eile ta Sad ae oR ae ie is .eue_dire . made free and CHAPTER, 2 gee — Of all eeenes of sheer gayety, of Yelaxed ¢anventionality, of utter freedom from responsibility, care or ‘here is no apot to compare rk sea may stretch its ‘dang- erous depths to the far horizon in clion;—_the—land;-with™ its seething spots of civilization, may, yawns with equal dangers on the oth- er side; but the joining, the foam- fringed bit of No Ma tween earth and dear wall is mer iment and abandon Bare are let dow wn, restraint flies, easte is forgotten, and high and low, good and bad, and imitation ate equal by the one touch of salt water that maked the whole world k mong the beaches best adapted for sea dipping are those on the eoast of New Jersey, and of. those ene of the finest is the great resort ealled Ocean Its habitues that contend no- the adjustment of the sun’s raye a counsel of perfection. Year after year ,the lovere of the place return with joy and leave with ret. July opened auspiciously. Every- ineas for an enor- of the national holiday, and those who could do 60 came a few days ahead of the crowds to get, as it were, a running start. The noonday*sun shone on hund- reds of human hande in long straight rows, human fiste, rather, as each tightly clasped itself round the hard, thick nape that shot ite way far into the oc With: ——_— the sea bath consisted in a continuous frantic clutch on thie life-line, while the more adventurous dared Jet go, and buffet the spent waves near the shore. Others still, and these were the ones that turned gray the air of the life guards, were possessed to swim Out far beyond their depths, and be- yond all bounds of wisom or safety. But the lure of the surf is a subtle spell and its dangers seem negligible when the great waves call. . svelams: On the other eide of the last lace- oe the parse D prea hoi edged frill of the combers, the beach | round till'it shielded her face groups sat about in utter bliss of con- “What's the matter. Maddy? tentment. stn Here, a family from an inner coun- o“ dng: iH by —_, aids, “coy ex eyes,"” was the reply, ty of the state; there a small crowd} }¢ =a "the parasol was again push- ed aside, the dark eyes, with their A quiet, sophietioated group of five, Nav’, brows. lacked all hint of laugh. consisted of three men, a young wo-| their red, and called for a fresh ap- man and a girl. | piieation” asda the enameled vanity e girl wore a modish ewimming case she carr suit of wool jersey, flowered in quiet | The peal o the colors with a rubberized silk bathing | and shook himself like a big do og. cap ea hemp-soled sandale. M@ome on, people.” he said: “what ithe eagerness proclaimed ber! are we waiting for? I suppose, Robin be swimmer, and she was manifestly | you and Angelica will take your life impatient to start. @ \in your hands as usual— The other woman oniy slightly old- ‘Yes, rather,” and the girl in the was e - rid ——— "howered crepe go(smimiming suit scrambled to her feet. chine, with a coquéttish, beret that | 7 ay we're sone WAY Out--tarther Tell over to one eide of her curly bobb- than ever befor: ed hair. Clearly she had no eee jon of dampening her newiy marcel- led locks. Her frock as ruffled om sashed, and a smart beach cape of flowered silk fell from her shoulders. | Her lovely face was alight with fun, | her eyes dancing with laughter, when, suddenly catching sight of some men and women approaching, sh® wave a | + t mind, only its ‘so expen- eg to subsidize a guard to pay ex- Welk steees to you two idiots. “— o it.’ ot rose then, the beautiful meaaling Barron, in her French cost- ume, and her adoring husband, Ned Barron, the- copper king. r “tm Migity Gnd Wo Bout that PERFECTION!” - - That’s the way the menfolk talk when This Is Interesting the old wood stove has been ed by a "With « Perfection beautiful Perfection Oi Stove, Fine for — capes Soscerrs them! No more wend to chop and carry! aA fre, Simply But it brings joy to the women, too, for 48° # match to it means far less hard work; no to a re = - Jug, no. backbreaking drudgery. ;-Meals can or medium be cooked in fo time-—no waiting, no 5 behind band, en worry. 