Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-06-30
SUMMER GIRLS DIARY
sy LOUISE OLIVER.

school. School was over on the Goth
but ! went TO narrower with JAM
White for two weeks I started I
diary there. but there was no mucl
going on all the time I didn't hav,
time TO keep II up. I'll do better here
know, with the family around, sister
Bertha and her husband, too, TO sec
that ] observe proper hours I'll Ger
tainly miss Wally.
Monday had to stop. Mother
came In and said there was TO be q
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 a girl-an old
| girl-swooped down on him and took
him away. Mother looked disappoint-
ed, 10 Judge from that he must be
somebody. D.
| Tuesday.--Am very tired. 30 will
only write a line ought to get q let
Ter tomorrow from waIly. He prom
ised me his picture. ~
Friday, 13th.--I guess I've missed a
lot, but I've been too busy to write.
Motoring and boating. tennis and golf
all the time. This is a pretty lake.
Al.r C-cft is awfuiiy nice to me.
We have jolly times. Think I'll write
10 Wally for my picture. Alan wants
one. Asa
Thursday.-1t's too provoking. The
picture came and slipped 1t into my
blouse intending to give II to Alan when
we were out motoring. But when I
went 10 iooS for Il, II was gone Il; :.
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 year or two as inferno
10 q hospital. II seems q long time,
doesn't III ! told him I'd see.
Monday.--This place is bewitched. I
lose everything. I wrote to Alan and
put the letter In my blouse TO mail. and
lost II, too. I've looked all morning.
n don't find II. I'm going home. I've
a notion to go out In Mr.. DIS canoe.
He's gone to town.
Tuesday.-There's lot TO write, but
I'm so excited ! might get things
mixed. looked for that letter yes
terday until ! was crazy. Then / de-
cided somebody had found 1t. 1 was
Wild
Just after started out In the canoe
storm came Up. Before got to the
Island the rain began, and the waves
got 80 high and the wind was so aw-
full / was sure i was going to upset.
Well, i got there at last and pulled the
canoe up on the beach as well as
could and tied 1t TO root of some
thing and crawled between two big
rocks.
After about two years, 1t seemed, the
thunder and lightning did stop and /
got a chance to breathe. So crept
down to the place where had tied the
canoe, and what do you think? 1t was
gonel
There was, wet as fish, hungry Il
had only eaten a 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. Evil
IDENTIFY had not been missed.
1t got dark after a while-very-and
/ was getting sleepy. Thank goodness,
1t was warm and I'd dried out pretty
well. So 1 found a 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 gonel And / won
dered If the Old Girl would get him,
and hoped nOt-because he had such
nice eyes and was such a gentleman.
Then went to sleep.
And suddenly i felt light on my
face and sat up, blinking into an cleo
trio flash. OF course / thought was
in my own room and a burglar had
broken In. flake any old thing you
want" / said, "only don't waken Ber-
tha's baby--it's in the next room-and
mothers got a bad heart, 80 please"
Then / realized where was and what
had happened, for the light had left
my face and flashed on the trees and
things around.
"Thank heaven you're all right" said
a mani mean, said Mr.. Denny, for
he It was. 1--WE found your canoe up
side down at dark. They're dragging
the lake for you. IL thought you
were dead" His voice sounded queer.
you don't happen to have a sand
witch. do your" asked. SIN starved"
"Not a thing. TN afraid" he dug
down into his pockets, pulling out let
tiers and cigarettes and dozen things.
And suddenly the fiashlight fell on my
picture, and I grabbed, and he grabbed.
too. and we both held on, and his I'm
gers-well, I'm Just not going to put
II all down. even In a book But he
said he'd loved me from the first min |
ute he'd seen me. bot was afraid
liked Alan. And he'd seen me drop |
'Alanta letter too and had that-un.