The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-05-11
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"Then there would not be room for
Mr.. CongreveY she asked.
81 fancled he was making daisy
chains" said Mr.. Trayers.
Now, If Miss Middleton had been adj
verse TO the voyage, this foolish re-
mark would have left Mr.. Travers soil
tary. But she was not. She suffered
herself to be constralncd-not too read
lily. Yet since. when once the canoe
was launched, Mr.. Travers seemed to
sink into abstraction, Miss Middleton
took up the ball. Since this is the very
simplest story, devoid Of incident or
criticism, It Is sufficient to say Of Miss
Middleton's conduct, "such IS life" and
to report her remarks.
you'll be very careful, won't your
she said. Pm like a cat-yery fright
ened of water"
what cats averse TO fish, quoted
Mr.. Trayers, irreleyantly. That is
touch you for-what / really mean Is,
the canoes perfectly safe. 1t would
hold five with ease"
81 thought that the Choctaws-"
limited Miss Middleton. well pleased
with herself.
ooh, yes, that's all nonsense" he
said, distractedly. Il should say I'm
talking nonsense now. What | mean
was that If five people were in it, it
couldn be safer"
at does sound rather nonsense said
Miss Middleton, numerically.
1t is not clear why maidcns at these
critical times are so much more apt to
keep their heads than are men. Mr.
Travers thought 1t Il hard dispensation
of nature, and sought refuge from his
distraction by jogging the canoe.
aren't we shaking terribly" asked
Miss Middleton.
mot at all" he answered.
Canoes seem so very frail,' She ex
planned.
"A girl | knew" said Mr. Travers,
thoughtfully, used to tell me that she
was quite nervous until she had tried
a canoe but in the end she thought
them otherwise She even wanted to
! get enBaBeu III Il canoe.
Did you crafty her wishf' asked
Miss Middleton, with a rush of dignity.
"The girl was my mother, you know"
said Mr. Trayers, seeming n mistake.
1T was n Renaissance Of hers. She
was wondering how | should some
day"
Yes, yes-don't you think we ought
to be going back" asked Miss Middle
ton.
81 should like to know your opinion
of boat as a popping place" lie per-
sisted.
Miss Middleton supposed that
square, solid sort of boat in the style
Of Noah's ark-guaranteed not to up
set-might not be unsuitable.
But you would not approve Of
canoeY he asked
at would rock so terribly" she said.
"Why should it rockT
Suppose" she said. the man want
ed to go down on his knees-just TO
emphasize his wishes-that would set
it rolling to begin with"
Mr. Travers was willing to entertain
that supposition.
Then suppose the girl said Mop"
Mr. Travers preferred not to suppose
anything unpleasant
"Stlll, if she did" said Miss Middle
ton, "the man would start I'D in a very
bad temper and begin stamping about"
Mr. Travers was positive that no man
would be guilty of such conduct. Miss
Middleton failed to see how Mr. Tray
ers could answer for men in general.
Mr.. Travers admitted that he was
thinking Of n particular case, which
caused Miss Middleton to go on hastily:
Then, again, if the girl didn't say
No. she would probably expect"
"WhatT asked Mr.. Travers.
Miss Middleton had unfortunately
forgotten the sequence Of her sentence.
but l must know, Daisy" he said.
earnestly. He ceased to paddle, and
the canoe began to roll. Would she
expect"
Continuous was the rolling of the
canoe.
1--WE shall be over. I'm sure" said
Miss Middleton-"please-yes 49, yes -
yes"
AT any rate the man expects"
said Mr.. Travers. ana the rolling con.
tinued
When some time later the canoe re-
returned to the meadow from which il
had started. the the voyagers were
grieved to perceive the tea was already
almost finished. The others observed
that punctuality was particularly i'm
portant at a picnic Mr. Congreve
especially insisted on this.
You shouldn't have been making
daisy-chains, Congreve." said Mr.. Tray
ers, irrelevantly.
'What does he meang" Mr.. Congreve
appealed to Miss Middleton for solu-
ton.
Mr.. Travers has also been making
daisy-chains," she said.-The King.
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