Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-09-01
A Strip of
SeaWeed
Twas Given AZ q Token at
the Time Of q Betrothal.
BY r. A. Mitchell

an important shipping port. Indeed
until the period of the Revolution O
number Of points on the Atlantic coast
were about equally prominent in this
respect. AS the years rolled ON all ex
cept New York, Boston and Philadel-
phia dropped out, the latter finally
leaving the first the supremacy.
In that early day on the beach where
now In the summer season hundreds
at times thousands, Of fashionable per
sons drive and lounge and battle, one
moonlight night young man and o
girl sat looking out upon the gilded wa.
ter. They were Edmond Roscoe and
Evalina Blair, the young man son Of
a prominent shipowner, the girl the
daughter of a merchant. There were
no sounds of revelry in the little town
back of them, as there are now at that
season, and, as for the beach, not o
sound was to be heard except the plash
Of the sluggish waves as they broke
and rolled In on the sand.
There could be no more hitting place
for a vonng man N toll b,s story 70 n
mo,dan ga Edmond poscoa nos Toll,
,no EvoI,no pIoIr h,a Iovo eor hor
Tho, ona thora ,ho,, troth nos r,,,oh+
ed under the yellow light Of the moon
the lovers voices accompanied by the
effervescing sound Of the waves as
they slid up I'm fonm on the smooth
SINUS
fhere We're Doth happiness ana sao
ness TOT these TWO young creatures
Whose hVes seelneu so Ihuch 10 theh'
IN rev Gays they were TO part foi
several years Evalina was to go to
England that her education might be
finished under the supervision OF an
aunt, for she was OF the Blairs OF Dew
onshire, family OF country gentlemen
and ladies Of blue blood, and must
needs be given accomplishments suit
able to her rank. Edmond was to enter
Brown university, which was then In
Its babyhood and soon to give up Its
as yet only dormitory to quarter sol.
diers Of the Revolution.
The transports Of betrothal were
scarcely over when Edmond said:
you are going to a land where you
will meet many persons of rank and
fashion, know that YOU will be a
belle among them Some man. possiblv
a noble, will fall In love with you.
You will dread to return to this un
cultivated land. You will remain In
England, and l shall never see you
again"
Looking at him through her earnest
eyes, she replied:
"Give me some token by which !
shall remember these words OF yours.
II l am tenhDted by fortune TO remain
in England / promise You | will look
at It and am sure 1t will bring up be
fore me the happiness of this evening.
and / shall choose you and the life of
a simple Rhode Island woman In pref.
erence to that OF lady OF rank"
"Alas, I have nothing suitable
should give you a ring orr
II wish no bauble," replied Evalina,
"Give me something to remind me of
these sands, the ocean. the plash OF
the waves"
Looking about him, Edmond saw
seaweed lying within his reach. TAX.
ing 1t up, he handed 1t TO Evalina. She
took 1t and. spreading It out on her
lap, said:
~, EvalIna, promise YOU. Edmond.
that In case / am tempted TO place
rank and fortune before my love for
you will think of you with this plant
Of the sea before me- And ! assure
you that when / have finished my
education | will bring the token to
you as evidence that l have been true
to you and my heart has been always
yours
AFTER THIS assurance there was a
long embrace. Then they arose and,
'aAins pain Which IL now Droad
avenue returned 10 the town.
livery uny' or rather' every evening,
TN L'aiina ueparture tne lovers Went
" ."e oeae"' ineS were not troubled
S,..',.n .. "e "ag ein,o WIN perSons "
no hathaaa q. sa',taa.,n were
rioeos no ,a,'.ann M. ~ eur
hosorn Evoi,na,s do..... 10. e,en'"s
tbere M ,noon Zoo na 4. 80. p''o
Of the OCEAN tho or.t snarL annoor,na
like n for distant honarn thon o,IdIno
tho aho.. -. a.. -. 1919