The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-02-08
LIE STOCKING
oy OSBORN JONES.

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whuu Alan Kilby Went to her office to
'"n>ul'. ller regarding his acceptance
/ 4 II position just offered him as the.
ntw professor Ot economics.
Aiuh had gone TO see her. partly be-
r;,,,se he had known her several yenrs
ile;or,, when they were both students
:ti u ra-atucatioinl college in the West,
and partly because the offer at Jones
| college WAS distinctly better than the
assistant professorship he held in a
mans college.
III doesn't seem like mans job"
he TOLD her frankly. and she had looked
| III him not with the amusement he
expected.
"Hans IL all. Justine. it's just that
can't stand this blue-stocking atmos-
| fAcre. think it's that as much as
| anything else"
There are very few blue-stockings
''cre. said Justine. "In fact. some
times wish there were more. Blue
Stockings have their good points. you
KNOW
'i'rn,n II woman's point Of view. per-
tEIps. l:ul I'm primitive enough to
like !, feminine woman, and it goes
ngilii's, the grain to see these girls,
some of them pretty, almost all of
'h'N hcallhy and happy, being fed into
i!i> ,rill. to have the woman and the
I'tiiln.ii,y ground out. They ought to
Z" marrying luoSt of them marrying
'.I a,aliin. men what they ought to
anl having children and keeping
t";lSp
ut course YOU have never married
y"i!rSr'f.' suggested Justine.
40 and when ! do shall not look
Ia a uuinnns college for wife. I'm
'ni educated up to that yet"
Prom all of which, ! suppose, am
l" Inieij that you do not accept the po-
Iiuii!"
Nn. The fact is. | think l do. It's
too good To turn down."
SO Alan I[ilby became professor of
economics ut Jones. The first lecture
WAS more uncomfortable than he had
| expected it to be. AS time went on the
lectures We're easier and Alan had time
tn-looh about him. Sometimes there
were suppressed giggles. and some
times three whispering heads bent to-
| sell,cr in the back rows of Seats un-
| mindful Of IL word of the lecture-un-
| mindful too that from the vantage
| point of his desk the professor could
n"l only see them but could catcl,
sl;llclleS Of their whispered conversa-
| lion.
"lf do say it. look awfully well
in yellow" said one whisper.
Not thai lemon shade-more of Il
salmon. don't you think?"
How long is the skirt? They are
getting longer"
u know. but my Tom likes them
| short. Have you learned the new
| Steps. No that new wiggly waltz step.
! mean. He doesn't see us, and we
can get the notes from Ida" isn't
he perfect dear?" "lda's quite crazy
about him. That's why she sits in
front and takes such long notes."
And later: well, anyway, Kilby's
dear. Did you ever see such eyes?"
Coin. down the corridor later in the
| day he chanced the meet the dean.
Good morning, Mr.. kilby," she said.
always with the same serenity. "low
are the blue stockings?"
Blue stockings" muttered Kilby. "If
there are any they haven't elected eco
! nonics."
Kilby fled from the building to his
own study i'll his boarding house.
There as he puffed at his comforting
pipe he took leather picture case
from his pocket and opened it. 1t
contained picture Of the dean that he
had clipped from the magazine article
on 1.-THE Youngest College Dean" The
picture showed her ins cap and gown,
with none of the graciousness and al
most motherly large heartedness that
Kilby had come to appreciate within
the few weeks he had been at Jones.
Still, he found satisfaction in looking
at the picture-just as a reminder, he
said, Of the allegiance he owed to his
chief. This day he looked at the pic
ture longer than usual.
I've got to get better picture" he
told himself as he rose from his chair
and hurried through the campus to
the deans office. But when he reached
there he forgot the picture and thought
only of the original"
How are the blue stockings?" asked
the dean, as she closed the papers she
was working ever at her desk and pre-
! pared to take an easier chair by the
open fireplace, where she might chat In
comfort with Alan.
blue stockings-there aren't any,"
groaned Alan. You're q blue stock
ing and they're-they're just girls.
LsSten. Justine. I've decided that the
only type of woman ! truly admire is
blue stocking. l used to think that
that was the trait in you that lapt US
apart. back in the college days when
was half In love With you all the
time. But DOW know that's vhat is