The Mermaid of Druid Lake AND OTHER STORIES BY CHARLES WEATHERS BUMP Author of "His Baltimore Madonna," etc. NUNN & COMPANY BALTIMORE 1906 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 [Pg 5] [Pg 5] The Mermaid of Druid Lake If Edwin Horton had not had a sleepless time that hot June night it probably would never have happened. As it was, after tossing and pitching on an uncomfortably warm mattress for several hours, he had dressed himself and left his Bolton-avenue home for a stroll in Druid Hill Park just as the dawn made itself evident. That was the beginning of the adventure. Not a soul was in sight when he reached the driveway around the big lake, and he let out to take a little vigorous exercise, breathing in the fresh air with more enjoyment than had been his for some hours. About half way around he stopped
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