Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-07-07
V;olets on the
Left Shoulder
Bv F. A. Mitchell
-.,yrtsht by American Press Asso-
N'P' citation. 1911.

tutiop when ne IA" "'"'h Si"t aooVs
Wv. w. ue watched it sink gradually til
'.,,earpd as a paper balloon rocking
!. the air and fell not hundred yards
4..n, him Going to where 1t lay. ne
..,l !, No and noticed that to the cross
liens holding a sponge that had been
.,ur,tpd with alcohol hung n piece
If dashboard on which was written in
feminine hand;
, contain secret.
ayes" said Langdon to himself. land
,rdring by your handwriting the se.
,rp, is not to be kept. Some under
,,,aua,e of the wompn's college has
s.nt ro,, of for the purpose of telling
BIER secret
Ths student carefully examined the
n,,loop in every part. hut the secret
r,s not found. Thinking 1t might lie
,apr the pasted seams. he took 1t to
Me room and moistened and opened
,bpm He was not rewarded for his
pains.
81 have it." he exclaimed sudden
,r "Some girl has written the secret
with fluid that requires chemical
.r4nt to bring 1t out. I'll take il TO
he laboratory and apply tests" He did
so and succeeded. by soaking the pa
nor successively in several different
ards he Mt last found one that brought
ont letters containing message.
You are warm. but you haven't got me
w, II you do kiss
The writing stopped abruptly
Ubo" said LangdOn ipwardiy $50
I'M warm, am L! That means that
I'm Cd the right track. And u kiss is
TO be my reward II get your secret
Only you didn't like to raii kissing
YOU q reward Any man who wouldn't
undpt such circumstances. exercise all
Bis wits 10. reach the goal Is no man
at slL"
Md Langdon tried ait the r. chemical
agents he could think OF to bring out
another message. tut they failed He
puzzled over the matter for a week.
thin temporarily gave II up--that Is.
TO investigation. He continued to
think about It pretty much all the
tMe
Tine evening he was holding the bal
bOD close ~ u gas jet examining the
paper with magnifying glass, turn
Ing sInrpsSively different parts TO the
N. when On the paper. very near the
tane, out came brown letters They
were too FAINT to be read. hut l-angdOn
knew he had got the secret-that IN.
II there was no more or the problem
10 be solved Heat WAS the element
required To bring out the writing
Holding the paper very cIOse TO the
burning gas, message In deep brown
letters appeared:
Junior prom. Vioiets on left shoulder.
Well upon my word" exclaimed
Md That's round about way OF
making the acquaintance Of n stranger
AND to think that didn't get OH to
zoe heat explanation. That message
was probably written In common LEM
vi juice. hut the ''juniOr prom
"ups on next week. Ia four days
more would have i#s.n tOU hate"
,'hat ended LangdUn's studies till the
Junior prom" had takes, place He
uau 10 Thought but for th. girl who
u'u sent the paper tMii,H,n. SO she
NOu'd De known AT the function by
''oels on her left shoulder!
anu what must have t..en the feel.
~SS OF tmt glrl M the evening IN
QUESTION approached: There were few
OF the balloon failing INTO the
u"uuS OF one she would care to meet.
anu II 1t did, would h- have the IN
''uuh! 10 extract the secret?
4. Il pother that girl" unused Lang
Avu' ny pretending not ~ ret.ognlze
he token"
Nc entered the haii late purp4,stly
~. ''ood III the background iii ~
-" d s1rl pass with n bunch OF v,o-
s ! W Der shoulder. She was as pref
Us peach. He WAN rnrapaurrd.
~ nsuob showed hinlseif In The com
a V VI Different girls for haif an
~ 'hen secured an intr,,t mtion 10
\ sn' Ut the sa'ret. pretending not
=, 'O'Ne ner violets. lie made him
" agreeable, however Indeed. paid
on, warked attention. After having
,,u WIN b"r ton s"lnp TINE. liz gui-
.s,s aSheG for n souvenir. hnking
"iuiiy AT The v,o,.,s rh.. y,r, din
NJ NJ, "Se the hlni.
There was gallery -, am. .,a ~,
y ~ uSto during religious services
,, :, eho'r l.angd"u invited the
O,as ~ up there with h,m. Sne ac-
mia 'nd they KAT iark where they
a, uot ~ seen. isent,ath them was
n .a. neilng Of v"ices common nj so.
vs, .uerihgs resembling the running
NM en's every voice stopped at the
so, mnttied shrek. Fortunate
g.. has no direction FOR the ear.
,,taa XIII has been kiss.-d." re-
10 n,ox numerous undergraduates
rhs u'FSSors looked sh,x.ked.
" ,. o ana heroine Of this story
"a WI. ns heen married. and their
NJ" u daughters are now fitting
NJ ,s'eee. The mother breads 10
er,o.,. daughters where she cannot
n NO.. mem. When she talks this
wm MT husband replies:
a, you kindly teii me. my dear.
,ha, " IN {" watch a girl? They
~" iove laughs at loeksmifbs,