The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-01-22

BY BERTHA HERMAN.

Very well, II you are going to b
as snobblsh as that you can have You
old ring back So therel" Tossing
beautiful diamond ring from her, an
with n bang of the porch door Ma
flew up the stairs to her room. There
standing before the mirror, her fac
aflnme and her eyes wonderfully blut
she said:
swell, I'm glad of Il I'm glad OF il
To think | might have married such
mean, unreasonable thing"
The dificuty was the eternal lover
quarrel. Bob was going away for set
eral weeks on business trip to Dr
troit, and had asked May TO cancel th
bungalow affair that they had promIs
ed to attend the following week. Nov
dad had just given May Il new sudm,
outfit, all the beautiful, soft. silk!
things normal girl Graves. In spec
lnl evidence was her dear little BLU
georgette evening gown, massed II
tulle. IN which May looked more lik,
an ethereal fairy than nm ordinary girl
To give up the thought OF wearing thu
dress was beyond reason!
B-r-r.r-r-ring The telephone bel
,lnkled loudly. In an excited voice
May answered the phone. thinking Il
possibly might be Bob. II II were, sl,
would-no, she wouldn't--yes, sh,
would just hang right up!
Hello. May. Yes. this Is Ida. Ida
Scholl. Did you hear what the clul
Is doing? Didn't You? Oh We're go
ing to have camp. Yes, with tents
n everything. Yes. out IN Maine Sur,
all The girls viii be there. You'll come
too? Great! WIN sign up for you
For the whole month OF August. That's
fine. We've only one week to wait.
I'm so excited. Isn't II thrilling
May hung up, after receiving this
news, and contemplated the result.
Yes, she WAS glad she gave Bob bach;
his ring. She wondered II he took II.
She had flung 1t out on the porch.
He might be fool enough to walk on
and leave 10 there. Some impulse
prompted her to rGn out and see II
the ring were still there. or course
he took II. Well, she would 90 away
la camp and have an exceedingly good
time With the girls and FORGET him.
He was u mean thing anyway. Pos
Sibly she might meet some other hero
here. Al, romance was stirring With
n her, Wouldn't Il he wonderful m
show Bob thai she could not be triilctl
WITH a
The firstg0t August found happy
.roup Of effcrvcscent youth ut North
station. Weren't they going out to
amp and weren't they going to have
wonderful time? One little girl In
pink linen dress and big blue eyes
ooked Il triilc more serious than the
others, but she, too, mad the delightful
ook of expectancy on her face. 81
One perfectly Incompatible wcch
full Of delightful experiences with
cameras, campfres. gentlemen
and the like had already slipped by
TO the regret Of most of them. To
May, howe, er, II seemed as though the
day were made Of about ~ hours and
the week of almost 1870 days. Her
thoughts We're constantly turning
homoward, and especially to tn s,TUe
on her porch two weeks before. Could
she stick II out, the four weeks away
from home and him? Did he ever
think Of her? Was he going out with
other girls? should she write 10 him
and tell him she was sorry? Oh
what was she to do!
Another week passed hrlmrul of
pleasure for Ida, Bess, lIl!da and the
rest, hut painfully duh for May. The
next evening Ida laid her hand on
Mays shoulder and whispered some.
thing IN her ear
us that true?" asked May, Il new
Hight suddenly uglow in her eyes.
"leS, ana he didn't even have to go
To Detroit. lie hasn't gone out with
anyone, not even the boys. once since
you left, and he feels perfectly mis-
erablc. ltli do him good though. lie
VIII appreciate you more when you
get back, although goodness knows.
You were the one who always started
the quarrcls."
The morning of the third week
ilawned bright and clear. Six o'clock
they all Went IN for dip. Everyone
was there but May. They called for
her blew the hugla time and time
again hut no May responded. Drip
ping wet from swimming they all
rushed into her tent intending to
awaken her and pun her down 10 the
stream. The he'd was empty, but
stuck up IN her mirror was II note
which rend
Girls; Don't call me quittcr. Bob
Is lonesome aud SO am I. Just had to
20 hnck. You know. May"
They knew.
Copyright. 1919, Mcclure Newspaper Syn