Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
A FAIR FIELD AND No FAVOR.

"A Ain FIELD AMI NJ FAVOR.
$50 you don't admire the modern
Diana?" said Nix(short for Nieholas),
with a ouizzical glance at his friend,
who had been holding forth, as Nix
strongly suspected. just for the pleas,
ure Of hearing himself talk.
"Nc, l DON'T" Max answe cred,
stout)y. II hate girls who 60 in for
mems sports--tennis, and rowing, and
trlcycIine. and that sort of thing.
see cnoug of that. When I seek the
society of ladies, / want something
different"
"A little languid LONELINESS, sup
pose," said Nix, Tipping the ashes oil
his cigar. ''Wcn. l hope that the
girls who came this morning will
prove agreeable to your fancy" ~.
''Girls" cried Max, almost bound,
ing from his chair II thought you
SAID there were no girls at punkwas.
set?''
''Well there weren't last year.
How was l to know that two Vassar
students would settle here this sea-
son!''
"Oh, Lertl'' groancd Max.
IL was introduced to them this
morning while YOU were out interview.
my the captain. - Ones name is Blake
Jessie, believe. Rather a nice
looking girl If she didn't wea::
glasses.
'Oh, indced!'' murmured Miss
Blake, to whom this conversation was
distinctly audible. Il suppose l ought
10 get up and close that window, but
am not going to DO it. If those men
have no better sense than to Indulge
in personalities on the front porch,
they can take the consequenccs;' and
Miss Jessie turned over on her couch,
swaYing her palm leaf fan and vainly
tryihg to persuade herself that she was
not listening.
Il don't think they will bother us, :"
continued Nix, with long pull at is
cigar. IL heard them say that they
came to Punkwasset because they
heard there were no men hore''
"Humph!'' said Max. did they
suppose the place was inhabited at
all?' '.s =,
"The horrid thingo' calculated Miss
Jessie. Betty, that man heard what
you said This morning.
I'D he?' sad sleepy voice from
The other side OF the room. What did
lsay--anything dreadful" ~
There was moments silence, and
then the drowsy speaker said family:
"What man was it, dearp / Thought
there We're NO men at Punk wasset."
did you getthe boat?" asked Nix,
who had dropped the girls into the
waters of oblivion. - ,e a ~
Eyes. I hadn't any trouble. We
are to GO out with the tide before
breakfast. The <Cap'n SAYS there's
hrstra,e fishing down the inlet"
Max got up with aprodigious yawn
md added: l..E, r. q.
"Have you been to tho Post Of
Zee e'' -.,As-:%l.as :. iii - ~
mo. / only have two correspond
ents. Whom would you expectto write
to you at this early date F.. 81 IL
II have six girls to write to-" said
Max, drolly. Il nj .55 5sss ss,s at8A.
Nix burstout laughing. ..5
"Good heavens!'' he cried. mo
wonder you don't want any more
The following morning, these two,
clad in the picturesque negligence Of
blue flannel, might have been seen
pulling q small row boat down the
channel in quest Of their first days
sport. = .5 h. ' =3l. 81
Was it mere chance that, just at
the same moment, another boat shot
out from the landing, and Nix caught
one cool survey 81 Miss Blake's gray
eyes? sE.3 2. .E5 .I III. 7 Z. .s5.
"Did you see'thata" he asked, in a
hasty undertone. i. Al ssf .sss5: :s. II.
Max did not conceal his antipa-
thy. It shaped itself into decided
.'Humphr's 5a.ss
81 wonder where they got that
boatp". observed Nix, who knsw that
iaunty craft.were scasce about Punk
wasset.
The girls wara Z cnziiv seated IN 4