Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-12

J dressing room. ran along the corridor
/ and Up the wide stone stairs toward
/ the gallery overlooking the gymnasium
| As she was hurrying timidly along
/ she had to pass ore Of the lecture
rooms. which had been converted for
the occasion into Il mems checking
room. Three young men were standing
! idly smnllin" There waG something
about the cut of an evening coat that
fascinated Molly, and she turned in the
! shadow to look.
, Suddenly her heart stood still. 1t
really was the porter, the tallest one.
with the light hai". lie was laughing
now. She was IT,, turning To run
when he faced about. And just for Il
second his eyes met hers through the
darkness Of the dimiy lighted corridor
She had been discovered deserving.
and by the porter, As she couldn't go
| back TO the dressing room now with
out being seen openly. she fed TO the
| gallery and slipped into Il seat.
So the porter was probably student
from the university. The porter whom
she had tried to rcprcSs was n friend
of some girl at the dance. Her head
SWAN with the excitement Of the infOr-
nation.
Just then the viOlins struck up a
dreamy waltz She leaned forward as
| far as she dared to see the dancers.
| Oh. if only she had that blue satin
gown, She seized ii cnviously in her
imagination. And then as the dancing
began her thoughts fIoatcd out ON the
music. and she danced with them.
just then she heard steps behind her,
and. looking back into the shadow, she
saw dimly outlined the face of the pOr
ter.
Hello, Molly" he said cheerfully.
"Sh.'' She put her hand to her lips.
"Some one might hear"
"Wcil. lCt's sit somewhere else.
hate to whisper"
IAN right" Molly rose timilly.
They passed by short cut out in the
starlit campus.
This is a great deal better" he said
10 he helped her on TO Il secluded ledge
OF the great stone building. You Look
cd lonely up there watching the dan
GERS"
IL wasn't lonely. l like to see them"
Ol. illt'N al ti4 A''ttAs nv ''s'AA ~ -
But when a fellows working his way
through his last year he hasn't much
time to waste. l say" he said. looking
Mt her curiousIy. what were you think
ing about up thereE'
.'Oh. | wasn't thinking Mt all! l was
Just making bclicve-waltZing off in
that soft blue satin dresS The music
gets hold of me like that and drives
away the cloakroom and the wet UNI
brellas and rubbers and cross SEN
iors''-
And obtrusive college pOrters who
catch you dressing up in other peo-
pies furs?" he laughed.
"Oh, no." she said, without smiling.
Il never can make the porter fade
away with the wet umbrellas and rub
bers. He seems TO stay and watch me
float around I'm other peoples blue
satin dresses, dancing with other peO-
pies partners He just stays and
laughs" She looked up mt him. only
there won't he any porter in the cloak
room any more There will just be a
poor student working his way through
college like the cloakroom girl. / shall
miss the porter. think"
but he couldn't stay. you know"
he said. The cloakroom girl liked
him at first. and the porter used 10
look forward all day TO seeing her the
next. Then one day she remembered
she was Il student and he was only 4
porter. and after that she was cold
and distant. But the porter went
right on dreaming about her. And
now" he said. taking Molly's tired lit
tie hand i'm his. "be is going to let the
poor student try his luck
And that luck was in his favor was
proved 10y the absence of Molly in the
cloal1Toom when college opened in the
fall.