Show att ELIDA THE JEWEL by JESSIE ETHEL Co copyright asu 1914 by IV 0 chapman stop slop oh stop dick wetherell chuckled higher and higher he sent the aning swing it nas suspended from a tree branch and ever time lie he sent seat it whirling hirling iN its precious freight elfish sparkling elida mason mabon it took her x ay out be belond ond the bink bank directly over the purling brook fifteen feet below promise mo me a kiss and ill let up bargained dick A kiss hared flared forth tho the spoiled beauty impudent it will be a good hard bard hot box on the cars it if I 1 ever get down to earth again which aou ou wont until sou ou promise declared rollicking misch let loving dick one more and he sent the dainty passenger bith A ith NN mildly kicking feet and expostulating oice loice oft off on a venturesome parabola pt curve that oh aou 3 ou tease I 1 kiss you if itsou you NN were ere the file last man in theN the world orld breathed elida furiously say just catch and stop the swing next time and take my pay high highwayman Naman fashion insisted dick will i ou there smarty gracious gasped dick and stood appalled ellda elida had let go of the ropes there was a fleeting vision of waving hair and flying skirts splash she went eat out and down like an expert aher then twenty feet from shore she landed on the soft bottom of the stream waist deep in water lnater hut but glorious in her wild ild wayward beauty defiant and daring oh say cried the enraptured dick sliding down donn the bank and making in g r recklessly ec kleisly tor for the heroic figure in mid midstream stream that w was as grand I 1 why I 1 love you ten times more thin ever tor for such grit youre a famous one 1 hy by id w wade ade through ili fire re to get you now and here goes with a mocking halt half smile on her lips elida stood almost in inciting it 4 I 1 1 musingly stringing a chain of daisies him on to his fate ile he waded ahead confident anticipating no trap sud denia benl those quick bands of the 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this bright june morning two cien evenings Ings later with mith mournful mien and laggard gilt gait dick appeared in the mison Ia grounds looking forE for elida lidi ile he found her at last gathering somo bonin apple blossoms well did ou on get wet net she hailed as he approached my handkerchief has ban all day long replied dick lugubriously I 1 elida I 1 in going a N a good then ill havo have some peace in in mi life retorted elida but a quick darkening shadow of the lustrous eyes told that she was nas aroused ye said dick uncle says ive wasted my life ile he tried me in his big bink bank I 1 nude made a muddle of it the tha liw lii I 1 rebelled you know all I 1 can call do Is s to nolte N rite ile he b s ill discouraged raged that but he a ghen in and I 1 in to become a tort of reader or editor with a cita cit publishing house hes interested in P poetry sniffed ellet in affected contempt ring fine living that will w ill bring sou oh no novels esses the print evera ever thing it if I 1 make it go uncle drake ill start me out big then I 1 in going to marrs marra 3 ou on I 1 holly screamed elida eilda who told sou my illy longing heart declared ired dick yei im coming back to claim on I 1 chy A by that x will ill he be cra and I 1 boull be quite gray and decrepit epIL she had bad hu him but tier her lender so soul ua was hurt at his news ot of going away more than he thought you see she went on perversely by the time boure sou re rich and famous and a real min man ill be married goodby dick I 1 hope ou on cont torment tho the ell cit girls the way you have haie me and she turned tow ards the house i El elida idal gagged capped dick sick at heart and then he said it all al as she turned and ran towards him tears were wera raining down don her chocks cheeks she was sobbing around his neck went nent two clinging arms tor for a moment only A pair of quiN quivering cring lips met his own onn sho she dished from him then ind and sped for the house with the ringing nail and ou on staged here just long enough to break my heart A veritable beacon light was inas tho memory of that last meeting with elida he had been a harum hippy happy go lucky fellow before now headed for or congenial employment believing that elida loved him dick re to make his uncle and all the tha rest of his friends proud of him and he succeeded only one or two merely friendly letters came to him in the elf cit from elida then almost a 3 ear to a dal da his heart filled with triumph and hope he returned to his home town his first thought was nas of ellda elida he leaped the fence ot of the mason place when nhen he reached it there was nas ellda she was vas seated on the ground end ot of the lit big teeter upon which both bad engaged in man a past and sons gone youthful frolic she was musingly stringing a chain ot of daisies there was a slight scream as deftly dick leaped up gently pulled the other end ot of the teeter down doin sat on it and blandly smiled up at his lady love perched way aloft its me announced dick joyously ellda clinging cling lne to the file board breathless abashed hastily arranged her skirts oh just let me get at you oncel once she panted panted lie ine come back tor for that kiss you prom promised ased remarked dick coolly 1 I promised cried ellda elide aflame well I 1 lie ne earned it declared dick it was just the memory of 0 our last parting that has helped me to make my way toN towards ards riches ellda elida sniffed contemptuously love with ith dick and only a crust ot of dry bread would be contentment ineffable although she would not tell dick so and fame added dick rather proudly proud li hox how famed was the tha dubious quer let me down and tell me 1 I im at gong to keep ou on up there iou near to the cears me a suppliant until I lie ie e had my say insisted dick yes I 1 wrote rote a book its a big go uncle Is delighted and has bought me a halt half interest in the bust busi ness I 1 im in able to keep a wife ellda elida wont you hane haie mea she looked down at that earnest appealing face searchingly there wats waa no guile there shut jour our ees you torment she directed and see I 1 in a woman now you know and be hoy boy bedish deril sh but he closed his ees dutifully he opened them ecstatically for ellda elida had slid down the teeter totter straight into his waiting arms |