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Her beach pajamas were distinctly Parisian dnd a step or two ahead of American fashions. But then Carmelita was a step or two ahead of most things and most people and her oriental costume and Japan- ese paraso] made a picture that was as gece as it was colorfu oman perfect foil, for rs. Barnaby wa fair, fat and forty, and dressed the part. Iso she was of great importance socially and possesssed of sharp tongue, so her favorites fawned on her, while her enemies gave hera wide berth. “Duchess,"’ said Carmelita, guild accents, “Aren't you this morning?" course,” returned Mrs. Barn- aby, who bore the noble nickname. “Shall we toddle in “No hurry,” put in Siceati Folsom. “T. only came yesterday, you know: I want to look about a few minutes.” He was a big man, and his bathing costume of worsted shirt and trunks was becoming to him 6 color was 8 Silver gray, with three black stripes across the chest, and a white belt with black stripes Perhaps fifty, his hair was gray at the temples, but his face was unlined and his eyes clear and bright. Deep set, dark eyes they were, that had looked upon much of-this world, for better and for worse, and whose shrewd appraisals were rayely at fault. Now, he was observing the beach ctowd, the young girls and women in their aluring costumes and the men in their scarcely scantier garb. in lan- going in “The bathing a grow prettier; every year,” he said with an apprec- jative glance at the passing throng, and then at the two women in his own pa me on,” said Neville, ‘the other sanaeled of their quartet, “‘you| Seara. can look at them in the shop re on the Boardwalk later. I you, Garry, eer have some Sataine riga. on “But parkas it ien't only the gar- ment that pleases the eye of Mr, Fol- om,” Carmelita Valdon suggested, aki now ehe had worr a more de- hie effect than her chic pajama everthing pleases me," he de- clared, stilling, and rose, stretching hiniseif luxuriously as he feasted hie pte on the gorgeous scene. “I have- been down here for three years, pis the. place is seccataten & its charm for me. ~L.always did tan ¥, in it. only wish 1 ald swim in the surf. Look at those chaps, ig ~_ beyond yim breakers! That's ee tag ely 2 ge you. swim?” onan e duch- esa. . for then a; on qtay with us... I bate men and the other;smiled Mrs. | ‘appearance of her|j 1); 84, and we muet be me) CHP!” the girl cried as” they. pre] “Don't practice; stay Valdon, and F greed to do s¢ tband told him. that = nal rope, {ft’s so full of bathers this So the four ‘of them grasped the! heard and would obey i morning I never saw guch a crowd rope, and, Hke puppets on a string,} “Wonderfu: swimmers, your twolon this “beach before.’ umped up and down, sprang at the} young friends,” said a voice next to} yes,"Camelita said, “often as the salt wa dash over t and behaved camutntiy ike irrespon “? stble children in a ath-tu toger Nevilie, unable to raalat the a8 of the surf, swam away, took an ipe>ming breaker head on, and came , edfiink on top of it “Get into the game, Garry,’ "he call- ed ont. ‘It's great. really, and there’s etme st no undertow today. If you're yarried off there are scores, of Kuards about who'll pick you up.’ I'm not exactly timid!" re- turned Folsom, scoffingly, as Neviile came \near enough to hear him. “But I pronileed these jladies I'd ‘stand by—”" “You did so!"’ insisted Carmelita, who stood next to him, and who laid a detaining hand on his own, an it grasped the rope next to hers. “It life “f ette — "a-| called to them, oncoming . tone 3, cakes and-laughed | him, and Barron turned em stranger smiling at him. “Yes, or hg had a deeply rooted aversion ae ance Mente a Be nore ifige. women's bathing suits—for the bef ter. The speech taste, but the voice was cultured and the € —_ sized Siw up “= onc “From more perspicac nity than nae “Yep. Tha jlone?”’ Ga But the friendly stranger wouldn't} pape it. gee a he epoke, ku Johnbd toresra 1014 eee Barron’s next neighbor. It was his wife, éline, and Ned leaned |} hie own big sm raed my to inter-/ rn cept the strang roge % . “No, not alone, my wife is swith } me,” he said, and eps mo short sentence ever weight of advice. a. Bi lite APE SERS speech, comb’ The curtness of with a direct other man’s oarrieéd under- @tanding, challenge and a note Gy Warning definite. have failed to grasp Ned Barron’s in- tent, and Garrett Folsom’s brain wee sap 5 ote = dumb. “Where's Roger?” he asked, turn- ing aches to: his own party, who were at his right hand. “There he is,’ and Carmelita Val- giantet edmiringly at Neville; swimming with long, clean strokes toward them. “I know you're just dying to swim away, Mr. Folsom. ahead, if you like. I'll stand guard over the Duchess.”* A smile of gratitude. thanked: her for this, and Folsom let go the rope and ewam into an oncoming wave. But 4 Poe of peices hoe not as well in She had‘saved his ‘aieb ce on the rope for himand he slipped in between her and Barron “Who’ s this chap on my left?” he said to on “Do you know “I know him elightly, yes. " He's a Mr. Barron, from New York, I think “or near New York. 7 “No reason at all. Idle curiosity. I thought I saw him at our hotel last | even ng.’ i “Yes, they're stay ing there. A ne jty of several. n't you think «w bw bettar m getting along "home ow? I've about enough. | “Yes, let's “collect Neville and get |? Whoo-0o, Roger!" But no one responded to his summ- | ons, and Mre, Barnaby began to fret. ‘Let’s go on “out, anyway,”’ she | said. “That's Roger all over. He oo jalways runs clear off, just when we ter