The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-14
/ WELL. DEVELOPED
SUMMER LOVE AFFAIR

is TOO milo = word, She simply boiled
over and started to pack her trunks
Then she unpacked them because, she
said, she could not in justice to the
family name leave me at the hotel un
! Chaperoned.
'Ghryssie Is thirty-six, l am thirty
eight and neither of US ever had
chaperon in our lives--so | think II
was nothing but sheer curiosity that
made her remain at the summer re
sort with me She wanted to see what
| would do with Hendricks White
Chryssie has got toierably used this
summer to seeing me mixed up in eth
Ct peoples love affairs because they
; were always conf1ding in me or beg
ging me to help them OUTPUT It was
rather a staggering blow to her when
! produced a we'll developed love at.
| fair Of my own,
you would have thought It WAS Q
case Of smallpox from her general at,
titude She conquered her shock and
repugnance only by heroic self-sacri
fice and Will power. There Is some
thing magnificent about the way
! Chryssie endures the presence of mas
culine beings on this earth. She dis.
] liked Hendricks White the instant be
| walked into the dining room. Hen
drieks is an old bachelor In the for
ties and a successful lawyer who
barks at jury and is used to seeing
1t wilt before his eyes, so he has
rather got into the habit Of expecting
everybody else to jump like the juries
what attracted me to him was the
| fact that he seemed to know instantly
| what he wanted, whether 1t was the
! choice of an ear of corn or an oar, and
/ because he positively snorted in wrath
when Libby Knox started to coo owe,
! him Libby is "A young woman OF un
| certain age who COOS over every I'M
| attached man she sees. The genera
| run of men like 1t. even If they say
/ they don't---but she never tried it OF
/ Hendricks a second time After his
escape from her he planted himself or
| the other end of the porch settee thai
/ was occupying and breathed hare
! as he elarcd at me. He knew ! had
seen the episode. Finally ! laid down
F., m, work and laughed. | couldn't helr
| it. A sort OF harassed. tangled grin
crept Over his face. Here he hiesec
| at ne, why is a woman, anyhow
| That is, some women?
"A makeshtft OF nature to fill uk
vacant space, | told him, promptly !
/ got that figured out long time ago
after that we were great friends
/ And one day went sailing with hin
In a little catboat that he had rented
| Chryssie said the idea of any man
over twenty going sailing was pitiful
| But I've decided that the best way 70
| have good time in this world is to
take things the minute they present
/ themselves-and | brbed the waiter
! at tho hotel 70 put up some sandwich,
IS and other things for me and took
a'oas book and a bottle Of ginger
ale
An hour later, when | produced my
little hamper and began unpacbine
things IEondrcky said: You're the
most sensible woman | ever met |
! was just hating the idea Of having to
70 bacl=to the hotel for lunch on a
/ day like this with breeze just right,
Any other woman would have thought
Of friils instead of sandwichesH
HIN, | murmured, argumentative,
/ ly Speaking of fills
Hendricks paused with his mouth
t full of sandwich to glare at me.
! They re all right, he admitted \
| don't see why all women can't wear
! white lawn dresses with drawn-work
| .ke that. But you always do look just
right
My dress WAS white linen trimmed
| in Irish lave. but | forgave him 1t
was touching to see how he enjoyed
! being fed, and he positively purred
! at the ginger ale and the book
"'Thats book I've wanted to read
! all summer he barked. You read out
loud and III keep the boat headed.
Say. positively, | could grow quite
/ fond of YOU Miss Simpson, and I'm
not partial to women, either
I'VE had lovely afternoon and
when we started to sail back to the
| hotel we were surprised to find that
the wind had died out completely So
/ We had to pole in. This process con-
/ sists of standing In the stern Of tho
/ boat and twisting one oar around In
! the water as though you were getting
/ ready to wiring IT out and 1t is war
| rant to lay strong man low in half
d mile. Hendricks did two miles OF
+! 1t and sat there and kept still while
| he growled and mopped his face and
| gasped for breath.
ut was when we landed that he
seemed finally to remember me- He
| laid one hand on my shoulder-every-
body at the hotel was inside at din
ner--and he did not glare. 'Melania,'
he said, sharply. 4 want you to marry
me! If you'd so much as opened your
mouth to make suggestion during
those two horrible miles I'd have
dropped you overheard, but as 1t is
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