The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09
Love and Breakfast
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By SHIRLEY MONROE

down the steep, narrow path which
led, between thickets OF sweet fern
and bayberry. 10 the pebbly shore be-
low. q maiden fair a. any queen of
fairy tale fame. Her slim little frock
seemed TO hive borrowed It's color
from the rosy dawn.
A wandering my 81 sunshine found
her hair and transformed II into II
crown Of hne-spun. virgin gold. Her
daintily shod feet appeared TO barely
touch the ground. yet they brought
her quickly down TO the beach There
she threw wide her sun,browned arms
md look long breaths OF The sea-
washed air
Everything Is perfect this morning
Yves. everytbingl' She spoke aloud.
A kingiisher successfully cnmounnged
against the rnin.blcached limb Of IA
dead tree near by turned startled
eye la her direction for the lhonsandth
part Of an instant perhaps. then con
centr1ted again on The sparkling water
beneath him
The girl looked az The tiny Ieweled
disk hound To her wrist. SHE seated
herself. carefully smoothing ont her
frock that Il might not he wrnkled.
and picking M hapdfuIls Of the shin
Ing pebbles. let them irickle slowly
hnck to the ground, talking 10 them
meanwhile.
Her happiness WIS Of the sort that
demanded expression. and nj first
glance there was no animate thing
nearer than lonely osprey which cir
cIed high over the hay.
So the pebbles and sedge grass
heard her wonderful news--a tale as
old as the spectacle OF the dawn. yet
ever as new and marvellous to one who
experiences II for the tirst time
Only the evening before had Il hap
pened--the illracle-whcn lie had
taken her into his arms and Of u sud
den Il Ind come and she knew that she
loved hlml II would end In marriage,
of course hut she didn't want to think
Of that now. only OF The utter perfec-
ton Of her prince and OF the benuti
IN. beautiful world. which was such
happy place to live In,
On parting they had agreed 10 meet
on the secluded beach. out OF sight OF
the hotel. before breakfast. She hhd
anticipated the time set for the night
mad been sieepless and the glorious
morning called But al amy moment.
now. there might come the sound OF
footsteps down the narrow path.
Instead Of sudden step there was
a splash IN the water few feet from
shore. The girl turned in time to see
fountain of rnInbow-hued drops and
emerging from II gray bird with
white collar around his throat carry
ing In his beak small silver fish. The
bird few straight back to his perch ON
the rnln-blnnched limb OF the old dead
nee. swallowed his booty and resumed
the watchfui waiting.
awhy --you hcrrid thing" exclaimed
he KIrl, startled from the tale she
was relating TO the shining pebbles,
TO ent ND that beautiful little fish who
wasn't doing YOU one bit OF harm
and on a glorious morning like this.
when every living creature must he
filled with JOY at being aliveT
In the sedgc grass. a few feet away,
q lump which she had taken for a
brown stone moved cautiously for
ward. step by step. There was an In
describably quick motion OF sinuous
neck, n glitter OF silver, then lump
moving down the long throat as some
thing was hnstiiy swallowed. II took
hut nm Instnnt for the tragedy; the
murderer resolved again into u brown
stone. ceaseleely watching its chance.
In disgust the glrl turned her back
on the klngfisher and on the marsh
hen and utter heetlng glance up the
steep path. turned TO the sparkling
waves breaking almost AT her feet.
At least there was one creature on
that beach who could enjoy the fair
beauty OF the morning without think
ing externally and only of eating, she
aoliloquized. Something grotesque and
uITflU OF IOFfu WIS mo'mb SNt""s'
and with difficulty out Of the water.
With one ugly claw II was pushing be-
fore ID m object almost as big as II
self, which feebly struggled.
As the girl gazed fascinated, the
thing took great mouthful OF Its liy--
ing prey In It's free claw and crammed
Il into It's mouth. It was only that
common occurrence, one crab eating,
with relish, disabled brother; but 10
the girl looking on there came
nauseating revulsion of feeling and
she stoned The cannlbal till he dropped
his victim and scurried away.
How perfectly awful Why. III
never eat another crab as long as |
llve--they're too disgusting. Nor an
other fish, eitherl Poor things; they
have enemies enough Oh, why need
sach cruel things happen In such
beautiful world!"
A loose pebble rolled down the path.
announcing the swift approach OF an
other human to the secluded beach
The girl leaped to her feet; strong
arms, held her tight It was her prince,
Of course, and there followed an hour
Of that ecstasy only new lovers expert
once when they tell. to each other,
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