The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1916-05-19
Spring Love
By ETHEL HOLMES

Nv" W .Nuhh wv w "uNhhiht WI III
tslnly not in winter. IL comes with
the budding leaves. and u also comes
with proplnquity. Place a young girl
near n young man on q warm, sun
shiny day IN April or May, or the
young man near the girl. and love IL
just as sure 60 bud I'm their hearts as
leaves on the trees.
II Is singular how many different
ways this spring disease manlfests II.
self IN these youngsters. In many |
cases one would suppose that they had
| been seized with an aversion for each |
other. Sometimes contempt but new.
er indifference. though there Is nothing |
they attempt 20 show more than this.
A case In point.
Benny Aphcrson had reached the age |
when boy Is especially particular as
20 his cravats lie was admirlng him. |
self IN a pier glass upon donning his |
new spring suit aud his first silk hat. |
Olivia Treadwell had just passed the |
age when her mother studied the al.
vertisemcnts for bargains Ia misses
apparel on the very day that Benny
put on his "tilc' and ollie donned her
first woman's frock they saw each 9th.
er for the first time. Behind the
Treadwel homo was q garden, aud
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 tho rear
- a. l.I
ny IN the rear drawing room Of his
home admlring before the pier glass
his new plug hat. lie bowed 90 his
image. taking on his hat 10 an imagl
nary lady. walked past the glass, frst
showing one side then tho other.
fmirked at himsclf-or. rather. nj the
imaginary glri-showcd a dignlhed "a.
periority. indeed. practiccd all manner
OF ways Of attracting. even of crushing
her. While 10 engaged he evidently
heard some one approaching. for he
hurriedly placed the hat on the win.
dow sill and passed out of oillc's sight
, All this Miss ollie observed, unob.
served herself. "A soon as the young
Apollo disappeared she was seized with
2 n terrible temptation. The gardener
b was engaged IN removing tho lowers
: from the conservatory aud placing
them Ia the garden without Having
planted large number, he watcrcd
them with the garden hose and had
4 gone somewhere else. leaving the hose
(, on the ground. There was the shining
, hat balanced on the window sill. there
was the hose aud ihcrc wns the girl.
The result was what was a. have been
expected. The Rirl went down aud
out into the garden and began 90 put
more water on the already well wa
tered plants. casting from time 10 time
furtiyc glnnccs nj the rear window IN
which Apollo had placed his hat. Iiav'
Ing satisfied herself that no one was
looking with assumed cnrclcssness she
diverted the stream FROM one flower
bed 10 another, and Ia doing 40 the
stream struck the hat. II disappeared
from view Unconscious apparently OF
what she had done Miss Ollie contln
ncd To water the flowers for few
minutes. then dropped the hose aud
went into the house.
The young lady deceived herself II
she thought she WIS unobscrved. Ben
ny from nn upper window had caught
sight 80 her In the garden wntcrins
tho flowers. Now, u gir' watering
flowers on bright spring morning
even with garden hnse, II n delccta
bile sight. Kenny stoNl back from th'
window. fnr enough a. he ont Of sight
took ~ n pair ~ opera glasses nnt
aashcd HI eyes on Miss Treadwcll
seeing every intent In her features NJ
well as n he had hecn close beside her
When she diverted the stream fron
the flower hcds he saw look ~ ma
Urinus mischief uu her face aud Won
drr-d Later. when he went down
stairs fur his hat aud saw II ON thl
nuor IT, beautiful sheen ruined by
drenrhlur. that look was explained.
II any one had told Benny that M
feelings toward his neighb1r were no
q concentrated desire for revenge, tina
they were Instead the opening ~ th
love bud IN his heart, BE- would hav
laughed snrlnulrnlly While he wa
gazing uu the ruin before him he wa
irving 10 thluE ~ some method %
crushing the pcrpeirntor No appro
plate method occurred a. him NJ th
time. and when nest he saw Mis-
Trcadweu she was u the garden ull
ping the flowers o. make "a bouquet
lonkng 80 attractive that De wished b
were with her instead ~ separate
from her hy wall nud the absenc
ot an acquaintance. lie hoped Nh
would hook up NJ him, but since sh
ia not be- coughed IN attract her al
tcutiuu.
NoW. n Miss ollie had not been u
ready conscious ~ Mr. Apherson
presence his ru,e would have SUI
ccedcd Since she was conscious q
the fact that he was admirlng her, sll
went ON plucking the flowers wllhor
manifcstlng the slightest curiosity I
the premises.
This Is not a love story. IL Is slmpl
an exposition ~ certain apparent II
constituencies pertaining TO spring lO'
IN spring age. Mr. Apherson mad