The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-09
TRAGEDY OF A WIND
BY GEORGE |. PALMER.

the n just getting into the elevator
It's too late. He's gone"
She sank back into her seat. Il
he hadn't got away so quickly SHOULD
have rushed up to him and asked hin
to please pull my hair" she remarked
pensively.
Her companion looked exasperated
Helen, you do say the most ridicu
lous thingsl Will you kindly tell me
why you should want to rush up to
any man and ask him to pull your
hair?'
The girl in the toque giggled.
why, yes, | was just going to tell
YOU" she replied.
you know two years ago last sum
mer, after l had typhoid and had to
have my hair cut off, l went up to a
farm in Wisconsin to stay a MONTH
81 know you stayed only a week"
That's part of my story. One day
when l had been up there nearly a
week started out for a long walk in
the woods, in the course of my wan
behring's | came to a lovely little lake
with the most beautiful pond lilies
floating IN it. There was a canoe
drawn up on the beach at one end
and a little boat house among the
trees"
when does the MAI come in?"
"All in good time, my dear. I'm
leading up to him. | looked all
around for somebody the canoe might
belong to, and then l decided to Dor
row it for a few minutes and paddle
over and get some lilies, trusting to
luck that the owner would be kind
enough to stay away until | got back"
Mice, high principled thing to do"
81 padded over to the lilies and
was having a beautiful time gathering
a great bunch of them, when | discov-
cred that the paddle was floating
around in the water just out of reach.
l leaned over as far as | dared, and
was clawing for it, when | heard a
shout from the shore. A man was
~gesticulating and gyrating on the
beach. Hey, look outi' he yelled.
Wait till l row out and get it,
"He dashed into the boat house and
DlOuSuI Oul d IOWDOdI- ne IOWGu
over and pushed the paddle within
my reach, and padded back with
him in my wake, feeling the way l
used to when | tried to play hooky
and got caught"
"And what has all this got to do
with hair pulling" asked the other
young woman ~restlessly.
ooh, I'm coming to that. After he
had helped me out of his canoe and
dragged the lilies out, we looked at
each other and laughed. He had the
most delightful laugh and dark blue
eyes and broad shoulders. And then
he wanted to know if he couldn't
carry the lilies home for me, and the
first thing l knew we were wandering
along through the woods and having
a beautiful time"
you didn't think of asking his
or where he came from before
you went strolling through the coun-
try with him, l suppose?" suggested
the girl who was doing the listening.
well everything went along de-
proceeded the girl with
the toque, until just as we reached
the farm house where | was staying.
Then a nasty little gust of wind came
up-there hadn't been a breath of
air stirring all day-and blew my hat
off. And, my dear, it took my wig
with it, You know | had to wear one
because l didn't have any hair, and
/ stood looking like a sheared
"He certainly must have known
it was"
Il don't know what he knew or
What he thought, for the minute he
brought my hat back l flew into the
and the mex day skipped the
and came back home. l was
l would see him again. Now
know why | want to have him
,ull my hair.
ooh, Margaret, here he back
gain, right toward-look, the tall one
With the gray overcoati"
"That man! Why, that's Sidney
1ollister I've known him for ages"
Before the girl in the toque could
top her the other young woman had
Intercepted the young man and he
ras standing smiling down at him.
Sidney, this is Helen Benedict, and
wants you to pull her hair. I
lease" gurgled Margaret. l
Pull her hair" the youth began
mazedly, then a light dawned in his '
yes as he held out his hand eagerly. {
rs it really you? Well, l think you .
ught to have our hair pulled for d
ne way you treated me that day, and l.
skipped the country afterward l
'ithout leaving a trace. l tried to
ribe the people at the farm house" d
broke off and then began again. y
won't pull it here in public, but if |
Gull let Margaret bring me up to =
&c you some day I'll be glad to give L
a little tweak and call it square,"
Didn't you really think"
THAT you always wore a wig? Not
" a minute-and anyway" auda, II
ously, you weren't such an awful +,
5esore without it." =