The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-05
GEORGE DID IT
BY JOSEPHINE r


III the NuttIlul uNhAR'A1Ns 49,
Aliens boarding house only Edith Fay
disdained the front-step habit.
"You don't get a particle of breeze
in that little room Of yours" protested
Mrs. Allen, friendly, from her rocking
chair at the top of the steps: you'd
better Join us squatters out here. The
park smells cool and the fountain
sounds cool, even if it is as hot as
Kansas"
Young Mr.. Day, whose legal practice
was not generally believed to be large
enough t. requir his presence h town
during the summer, ceased staring at
the park and glanced hopefully toward
the girl. But she shook her head, smlg-
ing.
81 have to pack, you know" she an
swered.
"PackT"
"Yes. I'm going to Pine Beach for
the summer"
Lucky grill Pretty place"
slave you ordered George?" called
Mrs. Allen. Gle can check your bag
gage through to destination now; it's
a comfort. Unless you order him early
he's likely to leave you in the lurch."
1--WE attended to everything" said
Edith, and loated off.
"You know" Mrs. Allen said, lean
ing forward, shes going to the Pine
Beach hotel as a sort of attraction, to
sing. She hasn't enough voice for the
opera, but they say she's great when
she dresses up like a clown and sings
ragtime."
MI. Day muttered something about
a walk and passed down the steps.
He returned IN hour later to find the
steps deserted, though the presence Of
the cushions seemed to indicate that
the "squatters'' would return. lie sat
down and began to fan himself. Pres
emily Edith appeared.
"Oh" she said, Il thought every one
had gone for a ferry ride. l.
"Please sit down and rest" said Mr..
Day. Il think a breeze is coming up"
After a seconds hesitation she sank
into Mrs. Aliens chair.
do you realize" he began, that
this is the first time / have been alone
with you for weeks? Not since we
went to "Chin Chin" together"
"Has it been so longT" Her voice
was soft and sweet.
Edith, don't talk nonsense. You
know l love you"
Then you must not keep on. The
conclusion would be painful to US
both" she answered.
"Why should ii be-" The light Of
battle was in his eyes.
81 know you could care for me If
you would let yourself"
ut is not So" she replied. as she
swept through the door and up the hall
stairway.
"Heavens! !" he exclaimed angrily.
"She's not worth 1t. I'm lone with
her."
"Mr. Day has decided to go down
to his mothers place on Long Island
for the holiday" announced Mrs, Al
len, as she hustled to get breakfast the
next morning. 'That reminds me,
Jenny, he wants his bag checked for
Bellport when George comes for Miss
Fay's trunk. She's off, silly child, with
out any breakfast at all. She met Mr..
Day in the dining room and they al
most snapped each Others heads Off
when they said good morning. Here's
George now. Jenny, go up with him
and get the checks. Bellport, l.. l.,
for the bag, and Pine Beach, N. j., for
the trunk. Don't get them mixed, what
ever you do"
"Now," said the proprietor of the
Pine Beach hotel angrily, "IHl do right
by you If you do right by me. But
you're not doing right when you come
down here without your properties.
You should have seen to 1t that your
trunk was on the same train with you.
If 1t doesn't come on this last train,
you won't need 1t at ALL"
Here the porter now" cried
Edith with a new hope. maybe he's
found it. No, that isn't mine. Mines
a trunk. not a bag"
Nevertheless the porter deposited
the suitcase with a tip-expecting smile.
Edith glanced at the painted letters,
az. L. Day, Bellport, L. L." she read.
"You need not send again to the
station" she said. 'There has been a
mistake. l should like to be called for
the first train In the morning"
A bright-eyed woodchuck was the
only living thing that shared Edith's
early morning at Pine Beach station,
A train wheezed in, bearing express
packages, papers, a trunk and a soil
tary passenger.
81 tried to telegraph you when J
discovered this ridiculous blunder," be
gan Mr.. Day with the distant mien of q
recently rejected sutton. II took the
last train to New York and the first
down here"
I'm sorry you bothered" said
Edith. at doesn't matter now, he
doesn't want me"
sNVhn doesn't want Won ~ Day de