Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-08

have been at home and looking for her
and should have advanced, nat N
hand. and given her his name ana
begged to be forgiven for something
or other. Consequently more putch!
However, if Mr.. Blair was not home,
his boat was. 1t was drawn up on the
beach, and the idea came to the glrl
to make use of 1T. 1t would be spitlng
and getting even with the owner.
The boat was showed off and the girl
entered it. She knew nothing of row
ing She had never even entered a
skiff before. The tide was running
out, and running strong at that, ana
presently she found herself out in the
bay and being hurried toward an is
land a mile and half away. No one
happened to see her drifting, and she
was too frightened to scream Tne
boat might have missed the Island had
not fate decreed otherwise. she ran
her nose plump into the bank, and the
castaway sprang out and sank down
on solid ground.
Had she spited Mr.. Blair? She was
mt two minutes deciding that she
hadn't. He was off somewhere eaten
ing grasshoppers, and she was cast
away on an island where bull thlstles
and blackberry bushes were thicker
than fieas on dog. She would be
missed, but it might be day or two
! before the searchers found her,
Miss Cressy wept. She was weeping
when she saw boat approaching the
! island. 1t was a rowboat, and the
oars were being handled by a man. 1t
was a man who was in no hurry Tne
boat was headed straight for her. as
if she had been seen from the shore
| though a glass. but the oarsman was
taking his time to get there. some
! times he ceased rowing entirely Tor
! two or three minutes. However, ne
/ drew near enough at last for the cast
away to recognize him and to spring
70 her feet and eXclaim.
! Ills he, 'Tis Mr.. Blair
| So it was, but no earthquake fol-
! lowed. In a leisurely way, as if he
! were searching for a toadstool. he
! her presence in the slightest. She
/ stood it for a long minute and then
! impatiently exclaimed:
We'll, sir"
/ We'll, miss"
oh you cadI"
| "Oh you boat stealer."
L never stole your old boat, and il
you were a gentleman YOU d-you d
And she choked up and the tears came
TO her eyes.
You are to be rescued in due time
but we are to have little talk first.
understand that you are Miss Fair
banks, who came here to cure YOU
hay fever?"
She made no answer.
Did you hope to cure your snob
bishness at the same timei"
She caught her breath with rasp
ing sound. and her fingers clenched.
The villagers wanted to meet yo
and greet YOU but you antagonize
them at once. You evidently conside
them a lot of pumpkin heads becaus
they live in a village, but You make
great mistake. And who are you t
glare and snub?"
tt" she stammered. as sh
cholSed up.
NO better blood-no better educate
no better looking-no more accom-
plishments than thousands of Others
and yet you have made yourself be
! Iieve that you are the salt of tn
earth!"
She had turned her face away froI
him.
IF you were young man you
be set down as a pig and a cad an
l am half fool. AS it is, l don't believ
r you've got a sincere friend among til
girls you know"
} She was still turned away from hin
: Its all so foolish and lamentable
/ he continued zone can't estimate h
t own value. That must be left to otf
t ers. The world is as quick to dete'
I the false as the true. 1t is the opir
: ion of the world that makes or III
e makes us. No man, no matter no
e strong and wise and wealthy he
/ can afford to defy the world or
= without friends
n Miss Cressy turned and looked h,
reformer in the eyes. and he saw !
t anger in hers.
r "If l We're a GIRL he said, with
t smile on his face, If I were a gi
= that was being criticised instead
n praised, and was being sized up wroI
through a mistaken notion of my ow
e l would sit up and do some thinkin
t Shall we return to the village?'
5 The would-be reformer sedo
: meets with a reward. but Mr.. Bla
!. did. He married Miss Cressy-s
q Louis Globe-Democrat.