Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-03-04
RIeKING JACK
BY MILDRED WHITE.
la. la2l. western Newspaper Union.l

I kaEA AA9As GS1hNAA AMNea"kAb~A @ef"~r-''t
/ shall never forget the morning Of
our meeting. had arisen early, to
escape Ursula's vigilance, and had
gone down to the sea. loved Ur-
sula, but her too constant interest In
my welfare fretted me, until felt like
an imprisoned bird. Poor soul, she
was ever fearful lest the sun be too
hot or the breeze too cod, or the walk
too firing down the beach.
So l ran through the early dewy
morning down to the waters edge,
and wore my bathing suit beneath
a long coat, And when ! had. hoated
for awhile In the sunlit waters, | came
again to the beach and wrapped in the
plaid cloak, sat drying my hair.
! The slight adventure of eluding Ur-
sula had given to me tinge Of ad-
venturous spirit, so that was not sur
prised at that early hour to hear a
mans voice at my elbow. For the
man was but part Of my adventure,
you see, It'll turned to look into his
face. Then, well, have heard Of such
things before, and have scoffed at
them, but here was no more care-free
i adventure for me, but woman's love,
come at first sight. He was just my
man; the one I had dreamed Of UNI
consciously, and had known In my
heart that should one day meet. SO
it had been easy to be indifferent to
the others who came seeking, In my
waiting for him. Now he was here.
He had come from brisk walk, It
seemed, down the shining road, and
had stopped for a breath Of ocean air.
At least that is what my man thought,
so straight and tall; but his stopping
was realIy--to find me. Ursula would
have Knocked at my romancing, but !
knew. l fell into conversation with
him easily, and he fingered and dropped
half reluctantly to the sands at my
side, and learned that he was study
ing, through difficulties, to be civil
engineer, and was now taking a short
vacation; that a friend had suggest
ed this seaside resort, and happened
to know the friend he named. But
7 did not tell him so. Neither did /
tell my own name, or aught of my af-
fairs, but arose quickly at sound of
the seven O'clock whistle and ran on
up the sands just waving my hand in
farewell. / surmised that my man
Of the dark, kindly eyes was stopping
at the more modestly appointed, bon
: View" near the wood, with the COM
: panion whom he had named. And,
accidentally, / came upon the two to-
gether that afternoon as almost
rounded the bench-tree in the park.
They were seated beneath the tree,
] and when / heard what they said
withdrew without being observed.
, "You must stay" Ned Fame, the
friend was saying. "Miss Dewitt Smith
is here. You must meet her, Jack
: And then it was that l heard myself
/, refuted, he would have none OF me
; this dear, big-Jack My name was
a known to him, through the papers. H'
) well, in his own half-sneerlng words
. he "wOuld not aspire"
n So l set out to trick him. Happiness
n is such rare and beautiful thing, tina
! one must not let 1t escape when i
n brushes by, leaving ones life foreve'
Q desolate.
/ l bought two little Bingham dresses
a at the village store, just two, no more
& a pink and blue. The rustic straw
d hat they sold me was most becoming
$ loved its stiff blue bow and Its PINK
g pink rose. And was seated in tn
v only seat on the train that could &C
d commodate just one more. The dis
i dainful Jack person, learned, wa
Is going back to the city that morning
/. And, more than this, knew the nam
,e of the small town where his own pee
q pie lived. Mr.. Jack Beyors visite
n often there.
e had left a brief note on Ursula
te plll0W, 1 WOulu ldhS SVVu NoAS Va 80
Is self, l promised her, and be back bt
K fore the end of the season. An
N though that was the extent of my IL
ID formation, felt free and conscienc
lie clear as my big man entered the ca
n and came straight to my side. He r.
n membered that early morning meeting
d. you see, and accepted the fact Of m
N provincial appearance happily. An
ID as we rode chatting together, he pr
pt fessed himself pleased at the disco
k cry that my residence was to be In n
Isl own home town.
re It was not difficult for me to ohtai
ut board in that town, when | offered
to help with household tasks, and in m
n new position I was having a vel
n good time.
he I sat on the tiny porch at evenin
n and saw much, very much, OF JAG
/ called him Mr.. Bevor politely. III
disapproval Of his family troubled n
not at all, nor the uncharitable spec
Iation concerning myself in the VI
% lage. wore my pink gingham al
my blue bingham, and kept the
! fresh, and Mr.. Jack told me how Low
n. Iii. lnxw