The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-16
THE Ally
Isl 4o!,:RT[ S. STORY
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BY JESSIE DOUGLAS.

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aoi course, you can ask them
down Aunt Hette said amiably.
sBrtQg down all your beaus, Annie
They're not beaus," Annie
laurie answered Indignantly;
ssyonstl understand that when yod
SCI {theml Jin's q good creature;
yop1l like him; all the old-all the
niiddle.aged women do. And Nor
man. well, Nprman's different.
You'll see, Aunt Hettte."
Aunt .Hettie did.
She saw Just how 1t was when
jim jumped down from the train
af1 took Apnie Laurie's little hand
nshis big brown paw and looked
Il her adoringly. She cav. too,
When Norman Dana, with his golf
Clubs and his two suitcases, with
bic gun case and his English
i. weeds, called, nonchalantly: "Lo
i, there, Annel"
Aahaa Laurie lifted her head
soudiy With its soft, curling hair
Ind ansRered Nofman's salltes
:ai,nJY and told JIfa patiently that
5he had got kiF laLIer. thai she
hadn't had time TO answer It. On.
sns, and that the incest girl was
coming down for the weekend!
Aunt Kettles cottage was shug.
tied IN between the pine trees, and
the blue lake Eiimmered the other
ads OF the hiFehes. II wsE charm
Int. Bpt Il had no gas nor running
waiel onbF sealed walls. The spl'
defs lad q merry way Of skirtinG
sions the walls, and the well some
fines went dry.
Is but what was this to Annie
Esds when a POUND, golden mooc
eWasm across the sky aud Norman
unlocked his guitar and lifted q
charming voice to the silent woods?
Jim meanwhile had traiIed to
the village In search of water. AS
Annie I;aur4e said. he was always
popular with middlesged ladies.
u was Aunt Hettie who was vol,
uhle IN her praise OF Jim next
morning, but Il vas to Norman that
Atesie LAurie's eyes kept glancing
aeatnt and again. In a suit Of new
English kntekerbockers he looked
very manly and attractive.
rCanoe2" Norman suggested.
Jim took him Up with more GU.
th1siasni than was necessary,
AnAit Laurie thought.
Vale Annie Laurie trallel her
hands through the water Jim pad
died and Norman, facing the pink
and white fun that was Annie,
read snatches Of poetry That,
spoken IN a deep.toned voice,
were Very charming.
jim padded silently, without n
word, nowntng now and then into
the clear lake. It was he who
broke into q bit about a rosy morn
.Fith the abrupt:
u sHGotng to be a storm. Well
hare 10 clear over to Coon Island
Take paddle, Norman"
Norman dug his paddle into the
water, He was not US graceful
Annie Laurie thought as when he
read verses. Tho storm came uo
Suddenly, like mountain storms,
N few minutes the sky was
blaekened and the pines rocked
nnenacingiy.
Jim heaehed the canoe aud
dragged Annie Laurie out, while
Norman was still hunting for tae
poetry book.
noe rain dashed out at them.
Holding herself stif against a tree
trunk, Annie Laurie felt rivulets
sot water pouring down her neck,
While Norman speaking against
the rush Of the wind, shouted:
ny coat!" and began to tear Il
from him and thrust It toward her
But before he had even pulled of
the sleeve, Jim had caught her
rntheiessly by the arm and drag.
rad her away.
She turned furiously. Then she
stood there breathlessls and laid
both hands against JIm's sleeve
~ the tree trembled seemed 10