Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-12-29
An
Episode
Of
Sum 8 q J mer'
By Evelyn Jewell

Beach, Aug Is.
DeaJ Club: Listen to my tale of
woe, and comfort me little. il you
can. sister mine.
Such perfectly dreadful thing hap
pened yesterday to Lou and me, that
we're going to leave this place tomor-
row by the very earliest train. Now
don't play the good married sister act
iahd ter mother. for I'm going to write
iher myself and say that the place
didn't agree with me; that / am full
tof malaria. and we are being devoured
Thy mosquitoes. Then she won't say a
word against my leaving, but will
write me instead, like the sweet thing
she H., to come to the Springs and
spend tho rest OF the month with you
and her.
You know how hate the Springs,
and hpW | begged mother to let me
come here with Loa and Mrs. Berry,
but } would he willing to spend the
rest Of the summer in the. Fejee is
lands rather than stay here after yes
terday's experience
To begin at the beginning. you see
Ne haa already been here two weeks,
and hadn't met a. new fellow (excuse
The lapsus) In all that time Bathing
1s the order of the day, and there are
Q lot Of US who always battle together.
mostly old friends and few young
men We met last summer very good
to fetch and carry, and that sort of
ching, but awfully tiresome you know,
for we had heard all their stock stories
and jokes over and over again. Be-
sides they were wretched swimmers,
IN fact, there was not q really good
swimmer on the beach, and altogether
u was very slow, and we were dying
10 meet some new people.
Imagine our delight then when,
week ago, two perfect Apollos appear
ID upon the beach; and we at once
unarkea them for our prey. for they
swam like champions and to see any
body who could swim better than our
SELVES was a novelty indeed. But to
get acquainted with them-ah!
For days we left no stone unturned
% AnA out who they were, and to
me9st them. Il nossihle: all Of course,
81 ! perfectly proper and lady-li
way. bat there seemed not ghost of
q chance.
9ebEeen ourselves we always spoke
u thefn as Damon and Pythias, for if
vaN want to talk about people whose
1nsmes you don't know. you have to
chr1n&eaf chem somehow, and it's lots
n ~. One fierce looking individual,
With . Van Dyke beard, we call Me-
and a tender-eyed youth,
With yellow curly hair. we have dubbed
0Olale Locks.
Well. the other day was sitting on
the saad, in my bathing suit. waiting
for Lev, and, in the interim, watching
Tor Damon and Pythias to appear. I
apSea them presently, lying ON the
saAA nt no great distance. and heard
eAeiY voices
"ahe's 4 hne swimmer, Max said
yt1las, who 10 dark, with eyes full Of
Inn a1a q NapoIe nose.
"a vhlcIt the little one?' asked
DanA who Il big. blonde and ele-
8 &. =
H1aE H, ;sssS nth the curly han.
viii I could meet her, but ~
A ~ Of wind carried away the rest
= ~ sentence. and ] heard no more. !
y 81 item. Damon's name was Max.
~ cIEtcsity was whetted to sharp
edGA wished Lou would come, for
we n,,st know the name Of the other.
WAG 80 the girl with tho curly harr
EVhen they wished to meet? But at
49, nomcnt our crowd came up with
Len n the midst, and there was no
kine IT. further speculation. However
aaanaged to tell Lou what I had
49, while We were bathing and we
AGzsd that1ssomsthing must be done
ssancs to,nakss their acquaintance. !. d
A; hour later. after We had washed
~ kakr undsg the shower. and were
s4Aa1lAg "A the enn. with It streaming
ever oar fhces, We heard voice say:
yes they do say that she's great on
: sSa tAat one day she saw q mer-
|n,aaa cut III Sea ana swan out to
stseke itss hair. Z They were quite near
to - and we were giggfing at the
meInad story. but our hair yelled our
kacSa ard We fslt quite safe.
u q ut did you say the iight-haired
||one'a name Is e. whispered Lou to-
me.
Ess MAX . whispered In reply.
Aisl9 PANE iss Paul, ''s5 said
Pythi1s boxing straight at Max. with
(snbl hinG efKrpntery, as he Vigorous
81 tnHeled hfs vet locks. We were
|: 81, =;
In tilstdl hat should We do!
gss ia do. and seolld not help
NJ - sf0 lSiix Il Then3 - n ado