Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CASE OF HAY fever
BY CLARA INEZ DEACON.


It was a case of hay fever and the
doctor said that Miss Cressy Fair
banks must spend two weeks in the
country.
Miss Cressy declared that she'd die
first. The doctor recommended quiet
village on Long Island Miss Cressy
said she'd drown herself in the Sound
He knew of nice old coupls that
would take her in and make a pet OF
her She would make it so hot for
that nice old couple that they would
wish they had never set eyes on her!
However and nevertheless, Miss
Cressy duly arrived at the quiet vii.
lage spoken of, and was also duly In
stalled in the quaint but very comfort
able house occupied by the good Sa-
maritans.
When 1t comes to shortness OF
breath-when it comes to red nose
when it comes to talking the English
language through that nose-when the
eyes water and there is need OF
small boy to follow one around with
bundle of handkerchief. why. even
a spoiled girl of twenty must see the
sense of retiring to some quiet spot
where societysis not and wait for
change.
Miss Cressy went, but she went with
a determination to make somebody
eveEybody-pay for her sacrifice. She
would be Just as mean as she could be
and if people didn't like it they could
| lump it.
A day or two after her arrival the
egirl strolled through the village. Sew
eral people bowed to her, as is the
courteous custom of the village. and
each bower was coldly snubbed. She
saw sign of ''Postofhce,' and she en-
tered and queried:
Amy bail here for Bliss Gressy Fair
bangs?"
1t was the hay fever pronunciation
of course, and the postmistress ought
to have known it was, but she made
Miss Cressy try three different times
and then said there was nothing fol
| Miss Fairbangs. The cold glare she
got in reply gave her chills for week
AS Miss Cressy started homeward:
she encountered young man. 1t may
be added that he also encountered her
| He had heard that there was good
looking girl from the city stopping a
the Peterson's, and concluded that thi:
| must be the one. On her part, she
| had never heard of him and didnt
| 70 Gha cir No
young man about to pass her was no
one of the villagers, and as he seemed
| about to bow and lift his hat, she made
! up a face at him and passed on. Sht
had got even with the postmistress!
When the hay fever victim, later il
the day, careiessly mentioned meetin,
the young man and asked who he was
Mrs. Peterson replied:
"That must have been young Fell,
Blair His home is in the city, but h'
spends three or four months of ever.
year here in the village. We all thinl
him a nice young man."
Looks stupid to mel" said the sui
ky girl.
"Oh, dear me, but he's anything bu
that He is a naturalist, and said t
be the smartest one in the state. H
knows everything about birds. fish, in
sects and animals
Does he board with SOME old won
an who holds the cats and dogs Will
he stuffs them?"
| "He has cottage of his own dow
near the water. Pa and l know hin
well, and I'll take you down ther
some day, if you wish. His collection
is we'll worth seeing"
/ Possibly so, but he struck me a
being very poky young man"
Dear! Dear!"
When Miss Cressy Fairbanks ha
been in the house week, and her er
unciation had so far improved that sh
could make her name plain to Others
she took stroll n new direction
Nothing further had been said abou
Mr.. Blair, but she meant to walk pas
his cottage. She meant to do it d.
family. She had tried hard to max
herself believe that she detested hin
The only charge that she could brin
against him was that he looked as
he thought a good deal of himsel
That was his mental criticism of he
and perhaps intuition told her so.
The cottage was passed. The d,
fiant attitude was superb. Had M
Blair been standing in his door b
must have been fattened out like
pancake, and without knowing an
reason why she should pick on him!
But he wasn't standing there. Il
\ wasn't even at home. When this fat
became plain to Miss Cressy she wa
putchy about it. 1t was another re;
son why she should detest the maj
According to all social laws he shoul
have been at home and looking fc
her, and should have advanced hat
hand and given her his name an
begged to be forgiven for somethin
or other. Consequently more putchl
However, if Mr.. Blair was not hon
his boat was. 1t was drawn up on II
beach, and the idea came to the girl |
make use of it. 1t would be spitif
and getting even with the owner
The boat was showed off and the ri