The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-10-18
TWENTY IN ONE
BY EARL REED sILvERs.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

u bOlYeu 10 nave the Lest time In MS
!, rather uneventful young life. Fol
= three years he had labored for q big
\ brokerage firm In one Of New York's
largest office buildings, and he was
tired Of working.
Sitting comfortably on the upper
] deck Of the river steamer, he looked
: forward with the pleasantest anticipa-
ton to two weeks Of unalloyed pleas
. ure. The boat slipped out into the
stream, and Dick, signing contentedly,
lighted his briar pipe and settled him
self comfortably for the long ride, for
the steamer was not due In Kingston
until the early afternoon. He drew
the prospectus Of the Glenwood hotel
from his pocket and glanced over 1t
speculatiyely. He liked the picture of
the hotel, with Its glimpse of wooded
lake and laughing girls, who looked
down upon him from the steps of the
spacious porch. And as he gazed Dick
Rowland made n resolution. During
the next two weeks he promised him
self that he would become acquainted
with at least twenty girls in the Glen
wood hotel.
Having decided this rather mo-
ment0us question, he knocked the
ashes from his pipe and strolled along
the shaded deck Of the boat. 1t was
late in August, and the steamer was
crowded with vacationists. In one cor
ner he spied a man talking earnestly
to girl with black hair and crimson
lips. Dick smiled happily; he would
be doing the same thing himself be-
fore another day had passed. Idly he
wandered from place to place. Every
where were girls-thin ones, fat ones,
happy ones, sad ones. But suddenly
he stopped In his tracks, eyes staring.
In remote part of the steamer, shell
tered by one of the overhead decks,
he discovered the prettiest girl he had
ever seen. She looked up suddenly
and caught Dicks enraptured gaze He
blushed, mumbled something to him I,
self and passed on.
Shortly after noon he wandered idly :
to the dining room. The tables were |
nearly all filed, but In one corner the I
head waiter discovered a vacant seat.
He motioned Dick into it, and Dicks |
heart stood still. Directly opposite him
sat the girl he had thought about for
the past two hours. The colored gen.
tlemen whose duty 1t was to preside
over that corner Of the room evidently
believed that Dick and the girl were
friends, for he served both of their or
ders together.
Ten minutes or so elapsed before
Dick gained the courage to address a
word to his companion. Even then his
remark was most commonplace.
MAY l trouble you to pass the
salt?' he said.
She handed him the commodity in
question, and Dick discovered the hint
of a twinkle in her eye. He grew
bolder
rs this your first trip up the river?"
he asked.
"Oh, no. She smiled at him, frank
ly, easily. 81 have been spending my
vacation in the Catskills for the past
three years.
"Are you on your vacation now?"
ayes. just starting"
$50 am l." Dick looked up hopeful
ly. II wonder if 1t could be possible
that we are going to the same place."
81 hardly think so. The mountains
are pretty large, you know"
Eyes, l know" He sank back, dis
couraged. The girl evidently did not
want him to know where she was GO
ing. 81 don't know very many girls in
New York." he said, land now that
rye started on vacation, I'm going
to try to be friends with just as many
as 1 possibly can. I'm going to the
Glenwood hotel" :
He drew the booklet from his pock-
IT, turning to the picture which had ),
made such an impression upon him
earlier in the day. 'There are twenty
girls in that picture" he announced
and 1 hope to know everyone of
hem" Y
She reached across the table and, I
aking the book, examined the photo $
loosely. Finally she handed it back to I
lin.
do you see the third girl from the
'orner?" she asked.
'Yes, whyT ;
81 know her" "
''You do?" He spoke eagerly. +
What's her manner"
"Glad.s Graydon."
ats you" he gasped. II
YES" she answered, enjoying his
urprise. II spent last summer at
,lenwood."
"And are you going there now?" He
saned forward in his eagerness, his II
yes shining. II
Eyes, she answered. I'm going II
here for two weeks H
"To think" he said finally, "that I'll H
e with you for two whole weeks ~ H
She smiled into his eyes. II
"0h, mol You are going to meet
wenty girls. Don't you remember?" H
He shook his head emphatically. II
mot this time" he announced. II
Since I've met you, it's case of H
venty girls in one" II
And the smile she gave him In an II