Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-28
TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST.

TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST.
How Clever Girl Gets Even With Q
Clever Man.
ut was 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. I went
down on the Jersey coast some
where, and, as luck would have it,
there was a mighty handsome girl
in the hotel. | made up to her right
off, of course; all baggage at own
er's risk in summer resort, you
know. We walked together and
danced together, and in two or three
days we were as thick as thieves.
She was clever one, tell you,
when it came to a Irritation. She
was rs or 26 years old. was 90
years old, and was hugely fiatter-
ed at the preference she showed me.
"One hot afternoon said to her:
Suppose get 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"
No. she said. Is 1t interest
ingi'
II got Lucille, and she fixed her.
| self in hammock and beg an dron-
ing away:
~ hear from Bigorre you are there. am told
You are going to marry Miss Darcy. OF old
''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 first rate excuse to carry her
off an hour OF two every afternoon.
IF anybody asked her to do any
thing else, she had an engagement;
we We're reading She used to ask
questions about Lucille, and ex-
planned the poem. l thought I'd got
a 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. We'd
had good time and we kept up the
bluff to the end.
II never saw that girl again until
one day last week hunted up her
address and called A friend of mine
is going to marry her cousin and
that sort of brought back recollec-
TONS 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 for2
You must have thought l was green
| AuSAAAO IaChClE dShCu
Yes, said she. I've got nine
copies of Lucille" in my bookcase,
every one presented by a Jersey
coast summer man.
II forgot to say that wrote my
name in the Lucille at our last
reading and begged her to keep the
book as q mementO of hours should
never, etc.
81 kept my end up, she went
on. i knew how. But never was
sure whether you really thought
me SO ignorant or whether you saw
from the beginning that was tax
ing it all in
"You can just believe | felt sheep
ish! And SO you were 'guying mel
said.
:" Didn't you deserve it2 When a
man packs his valise for his summer
vacation he throws in Lucille as
regularly as lie does his cuffs and
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
a friendly tip and try some other
poem.
"She was right. Lucille is done.
8 But it was good old poem.
And the handsome man pulled
his cigar regrettully.- York
Tribune.
important Point.