Beadle's Dime Novels No. 131 — page 91: what you’re looking at

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A RAMBLE BY THE BEACH. 95 “T hope she said yes.” - “I reckon, and right glad o’ the chance, She'll make a smart wife; but I shall never love her as I did you,” with a sigh. “ Oh yes, you will, in time. She’s pretty and industrious. When is-the wedding to take place r “ Next month.” “ You tell Sally I wish the pleasure of giving her the wed- ding-dress. Do you like blue or pink, Will ?” “ Pink suits Sally best, to my taste. “ Pink, then, it shall be, with a wreath for her hair, and a pair of slippers; and now let us be good friends, Will. What do you say?” CHAPTER X. Ir was one of those October days when, although . the sky is clear, the wind blows steadily, and there is a chiiliness through the sunshine. The white caps were rolling in merrily upon the beach, The roar of the surf was louder than ordi- nary, drowning out all lesser sounds. It was day such as Tangee loved; she longed to dare the billows, at least to walk in the wet sand and receive the baptism of the salt spray. Going to her little chamber, she dressed herself in an old mérino frock, which she had worn in her school days, and her bat closely, set out for a bracing ramble. There was nothing in all the magnificence of city life which suited her so thoroughly as this. By some hidden impulse she took the direction of the clump of bushes and bit of wreck where she had sat when she first saw her knight. It was a long waik, and when she reached the spot she found that the wind bad driven the water almost over it; the foam was curling around it, so that she had to wade ankle-deep to reach her little seat; but. when she was once enthroned upon it, she felt like a queen surveying her realm. The breeze was never too cold for her ; it only brought comichooks.com © i. ee <_< “ae