The
Mermaid of Druid Lake
AND
OTHER STORIES
BY
CHARLES WEATHERS BUMP
Author of "His Baltimore Madonna," etc.
NUNN & COMPANYBALTIMORE1906
Copyright 1906 by Charles Weathers Bump
All rights Reserved
Acknowledgement is Given to the Baltimore
News for Aid in Reprinting these Stories
Presswork by
The Horn-Shafer Company
Baltimore. Md.
Twelve More Stories
| The Mermaid of Druid Lake | 5 |
| The Goddess of Truth | 18 |
| A Daughter of Cuba Libre | 30 |
| A Two-Party Line | 43 |
| Timon Up To Date | 57 |
| The Night That Patti Sang | 67 |
| An Island On A Jamboree | 81 |
| Alexander the Great | 93 |
| Breaking Into Medicine | 104 |
| The Pink Ghost of Franklin Square | 119 |
| The Vanished Mummy | 127 |
| "Mount Vernon 1-0-0-0" | 139 |
The Mermaid of Druid Lake
If Edwin Horton had not had a sleepless time that hot June night itprobably would never have happened. As it was, after tossing andpitching on an uncomfortably warm mattress for several hours, he haddressed himself and left his Bolton-avenue home for a stroll in DruidHill Park just as the dawn made itself evident. That was the beginningof the adventure.
Not a soul was in sight when he reached the driveway around the biglake, and he let out to take a little vigorous exercise, breathing inthe fresh air with more enjoyment than had been his for some hours.
About half way around he stopped suddenly and rubbed his eyes to makesure he was not dreaming. For a curve in the road had brought him theknowledge that he was not alone in his appreciation of the early morninghour. Seated beside the water, on the rocks that line the lake shore,was a damsel—a rather good-looking one, as well as he could judge atthe distance of a hundred yards. She was leaning on her left elbow andlooking out over the lake in rather a pensive, dreamy attitude. Ofcourse, young ladies don't ordinarily get up before dawn to go