Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-07-25
Well, am heartily glad, heartily
glad" And he pursed together his lips
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glad" And he pursed together his lips
and nodded lin approval.
At this moment a murmur Of "Oh's"
and "Ah's." mingled with other signs
of pity and sympathy, passed through
the grand stand.
"They're helping him off the field!
calculated the girl. "He must be
dreadfully hurt. Just look how his
head wabbles. I knew he must have
been hurt That horrid man who
tackled him threw him as hard as he
could on purpose"
Two striplings in old gold jerseys
were assisting the valiant Burton. who
had been lying where he had fallen, to
a vantage place where he would not be
trOdden upon. They deposited him un-
der blankets before the amphitheater.
"Rah, rab, rah Rah, rah, rah! Rah,
rah, rah. Burton" pcaled the old gold
cohort-the tribute paid hero.
do You think he's very badly in
jured?" implored the girl Of the pro
fessor, while watching with fascina-
ton the trainer kneeling over his latest
charge.
"No, indeed assured the professor
out of his vast knowledge. Football
players are Injured to knocks and
wrenches. 1t is truly marvellous the
amount of roughncss they can endure"
A huge bunch Of yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS was handed over the railing Of
the grand stand and borne to the re-
cumbent fullback, who revived enough
to wave the flowers fecbly, showing
that the spirit was willing although.
for tho time being. the flesh was weak.
"There." said the girl, with sigh of
relief. Then in the center Of the fiell
a whistle sounded, and the game went
on.
Now Professor Beach was free to re-
sumo that disconnected train of thought
regarding his slime molds. Naturally
one would imagine that he would be
thinking, II not Of the easily absorbing
struggling upon the grdiron, at least
OF his companion, for her name was
Delphine Gray. and he was going to
make it DeIphine Beach. He had not
yet told her Of his design. That would
te arrived at in due order. The pro-
fessor was the living embodiment Of
method
A little man physically was Professor
Andrew Stcarns Beach, NJ. S., assistant
to the chair OF botany at the university;
little man-immaculate, important
and the pink Of precision. When he
had resolved upon matrimony and had
selected Miss Delphine Gray, he had
not lightly come to this decision. But
IL had seemed only fitting and proper
that an instructor of young men ana
women should he married. With that
in mind he had noted Delphne among
those attending series Of lectures by
him for graduates and advanced stu
dents. She WAS. so far rs he could OBJ
serve, perfectly neat; she appeared To
have depth. putting to him questions
which indicated in Il flattering degree
that she recognized and appreciated his
remarkable erudition; she lived in the
town. and her family was good, which
would make his position upon the fac.
ulty more secure and by influence
might likewise aid him some day to be
the president Finally he concluded
that De!phinr. with whatever post-mar-
riagr conformity his standards might
require. would ill the bill very nicely.
In Il letter 10 his sister he announced
his inteat!ans. His sister, New Eng
laad spinS;cr who looked upon her
brother as rather more than god, read
the announcement with sense OF awe
mt the immcnsity Of the future in store
for one unsuspccting girl. She wrote
back Immediately, bcseeching her
brother to ba careful. and before COM
hitting himself to be sure that Miss
GRAY would he sensible Of her high sta
ton.
The professor. having scrutiniZed
Delphine under lis microscope. dlscov-
cring nothing to deter him. pursued
decorous campaign. He escorted her