Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-23

pose it means that you and
Billy Tucker have finally decided
| To-"
1T means" said the girl caller
hastily, that Billy Tucker and ] are
merely friends, Ethel"
Really? Then. who is the happy
man? Remember; you always said 1
was to be your maid of honor"
That's the reason l came over.
my dear. so that you should be the
hrst of all to see my ring"
What an exquisite gem! But of
course. I am expiring to know who
the man is
Well, the story begins with the
senior ball at college last spring. lust
nefore commencement. Billy had al
ways acted as If no journey would be
TOO long or too arduous for him to
take II few moments of my society
were the cause of 1t. So | asked him
10 come east for the bali. Then
| told all my friends what a splendid
dancer he was and how ood-looking
and entertaining. | don't see how |
ever could have thought Billy par
uenlarly good looking and he really
isn't very brilliant talker. And I
| know at least one man who dances a
great deal better than Billy does.
Wei, do you know, at s o'clock
the night of the ball, when l was
| quite excited by the thought of seeing
Billy inside of another half-hour,
received telegram saying he was
unavoidably detained at home!
A Hurry Call.
My dear, | was 80 angry and dis
appointed that ! actually cried. One
! of the Junior girls felt so sorry for
me that she went to the telephone and
/ called up her brothers fraternity
house, where she knew quite a num-
/ Der of the men. But her brother and
every one of her friends had engage
ments for the evening
I We'll" she said to her brother,
you've simply got to send some man
over for Alice, whethe, it's any one
we know or not. This is a very I'M
| portant affair and the last dance in
! her college life, and it would be a
shame for her to miss it. Now hurry
and get somebody as nice as you
can
She told me afterward that her
| brother laughed and said he would
! get me a man if he had to hire one
| Cheer up, Alice she admonishe1
| me when she left the telephone
| There will be a Mr.. Somebody for
! you and even IL he isn't as wonderful.
fas the renowned Billy Tucker, it will
be better for you than being on the
side lines
Il naturally didn't expect very
much. so you may imagine how
! pleased | was when a stunning young
man appeared at our hall and asked
| for me. The 'awkwardness l felt at
the situation was quickly dissipated
by his ease of manner. He was a
perfect dancer, and I had such a good
! time that / quite forgot my anger at
| Billy. When Mr.. Thaxter-for that
was his name-was departing / in
vited him to call before | should
leave for home the next week.
I'm afraid l must not he said,
| I think you should know that I am
general student factotum at the Beta
| Nh house and that I was hired for
| this pleasant service-that | took the
job he smiled engagingiy. because
! l needed the money. You see, I'm not
in society at all
The Approach.
81 don't care If you aren't said
| L like you better than a lot of men
who are in society. l wish you'd call,
anyway
II won't call. but l shall always
remember this as a specially happy
evening. Goodnight and good by.
He hurried away before | could think
| of anything to say.
II was awfully blue, you see. |
was furious at Billy, and ! felt that
| should never see that nice Mr.
! Thaxter again. Really, Ethel. | liked
! him so well that l was almost sorry
had met him.
Well, when I got home father de-
! oided to take us out to the Yellow
| stone | didn't think of him or Billy,
! or any other man after that. | just
! determined to leave men out of my
good times. The very first night we
got into the park, mother met an old
! friend who told her about an inter
esting young man she knew at the
| hotel who had worked his way
| through college because his grand
| father. who had brought him up,
didn't believe in wasting money on
| higher education. But when he was
| finally graduated this year his grand
father was fairly bursting with pride
/ and was giving him trip through
/ the West
The Same.
of course the remarkable young
man was your Mr. Thaxter," re-
marked Ethel.
Well laughed Alice, "he wasn't
my Mr.. Thaxter quite then, but he
was after we had taken a few horse
back rides together. The poor fellow
had thought he'd have to struggle
and make his own way. so he wouldn't
come to see me down at the college
when | invited him, for he said he
thought it would be years before he
could ever ask girl to marry him,
and he sail he knew that if he saw
much more of me he'd find il awfully
hard not to ask His grandfather is
going to give him a start in business