Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-01-09
SUMMER GIRLS DIARY
BY LOUISE OLIVER,

Sunday, July S.-I've decided tt
write down the events of my life
hereafter. don't consider that girls
life really starts until she's through
school. School was over on the Goth
but I went to Hartover with Jane
White for two weeks. T started a
diary there, but there was so much
going on all the time 1 didn't have
time to keep it up. I'll do better here,
l know, with the family around, sister
Bertha and her husband, too, to see
that I observe proper hours. I'll GER
'tainly miss Wally.
| Monday.-I 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 q 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, so judge from that he must be
somebody.
Tuesday.-Am very tired, so will
only write a line. I ought to get let
ter tomorrow from Wally. He prom
ised 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 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
picture came and slipped it into my
blouse intending to give it to Alan when
we were out motoring. But when I
went to look for it, it 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 year or two as inferno
In hospital. It seems a long time,
doesn't it? told him I'd see.
Monday.-This place Is bewitched. I
lose everything. wrote to Alan and
put the letter in my blouse to mail, and
lost it, too. I've looked all morning.
If don't find it, 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 I might get things
mixed. looked for that letter yes
terday until was crazy. Then I de-
cided somebody had found it. I was
wild!
Just after started out in the canoe
storm came up. Before I got to the
island the rain began, and the waves
got so high and the wind was so aw-
full was sure was going to upset.
Well, I got there at last and pulled the
canoe up on the beach as well as I
could and tied it to root Of some-s
thing and crawled between two big
rocks.
After about two years, it seemed, the
thunder and lightning did stop, and !
got chance to breathe. So I crept.
down to the place where had tied the
canoe, and what do you think? 1t was
gone!
There was, wet as a 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. It was certainly dismal.
The canoe was nowhere in sight! I
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,
it was warm and I'd dried out pretty
we'll. So I found a soft, messy place
and tried to sleep. I thought Of Wally
and Alan, poor dear-and of Mr..
Denny. Wouldn't he be mad when he |
found his canoe gone! And I Won
dered if the Old Girl would get him,
and hoped not-because he had such
nice eyes and was such gentleman. |
Then went to sleep. 80
And suddenly felt light on my
face and sat up, blinking into an cleo
trio flash. Of course I thought I was
in my own room and burglar had
broken in. "Take any old thing you
want" said, ""only don't waken Ber-
tha's baby-it's in the next rOom-and
mothers got bad heart, so please"
Then realized where was and what !
had happened, for the light had left
nv 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. "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 sand
wich, do you?" asked. I'm starved"
"Not a thing, I'm afraid" he dug
down into his pockets, pulling out let
tiers and cigarettes and dozen things.
And suddenly the flashlight 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
it all down, even in book But he
said he'd loved me from the first min
ute he'd seen me, but was afraid I
liked Alan. And he'd seen me drop /
Alan's letter, too and had that-un-
opened, of course-but he was afraid
to return it for fear I'd accepted him.
And then all ut once knew how 1t
was. I loved him, too, so I said so
and he kissed me. There, that's all
I'm going TO nut down, After all, I /