The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-06

TYPICAL SUMMER GIRL
81 kEhhETT sftARIs.

young man Who grasp<ed the oar
seeming aislnclirssd 70 exertion. TIL
girl who leaned hack am0Ss the cush
ions in the stern seemed thoughtful
The young man. bending forward 4
observe hes more closely wondered
what she was thinking about A
last be asked her.
Il was thinking that Martha Wash
iugfon cake At supper TONIGHT the mic
est J ever tasted she sad. with e
air of simple csndor 7 must ash
Mrs. Rogers for the recipe"
The young man made aniilnpafieni
movement
Another mosquitoy' asked the girl
s'No. ii was another sort Of @.sting.
said the young man.
Mosquitoes don't sling"
mo. but some other things do
Yes. hornets and bumble bees and
netfles-if you don't handle them
firmly"
you have to be handed with
( care"
"oh. I'm not nagile. Aretyoug"
Yes; If you drop me Unlikely to
! break--"
stop talking nonsense"
"You are a typical summer girl.
aren't your" he said
4 am" she agreed, in the summer
time. In the winter I'm a typical win
ter girl Not wintry. though"
You can be pretty chilly at this
season. ! notice-at times"
y wish could at this present
time" che said. tanning herself with
her sailor hat 'T'H ten you what
you may do: row me bacsf to the pa
vilion and treat me 10 pineapple ices. =
Perhaps | viii after a while. /
want to talk to you now. I've been,
trying"
Il can listen and eat ioes too"
IF you can listen | wish you
would"
I'm not to talk. then. is that it?"
u want"
MY conversation b0res you?"
You know perfectly well what
mean. ! haven't had a chance TO see
you alone all day. l want you TO be
serious"
$50 does my Aunt lane. And that's
peculiar, too, when / think OF II. for
YOU don't look at all alike. But she
thinks I'm frivolous, and you think
I'm frivolous. There's that bond be-
tween you. az any rate. SO you think
I'm a typical summer girl?'
mo. THAT is, at times / have
thought So"
And you still think SO. Well, what
does that mean? Is II complimentary
Why not row a little fasterg You
don't give me steerage way"
Il was going to tell you that am
going back to town tomorrow"
"Well. that is information, certain
ly. / thought you intended 10 stay a
week or two yet"
'AyilI you be sorry to have me go?"
why. what an absurd question:
Tho only man left--I don't count Jim
mie Temple, Of course; he's too much
taken UP with Myrtle to be of any use
at all. But we'll say almost the only
man left" II
Yes, there's Parkinson"
HE doesn't count, either--so very
much. but wen have to make the best
Of him II you're going"
You mean that you win make the
best OF him"
Let's say auntie and l." she sug-
gested gently.
Well auntie and you viii miss me,
them hope
we shall be desolated-'speshully
auntie."
Yes. / suppose sc" be said bitter
iy.
She's very fond of you"
Il had hoped" he said, that 1t
might have been 'speshully YOU but
/ suppose I fooled myself like the
rest OF them
you mean the rest OF the men
who-the ones who came before you
the fond donors of my little coliec-
tIon of engagement rings, don't you?"
do yos mean to say that you en-
gagged yourself to them?'
Collectively? oh. dear. no. But
individually, what could you expect OF
typical summer girl2 They came,
they saw. and-anA they went home
again / had to be here all the time.
Did I ever show you those rings?
No. don't think | did. Wen, must
sometime"
Il don't think you win" said the
young man. grlinly. beginning TO row.
'Tll get you your Ice row."
i don't want it now You lost
your opportunity. That ought to be a
lesson TO you"
He dropped the oars. Look here"
he said, determInedly. I'm going to
know about this. Did those fellows
propose to your"
"ThIs is outrageous" she exclaim-
ed, Indignantly
Never mind whether 1t is or not.
Did they propose2"
do you think everybody is as slow
as you 2" she asked. and then buried
her face In her hands.
The boat drifted
TITS rather nice scalp" she said,