The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-07

| H0rr0rs. | Will be good. promised
! Anne, and she tripped away. only to
poke her pretty head inside the door
! again. II do hope he Is musical" she
flashed at them before she dsap
/ peared.
That evening the new tutor arrived
! He was not very tall and rather stock
fly built He had clean cut face
tarned by sun and wind, lighted. by
keen, dark eyes. Anne liked the way
he wore his clothes, and she liked his
brown, capable looking hands. She
! also liked the direct glance Of his eyes
| but there was nothing softening in his
! glance when 1t rested upon her lovely
face.
| Therein lay the oddly of the new
| tutor. Mr.. Newman was politely in
! different to Anne's charms, even when
, she played the harp, which was her
chief accomplishment. When accom-
panied by her clear, sweet soprano the
results had been disastrous indeed to
! the other Samuels.
well, Anne, how do you like him?'
: asked her brother-in-law one morning
i
! ing Newman and the little boys rae
ing across the lawn to the boathouse
When the three white clad forms had
+, disappeared Anne shrugged her shoul
der impaticntly
Hes perfectly hateful!" she fared
and then ran away to the rose garden
to hide the telltale teG"s that tillnd hcr
merry eyes.
Mr.. Samuel Newman mad been quite
frank in explaining to Anne that the
rowboat would not safely carry more
than three persons, and as he was
teaching her ncphcwS how to row and
manage a boat. her presence among
them would be exceedingly awkward.
Anne had tossed her dark head and
turned away but there was a Devil
dered look in her pansy brown eyes,
for she was not accustomed to receiv
ing rebuffs.
81 wonder why he doesn't like me?"
she asked herself for the hundredth
time since breakfast. Anne leaned
over the artificial pond and stared at
her reflection in the still water. Ger
tainly am not homely." she smiled
vainly, and lost her balance.
She would have tumbled ignomin-
iously into the pond had not n strong
hand grasped her arm and drawn her
back to safety.
1.-THE mirror in the music room Is
less hazardous" advised Mr.. Newman
with Quizzical glance. and Anne
blushed holly.
please don't do that again" she
said rashly.
"Do what7 Rescue you from dan
ger?'
yes. would rather fall in and be
drowned than be saved by your she
cried tcrcely
Il will remember" he said gravely
and passed into the house.
Instantly poor Anne was smitten
with shame She flew to her room and
battled with new. strange misery, for
retribution had come upon gay, light
hearted Anne Cummings. She had
fallen in love with the new tutor, and
he evidenced not the slightest interest
in her-indeed. appeared to disapprove
of her.
Verify. 1t would appear that the third
; Samuel was to avenge the wrongs of
his predecessors.
Mr.. Newman was gracious to Mrs.
Arnold, quite chummy with her hus-
; band and devoted to his small charges.
who adored him in return. But it was
apparent to the entire household that
he was Indifferent to Anne.
The Arnolds were amused at the sit
uation until Maud guessed Anne's pitt
full secret. II am glad he is going next
week" she said one September day.
II believe I will take Anne on that
coaching trip Monday" said William.
with strange gruffness.
William, you're dear" and his
wife kissed him.
Poor little Anne" he murmured.
ITS pity. | really like Newman bet
ter than the other two He Is more
manly and Independent and has bound
less ambition. You never can tell
where chap like that will stop. Not
short Of the top, anyway. Just the
cool, firm hand to guide Anne"
Il suppose it is just as well for Anne
10 learn tnat she can't play with fire"
sighed Anne's sister, but these life les
sons are so hard and leave such bit
ter tang"
The next morning Anne went tiptoe-
ing down to the waters edge She was
a trim figure in her bathing dress The
water was warm and inviting. and
Anne was a fearless swimmer
Max and Bobby were digging i'm the
sand. and Newman and William Ar.
mold were playing tennis.
4 II will swim ont 10 the float and rest
awhile she thought
Her white arms cut the water with
long, even strokes. The tide was run
ming swiftly, and Anne felt strangely
tired. There came sudden chill. and
then the agonizing cramp that render
ed her helpless. Her arms flew up
and she cried out once before she
| sank "CamuaI'r