Show A A PUB IN t f 1 1 FE rr r ra by FLORENCE LILLIAN HENDER SON you wint amount to muc much nephew donald it if you hoop deop on this way inyl I 1 uncle gregory retorted tho the recalcitrant and discredited donald alaird with a whimsical twinkle in his bis merry eye 11 found out long ago that I 1 was an od odd d hen not much good a except to knock around tho the world work hard and keep hoop cheerful here you insist on my remaining a land lubber 1 dont fit in lot me go back to the blue and bounding billow again and throw me oft off your mind and mako make mo me happy old gregory baird shoo shook k hla his head bead dolefully and groaned ile ho was very fond d of ibis relative of 0 hla his fon when b en donald rd returned turned from running away to sea after a voyage abou arou around nd the world two years yeara previous the undo had bad iset down life his toot foot hard haid hero here to Is a comfortable homo home and enough to last out several lifetimes lie he had observed ill leavo it to you and allu rupert ort if you obey mo me and behave yourselves it you do dont nt ill put cut the repel rebel oft off with a penny and so not that lie ho thought of the money but because lie ho loved and respected specter the old roan nian donald h hung around the baird homestead halt half bored to death and longing constantly for the rollicking breezy life on oil the ocean wave its all right your stu studying lying navigation and trigonometry and all those sailor like ilke gimcracks eim gim cracks now spoke undo uncle gregory but all you nood need to do la Is to find some good woman tor for a wife settle down hero here run the estate and enjoy life ive yet to seo sea the lady id take tor for a mate laughed donald id rather be free to as I 1 please pleas a and busy myself about the village hero here oven it all I 1 find to do Is to spin sea yarns tor for the boys and girls and make tay boats tor for the little tots youre wrong there donald insisted the old man every man owes it to to settle down and raise a faff family illy now look at your couble rupert creases well goes into the social bodal swim ond and has got in with the ZT Z 1 A tossing light directed him high up miss myrtlo myrtle caruthers set at silver lake wonder it hed marry her dont you see hes got a purpose in life 1 I dont answered donald bluntly 1 I it hes just posing to be stylish and marry tor for money donald was a general favorite in the village lie he was going home one lowering blustering afternoon after making somo soma wonderful kites tor for some ador poor school children when he noticed people running towards tho the public square up he inquired of 0 a passing pedestrian dont know but big crowd down yonder I 1 see an automobile maybo maybe its a smashup As donald neared the square he be noticed the machine in question it contained the driver the most beautiful young girl he be had bad ever seen and her maid the latter held an empty bird cage and like her young mistress her eyes were directed up into the air the crowd about them were gaping and staring in the same dl df lon the to town wn hall ivas was the tallest building in town running up from its roof there was a flak flag pole fully sev enty five feet in height the strong breeze was whipping the loose ropes about this and atthe at the apex k knob where they were fastened a bright blue object was fluttering frantically it was a blue bird which the t trav aled donald at once recognized as aa a product of borneo llor noo famous for its br brilliant billant color and a song bong note of sweetly expressive cadence just now however the poor imprisoned creature was uttering shrill cries ol of terror and pain it got out of tho the cage flow flew away and its foot Is caught in tho the tangled ropes up yonder some one remarked that it was the cherished pet of the beautiful young oung lady donald at once discerned no one ventured to suggest a way to release the bird A first glance at the face of the young lady had enthralled debald As h a I 1 second epic evicted ted her rare anxiety anciel 71 donald spoke to a bystander 1 I will get harpet her pet for her he sald said simply and disappeared within the building A rustle ot of In intense tensel excitement swayed the vat watching ching throng thron gaa as donald appeared ow ot the buum tois ajr waa tt gualt ns beant climbing the smooth yla yielding c polo ii wa coi i v low lew alg fit allor ilke skit skill al 1 aad he d A a the i top of the polo it bent ibar r bangor i r amly with accia ac curato rate nicety of equi lt poise however ho he reached the top released tho the blue bird and holding it in one hand easily to the root A tremendous cheer rent tho the air as a ho he appeared below tho the eager maid dinald was waa advancing with tho the cage lie ile slipped the truant within it and modestly stopped stepped away the young lady asked about you she aho wrote down your name she eho said sho she must see you to thank you a neighbor told donald that evening g do you know who she la Is u no S the rich mist caruthers Caruth eni th they have a magnificent summer cummer homo home up at silver lake then th the next morning rather grudgingly it seemed his cousin ru port pert came to him 1 I say saw miss caruthers last evening he announced it seems you captured one of her lost pets she insists fists that you must come up to tho lake this evening bay continued rupert with a rather r disdainful glanco glance at tile tho careless atturo of hla his humble cousin fix up a bit will you ashamed of at me an am you challenged donald with a laugh of course not but you see that Is I 1 like the tha family faintly to make a good impression see it to donald as an though SOMO subtle influence never before experienced was urging him to go up to silver lake tho the memory 0 of the charming charm lne face he had bad peon ean in the automobile to lingered vividly it was waa just before dusk when ho he reached tho the caruthers home I 1 it was wan well that donald had como come A heavy storm had come coma up darkness and a dense fog were fast fait enveloping th the broad lake lie ile found the anxious caruthers family discussing tho the probable whereabouts of the daughter ot of tile tho house anh and rupert it who had bad gono gone out in a yacht donald was too much of a sailor not to realize the peril of the tha yacht it if it had not landed somewhere lie he found a small steam launch at a pier soon jooa he w was as afloat A tossing light finally directed him As ap lie he drove aside of the yacht it was WAR to find hla his cousin sick and helpless and useful miss caruthers bravely a the helm but buethe tha yacht nearly a wreck ho a had arrived just in ti alma to save them superb climber expert sailor toil foil tho the first time in his life hla his true roani mani ly nolle nobleness fully appreciated t d b by Y aj lovely woman donald began bega to than 1 less of tho the bounding main and more mor of tho the joys that true love brings for donald had bad met his fate and ani tho the blue birds fair own owner superseded superceded super ceded the old longing for tho the blue blua sea seat copyright 1913 by W G ChIlD chapman man |