The Red Cloud chief., 1913-06-12
SERIOUSLY NIPPED
1t Was No Time for James Henry
Garfield to Think OF
Penitence.
BY ERNEST A. YOUNG.

ed the financial ills of the banks pa.
irons for eleven months of the year
with eyes that were hard. cold and
hawk.like.
Then. during his August vacation
period at mountain. seashore or home
ly farmhouse resort. the aforemen.
toned eyes became dove.like while he
made love to the summer girl
For seven seasons James Henry
filled In the August lovemaking pro-
gram without getting seriously nipped.
He could not even recall the names
OF more than three of the seven or
eight summer sweethearts. Yet all
the affairs had seemed serious while
they lasted.
He remembered their faces and
ways much better. In one case II
troubled him that the name had
dropped from his memory-the one Of
the two years ago, up at the Lovejoy
farm.
It was she who had sent her we'd
ding announcement the following June.
He lost the dainty engraved sheet the
same day he received 1t, and for the
life Of him he could afterward recall
only her married surname.
He would not have been sure the
wedding notice came from that par.
ticular young lady but for the post
mark and handwriting These were
the same as those on an envelope that
brought him blurry smooch intend
ed to represent his own manly figure
in pose beside the lane fence near
the Lovejoy pasture. For she had
camera and snapped everything that
came her way.
1T wasn't Marcy. nor was It
Edith" debated James Henry when
the image Of this girl who had figured
in the farm episode persisted in
haunting him.
It was the end Of July and his vaca.
tion would begin the next week. A
post card from the Lovejoy farm was
inviting him.
It wasn't much Of a place. except
for that girl. Probably. he told him.
self. he would not be thinking Of that
summer at all had she not the same
as told him. in sending him that wed.
OiuS duuOuuCcucuts tuoS
never been chance for him.
"She must have been engaged all
the WHILE" he taunted himself by say-
ing "While was hattered with the
notion that she was-er-a bit sore
because l didn't wind up by propos.
ing, she was engaged to this what
d'ye-call-him Rochfort. A peach Of
a name, anyway; reminds me Of
kind OF cheese!"
We'll 60 up to the Lovejoy farm.
at Ridgeford. this year" he said to his
mother, the morning after the card ar
rived.
"Why to that lonesome place. James
Henry?' Mrs. Garfield demanded.
For eleven months Of the year
have no chance to get lonesome" he
argued. besides. 1t isn't the worst
place If you want to loaf around, row
a boat. fish. that sort OF thing. Truth
lis, I'm tired OF seeing a lot of people
Society is punk Say" he suddenly
added, who was that girl? The one
at the Lovejoy farm"
"If I'm not mistaken, there were FIVE
young women at the Lovejoy farm
while we were there" Mrs. Canfield
told him. do you mean the one with
the pale blue eyes and faded hair ?
Or the other blond who talked books
and art"
mo, MOI" snapped James Henry.
"The dark one. perhaps. who nagged
you"
1T doesn't matter" he again inter
rupted. "She won't be there this year,
anyway. for she Is married Husbands 8
name isis Cheese!"
He chuckled maliciously as he went
down to the bank. leaving his mother
wondering. james Henry certainly
needs to get away from business and
society and take complete rest" she
decided. sympathetically.
They were met at the Ridgeford
railway station by the IIovejoy hired
man with a two-seated democrat.
While they we're being hauled up the
first long hill to the farm the man
told them that a broken.down Uni.
tartan minister, a young lady and the
young lady's aunt were the only board
ers already there. Even Mrs. Can.
field was not suficiently interested to
ask for further particulars.
To escape greetings and introduc.
tions, James Henry jumped from the
seat of the democrat at the fo~A of
the last hill and proceeded to stretch
his legs along the footpath which he
had helped to wear. two years before.
The path ended at the pebbly shore
of the pond. and there was the same
row-boat. freshly painted.
She was In the boat. in the act OF
pushing of; but she waited for him
with bright smile Of greeting.
James Henry was old enough, and
he had been in love times enough, not
to have his heart pound 80 ridiculous.
ly as 1t did when the boat rocked un.
der them apd the pebbly shore reced.
ed For she was rowing and talking
nrecisely as II there had been mn two.