Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-23
EIGHTH INsTALLMENT:

Midway In her walk June stopped IN
watch a queer tableau on the snore'
q few wards away from her a young
man and a girl were standing facing
zach other angry Of eye sharp OF voice
auarreling violently. The man was eiSo
in blue serge. and camera was siuns
from his shoulder. The woman was III
vrht,s she carried white parasoi WIZ
,rI,ich she was making impatient ses-
turss Her sailor hat was adorned OS
an enormous bird OF paradise plume.
A second glance June recognized the
-o,,nie They were a Mr.. ana MIS- L-lNe'
,s,,.,,,uess The bride was an old SENIOR
Tr;s1d Of Junes. They had apparently
-o---a "a surfton for their honeymoon
and lust at present they were
!, q decidedly fierce dispute
June went forward Inc 1911,
,..,,i-.d her and greeted her easei -
s1e..-s boyrsd stiffly. He was stlli
- .1v-v 10 be more than barely ciNli-
s.Or T,,ne Travfsi exclaimed INC
Ia ~rrn so glad TO see you. hAE.
is. being perfectly abominaole- nay
- -, -. has the nerve to want me
=, as he actually wants me 10 th,oN
80 This gorgeous bunch OF para ss 5 !
feathers in my hat he never ho's 49,.
! rad them till I'VE minutes ago -
Iu. -ans-and now he wants me -
get rid OF them DID you ever eve. :.
such a thiug7 And they cost
Go ,-ou blame me. Miss Travis
-. a. ire groom. II belong TO the hiro
T-o.e~tfou society and I'm not SOlhs -
allow NV wife TO bring criticism on m
So n,onth ago I started a petition
e.. -. Iexislature TO forbid the wear
tng ~ PARADISE plumes and aigrets' Anu
now nv own wste insists on
.sNfsreyr'' exclaimed June in mock ter
ror The man who put his nano OelNeeu
~ ,,rner and neither millstones was
~ s.s.s--.-a5 70 the reckless person
- ,rtsrfsres in a Quarrel between nus
-..',,.I md wife! This Is no place Tor
DisTesarding their protests. she raced
-. fr.a,-tre- thar SIZE did not pause
until she reached the foot OF the cNHs
els, a furlong away. There she looked
hack- She was Just in time TO see LAKE
his hands deep into his trousers
rockets, shrug his shoulders peeNiSnIy
and stalk away. he dia not ~ 49, :
rack hut, strobe on until he. reached q
5tsvs.d boathouse farther down the
bssrb He walked around this and seat
81 himself gloomily upon keg Az the
side most distant from his wife Inere
ont of sight of her he let his head crop
N his breast and proceeded TO sulk an
lonely misery.
s-Tnsse honeymoon spats must be hid
eousIy tragic" thought June, with
laugh. The poor boy! He looks IKE
sfcLS chicken; all hunched up like that
on his key.
Sha turned TO observe the bride Mrs
Lake had seated herself on the sands
raised her paresol and laid her hat on
the beach at her side. And thus 70
June's Amusement, the two newlyTeos
sat far apart and sulked-
II was the bride who surrendered
Presently she sighed. got 10 her feet and.
leaving the parasol and hat on the sand
began 10 walk slowly toward the boat
house June watched her go-watcneo
her until = corner Of the boathouse hid
her from view.
Then. as her own gaze strayed back
20 the place where the bride had been
sitting, June was aware of q throbbing
and burning at the back Of her right
hand She looked down at the hand. The
Red Circle Eloved vividly against the
snowy flesh. At the same instant. an
impulse seized and mastered her.
Darling forward from the base Of the
cliffs. June sped 20 where the hat lay
forgotten on the beach. A little nearer
10 the water was a cavity. a foot or so
shovel had that morning dug in the soft
sand.
June picked up the hat. priceless bird
OF paradise plumes and all. went 10 the
hole IN the beach. thrust the hat into IL
and piled sand over IL. smoothing the
place where the cavity had been and
trying to make IL look as much as pos
sibie like the rest OF the sand
Then she glanced furtively along the
shore The bride was still hidden from
view by the bOathouses A very devil of
mischief danced in Junes eyes. She
caught up a seasheIl and wrote with il
on the sand these words:
That there may be peace, the Red
Circle lady has destroyed the offending
hat" a-
She neatly. traced border around this
queer message. stuck up the parasol
alongside it and ran guilty back to the
shelter OF the cliff
Meanwhile. the bride. rounding the
corner OF the boathouse. had Oeheld
her newly espoused lord and master
sitting glumly on the keg. with his
back to her. She took a step toward
him. hesitated. waited a few moments
in the hope that he might turn around.
and then murmured Indignantly TO her
self:
NO, won't give in