The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-22
MADE OF ICc-CREAM,
A Legend Explaining the Origin Of tho
Fickle- Minded Summer Girl.

The origin of the summer girl has
given the mythologist chance. Out
at the Lake Park couple of nights
ago half a dozen of the pretty Great
ures, whose charms have been the rage
of the male summerers for a season,
were seated in a circle, discussing the
approach of the end. There were
varying expressions of opinion as to
the wisdom of closing lake hotels just
when the season was at it's best, and at
last the conversation turned on the
women who have been and departed
like procession of brilliant constella-
tions during the last eight weeks.
Some of them were referred to as last
years crowd" while others came un-
der the classification of blossoms"
1t was the Count Engalitcheffy who,
approaching the coterie with his mill
| tary stride, announced that he had
! solved a problem of no little import
ance to foreigner who might at some
future period be tempted to write
book on the glories of a Minnetonka
summer.
And the problem, Count" inquired
typical summer beauty, whose dainty
form was dangerously outlined
against the wickerwork of a reclining
chair.
yourselves, all of you," was the
calm reply. 81 have been searching the
pages of mythology for the origin of
that delightful creation, the summer
girl, and although l have as yet failed
to locate her haunts during the So
called alternating period"
"Where do t1ies"-began darling
young thing, who was vigorously
fighting mosquitoes with a, sailor hat
held by the ribbons, but the Count
paid no attention to the interruption.
zone day." he said, drawing a chair
near to the little circle of gossipers,
"Proteus came up out of the sea. be-
lieve it was at Saratoga OF Bar Harbor.
for Proteus was a god of the sea, and
not lover of fresh water. 1t was
high noon, and at that hour the old
! man used to sun himself under the
rocks. On this occasion he saw seated
on water-washed projection maid
of wondrous beauty. Proteus in
stantly fell deeply in love with her. The
more he gazed. the more hopeless be-
came his passion, and at last this hoarY
| subject Of NEPTUNE drew near to the
object of his alteration.
oh. thou queen of beauty he be-
| gan, give ear pow to the suppiication
} of thy slave. A mansion Of pearls and
| precious stones. the gold and silver of
| deep. shall be thine and :ll its inhab-
itants thy SUBJECTS if thou wilt be
| mine. All the treasures Of the deep /
will place at thy fee., On, queen. Say,
wilt 90 with me?
Not on Your life, she made an
swer, and prote4s wept ia the bitter
ness OF his heart. 50 abject was his
grief that he changed him self into a
| wave and rolled back into the deep.
"'Oh. for q breeze sighed the maid
on the rock, and the Old god heard
her. He descended into the depths
and besought Of Neptune the inter
cession Of his power to rouse the siag-
gish winl.
Neptune was in good hunor, and
the breeze came. Then said the maid,
as Protcus once more gHzed on her.
If | only had some ice-cream now
"Instan;ly the scaly god doubled up
and again sought his kim in the deep
sea mansion.
"'What would You now asked Nep-
| tune. ana IfOieNS aoWcreu with UONeu
head, 'ice-cream.'
"TheD Neptune was wcoth at the
importantly of his lieutenant, and in
stantly caused him to bc changed into
a dish Of ice-cre:;m and set before the
maid on the rock.
so cnitI nrnteus.
From that moment he wa3 part OF
the maif!nn. anl her nature became
changca bic as his had hecn. She was
false and true by turn. grave and gay,
laughing and sal-IA>'ed. serious and
frivolous in alternate Dreaths. SO came
the summer girl"