Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1913-10-16

MY WATER
SPRITE
An Episode Of a Sum-
mer Vacation
BY r. a. mitchell

took my summer outing IN the
mountains. stopping at the CIT House
/ I had not been there three days Wheu.
rowing on the little iage around whTh
/ ali the hotels we're rentervd. . pnssed
a girl IN another boat. wnU looked al
me Tor moment scutiuIzingy and
seemed about 10 bow to me But SINE
/ did DOT remember ever having seen
her before aud supposed she was uiis
taking me FOE some one else ! gave net
/ no encouragement In other Words
/ treated bet ~ stranger since We
/ faced each other ~ We reeded ws
did not pass ont Of each others sight
/ Tor uuus tune rnd : could see on hef
feature the -pu-itiyeuess Of giri whu
has spoken a. the wrong man.
IL h not a. be exported that such 40
incident a. this occurring to one who
/ haS nothing a. do but enjoy himself
would pass ont VI mind must mrri
that giri aud ieHrn whether u WIS she
/ Or I who hnd ninus n mistake hnd
not seen bet No my hotel: therefore .
assumed that she was stopping NJ some
Of the othvr- There were more than
hnlf n dUzen noteis IN the vicinity, and
I feared thHt to 6nd a person whV-,
name ! did not know among ~ many
summer residents would be like iOOE
Ing for q needle IN n haystnck
hut what trouble will man not TAKE
In an adventure Of this kind. especially
when he hn- nothing else to dor !
made the rounds OF the hotels begin
ming IN the morning. when the giie-t-
nrst come out on the porch to sun
Themselves. spending some time %
ench porrh looking Tor my water -prite
A. ! called her. but luck was nui With
me. and NJ the end of the nr-t day !
Ind not seen nef
spent four days Of two weeks w
cation going the rounds ~ the hotels
Instead OF devoting myself 10 such
summer sports NJ were NJ hand. look
lDg for Rirl In whom could nave ~
intsssf except that she had suppy-sG
she was passing some one she knew
IN the ssVniDg Of the fourth day I
went To danrs Bt one of the hotels
and NJ ! WIS sailing around IN ihs
waltz there suddenly appeared over
the shoulder VI her partner the fnce NJ
my water sprite
preadinR TO lose her. ! would have
been glad TO drop the girl with whom
WINS dnnginR aud keep my obiect In
sight, but I hnd just begun 40 dance
and experience With my partner had
taught me TINT she would keep the
noor M long M the music lasted. Aud
she did. II was fully ten minutes he
fore was released. and then she said
she must ~ ont on 10 the porrh for
some cool air what could I dof /
proved myself gentleman, WISHING A.
the while that was q boot By IN.
time the giri was ready FOR the next
dance with another partner. thank
heaven nearly halt an hour had pass
ed Then u wns too late / hunted
everywhere Tor my water spritr. hut
did not md her N the Riri had been
dancing with Ind known my t,ennl-
toward her for OBTAINING me ! would
have had another adventure on my
hands not 80 attractive NJ the drst.
The neat morning. passing the land
ine az one of the hotels. ! saw the DIR
! Songht In a rhnrmins rowing ros
tune. step Into h,at aud ruu oui
into the lake immediately nHd. NJ
plirhfion Tor boat bui MI wrr- IN
gagged Tine giri wi~hed o. folloN
could So me- wildly running nbmi r.,
Ing TO Get hnt. Hnd. though wa,
not near enough To se'. fnnrird th.r,
wis nm aniu-.-l smile On Nrf arr
Then she disappeared hehind an isinnd
aud ! rrnnud ~ teeth
ssyrra' times after this I met nor
ana every timr II was nv mishrtun,
20 he ~ situated that cnnld nnt r,nri
her showed 80 amen temfsi oyr,
my disappuintmrnts ihat NJ iast wh.i
! WIS Sunerine under one ~ them Mel
fnce hroks lniuH pi,'HSnnt smile Finer,
Il nothing CIR likes "a well ~ Q,
be- chased ana instead ~ nelpinr a.,
chaser tn rrarh nrr she will thruu
obstacles m Ms way
I learned enough ~ the glrl wh,
knew me and whom did not Know
20 be- assnr''d thar she wits devoted Q,
beating indeed had seen tier ~
the water shooting along Ike IN,
sprite Tor whirh Z had namsd n-i
M resolved 10 sIend day nn m,
lake In n boat trnstine II wnnid rtv,
me IN opportunity 90 catrh her
hired n boat az o'clock In the morn
ing ana. taking iunrheon resolve,
not 20 come on the water an dinne
time IN the evening
had not neen out long before IN,
girl passed me Just m she had done n
our trSt meeting For n moment W,
looked NJ each other. surprised: then
with tantnlizine smile on her ips
she gave two Ur three vigorous strokes
that cnrrisd ner away from me
She had m advantage OF me In this
To follow her was Obliged 20 turn
and not heinG n skilled oarsman. IN
stead Of harkinE water with one Oa
aud giving way with the other. I mad,
n considerable curve After ha,
turned ! had another disadvantage Il