The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-02-23
THE DAILY
SHORT. STORY
Two Of a KIND.
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Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
OTuART BRUCE lay stretched out
on the pine needles which car
peted the little grove adjacent to
he farm house. Presently, he would
Else and hunt out his fellow boarder,
Miss Sherwood. and challenge her to
I game OF tennis For the time being,
Il was cooler toflie and mediate. His
thought flowed through devious chan.
1els. ending up where they had al.
ways ended OF late-who and what
was Evelyn Sherwood
He had first met her across the
snowy clothed table widely and &C.
curately advertised as being freshly
served from Its own farm, with the
thickest Of cream, most newly laid
of eggs and vegetables which were
The last word In succulence. Among
the other guests the quiet thorough.
bred woman with her cool imperson-
able little mods, sweetened by tho
warm depths Of her dark dashed
eyes, had stood out like Richmand
rose in bed of dahlias.
Their acquaintance did not 60 be.
fond the "Please-passthe.suga
stage until one afternoon when the
canoe In which Miss Sherwood had
been idly drifting on the water.lillied
pond had become involved in n snas
and capsized. Stuart had pushed off
In rowboat in frantic haste. She
bad kept afloat, however, and was
Attempting to right the canoe when
ne came up. But she had undoubtedly
been grateful, and from that day had
No = % a..
and been cheerfully beaten at golf
But Stuart was not the only white
tlanneled tennis playing youth at
Mapleshade Farm VINO was interested
In Evelyn Sherwood.
In fact, when Stuart finally arose
and sought his partner he was cha.
grinned TO find that lady briskly
serving across the net to Mr.. r.
Bentley, as the guest book had It. He
watched them morosely for few
minutes, then sauntered away. Pass.
Ing the hammock, he noticed two
books depressing its depths and, idly
curious, picked them up.
Their titles proclaimed them "Vag.
abonding in Italy" and problems OF
the Rural School" And one OF them
had Evelyn Sherwood" written on the
Ait lGdts
SO that was the answer? She was
q school teacher off on her vacation.
II at first he was little disappoint.
cd at his failure SO to place her. that
feeling was Immediately succeeded by
'pne OF joy that now he might dare
hope their friendship would ripen
into something more. Hitherto her
iexpensiyely simple clothes, her cas-.
iially dropped references to expert
rnces abroad, her apparent acquaint.
ence with well known people, had
made him hold aloof. Come to think
Of It, this pretense on her part wasn't
quite quite sportsmanlike some how,
but still he could understand and for.
give any wornan's desire to steal away
Tor her vacation and play she was
ihst which would, in g the recalling,
nghten the drab monotony of country
school teaching Z Besides, when It
rame to sailing under false colors-
how about himself? Rejecting on the
truth OF that ancient homily that It
little behooves the pot to call the ket.
lie black, Stuart replaced the books
where he had found them.
Meanwhile Evelyn had seized upon
the sultriness OF the weather as an
excuse to stop playing tennis with Mr..
Il Bentley and to take herself to the
boathouse dock, where the canoes
were pulled out on float.
Making herself comfortable on
rome boat cushions, she let her
thoughts drift. Who and what was
Stuart Bruce? Some things she knew
about him-he was extremely good to
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