Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-07-17

Dut tnere some Nelru lhuueuCe
about an automobile That's the only
wayI can explain what happened down
at Atlantic City u month ago. Incl
dentally, | never help man with Il
broken down machine. | used to.
Il went down to Atlantic City three
months ago and took my automobile
with me. There was about the stun
nngest girl staying at the hotel you
ever saw. | knew the minute | laid ~
eyes ON her that we'd take to each o,n-
er Less than week after | got there
we were old friends. | used to read to
her an hour or two every morning.
This was rather rough on the rest OF
the girls-there We're couple of dozen
of them-because | was the only eligi-
BILE man at the hotel. First tried her
on Austin Dobson and little Omar
khayyam and then George Meredith,
and finally, after I'd got my courage
up, | brought out few little things
of my own. We were soul compile
ments all right and | told her so. |
guess she'd been thinking the same
thing because she laughed a lot when
| told her. We enjoyed this sort of
thing for about week, and then one
day | thought she was looking rather
blue
"'Well, l am she said, when | asked
her about 1t. This place bores me ter
ribly.'
81 don't blame you, l told her.
Nothing but droves Of gabbling wom-
en- You'll have to take some rides
with me in my automobile
"She sighed and then said. That
would be great fun, but I'm afraid
mamma wouldn't approve. and you
know there's no room for a chaperon'
'sWell, If there's no other way |
said, we could read in the afternoon
as well as the morning. Then you'd
only have to stand the bore evenings
"She seemed terribly pleased at that.
She bubbled over so she couldn't speak
for a while.
"'You're simply genius, Mr.. Will
lger.' she said. How did you ever come
to think of anything so cleverT
"Then she laughed again. She was a
very happyhearted girl.
but after all, nothing came Of the
idea she thought was so clever. She
happened to have a headache the next
afternoon and the next day was Sun
day And on Monday Bangs arrived.
Bangs was a big, coarse -jawed man,
whose looks showed what he amounted
to. / believe his chief claim to distinc-
ton was that he played on Yale foot
ball team. Ethel-she was the stun
ming girl, you know-came to me the
same afternoon and asked me IL l
didn't think he was dreadful.
"Oh, he might do for some girls l
said.
".Yes, l suppose so,' answered Ethel,
shuddering. Isn't it disgustingT
1.-THE Joke of the whole thing was
that the poor lad seemed terribly taken
with Ethel from the moment he saw
her. The first week he was there he
followed Ethel about from morning to
night. 1t broke up our reading, but
Ethel thought she ought to be polite
to him, he being a stranger ut the ho-
tel Pretty soon, however, matters be-
gan to get more serious. Two weeks
passed and then three, and still we
didn't do any more reading. He began
taking Ethel walking and the walks
began TO get longer. Every time they
started out together and the poor girl
got chance she'd make face over
his shoulder and shake her head, de.
spairingly. Finally caught her alone
one day and put it to her straight
whether she wasn't letting the char
impose too much on her kindness OF
heart. She confessed that perhaps she
was. and said she'd see whether she
lows head.
But things didn't change, and about
a week later | went 70 her and asked
her If she could trust me as Il friend
You ought to have seen the look she
gave me when she said she hoped so
"'Well' | said, L want you to tell
me perfectly frankly why you let that
fellow continue to drag you off walk
ing when you don't want to goT
'.She looked at me terribly queerly
for Il minute, and wouldn't tell for
long while. Then finally sne said:
"'Well, If you must know, | simply
can't help myself h-
81 smiled sarcastically at that.
"'You don't know that man., she
went ON. I never saw anything like
him., cant tell you how he carries
ON II I don't put. on my hat and g
with him whenever he asks me to-
why asked, do yAu have any
thing to do with him at all? Why
don't you tell him you have regula
engagement to read with me, and sen,
him about his bnsiness?'
"She was So nervous she actuall.
laughed, although you'd better believ
II didn't look like laughing matter.
!" We'll, she said, finally, IN try I'd
! You're awfully clever. l should neve
have Thought of 1t myself