The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-15

decidedly older than mcst men begin
ming work at Perkins, and he learned
that the girl was seventeen.
Once or twice Sidney larIented her
fate. 1.-The more L think of it the
more I feel that it is i dreadful mis-
take. I'll awfully hate to be the only
girl in the department 1 hate being
what you call a nut.
DO you know. L had an idea," she
confided. Il thought that perhaps
could get a man to take the course
for me. Grandmother need never
know. That is why 1 came early, so
l could look around before registra-
ton. Ny name is Sidney. That might
be a mans name. 1 have quite a lot
o, spending money. L could find some
poor chap that wants some one to paw
his tuition as an engineer who would
be willing to take my rame in return
for the tuition. L could afford it and
then his reports would Je made out in
my name and they would be sent to
grandmother, and the ,ition that
comes would go TO him. i could man
age to pay my own. By the time I am
thru L shall be Of age, and then 1
can do rs L please. Do you think L
could find some one like that ''
Its good idea," commented the
man, but you're not the [irst one 10
think of it. You know The Other
nut
DuI IHC lIdli Ildu cTdWn INTO Inf
station Ut Perk;nstown and the con-
versation was cut short
In order not 20 commit herself to
any name until she found whether
she could make her plan work, Sidney
did not report at the university Of
fees, but betook herself and her bag
gage to the only inn in the place. So
did the man. He, too, apparently, did
not want to commit himself. And for
two days. while each one went his
way, investigating possible courses and
laccomm odations, they became better
and better acquainted. AS their first
acquaintance had been hurried 50 their
wooing was short. When two days
were over they knew, tho they never
spoke it, that no life ahead would be
conceivable without the friendship and
love of the other.
Have you found your Sidney?"
asked the man as they strolled thru
the shady streets Of the town together
in the hour after the early supper at
the tavern on the second day.
/ mo, and it is hard. 1 can't adver-
F, tise, as it must be a secret. thought
1 should watch for some poor-lc">ng
| student that went to sign for engineer
| ing coursts. But l don't like to inger
around the registrars office, and 1 am
afraid I might approach some one
who would let my secret out. Do you
think you could help me?"
/ The man paused well. you know
/ the other nut-that Bill Dean, who is
taking domestic science courses Well,
/ in a way, I am that nut mat IS, l
should have been if I hadn't managed
to accomplish just what you are try
ling to do. Only was forehanded and
| got my substitute last spring. l came
iup when the fellows were taking pre-
liminaries and 7 picked my man. !
was Bill Dean. I'm still Bill Dean al
home. But here I am to be Alonzo
T ~ he
of the largest cattle ranches in our
state. She has put my other two
brothers up in business there, and now
she says the only thing she needs to
make the place Il perfect success Is
some one to run the house. We have
a young hotel-we house and feeo
some two hundred ranchmen, and thai
is where the big trouble has been. We
! have never been able to get any one
twho could run the place right wen
mother and the boys decided that
had got to run the house, and they de-
lcided I should have to come here anf
take courses in household administra-
ition. All my life had been dreaming
4 of being a mining engineer.
when I came up for examination
last spring saw what a figure 1 woult
cut in a class in domestic science. Blu
there was a chap named Alonzo Low
who was going in for that sort o
! thing, anyway. So we exchanged
rames He liked mi:-e better thai
his anyway, and was willing to do
| for a little book money. So that /
why I am Alonzo Love. The origina
will be here tomorrow, but he Will b.
| known as Bill Dean"
The girl had been thinking intentl,
as she listened.
"Couldn't-don't you think you
mother would let me run the house i
you told her that 1 had made spe
cialty of that sort of thing?'
| would she? Why, of course sh
would. But how would that let yol
out?''
Because you could take my min
ing engineering course. Sidney Ston
is a better name than Alonzo Love,
ali sure.
IT'S a CO." cried Bill as he slappe,
hands in an agreement of comrades
but if I take your name for fou
years you must take mine for life
Perhaps" she said, and then add
ed, II suppose if / am going to rul
that ranchman's place it would b
most convenient after all."-(Copy
right. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate.)