The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-10-14
TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST.
How Clever Girl Gets Even With a
Clever MN.


- It was a number of years ago. :"
said the handsome man. II had
been pegging away pretty hard for
a long time, and my firm gave me
two weeks off in August. 1 went
down on the Jersey coast some
where, and, as luck would have it,
there was Il mighty handsome girl
III the hotel. made up to her right
off, of course; all baggage at own
er's risk in a summer resort, you
know. We walked together and
danced together, and in two or three
days we We're as thick as thieves.
She was a clever one, l tell you,
when it came to Irritation. She
was Is or &c years old. was %
years old, and l was hugely tiatter-
ed at the preference she showed me.
Zone hot afternoon said to her:
Suppose get a book and read to
you. I've copy of Lucille" in my
grip. It's nice and cool out under
the trees. Ever read "Lucille"i
No., she said is 1t interest
ingl'
II got Lucille, and she fixed her
self in hammock and began dron-
ing away:
~ hear from Bigorre you are there. am told
You are going to marry Miss Darcy. OF old
1.-The meter of Lucille makes
blessedly easy reading That's why
it's every mans favorite under such
circumstances.
well, she seemed to like it. 1t
made a first rate excuse to carry her
off an hour or two every afternoon.
IF anybody asked her to do any
thing else, she had an engagement
we were reading She used to ask
questions about Lucille, and l ex-
planned the poem. thought I'd got
soft thing and was making famous
! Roadway.
by and by my two weeks were
up, and had to quit and go back to
work again. We had parting. No
need to describe it. 1t was the reg
ular Jersey coast, middle of August
kind. We said we'd write, but we
didn't. That was the regular Jersey
coast, middle of August way. Wo'd
had good time and we kept up the
bluff to the end.
II never saw that girl again until
one day last week 1 hunted up her
address and called. A friend of mine
is going to marry her cousin and
that sort of brought back recollec-
lions. She has never married. She
is an awfully good girl and has staid
at home to take care of her mother,
who is an invalid.
''She seemed mighty glad to sec
me, but one of the first things she
said was, What did you work that
old Lucille" racket on me for 2
You must have thought l was green
=" Lucille racket l asked.
Yes, said she. I've got nine
copies of Lucille" in my bookcase,
every one preseS.ed by a Jersey
coast summer nj
Il forgot to say that l wrote my
name in the Lucille at our last
reading and begged her to keep the
| book as memento of hours | should
never, etc.
81 kept my end up she went
on. 1 knew how. But l never was
sure whether you really thought
me SO ignorant or whether you saw
from the beginning that l was tax,
ing it all in.
You can just believe felt sheep
ish! And SO you were guying me &
/ said.
" Didn't you deserve it2 When q
man packs his valise for his summer
vacation he throws in "Lucille'' as
regularly as he does his cuffs anG
collars. Every girl knows it. There
are two or three new editions OF
Lucille out every June, and
they're all bought up by summer
men. Lucille" is played out. Take
friendly tip and try some other
! poem.
"She was right. Lucille is done.
But 1t was good old poem.
And the handsome man pulled
his cigar regretfully. New York
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