The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-07-28
Spring Love
By ETHEL HOLMES

tainly not I'm winter. II comes with
the budding leaves, and It also comes
with propinquity. Place a young girl
near a young man on a warm. sun
shiny day I'm April or May. or the
young man near the girl. and love Is
Just as sure 70 bud In their hearts as
leaves on the trees.
II 10 singular how many different
ways this spring disease manifests IL
self In these youngsters. In many
cases one would suppose that they had
been seized with an aversion fer each
other Sometimes contempt but new
er indifference. though there Is nothing
they attempt 10 show more than this
A case In point
Benny Apherson had reached the age
when q boy Is especially particular -
20 his crayats. He was admirfng him
self In a pier glass upon DOMINIC his
new spring suit and his first SILK hat
Olivia Treadwell had just passed the
age when her mother studied the ad-
vertisements for bargains in misses
apparel. On the very day that Benny
put on his title" and Ollie donned her
FIRST woman's frock they saw each 9TH
er for the first time Behind the
TreadweIl home was q garden. and
against the farther end OF the garden
was the rear Of house into which had
recently moved the Apherson family.
On this beautifully bright spring
morning Miss Ollie. from the rear
drawing room OF her home. espied Ben
NJ IN the mar drawing room Of his
home sdmiring before the pier glass
his new plug hat He bowed 20 his
image. taking on his hat 10 an imagi-
nary lady, walked past the glass, first
showing one side then the other.
Emirked at himself-or. rather. at the
imaginary girI-sbowed q dignihed su-
periority. indeed. practiced all mannsr
OF ways OF attracting. even OF crushing
her. While 20 engaeed he evidently
heard some one approaching. for be
hurriedIy placed the hat on the win
dow sill and passed out OF ollie's sight
All this Miss Ollie observed. unob-
served herself. As soon as the young
Apollo disappeared she was seized with
q terrible temptation The gardener
was engaged In removing the flowers
from the conservatory and placing
them In the garden without Having
planted large number. he watered
them with the garden hose and had
gone somewhere else. leaving the hose
on the ground There was the shining
hat balanced on the window sin. there |
was the hose and there was the girl |
The result was what was to have been !
expected The Eiri went down and
out into the garden and began 20 put
more water on the already wen wa
tered plants. casting from time 70 time
nrrtfve giances nc the rear window IN |
which Apollo bad placed his hat Hav-
tng satisfied herself that no one was
boxing. with assumed carelessness she
diverted the stream from one flower
bed 20 another. and In doing 20 the !
stream struck the hat Il disappeared 1
from view. Unconscious apparently Of
what she had done. Miss Ollie contin-
ned TO water the flowers for q few
minutes then dropped the hose and
went into the house.
The young lady deceived herself n
'he thought she was unobserved. Ben
ny from an upper window had caught
tight OF her IN the garden watering
The flowers. Now. a girl watering
lowers on n bright spring morning.
Pven with q garden hose. Is q delecta-
BILE sight Benny stood back from the
far enough 20 be out OF sight.
took up pair OF Opera glasses and
dashed his eyes on Miss Treadwell.
'eeing every intent In her features as
well rs n he had been close beside her.
When she diverted the stream from
he flower beds he saw q look Of ma
icious mischief on her face and won
Tered. Later. when be went down
'tairs for his hat and saw IL on the
ioor. its beautiful sheen ruined by q
lrenching. that look was explained
If any one had told Benny that his
eelings toward his neighbor We're not
concentrated desire for revenge. that
hey We're instead the opening OF the
owe bud In his heart. be would have
aughed sardonically While he was
axing on the ruin before him he was
rying TO think OF some method Of
rushing the perpetator No apPro-
riate method occurred 20 him at the
lime. and when next he saw hiss
she was In the garien nip
ing the flowers TO make q bouquet,
,oking so attractive that he wished he
rere with her instead OF separated
rom her by wall and the absence
: an acquaintance He hoped she
T0uld look up at him but since she
Id not he coughed TO attract her vt
antion.
Now. II Miss Ollie had not been al
aady conscious OF Mr.. Apherson's
resence his ruse would have sue
eeded. Ss,ce she was conscious Of
he fact that he was acnirsng her. she ,
'ent on plucking the flowers without ,
the slightest curiosity In
he premises.
This is not iove story. II Is simply
n exposition OF certain apparent IN
pertaining 10 spring love
! spring age. Mr.. Apherson made
Iiss Tradwelrs acquaintance. and
iere was an affair between them. hut
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