Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-12
The Argus Daily Short Story
Honey Edith v. Ross.
Copyrighted. 1910. by Associated Literary Press

Ny love for Edward Lane began
when we We're both so young that mel
Their Of us could remember time
when it did not exist. His fathers
place was bat 4 short' distance from
ours. Indeed, the rear line marked the
limits Of both places. On one side Of
this line was the playground Of the
several children, boys and girls. in
Guiding Edward and myself. who lived
in the neighborhoOd l can remember
as far back as when l was seven years
old and Edward nine that in playing
keep house he and l always played the
part Of husband and wife. There was
swing on this playground, and Ed
wards father put up articles for n
boys gymnasium. \ little house four
or five feet high was built for us girls
and furnished with toy furniture. At
times we would leave our dolls there
all night. first putting them TO bed.
When l grew taller l could not I'M
derstand how l could have stood up
right in that little house. And what
seemed more remarkable to me was
that Edward could have done so. for
he was always a large child. And I
remember that when he had been
o,,.o,. =, eobonI r,r , Io,c- vbiIa and
coTe bacl ba v-,s taller Than tho
house
nv +his +ip,o We ,,.arn GROWING ont
Of childhood into thar intermediate
period when. though boys and girls
may feel love. they are not likely to
ovuress II II i q ua,-iod Of transition
from child love To real love The hoy
mind * taken m with athletic sDorrs.
while the -frl hides her secret almost
from herself Indeed so pebulous is
This ncriod that in NV own case it is
dfFcuIt for mo 10 recall nv exact feel
iuas. l remember them family and as
ovi.tiDcr NJ intervals They vynra rath-
or a small norton Of NV GIRLS ex-
fstanga than tho whole Of II
Whom WIS sivtcrn / WAS awakened
10 tbe trua condition bv the marked
,raferoucn disulg,.nf nv another rirr
For. my T-,l-,-.,,.,5 T,,.,,, tb,+ +irno my
Iova hacorno Tho ,,rf,,ciIaI instead of n
minor. nort f., my Iiro 7 fofIeJ tn CON
cool my ia,Ior,s,- from, him, and This
bro,Icbt crr hi. o,,-,, consciousness Of
v,.bo+ vz-oe ,a+v-oo,, Te There was no
ror,,,l doolar,+4,n no conventional
,-i,-irc, Of flo b,rd p,+ o,-o, tho Low
ors. Lies To ,,,o,.oI,- sold sometime.
,bou- rho o,I,o,. .,irI 7 I-no,,. NOT what
b,,+ = oee,,r..d ,,,., tbaro WIS M chance
:, ,5,, ro-i,io,, ei,.o rho dovs whom
We ,,1avod husband and wife at keen
ing- hcUsn-uo cb,poe in tho nosition.
bf4r o. grant cr,roa in tho condition
n had tbar bsa,, Iil,o = winter Ind
I,,t # v.a.. now sv.oIIar unfIar = snrinc
SIM ro.,dv tn nm, forth leaves
sometimes wished that 7 could
how, o,-,,a,foroo5 III, rrcDos,I that
otbnr Girls .co,,,o,1 =, ro.yord rho navt
most iDnort,-,t ,,oD,cnt in their Iives
70 their marrioge Edward and had
No occasion, for . ,,roncs,I Our love
was rather nc bavo said IN unfold
fDe, or q bud than tho birth Of = hutter-
fv The only oI,runt mart of if was
whom he nave mo the first kiss.
hava always treasured that i'm lien of
q proDosaI
when we yvere married great changes
had occurred. was left alone in the
world. So if was arranged that we
should occuny my house. Our living
rnom vvas on tho encond floor over