The Washington herald., 1914-07-16

burly men carried it into the other cot
| tage A young man whose appearance
suggested the laziness of the world.
seemed to be experimenting the moving.
/ although the task was far too strenuous
| in his estimation for so hot a day.
| Our chance OF securing the Anchor
is gone" sighed Edna. Il had hoped we
would make our tea garden So great a
success that We could take the other cot
tage soon"
Il think We will find that We have all
we can handle for the time being" said
Mrs. Wendover. She gaZed at her beau
tiful. red-lipped, blue-eyed daughter. and
knew that people would flock to the tea
garden, II only to bask in her daughters 5
magnetic smile.
Her prediction was more than verified.
At the end of two months Hope tea
gardens had become all but famous. Ed
ma seemed to have filled a badly felt
want Everything she did suited even
the summer trippers- Her snowy linen.
tasty beverages, gay flowers on each small
table and her own personality All COM
bined to produce an enormously success
full business.
To Norman Roscoe. on the other side Of
the fence. it was nothing else than mar
yelous to witness the energy of Edna
Wendover. He had not so much as plant
ed one single flower in the garden OF the
Anchor. and IL was just a riot of weeds.
II he blushed at his own laziness, il was
not outwardly. nor did he attempt to i'm
prove his property. He did, however,
spend many hours looking through the
holes in the fence that divided his gar
den from that Of Hope cottage. The girl.
who seemed TO represent a sunbeam, he
called Hope. The name suited her well,
and Norman Roscoe. lazy in all other
endeavor. found himself desperately in
love with Hope.
In the meantime Edna longed more
definitely than before for the garden
next her own. She could no longer &C.
commodate the number of persons who
came regularly TO herJtea gardens, and
she also needed more space on which TO
raise flowers: they were so essential a
part Of her business. She not only re-
quired a large number OF blossoms for
her tables, but Edna had established the
pretty idea of placing a single flower On
each tray that was carried to her pa
irons Many of her male guests insisted
on having the flowers placed in their
lapels by the proprietress herself. and
Edna laughinEly complied.
II was on one of these occasions that
Norman Roscoe was lifted from the
slough OF laZiness. Looking through the
fence he had seen Hope placing a ross
in the lapel Sf a most attractive college
boy. Roscoes jealousy was aroused sut-
ficiently to make him go that very aft
ernoon and order a gardener up from
the village. He himself superintended
the Arrangement of flowers in his back
garden, and il was not long before Edna
weadover, glancing from the window Of
her upper rooms, saw a sight that glad
dened her eyes and brought still great
er desire for the Anchor into her calcu-
lstions.
How lovely! she sighed. IF only
could rent that garden could have an
other eighteen tables set out, and feel
sure that good-looking, lazy netghbor OF
mine would not mind She cast second
glance out Of the window and smiled.
Roscoe was gazing straight into her gar
den and there was something OF anxiety
in his eyes as he compared the two prop
critics. II was just at that second that
Edna caught sight Of a chalk mark on
his side of the fence, and IL was in the
form OF a gate in the fence.
Evidently my neighboT is contemplating
becoming acquainted WITH me, she
laughed. He has marked out the place
where a gate could be cut through. !
wonder" she unused, whether or not ne
would come into partnership with moth
er and me? 1t would so help us"
When ne came into the BdTueh Nhoe
afternoon and approached Edna she was
taught then and there :hat a man who
looks and acts lazy physically is not
necessarily lazy minded. Roscoe called
her Hope from the start. He knew her
as Hope and he saw no good reason why
he should substitute another name.
'I have II all planned out" he told her
with a certain delightful determination
in his voice. IT viii take over the entire
MANAGEMENT of the two gardens, put a
trife more of capital IN and relieve you
or any work save that of being your own
magnetic self. You have made the tea
garden prosper by giving yourself to
those people. Your smile and your per-
sonality have lured them. but-you are
OVERRIDING the work and I want to help
you"
He said the last werd in so peculiarly
appealing a tone that Edna laughed out
right.
I'm other words" she responded hap
PLY, you want to be the anchor"
She blushed a wonderful rose into each
cheek and star flowers leaped to her
eyes.
Exactly" said Roscoe. IT make a
rather good anchor when hope Is my
treasure ship. Is II a go?" he asked
quickly and trife nervously.
Yea" said Edna, ~ b 20.