Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-02-10
HIS TWO
HOBBIES
BY p. A. mitchell.

NV" 'u'"W hhu ny no means a Rrin(
wns u nno scholar nnd developed
!. ihnrkcd taStc for zoology. Extinct ami
lhhis were his bobby---that IN. one O
u Ills hobbies. the one next IN importance
q with him being girls Singular II 4
that bones thousands OF yenrs old an.
. 'he most beautiful OF living things--t,
tnen--should reign sidc by side ia the
= breast Of a man.
: Later ON Ned became a professor IA
Ills almn mater.
Ono day newspaper announced TIM,
~ nm Interior county of tho state, moi
far from tho college. farmer had
whiIc digging. turned up stony sub.
stance thnt was beyond his comprehen.
sion. u way about two feet square
ana rounded on the edges. The farmer
could not mike out whether It was
bono or stone or indeed what was It's
substance.
Ned saw tho notice and Inferred that
u was probably vcrtebra OF an ex.
tinct animal He at once went 10 the
location designated. with view TO an
investigation. On arrival hc was rc.
ccivcd by the daughter OF the farmer.
she was very pretty rustic. and for
the moment Ned forgot NIL about the
bones In hs admiration OF the girl.
However. his admlring glances were
interspersed with the reasons for his
being there. md II was not long bc.
iore she gave way to surprise that he
had come ali the wny from the univer-
sity to examine piece Of stone. She
told him where he could Hnd II and.
after having made little inciplent
love to her. which he well knew how
TO do with his eyes without using his
tongue. he took q spade from an out.
house and went to examine the stone.
When the young professor returned
from Ills investigations he was greatly
changed. He had been under the In.
iucnce OF one OF his two natures. now
no was under the other. He Ind been
absorbed In girl. now he was absorb
Cd In the petrifled remains OF an ich-
thyosaurus. He talked to the girl. but
his mind was on the ichthyosaurus.
ITS carniyorous." he said. "They ail
were"
"Whatr' exclaimed the girl. opening
her eyes.
THE snout OF a porpoise: the teeth
OF a crocodile"
There was no reply to this. nothing
but a look OF wonder.
The stcrnum OF an ornithorhynchus
combined with the paddles Of a whale"
"oh. my good gracious" exclaimed
the girl. hes crnzyr'
Fish vcrtebrne. lizards head"
"Faiherr' cried the girl In terror.
Hut her father was out In the fields
and did not hcnr
-Four paddles and an enormous tail
Must have surely been aquatic"
This was quite enough for the farm.
er's daughter. She had no doubt that
the visitor was mad. and it beliooved
her 10 beat retreat. She dare not
run for fear OF being followed and
murdered. She wns Of good pluck. and,
bxing her eyes on Ned's. she backed
toward the house. On reaching the
door she slipped inside. bolting 1t be-
hind her. /
What the dickens IL the matter with /.
That nri?" said Ned 10 himself. sud-
ienly aroused from his rcverie about {
he ichthyosaurus. The farmers daugh.
er fled through the house. ont by the
back door and. keeping In line with
'uthouses and trees to screen her from :
he maniac. found her father ut the 4
,low. /,
What IN the world Is the matter.
he asked. stopping the horses
md looking at her In astonishment
Have you seen ghostr
Worse than that dad. There's u v
rnzy man ON t'other side Of the :,
louse."
"How do you know he's crazy?"
"Fust or he looked as II he wanted u
D kiss me; then he borrowed spade d
nd went to where you turned up the Il
ock t'other day. When he come back
Q was talkln' looney-about some kind .,
{ a beast with head like fish and =
seth like crocodile and paddles for -
} swim and an awful long tail." b
"Are you sure he's mad?"
"Mad as March hare" /!
"T'li go and see him" =
Don't you do It, pop: he'll kill you.
ire."
"Waal. then. reckon I better git the
eighbors together and take him In.
I'D he say where he livesT'
"yes; he's got somepin 20 do with the
,llege."
"All right. I'll git Hawkins and
mith ana Wen corral him and take
I'm home"
That same afternoon when the stu
nnts We're tossing ball between
lem on the campus two stalwart farm
3 were seen approaching. each hold
g the arm of a man. When they
lme near enough all recognized Pro-
'ssor Corwin and were seized with
Reckon this man belongs here" said
'e Of the men. "He come to my farm 4
lis mornin' and undertook to spark A
y darter. Then he went to the stone Y
dug up t'other day. and when he
me back he was mad. tallsin' about
me kind Of big lizard with alliga-
RS teeth and such like"
One OF the listeners who caught on
the situation hurst into N lnurh Tho