Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-08

"But you have certainly heard from
Ella lots of time. haven't your" she
inquired.
well. to tell the truth, I haven't
heard a word from her since l came
over here.n he said slowly. why did
YOU think | would have heard?"
"From what l heard in New York
the little time / was with Ella I GER
tainly thought there was to be a we'd
ding in October. and in the one letter
l have received from her since then
she said nothing about any change of
plans. OF course, however, l don't
want to pursue a painful subject"
Il assure you the subject Is not so
painful" he said after quite a pause.
by the way. did you heal about
Mamie and Kate?" he exclaimed sud-
denly.
Anne gazed at him with a startled
look on her face, then shook her head.
mo. What have they done now?"
she asked.
ut nearly Frustrated Ella, although
she was to blame in the case of Kate.
You know Kate was always high tenn
pered, and one morning, l don't know
exactly what she did, but Ella gave
her a beating. and she ran away Yes.
1t was shocking" he said In reply to
Anne's exclamation of horror. Ellie
really thought a lot of Kate, but of
course Mamie was her favorite.'
did Kate ome back?" inquired
Anne with considerable interest.
Henderson appeared puzzled. "Nhat
doNyou mean?" he asked.
"Never mind Kate, though" said
Anne hurriedly. TEL me about Mamie"
at was only the next day that
Mamie met with asterrible accident"
he said. ELLA had0idden out on Long
Island with some friends. They stop
ped at a florists garden, leaving Mamie
at the gate. A trolley car came along,
and Mamie, evidently not seeing it,
stepped directly in front. She was ter
ribly hurt. There was no doctor near,
and no one could do anything for her
while she was suffering. Ella saw
that the end was only a question Of a
few hours, and she borrowed a pistol
from the florist and shot Mamie
through the head, killing her!"
Anne gasped and turned pale.
II don't believe it, she exclaimed.
1T is horrible!"
1T is true said Henderson posi-
lively.
Anne was silent for a time. Finally
she turned to him and asked:
Were you at the Turner'S garden
party?
He shook his head.
~ suppose you heard Of what Lily
did thereY"
Henderson looked surprised.
Mop she queried. at was rather
shocking, but Ella shouldn't have
taken Lily with her. There were lots
Of people there and-er"- Anne turned
her head in embarrassment. well,
Lily jumped in the lake. just for fun,
of course, and swan around it several
times
Il had heard nothing of such a pro-
c~eeding," said her companion cold1y.
81 hardly think it could have happened.
Even Lily wouldn't do such a thing"
They were nearing the piazza by this
time.
IF you are going on to the station
l had better get out here" he called to
John, and the latter gave the neces-
sary directions to the gondoliers after
expressing polite regrets that Hender-
son had to leave them.
Anne turned toward Henderson.
"You know Lily, Of course?' she
questioned.
He laughed and then said frankly:
I'm confess that / have been puzzled
several times this evening, and one of
the puzzles is Lily. Who is she?"
"Ill tell you if you tell me who Kate
and Mamie are" replied Anne.
agreed. Kate and Mamie are Elias
blue ribbon mares. l thought every
one knew them"
Lilly is Elias Pomeranian that al
ways wins the prizes at the bench
shows. Her pictures been in the pa
pers dozens of times, and l thought
every one knew her. Do you really
know any one of the name of Ella?"
she asked her companion abruptly,
turning and staring him directly in the
face.
He was not confused at all as he
laughed and replied:
II can't recall any E1la among my
acquaintances just now. Do you know
of any?"
you are to be congratulated on your
imagination and nerve" said Anne
angrily. ELLA is one of my dearest
friends, and | really thought / knew
you when l first called to you. When
| discovered my mistake we had al
ready started on the ride, and didn't
like to denounce you then,
Very kind of you" he said dryly.
But the fact remains that was kid
mapped by you
Anne laugheds
"You were really heaven sent. l
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