Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-16

Although Bordmau Sylvester had a
great deal OF lmagination-fora an English
mainland although he had listened to
Margaret talk about college doings ~
the hour on board the boat that brought
her back from England to her senior year
at Dover College and brought him TO
weeks visit to the States. and although
his extensive roamngs had taught him
preparedness for anything, still his first
half hour of Dover College fairly took his
breath away. He arrived, after college
had been in session for 10 days, at about
4 o'clock in the afternoon, and. having -"
cured a room at the neat little Dover ho-
tel. he started out in the direction OF the
ampus in search of Margaret with inn
patience of spirit and JOY of heart,
Two smiling, hatless young women. clad
in outing suits, approached him perfectly
unabashed
I'VE are official guides" they seemed to
say In chorus 1--WE will show you the
campus, the lake, the ramblc, the college
buildings, the chapel, and indicate all tha
points of interest-all for dollar. We
are raising the money for the college ath-
lotc association"
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jolly good of YOU ana | am awfully
obliged, but if you will pilot me to the
have lime for"
Tho guides smiled and led him throurb
the campus entrance. walking rasto,. and
faster MS they nroceeded ono taltiuo nm
tho thread of the conversation vherc tLa
other left off Bordmau laughed and
talked pleasantly with them. and ,vbon
they nassed a rroun nf 20 ,,irIs cIod II,
sweaters and bloomers-"A rroup or nm
dergraduates, as the guides eypIained
.returninp from basketball nractice"
his natural instinct. i'm view nf the nm
usual costumes worn by the marty. was
TO turn his gaze from them
He felt some one looking at hin, Ito
looked hack inst as the proun had
psssed and there he saw In The narson
of one of the be-blocmered voung ath-
letes the object of his hearts desire
Margaret. For a moment he paused
Perhans he had better leave bis ~nides
and follow her, and then, as he tbompbt
of IL II seemed better 10 wait I'm She
had time 10 dress i'm more conventionaI
garb before he Joined her
~ saw" he said. finally, "don't Won
think Won have given me a douor,s
worth? / have had n rippinr time really,
but I want TO 20 and call on a friend
al the dormitory."
When Bordman finally made his yvav to
the dormitory and had the front Joor
opened nv diminutive buttoned nac,a he
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tt,i,p .ouru hi'ilseil III the u'lust OF peVy OF
,alni"s' laushlhs youhs women VINO
iooheu up IN surprise as NE passed them
lhto sh'ah reception room Whither the
page directed him' Soon Margaret came
downstairs and greeted Bordman with
lhdlHerence' unlike the sympathetic eN-
preston he had taken away as memory
or her but 10 days ago.
II didn't know you had any other
friends at Dover" she said. with ris-
ing infection. intended TO indicate in
difference. and it took a good 10 minutes
of Bordman's persuasion to explain that
he had been guided" quite against his
will, and that later, when Margaret
passed him on the campus, the reason he
didn't desert them to follow her was be-