Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-06
Adventures Of a
Summer Girl ]

| Of course there were others con-
| cerned in the affair, but, nevertheless, |
| shall always remain firmly convinced
| that TriNic was the originator of the
| idea, as well as the prime mover. No
body else would have shown such a
| diabolical spirit of revenge.
l haven't word to say against TriX-
| lie. l suppose some people like her.
| Still, If | had the things on my con-
science that she must have l couldn't
| sleep nights. Whatever else | may be,
never lay things up against people.
Trixie has been trying to get even
with me ever since the time at the
Country club when l. caught the
| point of my parasol in her clabo-
rate hair puffs and they all carlc off,
| leaving her before the crowd With lust
a tiny little knob Of hair twisted tight
~ on the most unbecominS angle of
her head. / am sure l couldn't help it,
even if it made her look like Il carica-
ture of a washerwoman, but she ap-
peared to think | did il on purpose he
cause She had Kept George Harris away
! from me all morning.
|
with my parasol outspread ana might
| have got out of the way. There Were
plenty of other spots where She might
have stood and her humiliation was
| entirely her own fault.
| TriXie and half dozen others had
gone in swimming, but L refused to
accompany them. a bathing cap is the
most unEecomng thing in the world
| and ] sec no reason for making ones
self ridiculous. Besides, l can't SWIM
| for one gets so draggled and wrctched-
| looking trying to learn.
| / never saw anything quite 50 dread
full as the faces most girls make when
they are struggling in the water, and
if you can't learn wisdom fronl your
friends mistakes, what on earth is the
use Of having friends?
| SO | told Mr.. Davenport that | would
go rowing with him. Mr.. Davenport
arrived at the lake only the other day
and the way all the girls made dead
set at him was simply disgusting. He
| is very charming man. He has Il
yacht and an automobile and lots of
| money, though, of course, it is his
| character that appeals to me. am
| nave u fine character.
| believe he had just said that he was
going swimming when | mentioned
rowing, but he said he would be de-
lighted. | think a man always likes
you better if he has to put himself out
for you. | had On a fresh linen skirt
and my p1ettiest lingerie waist and I
had employed the hardrcsscr at the
hotel.
In a boat of all places man has
time TO take in the details Of ones
toilet, and l had heard Mr. Davenport
say he preferred welt-groomcd wo-
man to merely pretty one | thought
| would give him q treat by letting him
face combination of both qualities,
because | believe i'm cheering no a man
when he is toilng for you, and rowing
boat is hard work.
| think it was / who suggested row
ing over to the bathing beach after q
half hour. l don't believe in keeping
man away from the other girls, and
wasn't going to have Trixie say that
was trying to cut her out with Mr.
Davenport 1t wasn't my fault that !
was looking particularly charming
while she and the rest would resemble
wilted rags By this time. If Mr. Dav-
export choose to notice the contrast it
was nothing that could prevent
All the way over | told him what a
lovely girl Trixie was and how good she
was to her grandmother and that she
did SO much in settlement work be |
cause Sho was not very popular in So
Getty and had lots of spare time.
She looked even worse than I had
hoped mean cxpectcd-whcn we got |
among them. They were shricking and |
laughing in the most hystericai way, |
like a lot Of children. and playing water
tag. I smiled gently at them and then
they descended on the rowboat In The |
hubbub ] cannot tell who suggested It, |
but | am positive it was Trixic.
They took of my new pumps and
then deliberately picked me up and |
above my waist. Then, still shrieking,
they made for Mr.. Davenport, who, 7 |
know must have appalled, at such fire.
DOM He obligingly threw down the
oars and stepped overheard Then
everybody splashed everybody else,
though ] cntrcated them to stop, and
l was as soaked as if I had been under
water an hour The noise was afro
cious and made my head ache and,
anyhow, when I got to my room at
last and took one look at myself /
vowed I'd never forgive Trixie as long
as I lived-never.
Mr.. Davenport laughed all through
the wretched affair. and I heard him
tell TriXie that he hadn't had 50 muahl