Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-16
A Gay Romance of Philandering Low
BY BERTA RUCK

chair and his half-achieved tea. -
walked out.
He crossed the bit of shelly erl
In front Of his lodge, passed THO
o gooden gate leading into the
Of the stone-fenced fields, from 4
direction in which those voices
come. Fleeing from before his ~
vance he caught a glimpse Of fen,
and frocks, Of flying hair and H.
legs. Then one of those chill
doubling and turning. flew to-,
Archie, collided with and bouncefx
him. exclaiming excitedly: n
Hello Laverock!"
"Hello Royds" retorted A.
recognizing his small companioZS
the journey North. What are
up to-"
Were an ambush" the little{ I
told him in excited whisper. II
least, they are. I'm re-enfpt
ments. The others are going ~
that little woodplace down byX
drive, l think. 1 shall do the
formation round here. You
we're all hiding from my cod
nurse"
Poor woman; who's she:"
"She isn't poor woman Lave x
She's Miss tombstone"
"Miss-What?" Archie shov,k.
grabbing the gray worsted Of ~
boys wolf-curb Jersey, lettered N
the shoulder with the name Of
pack. Miss tombstone is WHAT
Nurse to my little cousins, ff
not q bit stodgy" the child ass
him. Il say. let me go LAYER !,
She's down there on the other
of the wall. She's going TO hide
eyes while she counts a hundre y
that she doesn't see where We,
get to. She's really quite hono,n
for q girl" declared the little few
wriggling away.
Before the last words had letk
child's mouth young Laverock n
Naulted the stone fence, had a
stepped softly down the grass
TO where that girl stood.
The first sight of her brourh@
all back upon him. All the ~
miracle, delight. longing of the ~
ing before.
There she stood. Again she w.
In brown warm leaf color. Her&
covered hair was bright as a vi
or turning bracken against the ~
sunless sky. She stood, suppleI
superbly unconscious her handJE
against her eyes. Beneath SID
her lips; made more vivid andE
pressive as lips seen under a ~
her laughter parted lips that couut
ninety nine"
The First Glad Moment Of Surf
"A hundred" finished An
quietly, a foot from her.
She dropped her hands. Had4
hundred" been his touch onE
parted lips she could not have ~
more swiftly back. For the SCI
time in twenty-four hours thew NJ
staring straight into each otL
eyes.
=, " rod she e, cried. angrilx
didn't"
What do you mean?" She cob
vividly. II mean what do YOU IN
by startling me like that agatS
again" he said. gaining timIs
".1es-Well, last night was ann
cldent l know but you came up X
now. quietly on purpose" ~
Yes l know l did"
Mean Of you. Taking me by 4
, yes"
Letting me shout straight n
Your face like that" u
Yes; it was so lovely"
Archie Laverock quickly. N
don't know what YOU looked liwf
you knew how beautiful YOU yl&
don't care if you're angry Win
or not-you are angry, but | -
care. If you knew, you'd hayeN
given me for doing anything-lM
She turned quickly. ~
You aren't gOing?" prot&
Archie hotly. before I've said II
.nlng or asked anything at all
And he held her with his
1he petulant, wrathful high -splrs&
iedhaired girl that she was: he
ner with that look that he'd ~
nalf consciously to use: II So
MN now as 1t had never a
nlm before and he felt that n
THIS was all for which he'd wan
possess any attraction, any ~
4 must go. But of course,
got to co. she cried. halting -
him. "Oh 1 forgot to ask howyI
shoulder Captain Laverock?" III
II don't use 1t, you know"
What?' Quick concern IN
voice and face. THE Shoulders
No; the Captain"
on. It's Mr.. Laverock,' then"V
.. Last night he said very a4
1t was Archie"
Surely not?"
Surely"
In the-the first glad momni
surprise. perhaps"
Doesn't 1t last, them"
mo moments last" said the
You're wrong" said Archie lI
rock: That's just what-soms
ments--do."
Her vivid head moved this
ana that. but always she b
away from him. After a seed
slience she said more ordins.
well good-by; for really | "a
go; l have to-"