The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-12-03
SOMETHING WENT WRons||
BY SADIE WOODS.

tbe sirl with the accumulated robes
pierre collar at the enaneivarc coun-
ter as she paused in the act or putting
nIcked saucepan under the pile out
OF sight.
"Goids" echoed the girl at the small
hardware counter in tone OF Infinite
srorn. Got gold? What I've got
is as en- iceberg TO small i1icle when
n comes 10 goids. But thought /
had = Eocd Grie -ge.iins II. Mree."
.'iIowjuh do it, inquired the girl
with the robeanifrre cellar.
''vfhy. The Jolly Rcver Social club
gnve midsummer party the other
night" exFiriaed the afflicted one.
In zero veniheri" cried the girl At
the eraneiware. For the lands sake,
! Were they crazyg S'rcsa you had =
beach party and went for a swim. and
had ice cream fer refreshmentr alter
ward, B-r.r-r,
Nod exactly" said the sufferer.
~of course. II was zero. but that's
what made & interesting It's always
interesting to do things people Cont
expect you TO do. Isn't it,
Maybe asreed the girl at the en-
itsi Now. II any one requested me 10
30 on u violet picking expedition in
january IL would be unexpected. but
nevertheless. crazy. hope I have
sense enough TO know a snowbank
from a steam radiator. don't wonder
you have cold,-
I'VE had the party ct the hs1i.~ ex
pialucd the girl az The hardware coun-
ter. And Il would have been all right
only something rUemed TO 30 wrong
with the heating plant The president
of the club said be told the janitor to
have II hotter than usual. but the iani-
tor must have go. mixed and done the
opposite. So when we came in dressed
in white orgnndies and such things
everybody turned purple almost al
once
Now. II doesn't help q girls temper
TO know that she's a light heiiofrope
tingc and she can't be her own sweet
self when she realizes that she has q
bright red nose and goose pimpies on
her hands and arms, So everybody
started with q bad temper Jimmy
said stepped on his feet but didn't
1t WIS HIS last summer shoes that
were too small for him and his feet
we're numb from cold. anyhow. He
didn't listen kindly TO my explanation.
because when We sat down to talk
there was nn icy blast from the win
dow right down his collar. and Jimmy
is a~fniiy sensitive TO drafts So he
got mad at me and vent over to talk
to that Fossy solicr-her in the rib
bons-bccauss he said he wouldn't get
pneumonia for any slrl and I had put
him there on purpose.
TO get even with Jimmy smiled at
Percy Wagner and he took me 10 have
rome lemonade that ought a been
Loiied. Il was SO cold. and then he sat
me down In q corner and talked to
me. and Jimmy could see us. and
wouldn't n moved n I'D frozen to the
spot. I most did. too. because there
was q cold air radiator In the floor
right there and know the other end
was connected with the north pole I
had on my rufied dimity and white
shoes and hosiery and my teeth were
chattering- Pcrcy's nose looked FROST
bitten and his knees knocked together.
When We tried &c dance We sort of fell
around like clothespsns-
Then We sat In q circle and ate ice
cream and our throats frose up till We
ought a called . plumber and every
body said. Amt we having . nne
timer And Jimmy glowed TIN was
afraid his face would crack with the
cold and everything. Then finally.
just ~ Percy and I were getting some
more lemonade. Jimmy grabbed me by
the arm
Say he hissed. I've had enough
OF that sissy fellow trailing after you''
Just ~ drew away. indignant like
for nobody can boss me even II II 10
Jimmy-Percy sort OF fell against the
lemonade bowl and II tipped over end
soaked Jimmy and me. I'D hate to-
think u Of Percy. but can't sec how
he could have upset that bowl without
planning H.
well. OF course. Jimmy and ! had
to 20 home then. and my. the lam
guage that man used was something
wonderful, didn't see how there
could be any more language In the
world. but found there vas. for when
We started to get Oh the street car
Jimmy found his duck trousers that
had got soaked with Lemonade we're
frozen TO the seat The conductors
wouldn't hold the car while Jimmy
tore them loose. He said there werc
no rules n regulations requiring con-
ductor to delay service just because
= passenger got frozen to the seat
by the time NO got home my dimi-
~ dresa skirt was % froren with
lemonade that Il ratified lfke tin. and
when hit the doorpost Il cracked and