Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-22

- you KNOW, III all the time pve boo,,
nere, 1 never landed on Turtle island
l Iancied she looked as II She exne,toa
s"ihethlng' so | said at venture.
.hor ~o.l,lhg simpler. I'll paddle Won
there after the review.n s'u
was abnorInally suspicious. or did che
mean anything by that remark, II , yno
one thing to know generally that sbo b ba1
Deeh sittlhg on the rocks with other ,nar
gong 10 picnics, padding about tha ho,-
uanclng, taking walks and most ird,,t't.'
aoly nirtlng for a good two montbe. III
/. was quite another to see the men tba,n
serves and find the delicate game of mn
Iectuai immortality III full blast undar nv
very nose. uiuei my
wy vanity came to the rescue inst ,her
ana suggested that she was giving mo 90
casioh TO see her alone; for on the rnooad
uesoiate island there was less chance -
up'loiis than in or about BAR liar.
Dor. 30 thinking, | cheered nm visihlv
ana idlta WATCHED me with swift olancos
guy vi lhose creole eyes of hers and
smiled softly 10 herself, humminp now
anu sheh Il tantalizing air that stonned
short, IKE the song Of the mocking bird
Juso "hen 1t seemed about to launcb
ueepef INTO melody. Altogether Idifa
presented an impish and tricky mood
'hat day such az l never knew her to
show before or since.
AL the meet there was the usual confp-
sion, calling, laughter, humping of ca
noes, small slirieks from over excited girls
coming and going of the official boats. I
was promptly boarded by Mrs. Gaunt
VINO held me with gimlet eve while she
talked about Idita. In few minutes I
heard more names of men who had been
were or were about to be in state Of
.Io'eht love with that young lady than my
blaln could possibly retain. Only one i'm
p'esseu himself by reason of picturesque
ness. Inc youth, whose name | missed.
nad fallen headlong a slave to the cruel
Moblllan, and had then and there retired
10 some fastness to brood on his hopeless
passion and, so ii appeared, his wrongs.
FOR ldita had certainly snubbed him out
raSeously, if half what Mrs. Gaunt said
was true Another the moral of ii all
-ablded by me also. is it necessary to
state it, ], too, would promptly undergo
like treatment at those little hands; /. too.
wonld be encouraged, enjoyed, quarreled
with, snubbed and brushed aside,
But, my dear lady, " said l, Sin any
event no mountain top or fastness in the
wilds for me! No; if Idita-I mean Miss
ldita-should be so harsh to an old. old
friend, | would not go away where could
not see her, but stay right here-yes, and
give her q good snub myself now and
then!n
Il like TO hear you talk like that, she
answered compassionately, because it in.
sures to US poor wall flowers who have
outgrown our youth and beauty another
amusing episode in the unparalleled career
of the belle of Bar Harbor.'
The she devil had OWNED that I hated
that expression, | ground my teeth SO
that she was frightened. She began to
talk to somebody else, and fearing that |
would tell ldita what she had said, set in
circulation u story the point of which was
that | could not be trusted for moment
so shocking a liar was /.
Longing to be off, / found Idita in
earnest talk with Tommy Moore, who
verify looked more like a crazy man than
anything else; he was furious at my good
luck and seemed to be saying violent
things as l came up. 1t was fine to see
Idita quiet and quell him, but my arrival
W do llOi OlJpOl lttlt3 " SelJ lIlS lCaSl5 Lt
flung himself away and walked to a grassy
hillock overlooking the scene, where,
heard afterward, he rolled on the turf like
a mailman and uttered curses never heard
before from those gentle lips.
But the signal was given and we EN-.
barked. | wonder how many of the men
had ever been in birch before. hadn' t
But | knew theoretically how 10 work the
paddle, and was determined to die rather
than let Idita see that | was what is vul
carly called a duffer. Fortunately tina
young lady was and is a round weight
she is not loneliness in its most etherea
aspect, so my canoe was well down in The
water and easier to handle. Fortunately
also, the need of keeping the line made
progression slow, so that | had nearly
half an hour in which to take my first
lesson. Once or twice | scattered the
wrong kind of diamonds over that divine
head, but Idita seemed too happy to care
Was she happy because at last had come
Her ewes were fixed on Turtle island, anC
nv own heart beat fast Is she thinking
of our agreement kept wondering.
We moved gayly and magnificenty NJ
the bay and down, then turned for The
grand review with the addition to oul
ranks of several score of late corners
Among them was Tommy Moore, as
found to my dismay, for he damned his
canoe alongside mine and took balefu
pleasure in bothering me in every way h'
could. When he came in ldita 5 line o.
vision that charmer merely nodded to hin
lightly, as if nothing had happened out
the way-perhaps it was an eYeryda!
matter to her that poor little soclet!
baby should roll Oh the ground and curs'
horribly on her account could not ge
rid of him till bethought me of retalla
ton, and having by skillful hoist undel
the stern of his canoe given Tommy very
near to ducking, that malign youtl
kept a more respectful distance, and only
tried to "fascinate' ldita with MS eye
and express with his nose what III
thought of me and my vile padding.
The joke was dull as we approache'
Turtle island again, so | slackened up ant
edged away to the furthest boat on thu
wing. deaf to the call Of the commodore
and as the line moved abreast of the lslant
I did nv prettiest TO get round the pom
TO the other side, there TO land-there Il
have Idita all TO myself Luckily, Tomm.
was wedged into the line so that he coul!
not see the skulkers, and flattered myself
as we forged over into the smooth waite
behind the point, that he had not detecte'
our escape. How to get ldita ont OF th'
slippery canoe was the next thing tina
nearly turned my hair gray; but 1t wa
done well Though it's | who say itl at I'M
expense of one of my feet soaked with sal
water. To feel her hand on my shoulder
10 have her weight fall on me when sh
sprang from the big rock, are mere mar
tiers of detail that recur TO me Just nov
with singular vividness, know not why
unless we remember best the hndnesss
that we receive Just before the nni