The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-09-05
BY MARIE RYAN.

with whom he had lived since his
mothers death, he had come to the
United States for his health.
The young man was not cordially
received on his arrival in New York
by his mothers people. He remained
there. however, for a few months as
an onlooller Of American life.
From New York he went to a little
bathing beach in Maine.
He was hopelessly at sea about the
girl at the piano who showed such a
fiatterlng interest in him
A few minutes later the girl solved
the question by walking over to him
and saying:
There's a ball game this afternoon
and my lady friend are going. VIII
you accompany us? TIN be some
game y
Not knowing what else to do. Rene
accepted.
Much to his surprise no one noticed
the affair. He concluded that it was a
mere incident of summer hotel life.
Rene lost no time, but began to COM
pliment her People must always be
wanting you to do things. You are so
pretty"
yes, 1 guess am. Everybody says
So"
Rene knew nothing about baseball.
but she knew a great deal, and he
found it pleasant just to listen to her
explanations. She was not disposed
to talk about her home life, but Incl
dentalls mentioned that she came from
Lowell. Mass
1t was not until, the evening after,
when they were on the beach, that 1t
occurred to her to say: my name is
Louise A.; what's yoursT'
Somewhat self conscious. he mouthed:
''Rene conference.-the"
His regret that Louise's vacation
was so near at end took him by sur
| prise.
Rene the next morning found him.
self going on board the steamboat,
carrying her bag and coat. He intended
to go as far as Portland, and there
put her on the train for Lowell.
Louise had agreed to linger In Port
land till the last train, so that her
@Iady friend might enjoy little long
er the company of the young man who
was with her
Rene and Louise, by taking a walk.
missed this last train. It had gone,
carrying away the '1ady friend"
Louise, astonishingly calm and serene.
sent a telegram to her home, and then
went to a hotel Rene left her before
they got there He finally concluded
| Ii his duty to remain under the same
roof with her.
| They spent a pleasant evening to-
| gether, which aroused Rene's consci-
BUSINESS of his being deeply in love
with her. Furthermore he realized
f, that he was placed In acute obligation
/ to Louise. Was he not spending the
/ night in the same hotel with her? This
] obligation took the shape that he
/ ought to marry her.
He had quite decided to marry her
! by the time he met her at breakfast
! CHANGING over rather anxiously at
Louise eating her breakfast. Rene
asked:
1 w nat Is your hhOthcT AAhCF
Mother? Oh. well-people say I'm
like her.
| The proposal followed.
"well. I'm sorry" she said. 'fbut
can't. What do you want to marry
me for?"
'Tm dreadfuIly in love with you.
Besides that. you can't go back to
Lowell alone without doing yourself
an injury. People VIII think"
people nothingt" she interrupted
Listen here. I'm engaged to Edwin
b. that boy you saw at the hotel."
She twisted a small ring on her finger.
HE gave me this. He's awfully smart.
We're going to marry at Christmas.
I'll tel him you proposed to me-
Won't he laughfr
/ Rene returned to the island that
night and walked slowly up to the
hotel. II was raining. and he stood
for a moment on the piazza, staring,
into the hall. A girl ar the piano was
playing the same little rag which
Louise had played so often By the
! side of her. Edwin B was holding
the music on the lecten-
II was too much for Rene. He went
10 another hotel and before going to
bed wrote letter 10 engage a room
on the next steamer for Europe