Show Becky the Becky the Little Darling n By ROSE BELD DELDEN nELDEN N u ilL bL I u C D B ECI t said Maud Irate l Inn Inn- gul ly Just take this book hook Into t the e Ilou house e and bring me the Ibe other one will your you he looked very tery fragile and fair leaning hock buck the gay gny cu cushions peed on the I sand nd The girl Becky a II Ml in plainly attired at tired girl came from under uner the gay gny striped beach bench umbrella and sped spell toward the row of cottages tint thit faced the the sea What hat did I tell you yoo Inquired George Graydon My ly surmise 1 is II quite correct Ned ell Tho The little gist Is either s a maid or n companion Ned r Indignantly Hung flung his p S iper aside e and arose nrose to his tall height Of 0 all the old idiots George Georgo I I for one ana refuse to sit here like Ilke a pair of old summer boarding house tabbies speculating lating Inting upon the social standing of new arrivals 1 I 1 came cume here for t the e fishing und and Im Im I'm off olt In the Want dory want ory-want want to come comet George Graydon h hesitated and then theu ashamed to refuse refuse he reluctantly followed fol lowed lowe his friend While he would never have hae stooped to n a vulgar flirtation flirts flirta I lion tion Georges George's Ima Imagination n had cloth clothed d dI I the Uie lovely Maud with romance Someone Someone Someone Some Some- one one At it the hotel hud had In mentioned that thai Miss 1 Frame had heaps of mon money y Ge George rge was poor and heart heart free free ant and selfish I IThe The two young oun men fished all nil day any not once had Ned r permitted his romantic ro romantic mantic companion to mention the sub su subject subject of f the new newcomers the the omers-the the two girls and the severe ere elderly gentleman who ho lived with them Ned r sighed as ns they headed for the tie h I t t Ind I rf t ore 11 een 11 a u pe IU day lr or fishing rather r cloudy and not too cold but now In the southwest a n. n n big black 1 clout cloud Lore foretold told u a squall F For r tile the lawn began Ned r and then stopped short Hand me 1 the j glass he ordered Putting Tutting them to his keen blue blae eyes ees he focused hla hU vision on the place called Pond Poni Point u u Jutting sand spit where there was n a deep rocky pool at high tide There was n a flicker of red and white that might be n a beach umbrella It It was he decided and headed the boat bont In that direction It ils lis Miss 1 Frame Frame cried George excitedly and companion companion tho tho girl burl she calls B They have hae planted themselves es down at nt the thc point and nn any moment the tide will cover the point Cun etin you jou ou make muke It Ned ell Got tn tn snapped the other peeling off oft his outer garments and revealing re bathing flannels Get ready to take em ent aboard George when I make mOke a adash adash dash for em Even the tile lethargic George was tensed for action as us the dory dashed for tor the lie point They could see the forms of the two tWit girls cowering ci b before fore the wind In terror error of the rising tide Suddenly the thc girls saw them and ran rao to the edge of f till the water holding u up th their lr arms arins arms Tile The dory turned am and swooped l d. d her keel iou touching sand nn and Ned N d bending betiding low caught Maud Maull From Frame and brought h her r to safety lie He gave g vt her to willing arms nn and turned to to rescue rl cue Beck but the tho sand sandl were were empty Frantic with fear Ned r br brought th the I b boat at about when something t small am and andI w wet t and nd dark durk appeared r d above e alJo e the r rail ll I Here I am bile he said coolly I Why did you do that scolded Ned In Ina a 8 shaking voice olce I I was wn you yiu e couldn't get bacIn back bac In hi time so I 1 wl went f to meet ei you Becky I squealed Miss Mies Prairie Fraine See here my gu good d girl rebuked rebuke George sternly You have frIghtened your mistress she mistress she seems quite faint f i r am nm sorry sir penitently penitent I ly II and going nt ut once Ice to Maud Frame Fraine fanned funned her vigorously with witha a n news newa po piper paper r. r The point was hidden under a 8 smother of spray na liS the waves dashed dashe op up to the foot fool of the bluff Becky looked seriously at nt Ned Nell That was as a II bravo brave thing you did did did- Under the clr circumstances We Ve mIght have been lost If It It hadn't been fo for you sir Ned reddened fiercely How busty she drawled out the sir sir As S they approached the pier a a gr grou up ut of people came down lwI d to meet them th m among them the stern stern elderly man I Ia In Ina Ina a military cope cape cape- Major cape Frame The he girls were were silent as the they moun mounted mount mount- ed the slippery steps to the pier Ne Nell Ned and George wet and brown rown bringing up the rear lh The major folded Becky In his hla ample ampie cape cupe und and carried curried her of off alt Maud laud followed with an un elderly maid malt After supper George and Ned Neil fresh fres and clean utter after the exciting day sa saon sat on the veranda looking at the evening a papers paper The prim maid came with a 8 message MaJor aJor Frames Frame's compliment compliments sir and tie ho would be pleased if Mr Ur and aud Mr Graydon will III come over this evening and meet his daughter and hU hll niece Niece Niece said George thoughtfully as he prepared for bed bell that night ull ll may be only the niece and poor at ot that thai but she's the tho girl forme for tor forme torme me I Hecky tile the the little darling thought Ned und and to this day Becky Blythe when she wants wanta to tense tease her bus hus husband sand band drawls Yes Yes sire sir |