The Bozeman courier., 1926-07-30

'This. Sherry" Simpson had said, sis my |
friend Claude. [ brought him over"
..tJarkson Miss Allison" said the young
man. "I've read somewhere that in intro
ductiOns one always mentions the last
sHow do you do" said Sherry. Some one
always was bringing some one 70 meet ner
and some grew to be frequent ana nice,
and some didn't. Ordinarily Sherry let ma
ture take her course, but she might have
paid more attention to Mr.. ClarksOn II she
had not been thinking so much or Dlckle
FREDERICK" she said, "the boy was. a
sight, but 1 resent his being called an IN
sect"
what bOy?" Frederick asked.
"Dickie."
"I never called Dickie an insect"
"Just as he bOIted through the hedge
you said, Who is that insect?"
81 didn't even see him."
"Whom were you talking about, then?"
"PrObably me-" said Claude without
pride or undue egOtism. ''Mr. Neckker was
/ looking at Simpson and me. We were COM
| ing down from tennis"
! "I don't know what you're talking
about" said Frederick. IF / made the re-
mark, I've forgotten it. 1t was probably
June bug"
'That's me-" said Claude "I'm not proud
1 Of it, but I have been called a June bug.
/ Simpson here does it frequently. / don't
mind, Mr.. Neckker."
Sherry, I resent what you're pinning on
me-"
Don't get mfffed, Frederick. What hap
pened to Dickie is exasperating. declare
these lovely sweet mothers and lovely old
maids around here are terrible sometimes
in what they do to children. Dickie as q
fringed gentian! How do people get that
lway?"
"I've read somewhere that American
boys are too much under the woman schoO
teacher" said Claude. "It's said to femin
ize the stock"
{ ''Is that from reading or experience ?
e Frederick asked in his best nasty man
{ ner. He had decided to resent the APPEAR
ance Of Claude in Sherry's line.
''YOu know, Miss Allison" said Claude
ignoring Frederick, "I've got an idea.
don't often have ideas. But you've giveI
me one"
"shOOt," said Sherry.
? GAS a man Of few ideas I'm bashful,
said Claude. "These devils win razz me
Simpsons beginning to say something
wicked now. You know you are, Hank"
Look here, Claude" said Mr.. Simpson
i you know I did you an enormous serViC
in bringing you out here. He begged an
!" begged, but 1 knew nobody would hk
q him, and in kindness to him I wanted
= keep him away, but he's so infatuated b
said he would not mind bis suffering. He
ike It."
Sherry-Infatuated with whom9
Claude was about to suggest
Mr.. SimpsOn-With you or your picture
Sherry. It's all the same.
you were about to suggest, Mr.. Clarl
, SON." said Sherry, chat we go over and 8
on q bench by the spruce while you ten
your idea"
. 'If It is not .presumptuOus," he said.
, Come along" said Sherry.
| care you sneering or smiling, Ere
erick1" Simpson asked as Sherry i
, Claude out Of earshOt.
. when did you take up entomology
asked Frederick.
EN- make you a bet, Frederick. If eth
3 you or Claude marry Sherry Allison,
. won't be you. One hundred to ten."
3 "YOu annoy me" said Frederick, turnil
away.
II "It isn't much Of an idea" Claude "
saying to Sherry, "and I'm sorry spo
- iof it, but it occurred to me and I guess
~. sliGped out Probably il it's any good, ?
~ BE took off his horn rim spectacles I
. q minute, ana Sherry thought IS wasn't
le- aM 9 vacuOus face. He put them back
ass and she feared &C was.
iat This show they gave wasn't the thl
81 don't think So" said sherry. 81
lieve 90 preserving wild flowers i Do
Ike the way the pink and yellow mOccl9
have disappeared and i like 90 uud lriue
gentians-and not pick them. But 4 90
l. believe in t0rturing little bC pride.
T. THAT'S sc. These sentlmenl st1 made
'r mistake 40 juvenile psychology. Ihe 3
,r need tonic now. NY ide1 was % GET uI
boxing tournaL1eut-on Che q. 6 we Ml'
Il. let leW carefully selected fathers n on
but I think we'd keeb eu but the most
. "Do yOu often have these ideaef" sae
~ asked. studying him.
eNerg few. ona w enV noc le
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