Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-30

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blush. 1T is wearing on my disposition.
| had Il chance to take off my hat
and sag Good morning TO Miss
ScrosgS on the following day and ON
the day after that, but thai was all.
She was always surrounded by girl
friends. They We're the plain and UNI
adorned members of the class. u they
seemed to enjoy each other so much
that / hated to burst ruthlesslN in on
their ranks and take Miss Scroses
away. 1t made me mad. however. 1t
Was Friday and now ! would have to
wait until Monday to become init
matelN acquainted with her. Somehow.
seeing her helsed about by f~orbidding
females and entirely inaccessible, made
me more anxious than eVe To begin
the friendship. and Sunday seemed IL
long day.
ON Monday conditions were very ia
Norable. l cut in ahead OF the body
guard going out and followed Miss
mine. j was quite excited. Good NOR
ming | said pleasantly, raising my
hat. | Vas about to fall into step
With her and walk over to the library.
But | didn't. She turned and spoke to
me Very pleasantly but from the mex
planet, and suddenly l became afraid
that il | walked with her l might bore
her. Perhaps she didn't want to be
bothered With me that day. | didn't
want to make q bad impression to start
with. l passed on rapidly the other
waf, and by the time ! had walked
ar",ind the college buildings | was in
dignant. What was he matter with
me. anyway? This was the only time
Petty Simmons had ever shown the
white feather. What was he afraid of?
He ought to be kicked.
I cussed myself literally and re-
solved that the next day | would walk
with Miss Scrogss in the library and
get her permission to call if | had 10
wade through the whole b%odygllard to
do it. 1t was no longer a joking matter
with me. My blood was up. Besides.
l really wanted to become acquainted
with Miss Scroggs. | hadn't been half
as anxious when started out. Hut
now l shuddered at the thought thas
had considered picking out some of
those unattractiNe girls. That would
have been an awful blunder.
got a bow and a smile out of Miss
Scroggs the * day. but She had hsr
gang with her. l was rather relieved
when saw 1t, too. After all, this was
no more campus enterprise to be con-
Quoted hastily between classes.
would waylay her ana walk home with
her. TO be sure. she lived in the op-
poslte part of town. but / had lots Of
business out that way. l had neglected
1T all that ear and now it was press
ing. l cruised dejectedly behind her
FOR two evenings while she and two
OF her pestiferous girl friends chat
tered gaily homeward. Once / got
u bow from her at her gate, but that
was all. Business was certainly poor,
BY the end of the second week | was
discouraged. Never before had real
lied Just how hard it was to get ac-
gualnted with a plain girl. If Mary
Scroggs had been pretty and a mem
Der of the Kappa Kap Pajamas, or
the Tri Felta Kaps. or the Kappa
Alpha Pussicats. l wouldn't have had
m trouble at NIL. ] would have hunt.
ed up some chap who knew her ana
made him take me to call, and that
would have ended it. But here was
a young lady who sat in class. 20 feet
away from me, four times a day. and
who was as inaccessible as an Alpine
peak. l didn't know anybody who knew
ner. L never went anywhere she did,
Even II got up another freshman
party h probably wouldn't come.
There wasn't any peril to rescue her
from. Confound it. Why was college
oS kiSlAcly dcNOIu vi dII means OF GET
ting acquainted with kindred intel
lectso
was quite worked up over it, as
much for Miss Scrogg' sake as for
mine. But in the third week had a
great stroke of good luck. I wandered
into the library one afternoon and
found Miss Scroggs reading-alone. !
was as excited as if l had discovered
the heroine on the 435th page. 1 APP
preached stealthily, to avoid alarming
her, and sat down beside her.
Working hard?' / asked, with a per
fectly magnificent smile.
She smiled back. Very" she said
Any other girl J. knew would have
put down her books. / felt a slight
Jolt. But | was there and l defied the
whole college to remove me. Il wish
L could work as hard as you do"
said envionsly. AT that moment 1 real
ly meant 1t.
She looked around the library and
then at me. i've only got one of the
the books" she said cordially.
This time the jolt was quite decided
But 1 wouldn't give up. IF get a nice
large book will you straighten me gu
on Queen Elizabeth's family?" / asked
II simply cannot get the old girls kin
untangled."
Miss Scroggs. hastily. but TN cal
Miss Evans over. She's splendid in
English history and 1 know she'll be
glad to help YOU"
Then she went away before 1 could
object and hauled Miss Evans over ia
me. Miss Evans was a peculiar looking
well-seasoned lady. with thick glasses
and gummy smile hat would have
warded off a burglar. She was de-
lighted to help me. and she did 1t while
Miss Scroggs went away to a neigh
boring table and studied French, In
which, heaven knows, l needed help TAI