Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-18
MR.. WYSP AND HIS WIFE
~ HELEN SMITH DAYTON.
HENRY IS REMINDED OF A STORY.
~ HELEN SMITH Q

We got together in the Office this
afternoon n fixed up the vacation
schedule" informed Henry Wysp one
evening.
DO you get a month";" demanded
isabel b~reathlessly, London, Paris,
Munich. Vienna, Rome. Florence, Ven
Ice (as she imagined them) flickered
lures.
Not this year" replied Henry. I'm
mighty lucky to get W. weeks. the
way things look around our place.
After Isabel had rallied from this
crushing disappointment she said: II
that again. oh. DEAR"
g through all what again?" de-
manded Henry. I'm sorry my vaca-
ton bores you-but 1 guess I'll need
the rest
II mean planning how to spend it,"
interrupted Isabel. There are SO few
things worth while that one can do in
two weeks. We always have such a
time making up our minds and at the
last homer just rush off and spend 1t
IN some stupid place and wish that
we'd gone somewhere else!"
We'll make our plans carefully this
year" said Henry. That's why I'm
glad l know so far ahead. BY the way,
It's the first two weeks in August"
II can see just what We'll be doing
SAC AAsSS SWO WCGhS Ill AURuSt SnlIoO
Isabel. II will be sitting on the piazza
of the Hotel Laurel mong-the-Jimp
son-Weeds talking to women who are
maxim a new kind of fancy work for
Christmas presents-one woman will
be knitting q pink and white shawl
n you'll be playing With a dog down
on the edge of the lawn"
Not this year," declared Henry.
Guess again."
Now Henry. you know I think the
world OF your mother and, of course,
It's a lovely old town and you have got
a lot of sentiment for it, but, really,
for a vacation I do think we might
do something interesting"
Henry laughed. II agree with you.
Now. how would you like to rent a
cottage at the shore? That is
thing we have never done. L am glad
you frosted on the summer hotel
stunt.
Isabel's face frightened. GIVE seen
some very attractive bungalows adver-
tised. Yes, that might be q nice idea
9ou nave to engage them early"
said Henry. Every year people seem
to make their summer arrangements
earlier and good cottages get snapped
up. Shall we consider the matter set
tled?"
oh, ] suppose that will do as we'll
as anything" agreed Isabel. A sea
side cottage holds little allure for a
person who has been dreaming all win
ter OF London. Paris, Munich, etc.
:! think went on Henry, that we
could have a lot of fur. OF course. I
realize that Il good time in a place
like that depends upon a congenial lit
tie crowd. We could invite two or three
people to come for a week. We could
even have a different bunch each week.
1 might be able to squeeze out another
wee. didn't want to get your hopes
up and then dash them-but yes. 1 a
almost say positively that l can get
away for three weeks
Isabel's back stiffened. Why, on a
fast boat they could go to Europe and
have quite a little lark over there in
Paris, Lon
You may as we'll put out of your
mind any notion you may have Of go
ing to Europe this year, announced
Henry.
Isabel jumped. "If you can get three
weeks 1 don't see why you can't get
just one more tiny, little, stinEy week.
h complained.
IF you don't like the idea Of the cot
tage." a Henry, 1--WE will do as you
suggest a few moments ago-spend a
week at my mothers and a week at
yours. and IL l should get a third week.
there's lots of nice little one-day trips
right around home here"
w want to be sure and get a place
facing the water" h sale hastily.
With q jolly crowd we could nave a
SpASlAOtu tiAAnG. i COulO get S6ran'S I'M
married sister to come with Sarah to
help do the work."
Fine" agreed Henry. "You can tuck
n number of people away in a sum
mer cottage. They are glad of a bunk
to sleep on, just to be there"
When Henry came home with a pho
tograph of just the right place even
Isabel became interested. But where,''
she asked lis C~anteloupe beach?"
Henry described it's geographical To-
cation and dwelt with pride upon It's
accessibility. One would imagine that
he owned h beach. the cottage, the
quaint little village, and the superior
section of ocean that played right on
tint Canteloupe shore.
"Hav you taken II? asked Isabel.
THE man to whom I am to make the
deposit is out Of town. but 1 am to fx
it up Monday morning. It's ours all
right
W. must be careful to invite just
Thu right people," unused Isabel. "If
we've got to go there we must take
our good time with US or 1t will be
stupid"