The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-06
The History Of
That First Note
BY Claude G. Miller

in all my life, here l am a full
grown girl at thirteen, and writ
ing notes. No, 1t just happeHed
this way, June q wouldn't want
you to tell this to anybody for the
world; you won't, viii your hal
just come from history class when
l met Herold Simmons, you know |
think he's just the incest boy; we'll
as l was saying he met me right
there in the hallway and we walked
together to the first floor. Just as
| got to my room Herold sort Of
whispered in my ear because there
were plenty Of other children about
us) Amelia, will you take some
thing from me-"
OF course, Jane, you understand
l did not know what it was then or
| wouldn't have taken it; you are
older, you know how it feels TO be
with boy you like, especially vixen
you like him a good deal, and / am
Just crazy about him. oh, Jane,
don't laugh at me-sO ! took the
thing he offered me and stuffed it
in my pocket and / really forgot it.
It was folded twice just like l
fold my algebra papers and on go
ing into my study room l found
that we were going to have one OF
those nice algebra quizzes PROBES
scr Sharp always gives US On sur
prise. ! got so busy that when he
asked for our papers l just stuffed
my hand in my pocket and drew
out mine and handed it in with the
rest, never thinking about the note
at all.
Well, things went on until last
night; l met Herold at Gartiner's;
he asked ME about the answer from
the note, and June, that was the
first ! had thought Of that note, SO
I was a little nervous teause tnas
was the first note I'd ever had from
a boy,) so l put my hand in my
pocket and drew it out again and
when / opened it up it was my al
zebra parer
felt funny inside but just acted
as If it was the note and / was
reading it, but all the time my
mind was whiriing. What if Mr.
Sharp saw that-my first one, and
il ends out like this, end before it
mad almost begun-what If Harold
had said he loved-but / just
glanced up and said YES" cause
| really didn't know what else to
say.
He seemed delighted with my
answer and walked home with me-
That night could hardly sleep
1T all and the next day ! hurried
to get down to the first floor be-
fore Herold came along. I felt so
terrible and as l entered the room
Professor Sharp came along and
said timidly, Amelia, I'm afraid
you got er-er the wrong a-er paper
TO me-" And he put the note down
on my desk. l snatched it up and
handed my real paper-oh how re-
lieved | felt with the note in my
hands, an, June, | read it right in
class-to myself, and Mr.. Sharp
looked back my sheepishly; here is
the note, | will read it to you if
you don't mind:
Dear Amelia Won't you please
write me notes? I'm SO lonesome
and to get a note from somebody
| Qll leave that out. it doesn t
especially mean anything to you
any way) Will you please go with
me to the basket ball game next
Friday night. Be ready at eight,
please.
Your-Q'll leave that out too
H. s.
Now, June, what l want to ask
you tcause / know you've had lots
and lots of experience, shall tell
Herold about Mr.. Sharp getting my
note and shall l send him an an
swer, and shall I 60 to the basket
ball game with him (you know I
promised l would.)
may go, and keep writing notes
but don't tell him about the first
one-oh, you dear June-but / won
der what Professor Sharp thinks?
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