The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1913-10-23
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TYPICAL SUMMER GIRL
BY KENNETH HARRIS.

yOunB man WHO BfdSpeu JHe OdTo
seeming disinclined to exertion The
girl who leaned back among the cush-
tons in the stern seemed thoughtful.
The young man, bending forward to
observe her more closely, wondered
what she was thinking about At
last he asked her:
"T was thinking that Martha Wash
ington cake at supper tonight the nic-
est I ever tasted she said, with an
mir of simple candor. Il must ask
Mrs. Rogers for the recipe"
The yoAng man made an impatient
movement.
Another mosquito?" asked the girl.
mo, 1t was another sort of sting"
said the young man.
Mosquitoes don't sting"
mo. but some other things do"
'Yes, hornets and humble bees and
rettIes-if you don't handle them
firmly"
"You have to be handled with
care"
"Oh, I'm not fragile. Are your"
Yes; if you drop me I'm likely to
break"
stop talking nonsense"
"You are typical summer girl,
| lren't you?" he said.
81 am" she agreed, ''in the summer
time. In the winter I'm typical win
ter girl. Not wintry, though"
"You can be pretty chilly at this
season, notice-at times"
81 wish / could at this present
time" she said, tanning herself with
her sailor hat. "Ill tell you what
YOU may do; row me back to the pa
vilion and treat me to pineapple ices"
Perhaps l will after a while.
want to talk to you now. I've been
trying"
81 can listen and eat ices too"
"If you can listen l wish you
would"
I'm not to talk, then. Is that it?"
81 want"
"My conversation bores you?"
you know perfectly well what l
mean. l haven't had chance to see
rou alone all day. l want you to be
serious"
so does my Aunt Jane And that's
peculiar, too, when I think of it, for
ou 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, at any rate. So you think
I'm a typical summer girl?"
"No, THAT is, at times l have
hought So"
And you still think so. Well, what
does that mean? Is it complimentary
Why not row a little faster? You
don't give me steerage way
: Il was going to tell you that l an
, going back to town tomorrow"
well, that is information, certain
ly. | thought you intended to stay q
= week or two yet"
viii you be sorry to have me go?'
2, why, what an absurd question
,, The only man left don't count jim
ME Temple, of course; he's too mucf
aiken up with Myrtle to be of any use
j 1t all, But We'll say almost the only
man left" ----'s=-.->".
Yes, there's Parkinson"
"He doesn't count, either-so yer!
much, but we'll have to make the bes
Of him If you're going"
!. You mean that you will make thu
o best of him"
!; Lets say auntie and l." she sue
il gested, gently,
4 "Well, auntie and you will miss me
then-I hope"
!. We shall be esolated-'speshull,
= auntie."
Yes, suppose So" he said bitter
iy.
She's very fond of you"
II had hoped" he said, that i
might have been 'speshully you bu
| suppose l fooled myself like tn
rest OF them"
You mean the rest of the me-
who-the ones who came before yol
the fond donors OF my little colleC
tion of engagement rings, don't you?
DO you mean to say that you en-
gagged yourself to them?"
Collectively? Oh, dear, no. Blu
Individually, what could you expect 0
typical summer girl? They came
they saw, and-and they went hom
| uSdlu ldu 10 U6 mere dIl lUS Tin ~
. Did l ever show you those rings
No, don't think l did. Well. mus
sometime"
Il don't think you WILL" said tn,
young man, grimly, beginning to row
III get you your ice now"
81 don't want it now. You los
your opportunity. That ought to be
lesson to you"
, He dropped the oars. Look here
he said, determinedly I'm going II
know about this. Did those fellow
propose to your
This is outrageous!" she exclaim
ed, Indignantly.
Never mind whether It Is or not
Did they proposeT
do you think everybody is as SLOW
as your" she asked. and then burie'
her face In her hands.
The boat drifted
tits rather nice scalp" she said
half an hour later, touching II lightly