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Show AND THEY liUGHED ', 'TIS l'4j, WTr 46RIUtiN bENTLEMAri.lrV "OLE OF ADOr7rl'A, r2rVimr Hotel" Resident Mistaken In STrnbn Ht Wat the OrSly Car-w.lyRlMr Car-w.lyRlMr In That "Neck of the Weode." "I never see myself In this light and) airy costume," said the-corpulent gentleaan who balanced himself on tho edge of the swimming pool, -"that I do not think of an experience'! had last summer la -a summer resort hotel up in the mountains. "i arrived' at 'the' hotel lafewie af-ternoon af-ternoon and in chatting with the manager man-ager that night I asked him If there were any tennis1 and swimming to be had around the hotel, since outdoor exercise was the principal thing I had come for. "'Sure thing,' he sold. "There are three tennis courts out there In the grove, and below, about 100 yards, there Is a big lake, with a landing platform, a springboard and all. Pitch right In and enjoy yourself.' "That sounded good to me, so I arose early next morning, before I thought any of tho rest of tho 'crowd would be awake, donned a bathing suit I had brought with me, and decided de-cided I'd run down to the lake for an early swim before breakfast. As there wrfs no likelihood of meeting any of the guestB, so I thought, I did not put on a robe or a dressing gown, but Just hopped out In tho light running costume as I was. I asked a bellboy to Bhow me how to get out of the hotel by a rear way, so I would not attract too much attention from anybody who mlght'DO Un. He Cava m dlrnrtlnno but somehow I missed connections, and tho first thing I knew I was standing stand-ing out on the main porch of the hotel, which I discovered was Crowded with ladles and summer girls in white dresses and men In flannel clothes. I old not know till afterward that it had become quite a fad for all the guest's In the hotel to n'rlso quite early and go down on the porch for a sunbath. " 'Well, I wish you could have heard the simultaneous gasp that went up from that crowd as their eyes fell upon up-on me. There was 1 standing out In the middle of n fashionably dressed crowd with hare arms and legs and I'm slightly too fleshy to be an Adonis, you know. Talk- about that 'gone feeling. I felt like n spring chicken that had picked Its shell too soon. I heard ono woman glvo a convulsive shriek, and then the wholo crowd of 'women hid their faces In horror nnd mirth. Tho men stared at mo as If they couldn't believe their own eyes. Well, I wns In for It, so I lightly tripped down tho steps nnd loped down to tho lake, Into which I plunged with zest. I could hear the smothered ohrleks behind mo for 15 or 20 mln-utcs. mln-utcs. "Ilut do you know tho next morning when I turned ont for my swim, this time with a big dressing gown concealing con-cealing my girlish form, I found n dozen or more peoplo In tho water ahead of mo. You see, I had simply started a new fad. The manager afterward af-terward came around nnd thanked mo warmly, saying that he had gone to much expense to lit up tho shoro of the lako for bathing, but up to this time not a slnglo person had dared to lead the way. I had broken the Ice and immediately everybody wanted to go bathing In tho lake. Strange what a crowd of sheep human belmrs are. Isn't it? Hut let mo tell you. I feel myself blushing all over when I think of myself standing undraped and unadorned un-adorned out on that hotel porch that morning." |