e CAPE MAY STAR AND WAVE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1909, ========

When Poily f ThriUed. | By GRACE MORTON. jj copyrighted. 1909. by Aasodated\5 Literary Frees. 1 The girl's hand lay qoletiy Id the strong, brown palm. "Is there no response In your heart?" queried the young fellow, tightening his clasp as be gazed Into the brown •yes 'but gave him back the look of a troubled child. "I em afraid not, Ned," answered the girl reluctantly; "not any more «him there la there." She nodded her golden bead toward the Imprisoned fingers. "By all accepted rules I should feel a thrill at your touch If T loved yoa. and I don't— not a bit of a one." Ned dropped the hand that did not "thrill" promptly and dug holes In the sand with his bare heel strenuously as he said, with a huge sigh, "You are absolutely heartless, I do believe. Polly." "Not so." replied the girl, combing up some straying lovelocks and settling her bathing cap at a more bewitching angle "1 am only young and -well satisfied with this good old world Just as It is at present" Apd Polly nonchalantly piled the wet sand In a allele and watched an Imprisoned sand Juniper's Ineffectual attempts at escape. "That's Just the way you've got me, remarked Ned gloomily as he gazed at the little creature. "Nonsense!" answered Polly as with a long, flying leap the Jumper got away.

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"I couldn't keep him, you see"— and mischief twinkled In her eyes as she sprang to her feet— "but I'll promise you one thing. Ned"-Polly extended bar firm white band, fnll of sand, toward the young man— "If ever this does thrill lit tell you first of any one. Oome on and don't be so tragic. HI race yon to the raft once more." Ned ducked Jtut in time to escape the sand she aimed at him and stumbled after the flying figure in Its trim black suit. Polly was the beet girl swimmer at the beach, and Ned bad bis work cut oat for him. They lauded at the raft sMe by side, to the delight of two half grown lads who were eagerly watching the race. "You're a dandy, mlas." said the younger boy admiringly as he extended his hand to help her on the raft with the freemasonry of bathers. "My. but they are fierce today." 1 panted Polly, grasping Ned's arm to j keep from sliding as an extra big wave tilted the heavy raft at an alarming angle "We had better get back before the j tide turns," said Ned. "There's bound to be a big undertow with such a see on. As soon as you are rested. Polly, we had better start. What Is It. Jim?" he asked as the boy drew near. "Wish you'd show me friend." Jerking his thumb nt the heavy iiullt lad of seventeen, "thai double back dive I seen yon do the other day." the boy said, with a grin parting bis freckles. "Sure thing." replied Ned obligingly.' Jim was the lobster man's boy. "It pays to stand In with the powers that be." murmured Polly. "Think of our lunches. Ned. and pnt on year best form." Ned had a "corking physique." as the girl phrased It, and as be left the springboard, turning his two somersaults and cleaving the water neatly. Polly gloried In his muscular strength aDd beauty of Hue as she would In that of a thoroughbred horse. "1 feel the undertow. The tide haa turned." said Ned as he came up spluttering at the corner of the raft He caught hold of the big Iron ring ' on the aide of the wood to pell him, self up Just as a huge wave struck him fair and square between the shoal- j ders. As It receded his chin came down sharply on the ring. In a flash the man disappeared like a plummet. Polly gasped when no dark head reappeared. "Quick, quick T' she cried. ., "He la stunned. Oh, Ned!" One agonized glance at the alender boy and the lout of a fisher lad abow- j ed her how much help they would be. i "Under the raft— the undertow. Oh. I my God !*\ screamed the frantic girl. A | band of Ice seemed to be around her brow: then suddenly her wits were dear once more. Grabbing up the

