
to get all my bathing paraphernalia
together when we go away for the
summer.
They had reached the hotel and
Helen followed Warren and Mrs. Ray
mond's plump back into the exchange
WHERE DID YOU PICK THEM UP?
Il left the papers at the desk, dear
if you want them. l didn't know
whether you had looked over them OF
not"
Read them before you came down
this morning; we won't bother with
them come on, here's the key"
Helen nodded smilingly at Mrs
Raymond as Warren handed her into
the elevator.
Where on earth did you pick hel
up?" he calculated as soon as they
were alone.
"Oh, Warren, l knew you wouldn't
like her, but she came to me while
was sitting on the porch and l couldn't
snub her. She seems to have a regu
lar grudge against cottagers, because
she did nothing but talk about how
rude they were to all the hote
people"
Huh, she's the typical hotel COS
sip for you; hope you fight shy OF hel
if we decide to come up here for my