The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-09
hEh WANTED
IsAg OSBORN


TAs Wu=szls college lay Ehrae mzasa
trD@ TIE town where BoEE10-z HzscH
had LIS xAz1g5s hing 0u1 - . lawyer
AID On q certain co11 &zF Il Fekrv
ATT szTtng % Tz0sE@cz q slElzszs fo'
TIE zf1sxno01- se lad EzroElez 0ut q
1As SIBERIAN vicinity of TAz1 EnszSrn
tsOA There Eers reasons FIR Mr
HaEcAis mood q szdoaeocs and rszso1s
Why hfs steps TOOK lin 10 the neigh
horhood o. the college, SIN even 70
himself he would not admit them II
uzs really Betty Pscks1s fzuaE-asrsse
brUwn-hakrsd. basesyad Betty Picket
I the lOFshae little doll of q Ezri 70 rhon
bO<sfOrd had preferred lis heart and
hss hand Oaly few weeks before.
The worst OF II IVES Betty had &C.
esp<ed his suit u a tzzSd s0r1 Of wzy.
Thea some f0Olsxh little nssundey-
standing had come and the end Of Il
al vas THAI the time for the uueh-
taakeosbouE tunsoT bail al The college
had come and Botstura had not been
asked
Il vas. az . matter q fact the -orn-
ing Of the sznS0r p-U- and 3oeEsord
knew l. Ard noE lie was only a few
blocks from The dormftorT where the
.aat2ltxsng little Betty abode
he looked ND al high board fence
and behsld . large. rsd-ls4tsrsd stEn
that began with the words Ice SHAT
mg-Wsteh For the Red flag hen
another glance revealed the red flag
and another smaller sign bore the sim
pie legend--Msn Wanted
BOtgfond rather abse-t-nsndedlr en-
tered The wooden door in the fence
marked Entrance. and. soglO=fng
group Of girls. bought ticket and Sc
cured . pair Of rather rusty. MI-ntsfng
skates Then. still zbsert-mEuded. he
began TO wonder why the sign had
read Men Wanted
He strapped On his skates in tae
shelter at the edge o. the court
There were mot many skaters. and
most Of those present ze=s girls.
Twice had he gone aro1ra .he court
when he was hailed By a fzi--hzsre5
young amazon On an i-npr0vtsed bench
At the edge Of The ice.
I am 50 glad there are some men
AZ last she said What do Won
charge an hour
The regular price" was Botsford-s
answer. and then cautiously and with
out delay the fair young amazon rose
and. with perfect self-ROssession. said.
Now we are OF
Apparently. thought BOtsford. ne had
been mistaken for an assistant or in
struc1Or.
Somehow he managed not TO fall
though after > half hours work he
found himself growing weary. But the
day promised no diversion more inter.
esting. and for some reason Botsford
always did enjoy being part Of harm
less misunderstanding.
Going TO be here this afternoon ~
she asked as they neared the edge of
the court Il am going to stop now.
but | may be back this afternoon.
For the lack Of anything better.
Botsford said that he intended to stav
all day The girl thought q moment al
she sat on the bench. Come to think
OF II. shan't want you this afternoon.
but ] may want you tonight It's ju-
NOR ball night and don't want 10
skate away AL my enthusiasm for
that
Here she lowered her voice az II
she did not want the other skaters to
hear what she had to say. But men
are scarcs sven At dances. You have
no idea how scarce. and think might
want you for tonight. II opens AZ
nine. but you had better be around NJ
the dormitory at half past eight. You
dance ! suppose. though that isn't alb
soautely necessary. I'll pay your price
OF fifty cents an hour and the addi.
uonai price Of rent for an evening
suit
He agreed TO the proposition. In
fact. he said. he would be willing tn
put tn the entire evening for two dol |
lars.
An right" said the girl as she left !
him Al the entrance Of the court Then /
she whispered again: One thing Won 1
must remember. III introduce YOU as /
my brother and you must keep up the |
DUH No one must know that I have !
employed you in this way. It'sa rath. !
er sore point sometimes when girls
don't have any men for dances.
OF course. Botsford thought that he
vas going to be the amazon's escort
II was With decided surprise that
Botsford beheld the radiant splendor
81 the girl Of whose name he was sim
ignorant Then. as be was recovering
from the surprise Of this rapid change
of appearanee-it vas in the crowded
reception room Of the dormitorv
where the girls and their escorts were
assembling before the baIl-she led
ann up TO = man whom she introduced
As Ar. Smith. my fance.-
he was wondering why he had been
empioyed-since she was amply sun
piled with an escort in the stalwart
form Of Mr. Smith-when she BEGAN to
speak in a whisper.
Yen a. 70 he IT, escsrt Of a little