The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-07-16
THE 0THER FREAK.
BY OSBORN JONES.

When you eo FROM ,he West 10 pcr
kins college, you have 20 change car-
az Perkins Junction and walt ln d
rnrsakcn nuIl shed ~ station in me
mi1dle ~ corniields fnr the uncert.in
shuttle train That carries you On %
. ferkiustown - perkiustown that ls
nlne-ienths zsapus aud college BOYS
and girls aud faculty and faculty
heascs aud only one-tcnth native pop
ulauon.
Passengers stranded al Porklns
Junction never need Introduction.
That Is an uuwrItten rule ~ courtesy
al Perkins.
The acquaintance Ia this case was
begun when The man raised Ms bat and
bowed. indicating thereby that n Tie
girl wished # he would speak. she
wns not 10th
"You are student aren't youT che
asked and thc man noticed that her
voice WIS silverN
Then In tie next few remarks the
bmricrs were down. lnstinctiyely they
knew that they we Of iho stnff our
Of which congcnial comrades are
made
When Is Of the IS minutes that
We're doomed to pass in waiting had
slipped by, the man summoned cour-
age 60 ask ibc girl her name
"sldney stone" She said. and then
when she nsked HIM hc told her bis
was Alonzo Love Just q shade Of
smile crossed her face.
q suppose you think that Is queer
sort Of name, he said
"Not funny only somehow you don't
look like an Alonzo. You look like
Bill or Tom or something like that"
'What courses are you going to
take?" asked Aonzo.
Il am going to take mining engineer
Ing She replied.
The man whistled. you'll be the
only girl In that department. he told
her
4 know I shall be regarded as a
freak
yes he admitted "rhere's m.
other nut In college though--a chap
named Bin Dean, who is taking domes-
tic science That is Just as bad
Almost" And then Sidney told
her companion a secret that she asked
HIM not to divulge She was destined
10 be mining engineer because in her
family there had always been a min
Ing engineer for four generations, and
because her father had died and left
her valuable collection Of mining en-
cheering Instruments and papers and /
her grandmother, who was her guard
ian, felt that She ought to make use
Of them,
funny" said the man. "Darned
funny" he emphasized
On the train together they occupied
adjoining seats
DO you know, had an idea" she
confidsd Il thought that perhaps |
could get a man to take the course for
me. Grandmother need never know
That is why / came early, so | could
look around before registration My
name is Sidney That might be a
mans name
ITS q good Idea" commented the
man, "but you're not the first one to
think of 1t. You know the other nut
But The train had drawn into the +
station az perkinstown and the conyer-
sauon was cut short.
In order not to commit herself to
any name until She found whether she
could make her plan work, sidney did
not report at the university offices, hut
betook herself and her baggage TO the
only inn in the place, So did the man.
And for two days, while each one
went his way, investigating possible
courses and accommodations they be-
came better and better acquainted
"Have YOU found your sidney?"
asked the man as they strolled through ,
The shady streets Of the town to-
gether.
"No. and 1t is hard can't adver-
Use, as 1t must be a secret Do you
hink you could help me?'
The man paused 'Well you know
he othcr nut-that Bin Dean, who is
aklng domestic science courses. Well, I
IN way l am that NUT That Is,
.houd baye been if l hadn't managed
% accomplish just what you are try !
ng 10 do Only I was forehanded and
,ot my substitute last spring I came !,
lp when the fellows were taking pre-
iminaries and I picked my man. I
vas Bin Dean. I'm still Bill Dean at {
ome. But here am to be Alonzo Love. e
iou see, my mother runs one Of The E
,iggest cattle ranches in our state She ;,
las put my other two brothers up in
usiness there, and now She says the :
'nly thing she needs to make The place
perfect success is someone to run
he house The original win be here
omorrow, but he win be known as
Inl Dean
The girl had been thinking in,ently
S She listened.
"Couldnt-dont you think your
lother would let me run the house 10
ou told her thar I had made spc-
ialty OF that sort of thlugT
"Would sheg Why, Of course she
.ould. But how would that lei you
utTn
Because you could take my mining