The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-14


guessing for months. | was just crazy |
to know whether you really and truly
liked me little, but you wouldn't |
give me an inkling, and now when Ell |
ther Of us may slip down in the mud |
any minute, down here under the |
bridge and the brambles, with me all |
smothered up in Peggy Adams coat
you ask me. But you know / care.
Ask me again tomorrow night. I've
really got to get to that banquet now
Tom, if you really love me show 1t
now. You give me your coat and hat
and I'll fool them. It's getting dark
They'll never know. You're an angel
You must wait here little while so
they won't think it is funny that there
are two of us If they are still watch
ing You know it would mortify me to
death if those snippy freshmen really
got me-" sfAese@Aei
In a second, Tom, shorn of his coat
and hat, was watching from his re-
treat the departing figure of Sally, who
was taking long strides and strutting
off in apparent imitation of his gait.
He waited patiently for five min
utes. The darkness was settling and
cold wind was springing up. He
looked down at the bundled coat and
hat that belonged to Sally's Amazoni-
an roommate.
1T may be a queer fit,' he said, "but
I'm not going to eaten pneumonia for
anyone" And with that he pulled on
Peggy Adams spacious coat and
pulled her sport hat down over his
head, and then, forgetful o. his strange
disguise, he strolled through the woods
in the direction that Sally had gone
Suddenly he heard footsteps behind
him and then torrent of high pitched
voices. Then the youngest professor
suddenly felt himself borne down upon
by unseen hands from the rear and
In another minute he was struggling
against what seemed to be bag that
was drawn over his head and was be-
ing tied securely about his waist and
bound in gag-wise, at his mouth. Then
the youngest professor felt himself be-
ing pushed by some dozen firm young
hands and arms into what apparently
was a bag of enormous proportions
"Now lift her into the wheelbarrow,
gently, cause we don't want to hurt
her." That was as much as Tom could
stand. 1t did not take MUGS OF an ef
fort to wriggle his way out Of the gag
tied about his mouth, and with few
more struggles his hands were free.
The outer bag seemed to be more Sc
curely tied He could at least use his
Voice and his fists. He pitched his
voice as low as possible and assumed
an air of deep importance.
Young ladies, this is going too
far"
There was a chorus of mingled
screams pitched in as many keys as
there were freshmen and in moment
more the youngest professor stood
forth in the semi-darkness facing his
embarrassed captors. He dotted his
borrowed cap and bowed low.
Il suppose l an a surprise to you.
You know. suppose that hazing such
as you were attempting is strictly PEN
allied by the faculty.
But we didn't know it was you.
We thought it was Sally. How did
you get into Molly's coat and hat?"
dozen voices asked.
IF | were to tell you young ladies"
with brave attempt at dignity, that
this was all part of faculty plot to
discover and bring to justice the ring
leaders in this hazing conspiracy,
suppose you would have to admit that
we had been a little shrewder than
you" He watched with pleasure the
looks of dismay and CONSERVATION that
came over the faces of the freshmen
Then he smiled with all the candor
Of the self-importance of the professor
that he had been trying to be, as he
said:
But that is not the case. was
lot scouting for the faculty when !
was caught, though I'm sure they'd
ike to get report of the encounter.
low here's a fair bargain. ! wont
port you If you won't report me.
erhaps some day you will know why
was strolling around in a sopho-
more coat and hat. For the time be-
ing the joke is on all of u.s."
And the youngest professor contin-
, ued his way to his boarding house
coatless and hatless in spite of the
chill winds of February.
/ Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)