The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-08
The EVENING Story
A Special in Fine Arts.
lBy Jane Osborn.)

stanton Thorpe and his chum,
KID walker, were walking rapidly
across the campus absorbed in their
own Importance. 1t was the first day
of their senior year. Stanton was
class president, and the kid" was his
right-hand man.
A tail, striking girl passed rapidly
by. stanton was interested at once,
saw the girl smile back at his COM
panion, who pulled off his cap with
unfeigned satisfaction.
who's your friend, kid % he ask
ed, when they were well out of hear
ing.
why. that's Marjory King. 1 told
you, about her-she's the girl met at
the mouse party last summer. Made an
awful hit with the fellows there.
Isn't she a sumner, though %
fMarjory King" unused the other
thoughtfully.
isn't she a stunner?" and the
kid gave his friend thump on
the arm to force an answer.
oh, she's sumner, all right. if
that's what you want to know. Say,
she isn't freshman, is she?"
The kid laughed. "well, not ex-
actly. Shes registered as a special in
fine arts. I shouldn't wonder If she
was rather oldish, myself"
How old, say?' queried Stanton,
whose interest was thoroughly rous-
ed.
The kids" voice was lowered:
''Twenty-three? % he ventured eau
tiousIy.
His companion whistled. "wen,
I'm as old as that myself" His eyes
had followed her to the other side of
the campus. "Say, kid she is a
sumner. Shouldn't much mind coed
ucation if they were all like that"
The next day the two boys were
making their wav from one of the en-
cheering buildings to their dormi-
tory.
"say, kid" said Stanton, after
several minutes silence. whats she
taking?"
The other smiled gleefully. "she?
Oh, she's special in fine arts, which
means anything at all. doesn't it?
Why?"
''Well, it's this way" explained
trying to hide an unexpected
feeling Of embarrassment. II was
thinking that we'd get better &C
the other fellows if we were to take
some work with her."
This plan met with his chum's en-
tire approval, so they turned their
steps away from the dormitory toward
the deans office.
Their first task was to see Mar |
jory Kings schedule, and the second
was to induce the dean to w.them
to make change in their own course |
Of study. The first was easy enough, |
for, as class officers, the boys were
allowed to have access to the stu |
dents records.
'Just want to look at a few of the |
fellows time cards." said Stanton to |
the registrar, as he fumbled through |
he KS in a large card catalogue. He |
made a few notes from the desired |
card and returned to his friend, who
was seated at the table.
He spoke in subdued tones: "Ad.
7anced italian conversation. art of
lressmaking. scientific cooking, study
IF the child mind, and elementary l
1hilology. The first we aren't quail /
led for, the next two aren't open to
men, child mind won't take; SO it's
got to be the last"
lsked the 'kid."
BLESSED if know. It's one of
Prof. Browns deadliest-but it's per-
ectly all right" Il
"Wen let's take it. then"
So it was that Stanton Thorpe and
Kid" Walker, engineers, took up the
tudy of languages under the cele-
much greater importance-became, L
n a few months, the undisputed I
claimants to the friendship of Mar I
Dry King.
AS time went on and Marjory was {
cen more and more with Stanton
nd the kid" and less with the 9TH
r bows. people began to talk. She /
pparently found their companionship t
greeable, but no one. not even the I
Wo lucky seniors themselves. could 6
ecide which one she preferred. The +
though it was-only
emented their friendship, and they
ever dreamed of concealing from
ach other their growing fondness for
ne eng, girl H., M usa tot,ne about IT.
xid,'" said Stanton toward the end
f the college year. 81 mean business
What's the use of boy like you get
ing silly over girl like Mar1ory {
-ing?"
perhaps there isn't any, said the ,
Their frankly, "but I'm going to stick
out. 1t seems sometimes as If she ,
reated me with little more-more
ltsrest than she does .., y69i where 5
ou're dead wrong. old man. By the
-ay that philology exam. is going TOT
g pretty stiff for the poor girl. It's
shame she ever took course Win
fossil like Brown. But I imagine L t
an help her out with my notes. You
now I haven't missed a lecture. ana /
We full reports on all the outside I
eadings. 1 have offered to let her
ave NV note book for a week before {
ne exam. and I told her I'd coach +
er up all 1 could"
That's a good move. all right" t
lid the Kid looking with admira- T.
on at his friend. "I wonder why t
never think of those things"
''Oh, well, she isn't going to marry Y
lie Just on account of that e
isn't going to what?'' f
well, never put it that way be-
ire, but of course I intend to pro-t h
ose to her. told you I was in dead :.
arnest.'' IL
80, 1 suppose I will too, in the
purse of time I never happened to
link about that part of it before''l
81 tell you frankly" said Stanton
81 intend to ask her a
hafn 4
ome time after this beastly old
tam. is off, :,
She'll hear from me about the q
me time, then. and bet you mon