The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1907-10-25
The S1AY-AT-HOME
GIRL

graceful hand TO the last of her nve
men callers and Sank back into ner
chair with the air of one who knows
her own powers.
"Yes, It really does pay to spend the
summer in the city," she observed
seemingly apropos of nothing at all.
With adroit questioning her reasons
began to be apparent. There ere
great many men in this city whom
you never have an opportunity to tax
to or even see during the winter, she
said languidly, simply because they
are attached. One is appropriated Dy
your best friend and another ny your
best enemy and SO on down the list.
"Well?"
Well, in Summertime they become
detached, and then
Then you attach them?"
"Only for the summer" answered
the stay-at-home girl with touch oi
hauteur 1T isn't my meter to under
cut the attractions of my friends. You
know how it is in this little old town.
she added frankly. If a man Is in
love with a girl. or even supposed to
be in love with her, he's got to be
absolutely constant to that girl. He
is as much her property as II she
had bought him and paid for him and
tagged him Hands or It's rather
hard on him. poor soul. She may have
as many adorers as she likes. but he
is looked upon by every one as her
especial property. and he had just as
well be married man for all the no
| tice he gets from the other girls.
Sometimes be would dearly love to
see something of some one else be-
sides the girl who has attached him.
but 1t would simply be accounted
treason unless his visits were paid to
his owners best friend. and made with
the avowed intention of confidins In
her his devotion to his owner"
The stay-at.home girl lapsed into in
trospection for a moment She was
probably reviewing the possibilities OF
the five who had just left.
And them" gently urged her inter-
locutor.
"Oh," She reused herself Il was
about to say that in summer the code
changes. Every mans best girl goes
out of town. and he becomes unat-
tached whether he wishes 1t or not.
BY the time he has formed the habit
OF being all things 10 one girl. so with
the JOY of a grass widower he turns
| his attention to the nearest at hand.
who. in this case. happens to be
you
THE nearest at hand" went on the
stay-at home girl. without needing the
| interruption. and reaps the benefits
| OF his winters instructions. For in
stance"
Yes. for instance. Let us par.
ticularize. commented her companion.
Il was going to say that of the FIVE
men who called this evening only one
is a regular standby of my own. The
others are all detached for the sum
mer months. There are half dozen
others. too. who come at irregular in
| tervals-you see | happen to be the
only one of my particular set in town
| this summer-and I'm a regular queen
bee among them. They can't do too
much for me. have more engage
ments than | can possibly keep~for the
afternoons and evenings. There is
even sort of rivalry among them As
to which one will give me the best
time this summer. Its awfully jolly
1T must be. but what about the heat
and noise and lack of vacation tan
tha, most girls long to accumulate in
summer"
"A very small matter compared with
| the compensa,ioIs." said the stay.at
| home girl wisely. Il can get through
| the days very comfortably when there
| is always something pleasant to look
| forward to in the evenings. and with
| ten or eleven men struggling to pro
vide you with entertainment there is
always something doing you know.
! Besides"
"Wen?"
Its rather interesting to have your
own little winterlong tete-a+tetes
broken in some such fashion. The
man who is-er-especially nice to
you all winter thinks you just twice
as charming when the summer fur
nishes him with dozen rivals to cope
with. It's a poor rule that doesn't
work both ways
But there seem to be other ways
for that rule to work also" remarked
her companion dryly. What happens
when the actual owners of the de
tached dozen come home again? Do
they accept the leading strings willing
ly or"
The stay-at.home girl unclasped her
bracelet and clasped II on again with
snap. "Oh, yes" she observed care.
lessly.
Il don't believe It," answered her
intcr'ocutor calmly. Il remember to
have heard last autumn that you
I'VE won't go into that. If you
please" murmurtd the stay-at-home
girl. rising from her chair. Il hate
inventories and post.mortems. Just
be content to take my word for 1t that
autumn Is the actual vacation time