The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-24
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spsovr,rA& ~ ~ ~ mcclure Nswspa-
VS''s - 6yu11un&o)
nm met t. ak The tro1n - Lot
raine. her msehsr 81 0&hee. =
seemed centuries since he had seeu
her. Lorraine q course. although "
had bssa but two weeks aimee abe nad
gone away.
The parting had been rull Of fore-
boding for Don. Such . trip was SURF
to Be prolific In young men. TO maks
thines more ominous, LOrratn4 had
intimated before leaving that Signo
rina Lolita had foretoad tantaiisinev
vague thinss a . tail young man with
brown eyes and dark hair. This Wa
tAorns and nettleo to Don. whose eyes
were gray and hair . decided auburn.
He now searched her face ANXIOUS
N. Had the dark young man mate
rialissd In the fortnight's vacaf1ons
There was nothing there to tell. Lot
raine was a. sweet and smiling-and
| bafaine-as ever. He sighed
He was asked to stay to dinner ana
accepted gratefully. He had . dogged
determination not to leave until ne
had verified, or dissipated. his fears'
Two things favored him-the moon
and the arrival Of the preacher The
back yard swing soon had two occu-
pants.
Lorraine suddenly became talkative.
''The whole thing was heavenly. Don.
From the minute we left until Just
now"
"Thanks!"
You're welcome. grouchy! I'd
think you'd be glad to see me back.
Instead you've been glooming around
like q funeral Well. I'm going to tell
! you all about 1t anyway. I've just
got to tell someone. Do you remem-
Der about Signorina Lotta-all she
said about a dark man and every.
, thing?"
mo-" killing a mosquito. what
did she say? Surely you don't be
lieve the rot a fortune teller gets
on"
"Oh. but I do. II all came true;
almost every word of it. You see, II
was this way" gazing rapturously al
} the moon When we got to Balti
!. more the city was all decorated FOL
|, the big centennial. After we had seer
: the decorations and all that dad want
ed to go on a battleship."
well. where does the fellow come
in?"
Ssh, I'm coming to that! W.
went across the bay to great whop
5, ping man-of-war that made you fee
d all glorious and patriotic"
= But when"
soon. They let US on that one. w
went up a funny little pair of stair
they lowered over the side of tn
boat"
70 But what has your brown-eye
m friend to do with"
lie For goodness sake. be quiet. Dor
is You're worse than Prince barkin
b. for a bone. Well, mother and l wer
al looking all around everywhere. Da
had wandered on by himself, and in
>, few minutes he came back with tn
tallest. handsomest, darlingest. BROW
a. eyed"
Don coughed painfully behind b
hand.
Poor boy! What a cold, Wei
~ as 1 was saying. dad came back wit
no the tallest, hand"
>. Il heard you the first time"
"Oh, did you? Well, he was. Ar
he treated us just lovely He toe
: us lots OF places other people weren
"A allowed to go, for he was an Office
His uniform was gr-r-a-a-nd."
at Silence.
to boat to Old Point Comfort and Nc
at folk. We were at luncheon in Il
en- hotel when who should walk in b
Lieutenant Erickson. He took
oil through the fort and everywhere"
- Yes, know. I've been Their
- Then l suppose he went back to A
a napolis where he belonged"
who? Oh. indeed he didn't d
and mother and 1 got on the DO
that night and went to Boston"
"Well-thats all. suppose"
No. indeed, The best"-very
nocently-"is yet to come"
III Heavens. l suppose he sudden
ID developed a pair of wings and"
why, Don. you act so funny!
don't understand you at ALL"
'rk "Humph. Well. go on about yo
sh- brown-eyed god of Olympus. WI
Did nextg'
eek why. that very day we were co
ed. ing out OF shop on fremont strs
.rd in Boston. when whom should we r
r. into but"
,es Lieut.. Jupiter Won Erickson. s,
pose,"
20 Yes" wonderingly How did '
"u guessg And his wife,"
'ho His wife. His wife, did you say
Gu "M-hum, And she was as bea,
10 full as he was handsome. Her b
ice was a beautiful light"