Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-14

ing her. Marjorie was tflnki, :. aaa.
and admitted afterward tba. 4 = 5oei
not help thinking of him. tbo.. sOa'd
looking over the young mon sa On
met at the camp she had been 'ss = aad
bly, impressed with another s,aD.a- a,Ofa-
the lake on which to receive -. s,lose = e
loween impressions and csrr,ed hai.
mirror with her nand
Marjorie pulled into a c,va -.
her oars and. taking up he, Sppea ra,p
looked into it for the face of hAr ...e.. ..,..e...
The only face she saw was hs-
and she had no reason TO be d,.ra..na.. -.
with it, softened, as It was. hv ,s-sea
light. She kept her eyes fxed - Oa' y
glass for some time, but no face 9th.
than her own appearing she Dr..
it to enjoy a view of the wa,sr ~ -
the surrounding hills.
Occasionally a light breeze ,..,,
ripple the water, breaking the ~.
the moon into innumerable nar,,.,.
but only for a few minutes, whe, Il.
zephyr would die away, Ieav;ng =. -
surface Of the water and the lesvs. !.
the trees on the shore as motionIss. :,
before. Over the face Of the moo, ..
up in the sky passed the sIlboDo,..
of a bird.
The stiffness was broken close bes,a.
her by fish, which jumped aboys M.
surface, possibly for a glimpse A. ~
moon, possibly to see who was out :,
that time of night, when human.
should be in their beds.
Presently there came a distant sor,s
of oars-plunk, plunk. plunk. Mario-
rie on leaving the camp had seen mos,
of the young men in the billiard roon
and couple of girls were getting ipta
a boat at the landing. She inferred
that the boat she heard contained the.a
girls or at least some Of her own scr
The plunk Of oars grew nearer and
seemed to be coming in her direction
1t occurred to her to turn her bses
to any one who might be approachiDs
raise her glass as if expecting to so
the face of lover, then turn and feier
to be surprised and disappointed At
seeing a girl Facing the shore. she
looked straight before her When the
coming boat drew near and the sound
of oars ceased she looked into the mir.
ror to enjoy the expression on the face
Of the person approaching.
A little shrek indicated that she hsd
been surprised. Instead of seeing The
face of a girl reflected in the glass sb
saw that of a man. There was scare
ly sufficient light to recognize her re
fected features so she turned about
and faced him.
He was Joel Harker.
This is all that is known OF the story
in detail. Whether Joel and Marjorie
came back TO the camp together or
whether they remained OF;
late or early, they never told. Neither
was In the group that gathered about
the dining table for a supper and 70
compare Halloween experiences. Those
were invented and vers
marvellous. The only
real one was that narrated here. bur
not then. The absence of the two per
sons concerned in it was noted and
upon, but there were se'-
eral other absences, and nothing more
was thought of theirs than OF the oh
ars. Indeed, on this occasion 1t woud
lot have been proper to make minuIs
Inquiries.
The party did not break up for se7'
In and dTlflla
he remainder of the time there wass
irawing together between Joel Harss
md Marjorie Winthrop. They not ong
became inseparable. but did not tass
my pains to conceal the fact that tney
lad suddenly become lovers. WIZ
his part of their mutual enthrallmel'
Iiss Somers surely had nothing 10 o.
or she left the Cedars the pornDs
.fter Halloween-that is. Unless sue
worked upon them from distance
which is not very likely. Indeed i
vas not necessary.
Some months elapsed after Hee1s
party before an engss<
nent was announced between two o.
ur guests-Joel Harker and Marloss
Winthrop. Miss Somers was aecusec
" my wife with having bewilcne
hem, but she would not admit ina'
he had exercised any influence "na'
yer on either of them.
But my wife does not believe Del,
nd 1 am of the opinion that my sns
) correct. Marjorie has conDaeo
Ielen that while listening to the s~
les by the freside she was undef -
hrall of Miss Somers. She feil y
eIled to go out in a boat and 70 .
lain where Joel found her. sne "
onfessed that her shrek at seeiDs
lan's face in the mirror was not ssS
inc. but a bit OF feminine ahees
on. for she felt all the while tna'
'ould see Joers.
After the marriage between tne
questioned Joel. but got no satsiss
on as to his having been anec1eu
Iiss Somers. But Il man viii aoi
a woman some things that ae W
OF admit to another man. BE nau
to my wife, feeling
.lled to do what he did. but wnsD
sked him about it he said that -
as nothing in it. So there IS no a.
tie solution to the matter