The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-12-28


sweet. with such an appealing voice
and manner. that we girls never for a
moment suspected that wolf had
come among us garbed In the fieecy
softness of baby lamb.
The very first morning after her
arrival she asked in a helpless sort OF
way how a telegram could be sent.
You can telephone 1t over to the
village | said
oh, shouldn't like to do that,
she replied. There's always danger
of getting a message confused over
the phone. | always like to give il
to the operator myself Is it too far
to walk to the village?'
No replied Tom. We walk over
nearly every day for ice cream. It's
only two miles
Two miles, I'm afraid l couldn't
quite accomplish two miles and back.
She looked down at her feet and
sighed as If reproaching them for be-
ing so ineffectively small. Her trim
high heeled patent leather pumps did
look absurdly little in contrast to the
loose tennis shoes the rest of us girls
were wearing.
II can row you across the lake.
said Tom, laying down his tennis
racket rather regretfully, | thought
for we were just starting for the ten.
mis- court. That will save about a
mile
How kind of you But hate to
take you from the tennis. Don't you
think could row myself? I never did
row. but I'm sure 1t can't be so very
hard
Tom laughed and said he thought
II would be rather too strenuous a
beginning to row across the lake at
her first attempt So We three girls
watched them set out together.
That, my dear Alice, was the be.
ginning of duet between Tom and
Luella. Her eyes were not very
strong, she said, and she had a novel
which she was simply perishing to
read. The first thing we knew Tom
was reading It to her in the most Sc
cluded hammock on the place. She
did not know how to swim and Tom
gave her lessons. Tennis was too vic
lent for her and she couldn't watch
the game on account OF the suns
glare on the court. SO Tom gave up
tennis and we three deserted damsels
gave up Tom. There was nothing else
TO do. Luella absorbed almost every
hour of his entire day.
This had been going on for five
days and we were making up our
minds that the affair must surely end
in an engagement when yesterday an
other girl arrived at Glen Echo. Luel.
la looked somewhat startled when the
newcomer alighted from the village
bus in front of the inn Just as We all
came out after dinner.
The girl didn't even watt to see
after her baggage before running up
on the porch and enthusiastically en-.
bracing Luella.
Aren't you surprised to see me?"
she asked exuberantly.
Yes murmured Luella in
strangely unenthusiastic tone. How
did you happen to come?'
Why, you see, she laughed.
brother Joe is so desolate because he
can't be up here with you that he
thought the next best thing was to
send me. The poor dear is counting
the hours until you get back. why,
Luella, where's your ring? You
haven't lost 1t, have your
I'm not wearing 1t just now an.
swered Luella, little coldly.
thought
And what do you think. Alice.
Tom strolled across the porch non.
chalantly and asked us three girls If
We didn't feel like set or two of ten.
mis- before swimming time So with
Just a suppressed giggle or two We
took him back into the fold"