The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-04

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the one that had
rival. You needn't tip your head back
and look through your glasses that
wayl
Well, then, | met him last spring.
and was attracted right away, be-
cause he was big and strong and all
that. We weren't engaged though. I'M
I'll June, and after that everything
was lovely until the cool days came,
this fall.
Cool daysl That isn't so bad. But
wouldn't You be cool yourself II you
got note after note saying. Can't take
that walk this aft It's too good a daT
TO practice Or. I'm sending you both
the season tickets for that lecture
course. Better get some girl TO %
with you. I might have known, when
l bought them, that / couldn't waste
October afternoons at lectures. but
you see, | never was engaged before
and suppose It went TO my head.
1T was football. you see, uncle. and
man might as we'll be a Mormon "a
try to be true to football and a girl az
tho same time. Days would pass With
out his coming near me. and when he
did come he couldn't talk about a
thing but tackles and bucking the line.
AT first ] didn't show that / felt
hurt. Instead, got up a little evening
supper-the kind he always liked. DO
you suppose he ate IL? He looked 70
proachful, as II ought to have known
without being told that he lived on
birdseed and mush in football season
and he never touched a crumbs
Then he followed that by telling me
that he'd have to go to bed at six
every night after this and get up and
take long runs In the early morning.
But he said Oscar Keith had agreed
10 be his sub in taking me 10 the the.
ator the next evening-an engagement
we'd had for two weeks-and ha
seemed to think ought to be very
grateful for his kindness in arranging
that.
We'll, Oscar Keith You know himi
A Phi. D.-never played football in his
life-but he was an attentive escort
and quite interesting. He found out
that I'd read few things myself, too.
"The night after the theater up came
Mr.. Keith again with the word that
Kenneth had sprained his ankle prao
ticing, and was in the depths OF woe,
not because he couldn't come to sec
me-oh. no!-but because he might
tave to miss playing in the game Sat.
urday. That was the night Mr.. Keith
brought ne the copy of Peer GYM
from HIS Ibsen set. A few evenings
later he came up on purpose 10 toll
me just where Ken wanted me 10 sit
on the grand stand Saturday so that
could see him best. The ankle was
coming all right, Il seemed. bur
didn't get one word direct from Ken,
and | couldn't helq showing how I feIt
about II when Mr.. Keith delivered his
verbal message.
''Yes, | went to the football game
IL was the third one Of my life. There
we're girls all around me, screechiug,
Go 1t Kent Go IT, Go ~ Co it,
tust as II he were an animal. and he
looked enough like some queer animal.
tool Those awful togsl why. from
the minute he trotted into the field
with that noseguard on | could have
gone through the floor!
But the girls went on shrlel1lng and
jumping up and down, and the terrible
mixed-up game went on. until at last
without hit Of warning, they tlrned
and pounced on me, and told me how
proud l was because Ken'B magnificent
playing had won that camel Then
they rushed me down to the gate and
Just as we got there, Kenneth was car
Tied out on the shoulders Of four 6oys.
such a fright! His hair was Wild:
there was mud plastered all over his