Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
From Lucille
Diary

Is the time or the year when | most
miss not having country home
wouldn't Il oe delightful to get out
into the woods now for few DAYS
to enjoy the Autumn foliage?"
u love the Fall, too" said Arthur.
when ] was boy ! used to think
my October visits at Red Roof, Uncle
Horace's country place. the most fun
OF any. But Uncle Horace and Aunt
Della don't stay late in the country
any more.
Wouldn't IT be delightful" l sug-
gested. N we cosld go out to Red
Roof over Sunday? Betty and Uncle
Bob could chaperon us and we could
have two or three days picnic. But
old people are so fussy about their
possessions that l suppose your I'M
Gle wouldn't trust you with the
placer"
"Of course he'd trust me-" declared
Arthur. Uncle Horace isn't the
least bit fussy. He's as jolly an old
boy as ever lived"
Well then, shall We get up the
party for next Sunday" ! asked
we q pelteT take advantage of tn IS
flne weather"
So we Immediately began to make
our plans You'd better Invite some
man in addition to Uncle Bob" + ad
vised, because ! suppose the water
has been disconnected and there viii
be lot of pumping to do and heaps
of wood to hing in for the open fires
IT there's large enough party no
one will have to work very hard"
What q wonderful little manager
you are. Lucilc!" exclaimed Arthur 50
admiringly that l felt encouraged to
suggest other arrangements
SOME TROUBLES.
When we all arrived at Red Roof
the following Friday afternoon | felt
that | had forgotten nothing that
would add to our comfort. But Sat
urday morning the men had to walk
three miles to the village for kero-
sene, sugar and -four which we were
lacking. l had naturally supposed
that such staple articles would be In
the house. l had on my white mack
NAV coat and a cunning little Scotch
bonnet ready to go with them. when
Uncle Bob remarked that he thought
II would be too lonely for Betty a;
Red Roof with us all away
She isn't good for a siX-mile tramp
on country roads" he said. SO, OF
course. 1 had 10 give up tho walk ii
seems TO me l am always having to
give up things for Betty.
She took a magazine and curled up
before the fire. After a while, when
she had fallen asleep. l stole out and
went down TO the lake shore and got
into one of the canoes the men had
launched. / thought It would be fun
to 20 over TO the island to gather
some of the fringed sentisns that Ar
thur had told us used to grow there
when he was a boy.
searched through the island
woods until ! was tired without find
Ing any gentians, and when / went
back to get my canoe | was greatly
surprised not TO 1nd IL. Al nrst |
was somewhat alarmed but ] walk ed
around the shore and discovered a
canoe in little sheltered cove quite
distance from the place where l
thought ! remembered leaving It,
When / got back to Red Roof l found
the men IN the kitchen making a lark
of preparing the noon dinner.
You girls came back too soon"
said George Requier, as l appeared.
We intended to surprise you with a
Intercourse meal
But where's Betty" | asked
Why, wasn't she with you?" ask ed
Uncle Bob.
No. left her mapping IN tho couch,
She must have gone for little walk
In the woods."
Well l wish she was here" said
Uncle Bob
Don't worry. She'll get back
soon, Of course" l treasured him,
Betty did not come, and Uncle Bob
grew so distressed that he would not
eat dinner, but went into the woods
60 look for her. OF course. George
and Arthur felt that they must Join
the search. and as | didn't like being
lief. alone I went with Arthur. When
we all got back TO the cottage after a
long search Betty was still missing
Uncle Bob decided TO 10 to the near
est farmho use and telephone to the
village to ask II anything mad been
seen OF her there.
Wait" said Arthur. II see that
one Of the canoes is gone, Perhaps
she's on the lake We all dashed
down to the shore and, 10 our relief
we saw some one on the island way
ing something white Uncle B't
Jumped into a canoe and was of n
an instant
MAD a CHILL.
When he returned with Betty h,
said that she had d chill and h,
thought it would be wise to so bac%
% town on the evening train.
After Betty went TO her room Unt
Bob told us that when she couldn'
find her own canoe on the shore wh,a,
she had left II she searched Hbog
and discovered another canoe $50
ing some distance out SO she wade
into the icy water in a hopeless eI
fort TO get the boat "Of course. sh
was chilled 10 the bone" said Uncl
Bob. and she's been alone on ia
Island for hours frightened lest ~
shouldn't find her before dark
When ] protested that il was 'n
had TO break up our little nous
party-tor, OF course. / couldn't sta
without them-Tncle Bob drew 'g
aside and told me that he did no
think il becoming in me 10 objec
10 any plans for Betty's comfort o
health. You ought to have noticed
he said severely, that you wer
laEirg diferen. canoe from the on