The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-04-11

asked by another fellow. That's per-
mitted. But it gives the girl a black
eye. Do you see? Now, after you had
refused Dan-I knew you did, and 1
told him not to say anything about it
because it would give you black eye.
1 or some other fellow might have
asked you, and you might have ac-
cepted, but every one would have
known you had turned Dan Brown
down and that would have made you
out flirt and a fusser. I wouldn't
want the men to think of you that
way"
"But I don't like to dance with Dan
Brown" persisted Julia. "I don't
care for your old rules. I don't care
for your old senior balls, anyway
Don't touch me, Clark Butler''-Clark
had tried to lay a soothing hand on the
girls shoulder when she said that.
I'm just as mad as a girl can get.
There, and L am not trying to pretend
I'm not mad, either
You don't understand, still. You
see, Dan Brown is a perfectly all
right fellow If he were not he would
not be in our frat, as it is up to every
one of us to stand by every other one
of us, and if girl snubs one of us ii
isn't loyal for any other man in the
frat to encourage that girl to go on
snubbing members of the frat. That's
why 1 asked a girl from home instead
of asking you. 1 thought maybe you
would go with me, we're such old
friends. But if you had gone with
Dan you and 1 could have seen a lot
of each other anyway We could have
had more dances with each other than
with our own people, thought, of
course, you would know that. 1t was
very rude of you to snub Dan"
But Julia was, as she said, angry
through and through and, conciliatory
though Clark was, she refused to be
&c arlr
and as he had predicted-Julia took
the next opportunity she had to meet
Dan Brown and when Dan Brown,
summoning all his courage, asked her
a second time-Clark Butler had
coached him to this ordeal-she ac-
cepted.
When he called for her on the night
of the ball Dan in his clumsy way
tried to express his appreciation for
her kindness
81 suppose you know how it is about
dance invitations" he said. 81 guess
Clark told you. You see. I didn't
quite understand when I put your
name down. 1 just thought we were
to put the names down of some girl
we wouldn't mind taking and you
were so sort of young and natural that
didn't mind at all. But 1 didn't
know about drawing lots and 1 really
didn't mean to cut Clark out. I fixed
it up so you can have a lot of dances
with him.
But 1 don't want to have a lot of
dances with him. Julia protested. 81
didn't want to go with him." Then,
after a pause, rs the girl from home
pretty?"
A broad smile passed over Dan
Browns freckled face. Apparently he
recalled some instructions he had had
from Clark.
Yes, she is a regular queen. The
fellows will be nutty about her
couldn't help it."
Julia's cheeks grew pinker and her
eyes shone with excitement.
Don't talk to me about her
know I'll hate her. Oh, I'm just mis-
cradle. I'm not going to the horrid
old dance at all. You just asked me
because you didn't mind going with
my. very own senior all winter, has got
a pretty girl from home. know I'm
kid and 1 know 1 don't dress in
grown-up clothes like some of the
other girls. and 1 know I wear my
hair down my back. 1 don't blame
any of you-but I won't go to your
horrid old dance. don't care if Clark
did tell me I must
She had torn off one -.--.te glove
and was Juggling at the other.
Il wouldn't get so cross Dan said
with a really successful attempt to be
comforting. "Clark's just crazy about
you and the girl from home is his sis
ter. He asked her up because he said
he wouldn't go to a senior dance with
any one but you and, in way, that
sister of his is really for me. 1 guess
he thought maybe it would make you
cross enough to agree to go with me-"
Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)