The Lamar register., 1919-10-22
COUNCIL ROCK
By IzoLA FORESTER.
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noe ms LEY tried Ia ride the smaller
rapids. ;'reston said afterwasd he
thought some hidden snas had ripped
hole .r-ge enough 10 siari leak,
ard II Lad heen twilight then, too
dark Ia II ,tice until hey ieli the water
in the bottom Of IT, canoe.
There. lad been iio real danger. he
kept assuring her af'er h- had heached
tie h"ai. and hey >lnod on The tall
SPUR ri gray rock IL J,r middle nf the
silent rrH The w"uld be missed
NJ The 3rasr by dinner time and Of
go" BARCLAY or some "f the others
WniiId ''pI oui Ia the rescue In the
motorbnat.
In he meunt'nie ;h-, ''nuir build n
fire on the rocl NJ signal and take
tling> easy. here ws~ nothing to
worry about
Dorothy was sir:.t ns hr talked. She
knew how. Connie would say she had
managed the whole affair cleverly. II
had been her mothers pride the way
she had married off her four girls Ia
wealthy men. The lovely Warnings. they
called Evelyn. Winnie, Phyllis
and Dorothy-sud only the youngest
remained.
She wondered T. Creston suspected
that he had been selected by her moth
ell as the man whom she was To marry.
He was SO easysuing. so careiess. ap-
parently. that she dulIbted whether he
would even care. And yet It seemed
as II he had followed them down the
coast with deliberate intent in his
yacht. and had taken the cottage nj
Palmetto beach so as TO he their next
door neighbor. II was all so business
like and unromantic. Evelyn had said
TO her the night before they left for
the South as they sat together in her
box at TIM opera:
Don't let mother persuade you into
. marriage like mine. Dot. ! imve ev.
sryshing-but love and comrndeship. l
am less TO my husband than his Jap
butler. / am sure he would far rather
isss me than suroki with his knowl.
edge Of mixing drinks artisticaiiy.
Marry the man you really love-
AAA the worst Of II was she had
cared fer Crsston Clay from the Arst
uns they had met. II had been at the
eeaatry club. at tee after . game of
NJ
sdiy - they talked together. and on
sAs way home In her car she had said:
ITS Just your luck. kiddie. 70 pick
. winner like Clay without rsaiising u.
Hes worth millions"
Dorothy had felt the chill Of disillu-
asa then. Was everything In life
touched with gold to make II wsrth
whiisf She remembered this now.
watching him bend ever the building
Of the are II was % beautiful on the
reck at this hour. rhs beach slipped
away to the low ripple Of surf. and .
frings Of paimettos rose In slender.
purple silhouette against the sky.
Crsston came up and stretched cut at
her feet.
They'll see that soon" he said. Il
emily wish they wouldn't, don't you.
Dot! It's like the islands you read
absut, isn't it, When l was q young
stsr dad had q craze for sailing the
seven seas. and I went along. al
Ways liked the islands best, and !
wanted one. know. Now that every
thing seems to be going I think I'll
take the boat some day and slip away
- huAt them"
"EvsrythIng goingr" repeated Dero-
~ wsnlsringly.
Ks nodded happily. looking through
half-cisssA eyeiids at the lights on the
aaia shore.
"You know dad inherited all he had
from his father, because Uncle David
was supposed to be dead He had the
wasdsriust. like I have. and hadn't
been In America In years. Well, he's
turned up. that's all. and of course
the whole shooting match goes back to
hin. I'm rather glad. I'll have enough
v keep up the yacht and do what
want to. The only thing is"-he looked
up at her quiEsicaliy-'your mother
weuldn't give me . ghost Of q show.
would shsf"
Dorothy started to speak. but he
checked her.
"Don't say anything to spoil 1t, Dot.
They'll come after you soon enough.
Just imagine you're on my desert
island, this little Council Rock. and
we're not going back until We want to.
Just supposing we were going to be
married tomorrow. Uncle David just
reached Ne Y York. heard by wire to-
aay. A. the yachts waiting for me.
gupposing l were to ask you to -