The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-10-06
SUMNER GIRLS DIARY
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Be-hz and her husband too % 80
hat I observe proper hg-rE II Ger
ulnly Kiss Wany.
Mon1sF-I had 20 STOP M0Lher
esus Il aod said there Vas 70 Be 9
concert On -hs hotel piazza and sic
wanted ne % meet sO-1e people
The-s vas 4 Er. Denny. who vas
beng ncs 70 ne wbea 3 gr-an Old
E-sEggyes down On hin AID took
h- zwEr. Mother looked Gszppol1f-
ed 50 ! Judge from that he uZst Be
sozebo5y.
Tuss52F-An very tired 50 VIII
on7y write z Mns- ! 01ght % get e let
Ter tonorrgw from WaIly. he prom
ised zs lis picture
FRIDAY. BIZ guess I've missed q
Io- but Tvs been TOO busy 70 write.
Motoring and boating. tennis and golf
a. 1s nne. This Is a pretty lake.
Alan Croft S swfuIF nee 10 ne.
We have jolly tines Think III write
70 Wsny fer Ky picture Alan wants
cs
Thus5sy-Its too provoking. The
picture cane and I slipped X into ny
blouse intending % give Il 70 Alan when
re we're out motoring. Bet when !
went % look for s. IL vas gone.
Szturday-Alan asked me 70 marry
hin some day. He has another year
f. college and four more Il medical
school-he's going % be a 6oct0r-snd
after that q year o two as inferno
in g hospital II seems q long tine,
doesn't III I told him ID see.
Mo1day-Thls place IS bewitehed. I
lose everything. / wrote TO Alan and
pat the letter In my blouse 10 mall, and
lost Il TOO. I've looked all morning.
II / don't ind II. I'm going home. I've
q notion 70 go out In Nr. DIS canoe.
Hes gone 10 town
TueSday-There's a lot 70 write. but
In 50 excited / might get things
mixed. / looked for that letter yes
terday until / was crazy. Then / de-
oded somebody had found IL / was
wlIdi
Just after ! started out In the
storm came up. Before / got TO the
island the rain began. and the waves
so high and the wind was so aw-
ful i was sure / was going 10 upset
Wen, / got there az last and pulled the
canoe up on the beach as well as /
could and tied IL 10 a root OF some
thing and crawIed between W big
rocks.
After about two years, IL seemed, the
thunder and lightning did stop. and /
got a chance 10 breathe. So / crept
down to the place where ! had tied the
canoe, and what do you think? II was
gonei
There I was, wet as a fish. hungry q
had only eaten a dab Of salad for lunch
In my anxiety about the letter., eve
ming coming on and miles away from
everything. II was certainly dismal.
The canoe was nowhere in sight, /
could see boats out on the lake. but
none came near enough 10 call. Evil
IDENTIFY / had not been missed.
II got dark after a while-very-and
/ was getting sleepy. Thank goodness,
a. 49,. U~s n1A ia Ar4lA 1raN wra%<u
well. So / found a soft, messy place
and tried to sleep. / thought Of Wally
and Alan, poor dear-and Of Mr..
Wouldn't he be mad when he
found his gonei And / won
dered II the Old Girl would get him,
and / hoped not-because he had such
nice eyes and was such a gentleman.
Then I went to sleep.
And suddenly / felt a light on my
face and sat up, blinking into an cleo
tric fash. OF course / thought I was
In my own room and a burglar had
broken In. 'Take any old thing you
want" I said. "only don't waken Ber-
tha's baby-it's In the next room-and
mothers got a bad heart, so please"
Then I 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 II was. "We found your canoe up
side down at dark. They're dragging
the lake for you. II thought you
were dead" His voice sounded queer.
"You don't happen to have a sand
wich. do your" l asked. I'm starved"
"Not a thing. I'm afraid" he dug
down into his pockets. pulling out let
tiers and cigarettes and a dozen things.
And suddenly the fashlight fell on my
picture, and ] grabbed. and he grabbed.
too, and we both held on. and his fin
gers-well, I'm just not going TO put
1t ali down, eve In a book . But he
said he'd loved me from the first min
ute he'd seen me, but was afraid l
liked Alan. And he'd seen me drop