The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-04-06
Ills TWO
HOBBIES
., +. a. mitchell

60 while in college. though
nee :. .o,,ow and by no means grind
~ s's One scholar and d rst,nat an,'
,ssd taste for zoology ~ Is ! me or 81
nals w. 49, tbe one next in Importance
u Ell him being girls S ply : o,d and
WIZ zones thousands OF years Ola ana
tna' us - beautiful of living things-so
tt Y nsbe reign side by side u tne
s va Of d man. .oeosso~ a.
0lss ~ On Ned became professor III
n alma mater. ,,.o,,ncoa +hat
Z Vns s sntsrIor county of the state, not
y y 80. 49, the college, farmer had.
fn n s,soine. turned up a stony sub
W. y. I nat was beyond his comprehen-
s "a + was about two feet square
~ y .ounded on the edges The farmer
snu ,s ~ make out whether 1t was
ssue Or stone or indeed what was ''s
saS VA ssw the notice and inferred that
!. y, wss probably vertebra of an ex-
.,Det animal He at once went to the
'asst,ou designated, with a view to an
ss.,cation. On arrival he was re-
n.,sss ~ the daughter of the farmer.
shs was very pretty rustic, and for
~ moment Ned forgot all about the
sonss n his admiration of the girl
However. his admiring glances were
,uterspersed with the reasons for his
,a,no there. and 1t was not long be-
ar she gave way to surprise that he
haa come all the way from the univer-
IN ID examine piece Of stone. She
tod him where he could find 1t and,
after having made a little incipient
3 lave 10 her, which he well knew how
4 a 40 with his eyes without using his
tongue. be took spade from an out
horse and went to examine the stone.
when the young professor returned
nom bis Investigations he was greatly
changed. He had been under the In
0uence Of one Of his two natures, now
+ Ia was under the other. He had been
absorbed in girl. now he was absorb
ed In the petrified remains Of an ich-
4 thyosaurus. He talked to the girl. but
\ bis mind was on the ichthyosaurus.
ITS carnivorous. he said. They all
we're
'Whatr exclaimed the girl. opening
4 her eyes
THE snout of porpoise; the teeth
4 Of crocodile"
There was no reply to this. nothing
y but look Of wonder.
The sternum of an ornithorhynchus
combined with the paddles of a whale. !"
u oh, my good gracious" exclaimed
. the girl, "he's crazyr'
Fish vertebrate, lizards head"
Father cried the girl in terror.
But her father was out in the fields
and did not hear
-Four paddles and an enormous tail.
Must have surely been aquatic"
This was quite enough for the farm.
ers daughter She had no doubt that
the visitor was mad. and 1t behooved
her to beat retreat. She dare moi
run for fe~ Of being followed and
murdered. She was Of good pluck, and
nxing her eyes ON Ned's, she backed
toward the house. On reaching the
door she slipped inside. boiling 1T be
hind her
What the dickens is the matter witt
mat girl?' said Ned to himself, sud
uehly aroused from his reverie abou
'ne lchthyosaurus. The farmers daugh
yer ned through the house, out by tn.
paeS door and, keeping in line will
ou'nouses and trees TO screen her from
eae maniac. found her father at tn,
pillow.
what In the world Is the matter
Osn'nier he asked, stopping the horse
ana looking at her In establishment
lave you seen ghost?'
worse than that. dad. There's
house, - -
how do you know he's crazy?s
rust on he looked as lie he wante
" KISS me; then he borrowed a spad
aua went to where you turned up til
sve1 rother day. When he come bac
- was talkin looney-about some kin
oeast with a head like fish an
.ssen IKE a crocodile ana paddles ia
S.Mlm and an awful long tail"
are you sure he's madr'
my, MAD as March hare"
=. ~ go and see him."
4 sure.s pop' ne Il AAi yV'
Waai, then. reckon better cit N
NJ, asaDors together and take him /,
paa be say where he lives Sn
college, W 10 Win u
s,,,. AL right I'll git Hawkins an
him ' Ian. ana Wen corral him and tai
aaa 4at same afternoon when the Ut,
sbem we're tossing ball betwes
Ere ~ tne campus two stalwart farr
lDg A. seen approaching. each hol
cam 'ae arm of man. When tn.
fesso. n "a enough all recognized Pr
apnr mr., oorwin and were seized vii