Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-04-09
The SUNFLOWER
GIRL

you say. Madgo pIaintiyely admitted
hut, oh, Laurence. you say sue
pretty things about such lots OF othe
girlsl"
Naturally" replied her lover bland
", y am poet lie had once. at hi
own expense. Published slender vol
ume Of verse. entitled. Petal Dust am
Panaes, bound In white velnm, tie'
40 with green ribbon, and dedicated
10 the Ideal Girl"
IL should have thought sh'
falsercd, that your ideal girl was th'
one you'd ask to marry you
You take me SO literally" he com
plained, with twinkle which she dis
not zee. "Yon confuse the ideal with
the real i}esidcs. was talking o.
poems and pictures; and talking o.
pictures let's 80 out and see Aims
worth'g picture at the academy before
tea Run and put Your hat on child
Now this picture by Ainsworlh was
the confer Of attraction. 1t represent
ed a beautiful eifl in yellow gown
leaning over q golden balcony Her
yellow rnglets blew across bcg checks
70 minsie with lie bunch Of suudow-
ers thai nodded beside hor golden
head and over everything seemed 70
Simmer ire yellowish haze OF a warm
sprlns afternoon
Exquisite exclsilnod Laurence
DO you admire herr asked Madge
80 much that I shah buy the pic
tare' said laurence.
you cannot. for it IS already
marked sold said Madgc. oAnd, as
for being exquisite look al her hair all
across her face You cant even tell
whether she IS pretty or rot"
That's the charm Of IT, said Ian
renee She sgrlh9lzes the ideal
Come along 70 lunch. You don't need
to admire yourseifin the glass. Madge
Your hair Is as smooth as satin"
His remark was the last drop in
Madses cup Of evaporation. Her
brown tresses were long. thick and
glossy. but they had not tile slightest
wave or kink' in them And the girl
would have given hcr pretty oars for
hair that cuFied but once. when she
had cfimped" her own with tongs,
Laurence had forbidden her ever
again to use such artificial abomina
lions
The quarrel grew as luncheon
mtfl finally Madge pulled
m her engagement ring and dropped
I into Laurences coffee.
You needn't see me home" she /
said TN take a carriage You can
20 to your friend Ainsworth and get
lin to take you 70 The fair unknown"
Hair annoyed. half bewldered, Lau-
'ence was left to fish the ring out OF
he cellar.
She'll expect me TO go round this
vening. as | did when she broke off
mr. enlightenment because of Stella"
bought he She deserves a lesson. |
hant go. What a storm in teacup."
That evening Madge awaited him.
IRE he would come and bring back
he ring, But he didn't come After a
leepless night Madge sent a note to
home. 1t said;
Unless YOU come to meet ire at
iur o'clock. ! shall know you do not
'ish TO come again. NJ"
Until tonr O'Clock she spent the time
J waiting for Laurence's ring at the
ELL II did not come,
From four o'clock TO six she spent
wishing that she bad never been
arm.
erred to go round to Laurence
But he wasn't at home the brother
i'd on his return. Ills man said
al he'd gone down 20 see Mr.. Aims
orth. and that he didn't know when
expect him home
After dinner she ran up stairs to
n Own sitting room. flung herself
'wu on the sofa, buried her brown
ad In It's yellow cushions. and--oh.
ny do servants insist upon bringing
coffee TO people with broken hearts?
Bu, Il was not the coffee.
II was Laurence, Dusty. disheyeled.
irving a parcel
- little peace Offering. said he, "a
ldy by Ainsworth OF the sunflowers
his place. Dyou like g.? ! meant
bring II around al four this after
on. You asked me TO call then.
4its half past eight now. said
adge Jelly
y know II. dear Rut when | got
wn to Ainsworth's found he'd just
Zen down Che studio steps and
oxen his leg 10 one 10 look after
"a but his Iandladys daughter-the
girl
She had req arms Ianrence re. Il