The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-29
Miss wharton at first looked DID

expose Hin.
But there IS nothing like daring 10
please woman, and while Laura was
axplainine what the magazine writer
and the principal of a young iaules
seminary came TO see both girls were
falling in with the spirit OF the esca'
pade.
"This room" said Miss Griswold, rs
intended for the especial use OF those
undergraduates who are ambitious 70
sit on the bench
How about a sofa or easy cnalr
asked Jim in a low voice.
"Wait. Well come to that by ana
BY" replied Laura under her breath.
This room." continued Laura, rs oc-
cupied by class that Is studying me
constitutional history Of England.
She opened the door, and the young
men were permitted TO look In the
room, where they saw woman prOles'
sor on n dais lecturing to number OF
young women. Between the opening
and the shutting of the door these
words were heard:
Up to the time Of the accession or
George Nv. England had been consti-
tutiona monarchy, the sovereign being
usually crackbrained man. Under
the contemplate Georges 1t gradually
changed into a virtual republic. But
It's most glorious half century was un-
der the rule Of that greatest of all its
NintnTio ~
When the door was closed Tom sug-
gested that now England had got an
other George it had fallen into re-
lapse"
"Not bit of it, retorted Laura Girls
void. "Since Victoria there has been
no need of sovereign. Victoria taught
the English people to govern them
selves. That's something no man could
do"
women are our natural governors"
remarked Jim.
The party emerging on to the campus,
Jim asked:
whats that building with dome
on IT,"
That's the astronomical observa-
tory"
I'VE must see that, of course said
Tom.
"The night being cloudy, no observa.
tions can be made. There's no one
there to receive US" said Laura.
"Well, now" said jim that's just
the reason for our going there | must
have look at Venus"
"Shut up. Jim" said Tom. IF any
of the dons heard that remark the re-
suit would be serious"
The party were some time passing
over the campus, for they were COM
paratively free from observation, but
the boys hoped for greater privacy in
the observatory. so they ascended to
the dome. Laura turned on a light
thus giving a view of the telescope.
There Jim and Laura went out on to
the roof for conference. leaving the
other two where they We're.
While the couples were separated
Miss Euphema Marston, the astrono.
mer, seeing a light in the dome of the
observatory, mounted the staircase
leading to it, and. since a woman's
shoes are not usually noisy, she was
not heard by the inmates until she had
entered the room. Tom and Luella
fortunately were sitting in close com
munion behind the Stone pier on which
the telescope rested. and the lady did
not see them. Going to box o. eve
pieces. She was bending over II m
mindful of their presence Tom gave n
! cough ana the professor, straightpniny
, up, looked around. Luella advanced
| and. somewhat i'll at ease. told Mis-,
Marston that She was showing tho
/ telescope to Il visitor.
The lady rc 'eivcd Tom with courtas,
ara entered into a lon" explanation o.
/ the different parts Of the instrument
! Meanwhile Jim and Laura had hcart
tie conversation in the do.lc an,
learned of the approach Of the nstfon
omer. The professors presence. viii
Jim and Laura y iHg uIt on the r,or
was not without danger and Laura al,
4 uSt hii'N NIlttitI Ib put on n lG'
! front and enter the dome or wait fo
the Astronomers withdrawal. Think
inS that Miss Mar>tun wovld uot ~.
main long. she adopted the latte
/ course
But the astronomer found Tom :,
appreciatire OF her explanation nf -,
parts OF the telescope and its cer ro
uses that she showed no disposition T,
leave. Then Laura and Tom were nor
rilled to see rift in the clouds and tb,
moon appear. If the astronomer saw
the moonlight she would lift the s.l,
ter of the dome and make obSeev,
tionS.
Il have it" said Jim, and, taking of
his coat, he held it against the onI,
window in the dome that the moonligh
would shine through.
But his game did not work Suddo,
~ the shutter was lifted and tho DON,
began to turn.
III have to 20 down from the on.
side, said Jim. ald. fiGing a corno,
by the help of a water spout and som
intervening window lodges he raaoho
the ground. Then Laura went into ~
dome -
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