The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1904-08-30
SUMNER GIRL AND WIDOW.
Former has 0rudge Against the
Latter Which She Pays OF In
Good Style.

1T took me a solid week to think IL
out. but ! did II. said the summer girl,
relates Washington Post. Il paid the
widow up for all she had done or ex.
pected 10 do. I'm staying-when I'm
not called home this way to entertain
country cousins. who will insist on COM
Ing TO Washington in hot weather-at
q place up on the sound. OF course.
there aren't many men there. and when
one does happen along the widow
reaches out and grabs him. I'm not daft
over men, but summer landscape isn't
complete without a few, and no com
plexIoned doctored widow has a
right to monopolize them when the sup
ply is so much less than the demand.
I'm opposed to monopoIies. and set
out to turn the widow from the evil Of
her Why's as soon as arrived.
Z marked out one dancing man as my
share OF the loot and began to prepare
for war. The widow danced with that
man and walked with him. and talked
with him. and held hands in the corner
OF the gallery. and, try as hard as !
might I couldn't get a chance 10 fre
a hostile shot Bathing up there Is a
sort Of side line. We just sneak Of
and take to the water when the tides
In There's no parade about IL. The
widow said that she couldn't bear this
way people have Of sitting around on
the benches in bathing suits. and as soon
ar heard her knew what made her
feel that way.
n took TO her trail. however. and one
day-a very hot day-when the man
was busy writing letters ! asked her II
she didn't want 10 take my brand-new
bathing suit and 60 In for a dip She
said she'd enjoy IL. though. as she
didn't as a rule care for sea bathing.
she hadn't brought suit Now. wom-
an without a bathing suit in her lug
gage-well. | knew then / had the Wild
ow's range and could rout her horse,
foot and dragons. She went on TO the
sheltered cove. where the bathhouse is
and as soon as ! was sure she was IN
the water hunted up the man and asked
~ he didn't want 70 90 and see the widow
swim OF course he did. and he said
he'd wondered all along why she didn'i
go in bathing,
I'VE went down and sat right smack
n front OF the hathhouse The widow
was out In the water padding around.
and wh5a she saw me the look she gave
me made ice crystals form all over the
eel grsss. she tried TO get us to go
back to the hotel and get her comb that
she'd forgotten. but told her she could
use the one had in my bathhouse- She
tried-well. she tried every way she
could think Of 10 get US to 90 away, but
was bound to sit there TIN that widow
came out OF the water. knew she
couldn't stay in the water forever, be-
cause the tide goes out there. and you'd
have to be a clam to hide when that
happens. she stuck IL out tin you
could hear her teeth chattering half
block OF. and then she came IN.
we made way for her to enter the
bathhouse. and as soon as the man got
one good look az henry bathing suit
was a little short for her--I knew the
widow was has-been. Stunning look
ing she was In full dress but in a
bathing suit she was simply paralyzine
II a mosquito had III on one OF her
knees he'd have 70 use the ions-AssseNce
phone to let his vile on the other knee
know what had become Of him. She was
the bow-legeedest widow IN nine
ffates"