The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-11-05
A WELL DEVELOPED
SUMNER LOVE AFFAIR


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"is Il. , Chr. ssi lia more than
l.4smag If lie eiale affair" said
In i..rr Mss SimH ~ Disanprore
5 too mild word. She simpl! boii,d
over and started 10 pack her trunks.
Then she unpacked them because. she
xaid. she could not in justice to the
family name leave rue at the hotel un.
chaper0ned.
"Chryssie is thirty-six, am thirty.
eight and neither of us ever had q
chaperon in our lives-s0 | think 1t
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.
CLryssie has got tolerably used this
summer to seeing me mixed up In 9th
er peoples love affairs because they
we're always conhding in me or beg
sing me to help them OUTPUT it was
rather a staggering blow to her Wen
I produced a well developed love az
fair OF my own.
you would have thought it was a
ease OF smallpox from her general 1T
titude. She conquered y = shock and
r"pugnance only by heroic sclf-sacfi-
tee and will power. There is some
thing magnificent about the way
nplnrnc IN, nr.capna M pl.is.
ruiine beings on this earth. She dis
liked Hendricks White the instant he
walked into the dining room. Hen
bricks is an old bachelor in the for
ties and a successful lawyer who
barks at a jury and is used to seeing
II 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
shat he wanted, whether 1t was the
.hoice of an ear Of corn or an oar, and
because he positively snOrted in wrath
when Libby Knox started to COO over
hin Libby is young woman of un-
certain age who coos over every un.
attached man she sees. The general
M OF men like 1t. even il they say
t1ey dont-but she never tried it on
Hendricks a second time. After his
escape from her he planted himself on
n" other end OF the porch scttee that
{ was occupying and brcathcd hard
As he glared at me. He knew | had
seen the episode. Finally laid down
my work and laughed. | couldn't help
u, A sort Of harassed, tangled grin
crcpt over his face. Here he Kissed
At me- why is woman. anyhow?
That is, some w0men?'
A makeshift of nature to I'LL up
vacant space told him. promptly. I
got that figured out long time ago!
After that we were great friends.
And one day l went sailing with him
in 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 to
have a good time in this world is to
take things the minute they present
.hemselves-and bribed the waiter
at the hotel to put up some sandwich.
es and other things for me and took
along a book and a bottle OF ginger
ale
An hour later, when | produced my
little hamper and began unpacking
things Hendricks said You're the
most sensible woman ever met! I
vas just hating the idea Of having to
80 back to the hotel for lunch on
day like this with a breeze Just right.
Any other woman would have thought
OF frills instead Of sandwiches!'
HIN! murmurcd, argumentative.
~. Speaking of frills--'
Hendricks paused with his mouth
full Of sandwich to glare at me