The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-17
SERIOUSLY N|PPED
1t Was No Time for James Henry
Garfield to Think Of
Penitence.
BY ERNEST A. YOUNG.

BY ERNEST A. YOUNG.
James Henry Garfield as cashier OF
the Hepworth Trust company, detect
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 farm house resort, the afore-men'
toned eyes became dove-like while he
made love to the summer girl.
For seven seasons James Henry
filed in the August love-making 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 1t
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 It. and for the
life Of him he could afterward recall
only her married surname.
He would not have been sure the
wedding Eotice came from that par
ticular Young lady but for tho post
mark and handwriting. These were
tho same a. those on an envelope that
brought him a bury smooch intend.
! Cd to represent his own manly figure
in q pose beside the lane fence near
the Lovejoy pasture. For she had a
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-
ton would begin the next week, A
post card from the I.Ovejoy farm was
inviting him.
It wasn't much of i 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 we'd
| ding announcement, that there had
never been a chance for him
"She must have been engaged all
the while" he tainted himself by say
ing. while | was hattered with the
notion that she was--er-a bit sore
| because | didn't wind M hv propos-
| ing, she was engaged to this what
dye-call-him Rochfort peach -
a name. anyway; reminds me of a
kind Of cheese
We'll go UP to the Lovejoy farm
at pidgeford thi- Year he said to his
mother, the morning after the card ar.
rived
why to that lonesome place, James
Henry Mrs Canfcld demanded
"For eleven months OF the year
have no chance to get lonesome" he
argued. Resides, It isn't the worst
place II you want to loaf around. row
a boat, fish. that sort Of thing Truth
Is. I'm tired of seeing lot OF people
Society is punk Say" he suddenly
added. who was that girl? The one
at the LoveJoy farm"
III I'm not mistaken there were Ave
young women at the Love1oy farm
| while we were there" Mrs Garfield
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 not" snapped James Henry.
THE dark one, perhaps, who nagget
yuu-"
''It doesn't matter" he again inter
rupted "She won't be there this year
anyway. for she Is married Husbands
name Isis Cheese,"
He chuckled maliciously as he wen'
down to the bank. leaving his mother
wondering. Games Henry certainly
needs to get away from business am
society and take complete rest" she
| decided. symnatheticallv
They were met at the Ridgefort
railway station nv the Ioveiov hire
man with two seated democrat
While they were being hauled up thu
first long hill to the farm the mar
told them that q brokcn-acWn Uni
tartan minister. a Young lady and tbs
young lady's aunt were the only board
ers already there. Even Mrs. Can
field was not sufficiently interested II
ask for further particulars
To escape greetings and introduc
irons, James Henry Jumped from thu
seat Of the democrat at the foot o
the last hill and proceeded to stretch
his legs along the footpath which hi
had helped to wear, two years before
The path ended at the pebbly shore
of the pond, and there was the samt
row-boat. freshly painted
She was in the boat, In the act o
pushing on: but she waited for hin
with bright smile Of greeting.
James Henry was old enough, ant
he had been in love times enough, no
4. hnro btc ba,rf Mound co rtJio,,1o,v
IL as K did en- thn boat rocked un