Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-14
Not Like Other
Girls
By CLARA DELAFIELD


wonder. ! wonder SO much And
there's nobody can teil except Elsie
Tdvis Middleton now-snd she Wont
Not that I've ever asked her
wouldn't dare 10 DO that No one
could take liberties with Elsie. You
SCI. she never was Ike other girls.
There's a sort q free masonry among
girls just as there il among married
women. and among men. of course
But Elsie always ran by herself.
That's what rather pat the girls
against her.
/ remember when she Ieft college
she adopted q sort Of hlghbrow atti-
tuIe toward life Instead Of going
about wIth the young fellows, she'd
- az 20 nook zith s shady book
mean. ~ % q shady nook with a
book. poetry usually. Ana there she'd
sit wrapped 10 meditation fancy free,
ard listening % the other girls hav-
Ing q good time with the boys
I wonder I wonder II Elsie really
liked &c. She never wanted anything
60 do with tire men She said loye
was 8 sacred thing. and came once
emily in lifetime. and II sou didn't
end your love n.turHefl you JUST kept
quiet about il. a21 sent on holding
yourself IL as long as you Sd, IN
81 you either died " pinned away.
] remember young RoEeli He was
a queer. poellcal sort Of chap With a
far-a@ay look In his eyes, and when
he was staying here one surnmer-tt
must have been FIVE years aE0--he and
Elsie Just naturally gravltated toward
each other They'd sauuter of To-
gefher into the shade Of the old apple
tree and SO there. with their books in
their lands. First young Rowell
would read a biz and then Elsie'd
read s blf-and al the time the other
goung foISs were enjoying themselves
ia q bealihfal. natural way ia ham
mocks. ard walking on To pairs. and
buggy driving.
Well what naturally happened?
Florence Keith came down for the
week She was a fuzzy little thing.
full u spirits and she hadn't been
here a day before she Fixed young
R0wesl with her basillcan stare Next
day when Elsie wondered of with her
book young Reweil didn't turn up
He'd taken Florence of To see the
hermit III his cave-Joe Briggs who
works winters In the boiler factory.
And all that week Elsie was left alone.
and al the weekend young ROwell
saw Miss Keith IN the train as far
as Philadelphia and then went On hts
own w3y.
Marry No. nothing but q summer
filtration of course. Maybe Elsie
wasn't mad She didn't eaf hardly
anything the rest II her stay here. and
she used to nope more than ever.
and read her love poems 70 herself
under the apple tree
You know. the same crowd comes
down here pretty regular year after
year Next year Elsie was Just the
same only little more 50. She
wouldn't have thing 10 de- with the
young men. and Florence had things
all her own way. Young Rowells
oh he'd gone West Yes. he married
a ranrhers daughter out in Utah He
doesn't appear again In the story.
For the lords sake. Elsie. why
DON'T you make AZ to sone u the
young fellowsr I asked her. think
f. was the year after that. You're
eooi-iooAing aud sou can be bright
when you want 70. What d'you want
to scare 'em on for3 They don't
want h.ebhrow Why, the sight ~
those boo&s ~ yours puts the ld on
sour ~aauces
III never forget how Elsie looked
n me aud answered It's better To
have loved aud lost than never 20 have
loyed 81 al"
hadn't thing 10 say to that. and
let her keep age loving next year.
and the next. The hfth year little
Florence Keith met her fate Shed
played wiki the boys hearts So long.
z was high time she got cauxh, her,
SELF Young Middleton was the son
~ the banker ~ Bostou-ey,r hear u
hin7 Worth a few cool millions. but
nothing Hse what some 81 those bank.
H-F ffst+f +N+f4tf tsE was a Et}fhEk
catch and the od3 thing was. Flor
euce really was crazy over him
And there Was Elsie with her shady
book mean her book and her shady
naok. snd-Hext thing that happened
was when Florence AMI Middleton
bad had a llttle til vas walking
along ghc creek. and who should see
hut Middleton and Elsie. sitting side
hy side staring into TIE pool.
I shal newer love again" I heard
Elsie say tn her wis9ul Way. one
bfe-oae love Ah nle lis better 10
have loved and lost Than never 70 have
loved az an,"
l turned and raced back. Florence
for the love ~ Nike ges YOUR hooks
into him I gaspea Elsie Davis i
out for battle"
Il was zoo late Well. what could
you e1pect5 They were engaged bv
supper time, e5oped that night. snd
were married next morning over the