Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10

: The Cherry Walk
e BY Tom Hall :
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BY Tom Hall



| that carson girl, the brainless little idiot
faeith the doll face, 1 mean, sauntered out
Sins an imitation accidental manner.
blushed and made sleeps eyes at me
and said Good morning in a voice like
Ia talking machine.
81 Lets go to walk" said l grufly, and
ksthe insipid little thing grabbed my arm
kAHd hung on as though she We're drown
tafng in mid-ocean and l We're h%eroically
IkeScuing her. l had made up my mind to
choose her after considerable thought
kthe night before. She dressed we'll at
lsAny rate, and the rest of the girls We're
either guys Orwell just plain girls. You
| know what l mean. The kind that hang
around a hotel piano and yell college
songs or coon songs and scheme all day
to get some unfortunate man to go BIZ
cycling with them for an hour. They
We're all at the windows tittering as Dol
ly Pearson and l walked down the Cher
ry Walk to our seat. The idea of her
sitting in our seat. And the impudent
little mink had the audacity to open her
sunshade and hoist it behind us as we
wake away so that these girls could not
see that l had a positive aversion for her.
t. There we sat most of the morning.
And l simply suffered. She made heel
prints in the gravel. She discovered the
birds nest and declared it was a swal-
lows. She said she dotted on swallows.
Swallows of what?' l said grutly.
oh, how clever you are" she ex-
claimed. te-heeing. l am rather c,ever.
but she hasn't brains enough to find it
out. She even had the nerve to speak
about the dandelions. 1t was simply aw-
full! And all the time l was wondering
nhDI,f Cynthia on1 poJrL JJnl1nNnv
tortured myself imagining everything
they might do. That he was making vio-
lent love to her now that he had the OPP
portunity I felt certain. That he had his
ar maround her waist / was sure. l got
f. musing.
Il suppose it's about kissing time
now l said bitterly. l said it half out
loud, and Dolly. of course, did not know
that l was thinking Of Cynthia and
Ralph. She smiled. Then she looked up
and blushed. The she edged towards me
and tried to lay her head on my Shout
der. Really I never saw a girl act so
silly before in my life. At the same time
she opened her sunshade and deftly
threw it over her shoulder SO that we
might be hidden from any prying Eyes
behind us. But she didn't get kissed.
Not that time. Not much! She seemed
to be rather surprised. but she hadn't
sense enough to be offended. And ali
this time l would have given a montn's
! income to catch just one tleeting glimpse
OF Cynthia and Ralph.
We were late at dinner. purposelr. I
hate being giggled at. Ralph and Gym
thia We're late too. And Cynthia never
pnce looked our during the entire
meael. Ralph was5cthe picture of un-
whipped delight. Cynthia was all at
IT, fnrt;nr +n hir, Ia lpnlxol t;ollaJ ~
! death. I made up my mind I'd attend to
him before5 + went to bed thai night. That
hotel wasn't big enough for the two Of us.
They sailed away first after dinner.
We went back tothe Cherry Walk. Dolly
was estate now.% And tn giggles had
given place to such remarks as, ."Oh! 1t
must be serious" and There's no acct
dent about that"
The afternoon was like the morning.
only worse and more of it. l was mad
clear through when we started back
the hotel. The test was over and I real
lied that I was jealous, insanely jeeal-
Gus. I had failed at my w game. But
a Cynthia? 1 would have given a years
1. income to be certain that she was jeal-
/ BUS. She came into supper adam I
I Never made her look SO happy, / am sure,
f#in all the times I tried to.
I'll simply grabbed her after supper and
made again for the seat on the Cherry
Walk. Dolly I left with absolute rude
ness and without a word. Cynthia did
not sa yanything until we had finally
cast our anchor in the usual place.
."Well.'' she then said, ARE you salts
H fed with test?"
t"No, l am not I replied. And then I
1 jumped at once to the matter that had
heen worrying me all day. Cynthia" l
asked, did that wretch dare toto
Take any liberties or anything of the
kind with you?"
80 you wer jealous?' asked Cynthia
in turn, with a smile that bees could
make honey of.
don't answer if you are wise. -
"Madly-insanely," I answered. "The
test was-a-well, 1 am a fool that's
ALL"
mo, indeed, you are not, precious
she cooed, and flop came her heal into
it's accustomed cornerof my arm. but
you We're wrong about jealousy"
II am aid 1. But you haven't an
swered my question:
"Of course he didn't said she. sweet
ly. You silly, do you think I'd have per-
mitted ito"
I breathed more freely. I even kissed
her. being tempted to do SO by her pout-
ing lips.
But" I ventured, you were not jeal-
ous-so you were mistaken, too"
"Oh wasn't II" she exclaimed.
Tha is the kind of a girl question you
Look here she burst out suddenly
half rising, and clasping my shoulders
in her slender hands, answer me or
your honor and look me straight in the
eyes. Did she-did she dare to kiss you
tina time she threw her sunshade back
over you?'
taOf course she didn't I answered
stoutly. do you think l would have
permitted her to?"
land then a thought came to me, ;
precious revelation.
etLook here I asked in my turn, how
Ito you know-where We're you-how di(
you find out that she put her sunshadt