go in now,” Ned Barron) want him most. Come, Mr. Folsom, and a wave. of hed | tele me to shore, I'll have to let go to 6ee Sand often. But these days just before pitaead of July bring extra hordes of " he replied,. a little curtly, | peo “Wonderful sight!" and once more ing friendd in the ocean. ett *Folsom-@ 9 ore and went on, affably: n here for some years. | “Mostly in thé} ly every beach In Europe, but none of} \them can. toch this for magnitude. " “Not at all exclusive, thou, the Duchess gave a fastidious little of course.” . ;Sniff. “All sorts and conditions of grated on Ned Barron's | men, T call it.” i. as unm le Only, & da brain would] “It's hard on me,” he exclaim- ed, lanohing: while he puffed and panted for breath. © “I must get used! in 6 being an or platen attanaing iF pasty out over the.Boardwatk. Titus Riggs, known to all his own world as Tite, spent hig mornings here, in one of the great rockers pre- vided for indolent guests and let his gaco wander idly over the bathers. Though not at all a hermit, he was not a sociable sort, And seldom made new friends. His vocation was that of an arcki- tect, his avocation to vi ew d unostentatiously his fellow men. . a poe dow architectute oon among the worst on ea On “this Saturday morning, Riggs sat in his great rocker, slumped down a somewhat ungainly heap, -— watched, afded at times by a fle 1 e pen—anything unusual, that was content just to look at the moving picture spead out before his eyes. And then, something did happea, or es something had etry age As ooked, he saw people in the sea, asitheriag in es Pps at one spot. He saw one then another of the life guards sorda to the ever-en- ing group, and he saw them fair- ly fling the bathers aside as they hur- ried. Riggs kept on watching closely. saw the guards carry from the crash- ing waves the helpless form of a man, a large man in a gray bathing suit, aad lay their burden down on the beac Rigg s kept on watching | cloely. And then another man from the oc- ean came and bent over the stricken one. Riggs could hear no word, but h nee from pee of fimality on the who made an ex- amination: that ihe victim of cramp, was or whatever the trouble was, past It nge scene. Without doubt the investigating man wae s doctor an erqeeuseee the other mran (s) er. hypothesis could explain the Retptows; hopeless appearance of those nearest the un- conscious man, and no other meaning, could be..read into thé faces of the shocked crowd. Not often did Tite Riggs give way o curiosity But-in- thie-instance he rose and “That's part - ite charm,"’ laugh- gl appearance both ‘civil == Folsom. “I like to rub 6houlders th the Sateen Barron| Especially’ when I can't lr mn the patricians! in ee oce | Ocean is was not xclusive You a-/held out welcoming arms to anybo who could pay {ts prices and would them ! And who can, | ubman and 3 gay one, est?" he asked, with! is, Chica went down the steps, crossed the Boardwalk and walked out on the beach. (To be Continued) Which of the bathers is dead and how did he die? “These are sur- prises in the chapters ahead. you want to swim, choose some other Just now you are a Squire of Isn‘t he, Duchess You bet he is!” renters’ Mrs. Barnaby. wiping salt water out of her’ eyes with the back of one hand, while Pang re on to the rope with the oth- r. “If he deserts us, me for dry land I know I'm going to be swept out to sea by this next wave. Oh. mercy! ore, it comes! It's like a wal) of wa- ter tt was a wall of water, and it en- gulfed the party as well as hundreds of other. bathers néar them The Duchess coughed and sputter- ed, but gamely held her ground. Car- melita took advantage of her friend's bewilderment to elip from her place bn the rope, and exchange with the Duchess, thus bringing herself. next to Folsom, a posits she had covet- ed from the firs “How's Mrs. Barnaby? She all ae Folsom .asked, bending over a A lady in question. tight, yes!"' growled the Duch- eas, a er thet snip-jack slid into my place! Now I shall be drowned, I'm sure!"’ But her words were lost in the roar of another approaching wave, and she gave over talking and devoted all her attention to preserving her equilib- rium, and keeping. her hold on the pe. Far out. beyond the rough and tumble of the breakers, the two expert swimmers sat on an anchored raft. mate who loves swimming. 1 believe | you could swim all the way ee Probably not,” ’ returned Robin “But ne pg fellow, I be . Angel, endurance isn’t the only est. “No, but you'd pases afl the rest. 200. Ou €an swim every way, can't Ms ° “Of course. Sideways, on my back} under water, any old way. Fou rea bit on a wonder yourself, you know. rs tena h, yes, for # girl I'm all right. Nets acta ae could get out here with 1 can't do any trick swim- i a can learn. I'll teach you. But no more today. 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