The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-11-08
on The SAM
H LOUISE Olivia

BY LOUISE OLIVIA
The swim out to the -.
BACK six times repeated had
tired. Add to that a
SUM- the inviting shade y
chair. and a natural p,oc.
sleep at any time and under J.
lions. and you can readily
why morpheus found him !,
tim that eventful morning.
l. Suddenly something Mn \.
dckening force in the solar
Then something said softly, :.
and, with a few delightss'
@0oow again. A baby look.ss
him with placid blue eyes M
the corners Of Its little ro,eh.a@
into . thousand smiles.
Hello. there, mister q,
whatever you are" Ted eseI,,.l
where did you come fromr
Baby gurgled an answer.
you don't say 80! Well, Il =.
only sent word l might have -. '.
ter prepared to receive you.
pose" Ted looked around ~
no one who appeared to hav. !.
baby recently. or, who might 4
way be associated with one. =
pose" he said, shat you fen 4,
the chair. seeing that you ha6
Q nice soft thing to land orr
"When you smile at me 80
I think you're a girl. The ~.
like me to pieces. Honor bright
wide-open blue eyes searched hln I
Quirtngly. "All except one, "a
doesn't think I'm worth two for
But its all because she doesn't t,s
me. We have never been intrcduaa
BY Jove, here she comes nowls
4 variety of reasons caused M !.
pick the baby up just then-eatIa, \
hide the confusion which he an.
felt when the girl came near. =
cause 1t looked heartless to let 1
ttful, embroidered, shell-pink bab, Y
unprotected on the sand.
The girl passed, but not betots Y
had taken In the stage setting "a Z.
chief performers Of the little al
To 60 back, Ted and the gira ~.
staying at the same hotel. HI ~
tried to meet her-as he had sxplair6I
to the baby--but no mutual friead n
30 far appeared. !
The girl walked along with her
panion, but turned back as ~
something lying on the sand. raj
heart nearly stopped when he NV u
coming, and he almost dropped
baby. but he clutched 1t tightly, dspS,
ately, when she picked up the 10y q
handed It to him, with: Here d w
baby's rattle !" and, half-stoppink sat
cd: "Cute little thing-loeks III
Jour-
She was gone with that, and N
suddenly wished the sands would mi
low him up and spare him any futAx
torment of living. His babyl Md
full heavens! Y
He laid baby in its soft nest, ras
II the rattle and tried to collect II
scattered senses by another swim i
the bar. When he returned baby M
gone. He breathed more freely Tia.
Another day Ted came out Il
movie Just as a woman passed whsaI
ing a baby perambulator. Sometime
dew out Of the, carriage and landed 4
his feet. He recognized the blue rstt,
Of his friend, the baby, and handed Y
over.
"Oh. thank you |" beamed the moth9,
"She's always throwing 1t outs 81
was young and pretty-scarcely mon
than a girl. 1t occurred to Ted 10 n
late the episode Of the baby's falt. O.
he did 80. suitlng his step to her ON
OF course, the girl passed Just thss
% the young mother was listening wid
all attention to Ted.
"Darnw he exclaimed, stoppinE
" beg your pardon"
He apologized profusely. o" fctyc
something, and must 60 back Il ~
will excuse me-" he said, as he lfes(
his hat and turned in the direction II
girl had taken.
He followed, unabashed, desperate
Ted came up beside her, and aitel
an irresolute minute spoke: Il should
IKE to talk with you Just a minuta .
you don't objectl"
She looked up. "Objectl Well, ~
have to listen, I suppose. Go ahead-
'.That baby isn't mlne!"
" know It isn't"
"Whatl Excuse mel didn't undse
I thought you thought
HE thought, we thought y!
thought, they thought" she finishes
nv.
Ted was very red In the face ~ ull
"Now listen" said the girl. = -
that baby's aunt. I was only teaa'hs
you, 20 don't worry about 1t any more
He digested this. "Why don't you
Ike met" he went on. "lt's been 3
evident In q hundred ways that y.
lon't. I'm really curious about IT, ~
'ou mind telling mel"
"Aercy" she cried. q" have -
ainly developed into a regular oulsus
4 information. But I'll tell you tast
COL It's because you are here navsns
] good time for q month while GecfJs
Bronson. your partner, who happeal
0 be my brother-in-law and that II.
~ father. ID at home working y. .
lead Oft In e. hot Office when ~
lying to be here with his family. -
ant leave az long as you are awsyI