The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-01
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The Discontinue of Mean summer Girl
who Tried to Guido Her Friends.

The Discontinue Of "A Mean summer Girl
who Tried to Guido Her Friends.
This is the story Of a summer girl who
played very mcar trick on some othet
SUNNI or girls. and then. JUST at the Nffs
moment Of her trll mph. met with disaster.
These sumner girls made up party
stopping at "a hotel on tho eordeis OF
a small lake Ia Southern New YORK. incy
had been there fer "a whole Inontl, aiu
during an that time the place hadn c
been blessed by a. single man As the
days rolled by the prospect OF o maze
appearing on the scene grew less ana less,
aud the result was that the girls grew
careless Thy didn't bother % dress up
afternoons trey don't cul their ha'r lu
tho evenfrg s but from morn'ng tili niehl
they Just Knocked arounI in ordinary
clothes. and had as good dime as 10
was possible for any half dozen girls TO
Vow his party had a chaperon. Of
course and one day the chaperon re-
ceived letter from New York 20 the IL
feet that Mr.. Soand-So was coming up
% the Lake for a few days The chileron
mentioned the matter 10 the mean girl
and The mean girl resolved 10 do mean
thing.
''Oh. Mrs. Blank" she said 'lon't say
word "a the girls about u ana we
let thc man surprise them.
Mrs Blank who Is WhOle-sOuled, hon
est creature dion see enc sCufm me NJ
all. and. suspecuns nothing. agreed that
10 would be fun
Then Miss shrub-that was the mean
girls name-Wtnt no stairs. opened her
trunk and extracted therefrom her very
best BIB aud tucker Then she heated
her curling iron. an instrument Wnich
had lain lille for many days. and one
whole hour and half She spent an
raying herself I'm all her nncry The other
girls I'm the mean time sat down on the
edge OF the lake IN AN their old clothes
with hair dishevelled and hats thrown
aside throwing tones an eaca oiuef.
and wondering how long IL would De be-
fore something happened 10 enliVen
things.
Tho shrieking Of the engine as it pulled
into the station on the other side OF the
lake hal no charms FOR them and they
never even turned 90 look when the man
OF all-Work started 20 row over after the
mail
10 the mean girl however that whis-
tie meant that the coveted man had ar
rived. and a very few minutes later she
sailed forth. marvellous thing 10 Dee
hold. The other girls sprang 20 t1eir
feet with smati0us OF surprise when
why. Agnes" they chorused. what
does this mean2'
Miss shrub resolved 10 hurl the bomb
without further delay. so screwing her
face Into an expression OF surprise sue
WHY. girls. didn't you know that a
man was coming on that train
"A nan2" shrickeI The others.
. "Why. OF course. He's the son Of Mrs.
Blanks old school chum. and he'll be
here any minute I'm so sorry, but ] sup
posed OF course YOU knew.
There was dead silence, and then one
Of the girls spoke up
Agnes shrub" she said. you just
knew that man was coming. and you
knew We didn't know a thing about ~
and you re- Just as mean as you can De.
"The itoa. exclaimed MISS Shrun
laUghtilv and with her nose high M
tho air She struttod ont on the dock. At
that moment the man-Of-all-wOrk rOWed
around tho point ana in the stern or
the boat sat q yCrng and handsome man
Miss Shrubs tripmph was complete. uut
short-lvcd IN her excitement sne male
"a fatal mis- step. ana with n great splash
she fcll into the lake The water was
only up To- her waist but she was COM
plrtely submerged for moment aud
when she came 90 the surface was sght
% behold Her bat. q Yerifdnle rose gar
den. had fcated away. and 1-r hdir 80
carefully worked over and cur.e'. made
her head lock like great mop Her
dress was ruined. ard 90 add % nor mis-
cry tho other girls stood az the edge 90
the lake ard reared and laughed at her
And all the time the man WIS getting
nearer Mis- shrub looked around Tor
clgUCe 10 escape. Her only one was 10
crawl under The dock and wait until the
10 tho fCrse and set n che back way
she thought
II never occurred 10 her that the man.
of-all-v'ork and his passenger bad seen
her fall. ana were rowing toward ncr as
fast as they could. She vas just getting
under che dock when the boat camn
alongside. and the oars man dropped his
oars. grabbed her by the shoulder. and
tried 10 haul her into the boat.
Don't Dee afraid. he said we u save
yOff"
let me alone" said Miss shrub fierce
Wen save YOU" repeated the boat
man
Let me alone. you IDIOT" cried Miss
shrub. but the hOdtman grabbed her hy
the shoulders. hauled her in. and laid
Der dripping and miserable, at he feet
OF the new bcdrder The man edged
away a little. and when the boats bot
tom grated on the sand be gave a leap
attend 20 Miss Shrub. The last that un-
fortunate young woman saw of him he
was walking toward the hotel surround
ed bv the other girls who had spruced
one another mp as much as possible. had
resumed their hats. ana We're evidently
already in the good graces OF the new
bOlfder.
As for Miss shrub. she got 10 her room
by the back stairs and took the balance
OF her misery out IN tears, and during
the remainder OF the new b0arder's stay
held herself aloof from everybody but
The other girls forgave her after the
man went away. but not until they told
her thar her accident was just reward
Tor the low trick she had played on
thcm.-New York sun.