The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-11

! The E3On was Silo"lilS h"''
n"le, golden circumference above the
/ tree tops, making bright pathway
Of ripples across the center of the
! Like. The tOat was moving la%ily
alcng in the shadow of the shore, the
yourg man who grasped the oars
seeming disinclined to eIertlon. Inc
girl who lean9d back among the cush'
ions in the stern seemed thoughtful
The young man, bending forward 10
observe her more closely, wondered
what she was thinking about. AT
last he asked her:
II was thinking that Martha Wash.
ington cake at supper tonight the nc
est | ever tasted" she said, with an
air Of simple candor. Il must ask
Mrs. Rogers for the recipe
The young man made an inpatient
movement.
Another mosnuito?" asked the girl
mo. it was another sort Of sting
said the young man.
"Mosqutoes don't sting"
mo, but some other things do"
eyes. hornets and humble bees and
rettles--if you don't handle them
firmly"
you have to be handled with
care"
"Oh. I'm not fragile. Are you?"
yes: ii you drop me I'm likely to
bre2l;-"
stop talking nonsense"
"You are a typical summer girl,
aren't your he said,
81 am" size agreed. lin 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"
Il wish | could at this present
time" She said, tanning herself with
her sailor hat. I'll tell you what
you may do; row me back to the pa.
vilion and treat me to pineapple ices"
perhaps | will after a while. I
want to talk to you now. I've been
trying"
Il can listen and eat ices too"
"If you can listen | wish you
would"
I'm not to talk, then. Is that it,"
Il want"
My conversation bores your"
You know perfectly well what |
mean. ! haven't had a chance to see
you alone all day. l want you to be
serious
so does my AUNT Jane And that's
peculiar, too, when | think OF it, 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, at 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 1t complimentary
Why not row little faster? You
don't give me steerage way
II was going to tell you that l am
going back to town tomorrow.
We'll that is information, certain.
ly. | thought you intended to stay a
week or two yet"
"Wiil you be sorry to have me go?"
why, what an absurd question!
The only man left don't count Jim.
ME 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"
"Yes, there's Parkinson"
He doesn't count, either-so very
much but We'll have to make the best
OF him If you're going"
you mean that you will make the
best of him."
Lets say auntie and l." she sug.
gested gently.
well, auntie and you will miss me-
them hope
I'VE shall be desolated-speshully
Eyes, l suppose So" he said bitter.
ly.
She's very fond of you"
Il had hoped" he said, that 1t
might have been 'speshully YOU but
! suppose 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 collec.
ton of engagement rings, don't your"
do you mean to say that you en-.
gagged yourself to them?"
collectively? Oh. dear, no. But
individually, what could you expect of
a typical summer girl? They came,
they saw, and-and they went home
again. had to be here all the time.
Did ever show you those rings?
No, ! don't think I did. Well, must
Il don't think you WILL" said the
young man. grimly. beginning to row.
I'll get you your ice now"
II don't want 1t 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 you?'
This is outrageousi" she exclaim-
ed. Indignantly.