Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17
DAILY STOR Y
OUR SUMMER OUTING.
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I dread the coming round of the
vacation season. All the world takes
its vacation i'll July and August, and
TO secure rooms one must set about
it when the beautiful snow is waltz
ing. Then you must fix your thoughts
on forest or field. mountain or ocean,
when you would prefer to stay at
home and Snuggle up To tho fire. If
you don't act then. when the thermom-
eter stands at % degrees in the shade
you must stay at home and roast.
Molly loves the mountains, l the
ocean. The consequence was that this
year when we sat down together to
fix on summer resort we disagreed.
l am sorry to admit that we quarrclcd.
The end of il all was that Molly said
that since l was SO unreasonable l
could so where l liked; she was going
TO the mountains. And so she did.
l went to the seashorc.
l reached my place of rest when
cold northeastern was blowing. The
guests in the house where | stopped
We're hudd!ed together in the sitting
room, grumbling at the proprietor for
not giving them a fire. | strollcd
out on to the beach and stood looking
on the dreary waste of flying clouds
and rolling waters. The only happy
thing in sight was a sea gull sailing
between both. | went back to the
hotel, sat down in my ovcrcoat and
smokcd-Smoked all day, smoked till
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tumbling waters. That night | didn't
| sleep for two S-immodcratc
smoking and the cold. | slept under
a sheet and a light blanket | couldn't
| get any more. There was another
| reason for my insOmnia-I was lone
| some without Molly. but | would
| never have admitted it to her. Be
sides, | pinned for the dry mountain air.
The second day was like the first
at least till noon, when / boarded Il
train and started to join Molly in the
| mountains. | spent the afternoon try
| ing to think Of Il reason. not a truth
full one, to give her for doing so. !
| reached her habitation at 10 O'Clock
at night, alas, to learn that she had
l
You see" said the landlord. we've
been having beastly weather here. and
| your wife got to thinking of the bright
sun shining on the sands and thr
waves, and she said she couldn't stand
it here. She must 90 to YOU
Well, there was nothing to do but &c
to bed ana take the train back the mex
day. But in the morning the sun rose
bright and beautiful. gliding the peaks
and leaving the valleys in contrasting
shadows. The air was crisp and brac
ing. After all, Molly was right Ny
obstinacy was melted by the sunshine
l sent her the following telegram:
Am here. You We're right. Come back
About II o'clock I received one:
Am here. VIII wait for you to COM
back.
Il wonder" l remarked soto voce
'if that internal sun has taken it int,
his changeable hot head to come on
at the seashore as well as here"
What was to do? What would Mol
l. do? My experience with my dea
wife gave me to understand that he
reasoning would be something lik,
this: My husband Is man, and mel
are all obstinate. I'm not going to Civ
in to him. I'm here, and here I'll stay
If he had been sensible at the outset
this wouldn't have happened" TIL
reader may not understand this las
statement, but l do, because I'm uset
to woman's logic-that is, Molly's logic
Thus thinking, l took the next trail
for the seashore, first telegraphing, o
course, that l would do So struck
change in the weather during the aft