Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-01
By BERTA RUCK

from the group beside: the striped
canvas chairs. further ahead.
There. Now! II somebody else
hasn't been fooled by this Geological
Gardens of ours." exclaimed q voice
that Archie knew. How do you do
again, Mr. Laverock!"
He had thought it would be diff
cult &c recognize which of these
varied tennis jumper frocks rep
resented which, Of girls he had only
seen as slender. black sheathed
spars to their billowing sails of
peignoir, but here she came, the
pretty widow: diseugaging herself
trCm a parterre of other summary
dresses. He now thought he would
have spotted anywhere the clear
brown eyes of the stranger now so
charmingly dressed in orchid color
ed organdie, with long vamped
American buckskin pumps on her
feet. He saw for the first time the
hair that, in the water had been
hidden by her poppy-cap.
Hair - not black, that sounds
dead. Her soft. bobbed curls were
alive" enough as they sprang from
that parrow white parting of hers,
then twisted, and rolled and wreath
ed her small head with the decora-
tive clusterings as well as the color
of bunch of darkest grapes.
Archie, noticing these details even
as he came up hat in hand, told
himself that he had always liked
hair with a Rick in it," That
same hair was repeated" on a tiny
boy in white linen tunic who NOV
ed solemply beside the orchid coicf-
! ed skirt.
shake hands, Marcus. with the
gentleman who brought your man.
ma safe home in his launch"
The child lifted his small face:
large-eyed. dreamy. yet brightly
scrutinizing. A smile lowered, but
old not settle, as he put out his
minute, sepia-tanned paw. >
His mother whisked around: dis
| may changing her piquant face.
Girls she cried Il guess I'll
have to send you off without me.
Which of you'll undertake to see
i that Marcus doesn't make himself
sick with candy? can't come
along. l made a date for Mr.. Lave
rock to call here this afternoon
| here she turned back to the visitor
while dismay struggled with laugh
ter. and then I-I-Would YOU
believe 1t? | forgot I'd said for him
| TO- come today. l forgot all about
Now here was q fresh experience
Tor Archie Laverock, the Arrant
Rover. Forgotten? 1t was the first
time that this thing had ever hap
pened to him in all his dealings with
| the Sex. Sometimes girl had
been prevented by circumstances
! from meeting him after she'd prom
| lSed; or girl had considered that
Tor one reason or another she had
| better not come as he asked. But
! never. never had any girl forgotten
| the appointment. - Well! One
| did hear that American women were
| difterent from ours. both in their
feelings toward and their treatment
! OF their mankind. -,
| with perfect sweetness this young
man now laughed and responded
quite natural. I'm sure. Such q
i Iot TO do here, isn't there? OF
! course, I've never meant for a
! moment to keep you in. We only
| thouSht we'-his glance included
! Suck-lt, standing stolidly there IN
/ those new shoes-"would Just look
IN to ask after you. So glad you're
. quite all right"
But! You must think I'm the I'M
' Gratefulest wretch" she protested
After this morning! All | remem-
Der was that 1t was TODAY
promised this boy of mine" a fond
smile, downward, that we'd take
nm over to st. Malo in the after
| noon" 'e'
Quickly, but not too quickly
Alchie Laverock suggested, But
60 nt lnmightn't we be allowed
| SureIVI' pnrdfa1Ix,
care for that! We were lust sotnS
TO start. Five minutes later anS
you'd have missed US. Come a,onS
, you and your friend. Come alone
sirls-- to that array of indis.
| tinguishable' frocks, where's n,v
! nat she hurridly crammed a his
white Panama on the grape. ill.,
ours. Well have to make the
nthltroductions on the way down to
| the boat" ~
| Here Suck-It opened his I,ns fox
the first time. A'pS Aof
I've got boat. rlf run YOU over
on me Dulcie. She takes FIVE"
why, isn't that fine! Only there
are lo.s more than five OF us! We'll
lave, 10 split up. guess, into
The vedette isn't goinr IN No., :.
for u.s." the rapid American s,a mi.
screamed on, so you run alonT first
Sei1na this to that Scandinavia
e eouuess' now frocked In dim blue
ISSUED eS r IN golden braids-"and NAV
anu anu Eneen and you two Macedonia la
anu a twen-Wait. Mr.. Laverdt IN, i
m mar, 70 nave you meet the adopted
"iaihfIla or the party"
Archie put in: III tbouob. ...
were that?" "S"e you
|
Yes; but the other, the mamm.
n-chief. She isn't coming ont -,
TINS trip. Mammal" she. called OH vi,
IN tpe direction OF the cavern en'
rance windows. Mamma, Visitors
mammal" 'isitors,
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