The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-11-01
SPRING
LOVE
Not In Heroics. but - ID
Really Occurred
BY F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

When the poet said that in the spring
q young mans fancy turns to love he
should have added that in the spring
girl becomes frivolous.
The Buddingtons on May ] moved
into one of a block of houses fronting
on a small park. Grace Buddington
watched from second story front
window the delicate spring leaves come
out on the trees under the warm sun
shine. Whether her heart budded at
the same time is not known. but an in
cident occurred that burst a blossom
of mischief into full blown flower.
Grace had caught glimpse of
young man who lived next door. He
was nineteen or twenty. while she was
seventeen and n half. being very par
ucular that the half should be put on
when her age was mentioned. The fact
Of this gentleman. who was very good
looking. who wore bun gaiters over bis
boots. whose clothes were cut by the
correctest pattern and whose white
cuffs always protruded exactly two
inches below his sleeves-I say. the
fact of his being n next door neighbor
excited profound interest In the
young lady's heart. They were to live.
no one knew how long. side by side
They might become bosom friends. pos
sfbly like brother and sister. possibly
lovers This may be" is decidedly
pieasanter to contemplate than might
have been The first Is the bud. the
last the decaying flower. oh. blessed
age when there are no sad memories!
Nevertheless youth is peculiar. One
would suppose that. harboring such
Fainbow fnncies. Miss Buddington
would act In n way calculated to bring
them about: that she would look for
ward to a conventional meeting with
her neighbor which would grow into
friendliness and from friendliness ex
pand in some one Of the channels that
had been dug for II by her Imagination
She did the very opposite
While she was watching the nurses
In the park hating their baby car
rtages for brief bit Of chat. the
fountain sparkle in the sun. while she
listened to the chirp OF birds and
distant confused noise Of many We
nltht1 w ~ Sttt't tue uOOt VI
the NEXT house opened. and the young
gentleman Of whom she was dream
ing came out on the stoop. His boots.
Q stickpin In his neckwear and his
si1k hat all giistencd In the sun He
stood swinging his cane In his hand.
looking ont on the pleasant scene be
fore him evidently very well satisfied
with himself Then. noticing that not
quite enough of his cuffs showed be
low his sleeves. he adjusted frst one
and then the other But in doing so
and. taking out n snowy cambria hand
kerchief. endeavored TO obliterate It.
During all this time Miss Budding
ton was watching him from the win
dow some dozen feet above him and
two or three feet TO one side. While
he was endenvoring TO remove the
spot from his cum she disappeared
for a few moments and when she re
turned held in her hand pitcher OF
water. Extending her arm. she held
the pitcher directly over the reflected
streak Of sunlight crossing the top Of
his silk hat
nut sne feIf11ne0. WuetDer tnls
was on account Of pangs of conscience
or q desire TO enjoy the situation by
prolonging the climax or from q dread
of making an enemy instead Of u
friend Of her immaculate neigbbor
there is no record The sensation was
certainly delicious But the most del
fcately favored wine must be swal-
lowed at last. and presently. tipping
the pitcher. she poured a stream down
on her unsuspecting neighbor.
When Mr. Tippler-that was the
young mans name. II. Pemberton Tip
pler-felt the water rcsounding as on
a drumhead upon the top OF his hat
and splattering fountain-like all over
him his first impulse was to stand
from under, the second 10 look up TO
see whence II came. He was too iafe
to see more than the pitcher and
uhapely wrist disappearing within the
window. But he had before seen the
young lady who had recently come
to live next door and was especially
got up with view to disporting him
self that she might see and admire
him. Love scorned turns to hate
Mr. Tippler having come out to be
admired and having been treated. as
he considered 1t. contemporary. he
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