The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-20
SPRINGTIME
BY SARAH E. M'cAHEY

into her already overcrowded bag.
| "Remember to change at Portland
and communicate with Joe as often
as possible. II anything turns up,
| there Is always Aunt Ann. And we'll
be back In the fall" Mr.. and Mrs.
Dunn, parents of Joe and Dulcy, start
| ed for Europe with no misgivings as
| to their student offspring, and Dulcy
went back to Springale after her
spring holidays.
Joe was located about five miles
away from Dulcy in a special prepara-
tory school and was in his senior year.
On her arrival at Springale Dulcy
phoned him and communicated final
Instructions. from their parents.
"Send me the llniment, Dulce-Tve
hurt my ankle in preliminaries.
Il wouldn't dare, through the mall"
she said.
"Give it to old Dodge when he is
leaving today"
"But he's gone'
Another night of misery" said
Joe, irritably.
"Oh, Joe, so bad as that? I'll bring
1t to you myself"
"You know they won't allow a girl
within mile of this place-Ill wait
until tomorrow" and he hung up.
Briggs, the mail man-just the
thing" and Dulcy interviewed him as
he was about to start in with the
days mail.
'Let me go with you and you drop
me at Turks Head and pick me up
coming back-nobody'll know. My
brother has hurt his foot.
"Hear the bird-hear the bird-'tis
mocking bird" Dulcy chanted.
"Not one in these parts know of"
"a spud sparrow, them" she said.
"A what?"
"a spud-a chunk-a squat-broad
as long--a spud parrow-chatters all
night long"
"They do be sich as chatter the
! night" he said sourly. "but they'se no
sich thing as spud sparrer."
"Lots of things have changed since
| you were young, Briggs"
"Yeah-even the birds be new
kind
Listen to the brook--look Mt it
the moonbeams tickling 1t to shivers J"
"Giddap," said Briggs distastefully.
Grub" murmured Kitty to herself
-"can't get rid of me quick enough
pulling on the reins."
At last they drew up near the turn.
Here's the. head and there's the
school around the corner-Tll get the
mail and come right back" and Briggs
! drove rapidly away.
Grasping her bottle tightly Dulcy
walked towards the entrance, the
road towards which was flanked by
deep borders of lily of the valley, Of
which she picked large bunch and
! fastened II in her belt.
"Lo, cutie-coming to see meT'
and a bedraggled young man with
ukulele under his arm arose from a
stone wall and came forward to meet
her.
\ "Do you know Joe Dunn?" she
i asked quickly. 1t was getting late and
she wanted to get away as quickly
as possible. =
"sure, but I'm as gooIr looking as
he, amt II" asked the young man,
smiling foolishly. M
Hes my brother,r said Dulcy. The
youth laughed uproariously. s&
"Whatcher got in the bottle?-gur-
giles good. Let's slt'down here and be
sociable." He motioned her to the
stone wall.
'Tll let you smell how good 1t Is"
said Dulcy automatically, uncorking
the bottle-"want tor
"Sure thing" said he, leaning for
ward. Thrusting the bottle under his
nose she gave 1t little Jerk, sending
some of the fluid up his nostrlls.
The howl that rent the air sent her
racing back to the road and she hid
| behind a tree to wait for Briggs. Poor
Joe wouldn't get his liniment after
all.
Too late now--Briggs was In sight I;
4 but as the cart stopped to let her on.
she noticed man walking leisurely
In the direction of the college build
ings.
Quickly she turned and ran towards
him.
"will you please give this bottle OF
Iiniment to my brother, Joe Dunn?
II is liniment," she, repeated with
emphasis; and as he looked at her
ouizzically, they both laughed, for
they were living too near the Cana
dian border not to be aware of boot
logging activities.
"Good GIRL" phoned Joe the next
day-'T. feel fit--Professor Condor
brought me the stun right away and
rubbed It in right, He's to teach the
botany class at your place, instead or
Dodge. Dodge says he is getting too
old for hiking"
And that very day, at the afternoon
session, the hiking class In botany,
which always began activities as soon
as the flowers and shrubs started to
bloom, listened to Professor Condor.
Pansy Post whispered to Dulcy:
"T think hiking is going to be more
popular this spring than ever before
don't you, DulcyT
II think So" said Dulcy reminis-
Gently, glancing down at the bunch Of