The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-21
TRAGEDY OF A WIND
Sy GEORGE |. PALMER.

iitine room. Look at that nah
tire On" just getting into the elevator!
tt5 too late. Hes gone"
She sank back into her seat. "1f
h hadn't got away so quickly should
/ have rushed up to him and asked him
c please pull my hair" she remarked
/ pensiveiy.
/ Her COMPANION looked exasperated
I ftelon. You do say the most ridlcu-
I ious things. VIII YOU kindly tell me
/ why you should want to rush up to
any man and ask him to pull your
/ hair
The girl in the toQue giggled.
"N ny. yes. | was just going to tell
you" she replied
You know two years ago last sum
mer, after | had typhoid and had to
have my hair cut off. l went up 10
farm in Wisconsin to stay month"
Il know you stayed only week"
That's part Of my story. One day
when ! had been up there nearly
week started out for a long walk in
| the woods, in the course OF my wan
behring's l came to lovely little lake
i with the most beautiful pond lilies
| hoating on it. There was canoe
drawn up on the beach at one end
and a little boat house among the
! trees"
when does the man come in?"
All in good time. my dear. I'm
! leading up to him. | looked all
around for somebody the canoe might
| belong to, and then | decided to Dor
row it for q few minutes and paddle
over and get some lilies, trusting to
| luck that the owner would be kind
enough to stay away until got back.
Mice, high principled thing te do.
II padded over to the lilies and
was having a beautiful time gathering
great bunch OF them, when | diseov-
cred that the paddle was floating
| around in the water just out of reach.
l leaned over as far as dared, and
was clawing for II, when | heard a
shout from the shore. A man vas
gesticulating and gyrating on the
beach Hey. look out!' he yelled
Wait till | row out and get it!
HE dashed into the boat house and
brought out a rowboat. He roWed
over and pushed the paddle within
my reach, and | padded back with
him in my wake, feeling the way /
used to when | tried to play hooky
aid got caught"
and what has all this got TO do
with hair pulling" asked the other
young woman restlesslN.
"Oh, I'm coming to that. After he
had helped me out Of his canoe and
dragged the lilies out, we looked al
each other and laughed He had the
most delightful laugh and dark blue
eyes and broad shoulders. And then
he wanted TO know if he couldn't
carry the lilies home for me, and the
first thing knew we We're wandering
along through the woods and having
beautiful time"
You didn't think OF asking his
name or where he came from before
you went strolling through the coun,
try with him. | suppose% suggested
the girl who was doing the listening
t We'll, everything went along de.
lightfully," proceeded the girl with
the loque, until just as we reached
the farm house where | was staying
Then a nasty little gust of wind came
up--there hadn't been a breath OF
air stirring all day-~and blew my hat
off And, my dear, 1t took my wig
! with it, You know had to wear one
because ! didn't nave any hair, ans
there | stood looking like aheared
sheep"
HE certainly must have known
how it vas
81 don't know what he knew OF
what he thought. for the minute he
brought my hat back | few into the
house and the next day | skipped the
country and came back home. was
afraid | would see him again Now
you know why | want to have him
pull my hair
"Oh, Margaret, here he comes back
again, right toward-look. the tall one
with the gray overcoat!"
"That man! Why, that's Sidney
Hollister I've known him for ages
Before the girl in the toque could
| stop her the other young woman hat
intercepted the young man and be
was standing smiling down at him.
/ Sidney, this Is Helen Benedict. ant
she wants you to pull her hair
| please" gurgled Margaret
H Pull her hair" the youth begar
amazedly. then light dawned In hit
eyes as he held out his hand eagerly
/ rs it really you? Well, think yot
! ought to have your hair pulled TO
the way you treated me that day. ant
| then skipped the country afterwart
/ without leaving a trace. l tried I'll
bride the people at the farm house
| He broke off and then began again
~ won't pull It here In public. but
you'll let Margaret bring me up ri
see you some day III be glad to giv
it little tweak and call 1t square"