Judge — September 16, 1916 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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CHAP 1 N A ballroom, where the clothes of other men made them appear almost his equal, Maurice Lorrimer appeared to be only a graceful, well poised, healthy young man. But in his bathing suit, and his natural element, he was an Apollo. Every move- ment he made had the beauty of perfect naturalness and the ease and grace which comes only from strength. He was not grossly overmuscled anywhere but his whole body appeared to have grown to perfect and symmetrical development, and wherever he walked or swam admir- ing glances followed him. Yet he retained his charming modesty, Roberta had just been introduced to him on the beach that first day when crics of alarm at- tracted their attention to a swimmer in distress far beyond the ropes. THE SUREST WAY OF LANDING A SHARK THE RACE FOR ROBERTA A ROMANCE OF FIVE CHAPS By LEE SUHIPPEY “Ah! Excuse me,” said Lorrimer, smiling apology. And in another second he was flashing through the waves like a torpedo. Yet when he had brought the rescued man safely to shore he did not even linger in the crowd which gathered excitedly around the reviving one. Not secing his former companions, he plunged back into the surf, and was not to be seen when the rescued man wished to thank him. He fascinated Roberta as he did every- one else and he seemed equally attracted to her. They were continually together the next few days, in gay and delightful comradeship. It was not till the day Randall Vaughn arrived that a serious look came into Lorrimer’s eyes. The moment the two men shook hands cach felt a spirit of rivalry. And that night Lorrimer proposed. “But we have known cach other only four days,” pleaded Roberta. “Four days is a long time at a place like this. I know you in these four days as I could never know most women in a lifetime.” “You are so gloriously confident,” she said, admiringly. * But we women are timid creatures. We are to be here three weeks longer. Please let us not decide such important matters so soon.” CHAP 2 Randall Vaughn was not an ath- lete. Slender, quiet, intellectual, almost grave, there were about him force and compelling dignity which marked him as a superior man. Conspicuous by his difference from other men at the beach, he had the master mind which made him a lion, His was immediate, yet the beachers were startled by the ease with which he captured Roberta from Lor timer. The day after Lorrimer’s pro. posal, she forsook him and her former pleasures to stroll and read and discuss books with Vaughn. At first Lorrimer believed she was putting him to a test, and played gallantly to rewin her com- radeship, but she seemed to shun him Puzzled and angered, he staged flirta tions with other girls. But she seemed so absorbed in Vaughn that she did not notice them. For Kenneth Royce. another newcomer, she spared a little tine, but all the rest was given to Vaughn Friday of her second weck at the beach she took a walk with Vaughn through the woods to the Lookout. No one ever knew w happened on that walk, but when they came back Vaughn was humil- iated and haggard. And half an hour later he hurricd away, without saying good-by, to catch the night train. success CHAP 3 Kenneth Royce was a naturalist. who had come to the beach to regain strength. He had caught a fever while on an explor- ing expedition in British Guiana. He had traveled widely and studied much. though still young, and to one who could draw him out could relate wonderfully interesting things of strange lands and peoples and animals. Roberta was that one. His experiences had been so differ ent from those of most men that she found him ever interesting. He had seen a score of baboons form themselves, gravely, as if for a rite, into an oval, in which one of their fellows chanted like a priest, beating upon his breast the while to give his voice a strange and mournful tremolo. She learned from him that it was safe to swim in the beautiful Berbice River in most places, but near the great falls, where the fishing was best, it wa