The Holt County sentinel., 1921-03-11
A Pleasure Trip
ny KITTY PARSONS

Doris stamped her fOnt Indignantly.
II don't care" she cried: II Just wont
stand II any longer: I've been engaged
to rhll for over m"uih and all he
has done u to- rave about anita Fisher
-ilm way she dur~ her hair and the
hats she wears and everything. IT.
perfectly safe and harmless. I sup
i"'sc. hut I'm sick iu death ~ hearing
about tier. Why didut h. mnrry hen
himself " he thinks her ~ prrircty'
Doris spent long tine cunsldcrinp
III" situation for III" had fully dr,i,lrt
that she was nat going to hear 81 miici
of Anita fro'u that ,lHl forth forever.
more. Then the next thing she It'd
Mns 10 writ" u sweet little note to Mrs
''corg" Fisher ani invite her aud her
husband io sIr'ni the fullnwing week
end with I'hll aud hrrSclf NJ her moth
,r'S bungalow, some miles nut nf town
They accepted promptly. and FRIDAY
aficrnoun they drove lswn in the lnlr
Whcr. the bungalow Sioud aud d.lns
itcd Themselves, hag nu,l baggage.
After they hHd nll admired the view.
Doris Shuwrd Anita io her roam aud
slipping ui thin summer gown. went
down tu the kiirhcn in prepare the
dlnncr They Ind ull agreed iu the
cnWrlng.uul plan and ever, "uc was
io l"lp With the cu"kius. liul when
the meal Wu- rndy. an hour later
huliH bad not irt upwairI below
stairs, When III" ciu" she was n
vision IN lluin. ,ulurr,l satin which
fnlrly dHzzlrd the "l"s ui the others.
'hll was charmed aud nftrr dinner
h" un,l"riutk IT, show her the grounds
Will" Grurgr aud boris washed the
dishes. II was almost iw"lN" when
they cnin" lm,k tn the porch. nnd
boris had m""n rinrhins hrrsrlt to
Keep awuk" f"r the Inst iva hours.
'IircahfHsi NJ uiur." said Doris
sw""ilN ~ sh" started upstairs few
moments later. Wilh"ul remembering
to Kiss rhil good night.
Ahnst lo:3I he next hnN hn,H np
f'pr"d In u lavender s'urguttr 'r,u
il"n lhni w"rlI uIr1i any mans head.
Then .ln threw herself IN - low rhnlr
aud ordered her husband tu Ir'ug her
r"lls uud coffee.
'rhil WIN ih IT," Doris assured Lrr
"Er"rpv l. Jus "T to plny u iuilr ten.
nls with me, Perhaps y"u iwo won't
mind starting lunch " ~" u'r u little
lutn."
They returned about three aud
found no slsus NJ fnoh NJ amy Kind
=" runSnck"'l the harder fnr cold meat
~ sustain them IN dinner ~ least.
i'hil. who had had ~ exercise all
day, wns crying for n long walk In the
w"ods and Insisted that every one
should 90, So Anita squeezed her feet
into hirlh""lcd oNfnr,is nud put on %
fci"hing costume, which r0uk her ~
n"lly ninety minutes io arrange. II
was after five o'clock when they set
out,
"Iu"Ly II stays light fairly late
Ntill." suid Ihil Ms he lnnkrd NJ his
watch. "'"nr on, AuiIn, ven lead
the way"
They N"r" snun oN"riuEcu hy Doris
aIll George. however. and i'hil found
that polIlrnrSs was forcing him To
creep along at u snail's pace, far be.
hind the others NJ the sid. NJ Anitn,
Doris knew every path IN the woods.
FOR size hnd been brought M IN this
part of The country aud She had nj.
ways loved the woods about the hungn.
low. But utter time the sky became
dark aud Ih"r" was II distant r,Imbling
Ia the hills rhai bespoke u storm.
"its going to rain IN u few minutes
on" ~ these sudden. heavy showers
we have up here sometimes: We must
fnd n guud place to stay"
"iS thrr" NJ shelter aboutY" demand
"d Aniin, whose feet were hurting her
"No, wen have TO get under lhu'
rlump ~ trees over there; as long ~
the thunder and lightning doesn't come
this way, well bc perfectly Snrc
there"
"llow dreadful" exclaimed Amin,
as sh" touched her dying marcel wnye
with u groan of despair,
Take my sweater. boris brgg,. |
PHI, trying to wrap II about her.
Il don't need IL, really. Anita has |
fewer clothes an und size looks culd |
you'd better give II io her"
A little reluctantly he did as he wuS
told.
This Is lark" cried Doris Hs she
leaned against u broad trrc.trupk.
II must say you have queer Idea
OF amusement" put Ia hsr guest.
whose hnir was beginning to hang IN
straight wlsps about her face. II fail
10 see anything funny about It,"
Neither do l." agreed Phil, whose
disposition was being affected by the
chIlls which his gallantry was costing
him, Are you sure there is no way
outY"
'lts u good four miles to the firsl
place where we could meet the road.
and at least three back the way we
came. It's getting dark, TOO, and Tn
afraid we won't be able to make It al
nll. there's no moon tonight and you
don't follow these trails without even