The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-06-15
SUMMER GIRLS DIARY
BY LOUISE OLIVER.

lie really starts until she's through
school. School was over on the goth,
but l went to Hartover with Jane
White for two weeks l started u
diary there, but there was so much
going on all the time l didn't have
time to keep 1t up. I'll do better here,
know, with the family around. sister
Bertha and her husband, too, to see
that l observe proper hours. I'll GER
tainly miss Waliy.
Monday had to stop. Mother
came In and said there was to be a
concert on the hotel piazza and she
wanted me to meet some people.
There was a Mr.. Denny, who was
being nice to me, when girl--an old
girl-swooped down on him and took
him away. Mother looked disappoint-
ed so | judge from that he must be
somebody.
Tuesday.-Am very tired, so will
only write line. l ought to get let
ter tomorrow from Wally. He prom
lsed me his picture.
Friday, 13th.--I guess I've missed
lot, but I've been too busy to write.
Motoring and boating, tennis and golf
all the time. This is a pretty lake.
| Alan Croft Is awfully nice to me.
We have jolly times. Think I'll write
to Wally for my picture. Alan wants
| one.
Thursday.-It's too provoking. The
blouse intending tc give it to Alan when
we were out motoring. But when I
went to look for it, 1t was gone.
STANDARDIZATION asked me to marry
him some day. He has another year
in college and four more in medical
school-he's going to be a doctor-and
after that a year or two as inferno
In hospital. 1t seems long time,
doesn't 1t? I told him I'd see.
Monday-This place Is bewitched. /
lose everything. l wrote to Alan and
put the letter In my blouse to mail. and
lost 1t, too. I've looked all morning.
II don't ind it, I'm going home. I've
a notion to 60 out in Mr.. DIS canoe
He's gone to town.
Tuesday.-There's lot to write, but
I'm SO excited / might get things
terday until I was crazy. Then l de-
cided somebody had found 1t. l was
wild
Just after / started out In the cnnoe
a storm came up. Before got to the
island the rain began, and the waves
got so high and the wind was SO aw-
full l was sure l was going to upset
Well, ! got there at last and pulled the
canoe up on the beach as well as I
could and tied 1t to a root Of some
thing and crawled between two big
rocks.
After about two years, 1t seemed, the
thunder and lightning did stop, and l
got q chance to breathe. So I crept
down to the place where l had tied the
canoe. and what do you think? 1t was
gonel
There was, wet as fish, hungry Il
had only eaten dab Of salad for lunch
In my anxiety about the letter., eve
ming coming on and miles away from
everything. 1t was certainly dismal.
The canoe was nowhere In sight /
could see boats out on the lake, but
none came near enough to call. Evi-
IDENTIFY had not been missed.
1t got dark after a while-very-and
was getting sleepy. Thank goodness,
it was warm and I'd dried out pretty
we'll. So / found soft, messy place
, and tried to sleep. / thought of Wally
and Alan, poor dear-and of Mr..
Denny. Wouldn't he be mad when he
found his canoe gone! And l won
) dered If the Old Girl would get him,
and l hoped not-because he had such
nice eyes and was such gentleman.
Then went to sleep.
And suddenly l felt light on my
face and sat up, blinking into an cleo
trio flash. or course l thought l was
in my own room and a burglar had
broken in. "Take any old thing you
! want" I said, "only don't wnken Ber-
{ tha's baby--it's In the next room-and
mothers got bad heart, so please
Then realized where l was and what
had happened, for the light had left
r my face and flashed on the trees and
things around
t "Thank heaven you're all right" said
( mani mean, said Mr.. Denny, foi
= he 1T was. "We found your canoe up
side down at dark. They're dragging
the lake for you. I'll thought yot
: were dead" His voice sounded queer
"You don't happen to have a sand
q wich, do your" asked. I'm starved
mot thing, I'm afraid" he dug
down into his pockets, pulling out let
ters and cigarettes and dozen things
a And suddenly the fiashlight fell on ny
}. picture, and grabbed and he grabbed
too, and we both held on, and his lin
gers-well, Tn just not going to pu
1t all down, even in book But h
said he'd loved me from the first min
l. ute he'd seen me, but was afraid
liked Alan. And he'd seen me drol
g Alan's letter. too and had that-un
opened, of course-but he was afrai'
to return it for fear I'd accepted hiir
And then all at once knew how
q was. / loved him, too, so ! said s.
l. and he kissed me. There, that's al
h I'm going to put down. After all,
t. believe I'll just keep diary In m