The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-05-23
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the girl who likes to talk. "go live at
d summer resort for few years.
81 still can swim a half mile and
yet break into q speedy run when l
am in a hurry. don't use crutches
nor false teeth. Nevertheless. this
season crushing sense of my anti
guilty has descended upon me. When
investigated the queer feeling that
surrounded me l found 1t was the at
mosphere OF the shelf / was upon.
There was. tucked away eoldlyl I've
been peering out over the edge lately
at what is going on down below and,
believe me, it is both appalling and
entertaining,
"Just few years back the Daggett
children used to go by with their
nurse. They were scrawny and quar-
reling and Tom Daggett always made
Susie cry. l used 10 think what q
mercy It was that their parents were
blind enough TO love them. because,
goodness knows. no other human be
ing would have done so,
81 wish you could see Tom this year.
Tie Is the best looking creature in five
counties and all the girls are crazy
about him. They hang on his slightest
word and II he asks one to go canoe-
ing she nearly faInis with Joy The
other night he led the cotillon at tho
i.afty. As for susie-l helped Der
make dolls dress Just yesterday.
| believe, and yet at that same dance ]
/ found myself admlring a willowy. dark
eyed. rose checked. naughty young
person. and bless me II It wasn't Susie
DRggetti * sss..s-s-----
at seems perfectly absurd that she
should be sitting up later than S
o'clocki She isn't satisfied with being
belle among the boys of her own
age. selfish thing, but she has TO grab
out Tor the older men. too, III have
70 box her ears Il she doesn't look
9ut- -. - = -
"Jnst a sssf ago / realized only
vaguely that the crosbys had dauFh-
ter. Lillian WIS shy. silent little
hing. always slipping out OF sight and
incoming by herself and scared 10
death when any outsiders appeared.
ecEt know what has happened to
| per she was pretty. and that settled
Il can't turn around now without
setting eyes on Lillian Crosby in the
most distracting outing suits. work
ing her eyelashes u'l ] know they're
getting frayed and smiling AZ precisely
he angle g show her dimpies,
We're solns 10 have a hay ride.'
she told me casually once when there
was nobody else TO talk 10. The
young crowd. mean. Dear me.
should think II would be 80 stupid for
the rest Of you, with nothing 10 do
II restrained myself from grasping
her firmly by the shoulders and shak-
ing herl Haven't taken hay rides
TIL l had so much hay down my neck
and In my ears and eyes and throat
that never wanted to look al a hay
stack again as long as lived7 Haven't
had suppers on the beach and eaten
sand IN tho deviled eggs. ants In the
sandwiches and June bugs In the
cake and thought I was having the
time OF my nfe7 Haven't | sung
We're here because we're here. be-
cause we're here TIL / swallowed
mosquitoes all the way home?
Haven't fallen over the fence try
ing to get Into the front door in the
pitch dark And then that infant has
the nerve to act as though all the joys
Of life were denied me. just because
she was going on n scratchy. uncom-
Portable. ehoked up expedition instead
OF sanely eating supper at home
"The last straw. however. was when
Jim came over from Chicago TO see
me. Naturally. wanted 10 show him
the place by moonlight. IL was not at
all that We were hunting secluded
spots, Besides. all the chairs on our
front porch were occupied. Quite cas-
uaily We headed for the summer
house on the lake shore. but rs We
stepped Inside heard some one muir
mur: Did you ever care for another
girl before me- II was Lillian and
Tom Daggett!
81 should have spanked them both
and sent them home. but contented
myself with saying, in stern tone:
oh, excuse mel Then We walked
on. I knew OF most charming re-
treat under the wild grape vine, where
you have a lovely view of the moon.
| lust before we stepped around ] heard
a deep masculine voice OF nineteen or
twenty blurt out: Susie. did you ever
care for another man as you do for
me?'
81 grabbed Jim Historically at this
and we ran. There was another In
FAINT couple at the end OF the pier and
stiil more infants were out in all the
rowboats. There didn't seem to be
any place on earth for Jim and mo ex-
cept under the lake or up with the
old people under the glare of the arc
light telling stories about what hap.