The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-26
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Miss Prue's College Athlete
lBy Lawrenca Alfred ClaYl

{ titi .SuNt NdS EOuu iOOklnH III she WIS
old1tashioned, In her case they de-
fined old-fashioned to mean that she
liatl never ibeen in love nor gften a,
I yoIThHMgaR d chBuEe to fall in love
sssAit isr Is be mad "a certain dignity
| hat heightened fiiem. She had a way
laf dusstlDnjng them that startled them
IThe moment a young man had arrived
/ at her mothers doorstep twice she
asked OF him what his profession was
4 10 be; what use he was making Of
bis time: now he was TO render him
lself useful to his fellowmen and there
lby his country If he was a dawdlerl
she had him iunning in ten minutes;
/ II he had graduated for the law orl
Eledicine or the army and navy she
criticised his delay in getting to work
Miss Prue held that men were not
made for puppets, and that 1t rested
With each, one whether he should be
governor of great state or a bump
on a log Yes; she was very old
fashioned ABOUT that. She had al
brother Fred, who was in college.
She was sure that he Was wasting
halt of his time. He was uncertainl
as 10 d profession and she was moral
! lv certain that ii must end in his
using shovel and pick in ditch or
turning out 10 be a confidence man.
/ What they differed on most, how
ever, was college athletics Fred
made football, rowing, boxing and
swimming his excuses for being Short
IN his studies She said they should
be eliminated She pointed to great
generals, poets, statesmen, lawyers,
engineers and others who were not
athletic, and then she pointed to John
L. Sullivan, who was. The argument
ALWAYS ended one way. Fred got mad
and banged out of the room with:
"Oh, hang 1t all, girl doesn't un-
dcrstand, you know! | wish you were
rot SO old-fashoned We've got TO-
have athletics or-or--'
"Or thered be no one to saw wood n
she would call after him.
When Scott Danforth. Fred's chnm
at college, caught sight Of Miss Prue's
photo, she lacked six months Of be-
4 irg twenty. IL was six months II 'er
fbefoie he saw the original. He threw.
ont many hints, but Fred fought shy.
Danforth was an athlete lie rank
ca high as swimmer, runner and
boxer He was q nice chap, Will a
nice family behind him. but if he
came down to Shore Acres to pass q
fortnight, there was Prue, She would
go for the chum before he had been
i in the house day. He was not a
very glib talker, and she would get
1.-THE best of him on all counts and
lnIlt his feelings.
; However, the day came when Fred
'bappeared with his friend The family
, liked Danfortb at once; he liked them
: in return. Miss Prue, to leave the
, others out, liked him because he was
: tie and strong and looked exactly as
size had always pictured the discover
or OF the north pole. There was no
, sentiment about IT, He could stride
over the ice, eat fat and stand so
: degrees below nero For two days he
: was let alone, and Fred was feeling
great relief. Mr.. Danforth hap
been trying to hop, skip and jump III
the backyard to keep his muscles Inn
bered up when he was called into
+ the house and asked:
MIR. Danforth do you go in for
athletics at college,
"Oh, by all means he replied be-
fore Brother Fred could catch his
eye.
Then YOU want to be the cham
piUn swimmer Of the world?'
\ well, hardly. Miss Bailey'
'Do YOU hope to run faster or Kick
higher than any other American?
: well. YOU know--you know
, mir. Danforlh, we have some able
jnrlsts in this country" continued the
girl as Brother Fred said something
) a6oul going fishing
Yes
."Did they box their way to the
lrnch? We have some rather famous
\ admirals and generals Did they KICK
their way TO those honorable posi-
, uous?"
: No"
We have some Of the greatest IL
, snclers in the world. Did they first
wiu prizes as runners or high Jump
ers?"
IL think not
Fred says you think OF The law as
n pyofession hut that you want TWO
years in Europe first. Won't that be
losing two years oul of your protes-
sion. Will seeing Europe help you
to plead your cases at the bar? VIII
the art of boxing give your clients
more confidence in you?'
"Theu--then you do not approve OF
college athletics?p Mr.. Dantorth
managed to ask. as the beads of pers'
Ipi,ation stood ON his forehead
For boys who may be III OF VINO
wish TO straighten Il crooked spine.
There would have been more OF II
had not Fred carried his chum bodily
from the room. When they were IN
The open air The latter said'
SAY, old luan, feel Ike a Tool.
Why that sister of yours twisted me
all atonnd her finger"
"Oh, Pruc's just old.fashioned, and
au mustn't pay attention. She speaks
right out. but she means all right
Mr. Danfortb was A. once number
I'd with the list who had been run OIL
lie was SO scared that for The next
lhIee days he lived mostly on The
ohtside of tue house. Fred's sister
vas charming, but he saw by her eye
tbat she hadn't said all she wanted
to.
on certain morning Miss Puc
was going 10 invite the guests