Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-25
A OsOenfY-foltr
Hot.r Romance.

thaf Miss Sdia an DAh5AAh was lulEty-
sp years old and unmarried and
=, she had romance In her soul, but
I rould be ungaIlant to add that she
in the matrimonial market and
"a beeu ever since she arrived at the
Of twenty. She had simply wait.
She could afford to wait and per
.,.ted in giving her age as twenty-five
Am along and making herself be-
AVE that time was standing still on
her account.
Miss Sarah was feeling in this Sc
me and optimistic mood when she
~os invited by friends to be their
-rost at a summer hotel on the banks
~ lake. They didn't consult her ro-
m.nce as much as their own interest
Tbpv had two children and a dog, and
thpy figured on making the old maid
cork for her board and lodgings. She
Oh into the trap, but not to her detri-
mpnt. one Of the male guests of the
hotel who might not have noticed her
n any other walk, saw her as nurse
md dog guardian and made advances
This guest was darkly supposed to be
N aetor-an actor who played great
parts and made a great success of his
in but who was there incog. aud
xIshed to remain SO. The other guests
we're respecting this wish, but follow.
Ing him about with bated breath.
Actors sometimes get queer notions
into their heads, and Mr.. Melnotte got
one into his 1t was that Miss Sarah
would make the greatest Juliet he
ever saw on the stage. She had the
form. the voice, the eyes, the nose.
the chin and the toes. All that was
lacking were cash and a manager and
the removal Of just one tiny doubt-a
doubt no larger than the head Of a
brass pin. Did she have the neces-
Sry romance? If she did. then all
vas well; If she didn't. then alas! 1t
has been stated that Miss Sarah did
have romance and dotted on 1t, but the
next thing was to prove it to the actor.
She took two days to cogitate and then
vent ahead. The hotel was surround
Cd by woods on three sides. One
morning Miss Sarah left the whimper-
Ing dog and the bowling children be-
hind and started for the green wood
and was soon lost to sight. She
would be missed, searched for, found
and be talked of as romantic.
Miss Sarah was missed. The idea
vas that she had been drowned. More
than half the guests turned out to drag
The bottom Of the lake. The actor was
not one of them. Coincident with the
darn he had been told by a fat won
a. that Miss Sarah hadn't dollar tc
her name
One woman asserted her belief that
The missing female had eioped with Q
tip peddler that had been seen driving
past the hotel at an early morning
hour, and in her excitement another
woman said that any young lady that
would leave a dog and two children to
weep and wall by themselves should be
severely dealt with on her return, dead
@allye. These opinions were express
g to the actor for the purpose Of
dfawing him out, but he refused to be
drawn. He had just sat down to a
mint julep with two straws in 1t, and
yhy worry?
Mss Sarah had entered the wood
Win her heart aflame with romance,
she hustled her way along for half q
nile and then halted for the actor to
arrive at the head of rescuing party
he didn't arrive. She waited for an
nour and then started to walk back
her feelings were hurt. and she lost
lne points of the compass and became
lost for good. When she discovered
Als Iact she called and screamed, but
Oaly the chipmunks and the woodpeck
eS answered. She ran this way and
stumbled over roots. She ran that way
and went splashing into a creek.
iuefe was romance in the greenwood,
Oat 1t was farther on. All that long.
oAg day Miss Sarah was lost in the
depths
twas almost shutdown when her good
seains finally guided her to clear
" with log, cabin in the midst Of 1t.
'eated at the door of the cabin was
middle aged man In hOmespun. He
U% up and addressed her as ''marm"
~ wanted TO know all about it. When
uau been told he declared that 1t
= the romanticist thing he had ever
u'aru OF. In her wanderings she had
AAed seven miles, She had escaped
eAts and 'lnjuns" and wildcats, and If
~ WASH what they called a heroine
su ne didn't know a turnip from q
later bug"
ass Sarah was tired, and she rested.
was hungry, and he fed her on
llaing and milk. She wanted TO get
90 10 the hotel and enjoy her tri-
Jpn and he yoked up his oxen to
lumber wagon and drove her there
.Ough The moonlight. The guests
her coming and got ready to re-
her There was ley frigidity.
.lefe was general attitude of doubt
u suspicion. There were sneers at
.aiiee When the Inundated and
,-oarrassed maiden looked at the
~. NJ IN an appealing way he turned
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