The Prescott daily news., 1912-01-23
Wishing
 Katherine

Whats the matter, George?" asked Blocker when he and Wadley met at | the same cafe table last Tuesday noon. You look like the last run of shad. Have you been sick?"
 ''No, I've been up in the country, 5 said Wadley. "You know Katherine Moggan's reople have a cottage at Sunset lake. Well, Katherine invited ne to pass the weekend there. She said it was a quiet, restful place, so l decided to break away from the busi- ness grind for two or three days, if 1 lest my job for it."
 You did right" declared Blocker. ''Everybody needs a change once in a while"
 Well, I had change, all right" said Wadley, dismally.
 Didn't it agree with you? Was it dull?"
 Dull! I'll just tell you what Kath- erine, the adorable the untiring. ab- solutely indestructible Katherine, ar ranged for my pleasure.
 "It was s:30 Friday evening when my train arrived. Katherine was at the station with carryall full of young people, who welcomed me most warmly. We drove to the cottage, where supper was awaiting me. After I dispatched that and was looking longingly at one of the porch ham, mocks Katherine announced that we were all to go down the shore half mile to a marshmallow roast ''If there's anything sticky sweet in the name of food that I particularly detest it's marshmallows, but, of course, I expressed my delight at the roast and away we went After about ten pounds of marshmallows had been consumed and the beach fire was get ting low Katherine suggested that We have few lively games to warm our selves Although I was really too tired to move, joined in the romp- ings and tore back and forth across the beach like a schoolboy for half hour or so.
 "At 6:30 the next morning a rap at my door woke me from a sound sleep. "'Aren't you going for dip?' called Katherine, gayly. "I take a swim ev- cry morning before breakfast ''In about five minutes I joined Katherine on the pier She dived into the water and I followed, my tee th | chattering. She struck out across the bay. It was only by superhuman ef- | forts that I managed to keep up with | her. I had not been in swimming | before this year, and I never was a | strong swimmer I proposed that we run home on the beach and Katherine bet me box of candy that she could beat ne. She won.
 After breakfast she challenged me | n tennis. We played six sets before | lunch. I was too tired to eat and l lCCged to stretch myself in a ham 1 mock, but Katherine said she was as | hungry as a hired man, and she knew I must be starving, so sat down al the table and was making a fairly
 good meal when Katherine told me tC
 hurry, for she had arranged a four
 some at golf with two friends of hers
 'Tt was o'clock when we finished
 rlaying golf and Katherine said we
 should have time for swim
 before dinner, When I was dressins
 after the swim Katherine knocked a
 rv door and told me to put on my
 dancing pumps, as we were going tC
 a hop in the evening.
 We went to the hop. Katherin,
 vas as blooming as a rose She ia troduced me to every girl there and
 danced every dance on the program
 and six extras. I don't know how } managed to walk the mile back to th'
 cottage without falling by the side 0
 Katherine, who appeared to be doin,
 a Marathon, so brskly did she walk. T hope you got rest Sunday, ] said Blocker, sympathetically. "A rest! Katherine had planned { walk around the lake. It was jus
 seven miles, and we got home in tim, for i o'clock dinner. was deter
 mined that I should sleep all the aft
 ernoon in a hammock. But it wa not to be. Katherine asked me to rov
 her to the far end of the lake to picl water lilies. We got into weed
 where I could hardly move the boa an inch without breaking my back.
 'In the evening Katherine had crowd in for Welsh rarebit and was allowed to cut up four pounds c
 cheese. It was hard work. One c the girls came unescorted and Kath erine and I rowed her home aeros
 the lake at midnight and walked |, half-mile to her house and back.