The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-11-12
GIRL FROM THE CITY
By DONALD ALLEN.

Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per SyndicateC
Now and then q college student ID
called by his name as his mother
gave 1t to him, but In the vast ma
Jority Of cases 1t is by a nickname.
Sometimes the appellation fits the in
dividual. and sometimes 1t is far from
1t; but once bestowed 1t sticks.
Brian Jeffries had been in college
q month before his chum settled on .
nickname, and there was much rejoic-
ing that 1t fitted him.
He was walking out one evening
from his boarding house when he was
set upon by three young men. They
were supposed to be students, and to
be mistaken in their man, and they
made 1t warm for young Jeffries for
minute. Then he rallied, and when
he had landed three separate punches
on three individual chins the battle
was over. Brian had delivered the
punch" as sporting men say, and
from that time on he was Punch"
Jeffries. He was neither proud OF 1t
nor disguised with It,
When the summer vacation came
the young man went to his home on
the Sound. He might have gone camp.
] ing or yachting or tramping, as SO
| many students do, but he was way
behind in his studies, and his father
had inquired of him:
do you think l sent you to college
to learn to row, swim, box and kick
| football?"
Hardly, father" was the reply.
"You stand very low in your studies,
| my boy; and you must catch up.
Spend your vacation at home and do
it."
It was bit lonesome at The Oaks.
Brian was an only child, and his moth
i er was a semi-invalid and his father
a quiet man who seldom entered into
conversation. There were fishing and
boating, and there was a trip to the
village now and then in the auto, and
the remainder of the time was put
in reading law and wondering why
men with sense enough to peel a
potato could not enact q law that a
half-baked Judge could not interpret
twice alike in the same year.
On his Homecoming he had noticed
two young ladies at Wave Crest-the
next manor house below. One of
them was Miss Pryor, whose father
owned the property, and the other
was a stranger to him. When he
sought information Of his mother
she replied:
1T is a young lady from the city
visiting Miss Pryor. I do not even
know her name"
Hang 1t, II I had ever been intro
duced to Miss Pryor here is a big
chance for Irritation"
I'm sorry for you, but perhaps
you'll survive the disappointment"
At about the same hour Miss Callie
Floyd, the visitor from the city, wal
asking of Miss Annette Pryor:
"And who are the people at the
other placer"
"Their name is Jeffries"
Aren't there any girls?"
mo, only son."
college STUDENT"
Il believe so. and home now on hii
vacation"
HE must be bit lonely"
"Well, 1t won't be for US to chez
him up. I have heard that he wa
very wild and reckless at college,"
"Why. he doesn't look it," said Mis-,
Callie.
"Oh, you are physiognomist, ar,
you? You can tell by q young man
face fifty rods away whether he 4
wild or mott"
IL thought he had q pleasan
face"
Let me tell you what they cal
him in college. It is Punch Jei
fries!"
But why2 Does he drink NOR
punch than anybody else?"
1T must be that. A young ma,
who knows him told me that he ha,
three brawls before he had been Il
college month. hope he will max
no excuse to get acquainted with VI
We must prepare ourselves to snu
him at the first advance"
Eyes. we must!" sighed Miss CALI
as she turned away.
II Three days later Brian saw tn
young ladies start for the village Il
the runabout, and he got out his aut
and followed. Why he did 1t he d.
not stop to ask himself. Perhaps 1
was because he had q hope that b
might get near view Of the eli
from the city. He was half mile b.
hind them. and keeping their pace
when he heard toot behind him an
glanced back to see q young ma
burning up the road.
III That toot meant but one thing !
meant: Il am coming and you sma
potatoes with your cheap machine
had better take to the woods!"
II Even without the insulting tootin
the oncomer would have found on
ready to do him battle. Brian didn
like the shape Of his headgear. H
didn't like his goggles. He didn'
like the pose Of his chin. Therefore
III when the young man came sweepin