heavy safety rope, aha tied It around her waiat "Takq It" ahe commanded the boys 1 sharply. "aDd pull quick when I pulL I am going under the raft after him." j She slid down In the green depths. A few strokes to the left, and she was ! in the blank darkness under the raft 1 An Instant's frantic clutching here j and there— and then, thank God. she had tfre neck of Ned's bathing suit' in her desperate grasp, i She pulled wildly on the rope, swimming and tugging at the same time. The boys answered her. The heavy edge of the raft scraped the girl cruelly as they tugged, and she had no i strength to clear It but she held the Inert form tightly In a half unconscious grip. I Oat st last! Oh, that blessed first . gulp of air! Jim's cries had brought • the life squad, and willing hands eased I her of her burden, and as they lifted I her into the boat PoUy collapsed. 1 Everything was dreamlike after' that until ahe found herself In bed In her room at the hotel. She dimly remembered being assured that Ned was all i right and she smiled faintly as Broth-' • er Bob said: "Cheer up. We have got a heroine in the family at last." Then she slept the sound sleep of erhaua- ; Hon until the following afternoon. "Best thing for her," said the doctor • In answer to her mother's anxious ln1 qulries. And so It proved- With the I exception of a few bruises Polly waa ' all right when she awoke, and after a 1 meal served in her room she donned a 1 moat fetching pale pink gown that gave a becoming flush to her rather pale cheeks and sent for Bob. "You look pretty fit, after all, sis," t said Bob. 'There Is mischief brewing. I can tell by the 'glint In your eye.' " 1 "Nonsense," replied Polly. "Do something for me, there's a good boy. I want to see Ned. and I cant stand It to face all those people tonight. You might mention that I am going np to Pine cliff after "dinner, but for goodness' sake don't let him know that I want him to come." The color rose clear to her pretty brown eyes as Bob began to grin. "Now. be good." she coaxed, "and don't tease. I'll make yon a dandy pillow If you will." "It's a go." said Bob. "I'd rather fancy him for a brother-in-law." shutting the door Just- In time to escape Polly's powder puff. After dusk Polly managed to escape Qnseen by the back door and made ber way with beating heart to the cliff. There was a coxy sheltered seat for two facing the ocean about halfway down the rocks, and there she found, as she expected. Ned awaiting her T*e moon's radiant pathway ended at the base of the cliff, and as Polly descended the .path 6he looked like a fair goddess In her filmy gown to the young fellow who watched her with eager eyes. When they met Polly was surprised to find herself Incapable of speech. Ned grasped both ber hands and gently klased first one. then the other, without saying a word. He must have felt a subtle difference , In their touch, for after one quick look at the shrinking girl be knew— and. j I knowing, blessed the world and Polly. j , After a long, long talk. Interspersed ' . with happy silences. Polly raised her [ face, illnmlned by the moon's soft ! sheen, and the brown eyes twinkled I , with their old teasing light as she laid ] her hand on Ned's and said softly. "I suppose I must keep my promise. Ned." Then the love tight shone above ! the mischief as she added. "I really - believe I felt a thrllL" Th« Fire Cure. The belief Is general throughout a 1 j large pert of China that the Insane are 1 under the Influence of evil spirits. In j | their endeavors to cure afflicted pa- j tienta the Chinese doctors, so called, ed minister a medicine which produces [ , violent and distressing vomiting with 1 the Idea of having the patient throw j t off the insanity. The proper care of ' the Insane is almost unknown. It Is . a common custom. If a member of the ; t household becomes unmanagable or | , | troublesome, to chain him to a post or \ heavy stone In the bouse Dr. Selden. ' | a missionary physician In southern I , I China, writing on the subject in the j j ! China Medical Missionary Journal, { says that he recently saw a woman In Canton who had thus been chained ; about the neck for fifteen years. There | Is no Intention of cruelty In this, bnt | knowing nothing about the nature of j j the malady there la nothing else for ■ friends to do. Frequently. In order to \ determine whether a person Is really Insane or only obstinate, a piece of j . wick soaked In oil Is placed under the thumb nails and lighted, with the result that the thumbs are often badly burned. 1 What Is Old Ag«? ' This Is Walt Mason's story: A few lays ago an aged man was planted Id ' a little Kansas cemetery. That he was highly thought of was evidenced by the long cortege that followed the ' plumed hearse to the city of rest. , Friends stood by the open grave and shed real tears, yet none of them B would have called him back to life had P that been possible, for be had died of old age and consequent infirmities. , The toll and tribulations of seventyfive years had battered him down, and £ for a long time before his death he merely went through the motions of a living. I, "He waa an old. old man." said the mourners as they turned away from the grave when the clods had been L heaped upon the coffin lid. "His age wasn't hurting him any." r responded a querulous Tolce. It came ■- ; from a white haired man who stood ! by the newly made grave leaning upon 1. a stick. The speaker was the dead ^ j man's father. He was ninety-eight r years old. e What Is old age?— Kansas City Jourt nal. t i - B r f :

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