New-York tribune., 1897-08-18
TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST.
HOW A CLEVER GIRL GETS EVEN WITH
A CLEVER MN.
LUCILLE THE FASCINATION or THAT INTEREST
ING BOOK" FOR THE JERSEY COAST

"IJ,crI.E. THE FASCINATION or THAT 'TNTEREsT-
ING BOOK" FOR THE JERSEY COAST
SUMMER MAN.
~ was a number OF years ago." said the hand
soonest man on the veranda II had been pegging
away pretty hard for long time and my hrm
gave me two weeks off IN August went down on
the Jersey coast somewhere, and. as luck would
have It, there was mighty handsome girl In the
hotel. ! made up to her right OFT, OF course All
baggage at owners risk in a summer resort you
know We walked together and danced together,
and I'm three days we were as thick as
thieves She was IL clever one tell you. when 1t
came to a Irritation. She was twenty-five or
twenty-sx years old ] twenty-five years old.
and | was hugely fattered at the preference she
showed me.
"One hot afternoon said to her: Suppose get
a book and read to you. I've a copy OF Lucille In
my grip It's nice and cool under the trees.
Ever read 'Lucie'?"
mo. she said. IL it Interestingly
Il got Lucille and she fixed herself In ham
mock and began droning away
hear from nisorIs You .. a.. i.I her lam, am told
THE metre OF Lucille makes bessed'y easy read
Ing That's why it, every mans favorte under
such circumstances.
Well. she seemed TO like It, 1t made a frst-rate
excuse carry her on hour or two every after
noon II anybody asked her to do anything else
she had engagement; We were reading ohe
used to ask questions about 'Iuc~. ana ex-
planed the poem | thought I'd got sort thing
and making famous hsadway.
BY and by my Two weeks were up ana hau 10
quit and go back to work again. We had part
ing No need to describe II. 1t was the regular
Jersey coast. middle OF August kind. We said We u
write but we didn't That the regular Jersey
coast middle OF August way. wed had Il eood
time and q kept up the bun to the end.
II never that girl again until one DAY ast
OF mine is going TO marry her cousin. and that sort
brought back reco!lectiOns. She has never mar
Ii-d She l. awfu,ly good girl, and has stayed
at home take care OF her mother. who IL an IN
valid.
She seemed mighty glad 10 me. but one Of
the first things she said was. What did YOU work
that old 'I.ncile' racket for? You must
have thought | Mas green.
"'I.ucile' racket | asked - . .
- Yes. said she. I'VE got min" copies or 'l.ucie
IN my bookcase. ever one presented by jersey
summer msn.
Il forgot to say that wrote my name in the
'IlcIl, at our last reading. and begged her TO
keep the book AZ IL memento or hours snouid
never, etc, etc. etc.
81 kept my end up she went on. Il knew how
But | never was SUR whether you really thought
me 80 ignorant whether You saw from the be
ginning that was taking ii AL In. 49,
You can Just believe felt she-pish Ana so
guying me- said.
Didn't you deserve 1t? When man packs his
valise for his summer vacation he throws In I.1-
cic' as regularly a. he does his curs and col arS
Every girl knows it. There are TWO or three new
editions Of 'I.ucile every june and they re all
bou. hit up by summer men. "lucie is payed out.
she was right. 'Luci,"' is done. But II was
good old poem
And the handsomest man puffea his cigar re-
gretfuliy.