Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-30
BERTHE SWAs

By LOUISE oLlvER

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sculptor, Is doing group fuf some
thing or other and u going 70 gin
the proceeds 70 tbs dos hospital
Something like that, anyway Eng
neer an Interview with the lady Fake
i camera There, get along nov
Baris rebellion boiled over VI the
corridor
What's al tlyla ahoutgv inquired
feminine voice behind HIN
Bert turned smiling to the girl
They wcnt down 70 tie street %
sethpr Say. Berthe. imd leaving
Whyg
she laughed q little slyly Oh. I'm
ike tie little boy Ia the poem
ave got ihe hives
And new straw hat,
and I'm goin back home
Who're my beau isyes d.
He stopped as though bullet haa
put q hpie h vital spot y con
graduate you, Mollyi ha managed TO-
get out hadn't al idea sou were
engaged
Well I'm not exactly giess
shouldn't have said TINT. lsut mother
Is making an awful fuss shout my ag
ing newspaper work and insists upon
nJ gelns home and marrying q man
ahs's picked Tor me
And ypu7
she sighed. Hrm gone 10 hook him
over. II be suits my fancy | mas
A hour lafof. the young HlAn found
himself unIoaded IL tho entrance gate
70 thc Harding Fiainee place sie had
preferred Walking tue quarter mile 4
the hoaac o Get 4 few pictures q tie
grounds
ne had passed group s. elma .
wpadpyfal shflbbery. aud an Italian.
garden. And waa approaching per
gela. vliea Pc hHicd ) swimming pool
conl. marble llned aud inviting Ht
looked around Thinwa Nvrr quiet
cem FER @eodpeeter hammefinF
hear. aud somswhera u the distatys
tbs duii ham Of gsass laoNef
fge pas Doe and slllsgg and uYl
since his tale With Nelly there has
been queer Feeling IA Bic nsad Ths
soitade OF thm place apellei safety
Why no, tafe 4 plunge - 81 few
minates ho was Ia the bafh, bis eigsheg
ana camsra steuea away beneath q
hsdFangta
THO wafAf wag sopshlnslg rsfeesA
lnz ana he SWAIN ai0Niy nrouaa. seea
lax eloaa to tie shadow o. evsrhang
iax shsuhs And ti.en as he nearea
tbs niare IRON which he haa started
be heard q voice @gmaDs gnils
close
Hers jenkins. Put fuc tea wagaa
4 b. this stone bench III wat hera foi
stias Mary
Bert thought o. hiA clnihea, net ave
feet from The bench aud danger Of dis
covefy became imminent when tbs
Same person remarked ''Efhen yol
rs bach. Jenkins. send Green % lns
These shrubs are entirely too thick
They NEED thinning around sise water
fou may 80
Pert Ghivered. The water bscams
cold as tho situation grew Narm
Jenkins retreated snd the VOICE spoke
no mate. bus Bart knew that madam
probably Mrs. Harding lfainea herself
/ Was seated 40 near tfas be could hnyf
touched her
/ Then Mary arrived a car caui
rapidly up the drive and stopped Noa
was the accepted time and BeEt was
shout % make grab for bis eloihef
whsn Green appeared upon the pp
/ po8ite side OF the pool There wal
nothing fer II but 20 drop quickly bach
into the water under cover Of thf
bnshea
But III the instant sometnlng ha9
happened. Bert had seen the glri Hif
heart neAriy stopped beating fol
Mary was his Molly
Hut harkl Madam was talking. a.
unwilling eaFesdrupper Bert ruHisiai
I help bearing
Maiy now that you have had yoai
own way and earned your own breed
for year and lived 4 real life, as yoA
call II want YOU to consider what
SAY when you we're quite tiny. and 8
certain young man also was quite
small. his mother and hetrothed
i you two. I've never mentioned II Isl
several reasuaa Partly because j
changed ny mind. Is his family lost
every cent OF theif money I3uf his
mother waB my best friend and tthink
/ Eve done wrong ID waiting II pro
siaee him. wort yon try to Ike him.
DO knew hing What i his name
molhcr'
Bertfam Van Rnren
Niothers
Just then Cireep's quick rye noticed
q splash. and 40 exclaimed excitedly
i Madam there's s mpn IA The water
II you and Miss Mary win please 80
away, IN cali Jenkins and pull hssw
out.e
Mrs. Eiartlsng fSalnes ross quickly.
Heavens Come aiona 10 the house.
/ Mary. III call up Che police Instantly
But Nelly. recovered nf one ahook.
was to have another She had spied
the end uf wellknown cravat pro
trudlne from bush beside her and
beside ii 4 camera SHE had often used
herself GA her travels she smiled
and coYertiy blew them kss
on, don't. mosherl sba nleadad
ITS some poor fellow JUST wandered
III to got cool Let him 80 dol li
sou promise, VII sra marry MI Der
tram van Buren, honestly ! wlll. il
he wants me
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