The Owosso times., 1917-12-28
Looking at 1t
Legally
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By c. B. Lewis


Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate)
Should you imagine that Miss Flor
ence Gale, eighteen years old, was the
first girl that ever fell in love with
dancing master because he was dam
cling master, then you are mistaken.
They have been doing 1t ever since
there was dancing master to fall in
love with.
Miss Florence was the daughter of
merchant, and ranked well up in the
social circles of her town. There had
been private dancing class made up
of half dozen girls and young men,
and Professor Paul Revillion had been
engaged as director at a high honor
arium.
Mind you, he had not been hired, but
engaged" He was not a teacher, but
a director" He wasn't on salary,
like boOkkeeper, but on a honorar-
ium, If you please. His name was not
Jim Scott nor Joe Saunders, but Paul
Revillion.
And the professor was nice - very
nice. He was nice all over, like rare,
ripe peach. 1t was noticed even before
the first dance, was held that he had
white teeth and long eyelashes.
The six young men who were to pay
their good money for learning the art
of dancing looked the professor over,
and each and every one determined to
kill him as soon as the term of lessons
was finished.
The six young women cast sleeps
eyes at him and mentally vowed to fall
In love almost at once. 1t is to the
credit Of the sex that they kept their
word. Yes, within fortnight 1t was
apparent to themselves and others that
they were learning to love as well as
to dance. The young men read the
signs Alright and gritted their teeth.
They could and did "spat" with the
foolish damsels, but they couldn't kill
the professor until they had had the
worth of their money.
So far as having q very serious
Irritation every girl won out. Each
one had reasons to believe that she
was the chosen one. Each one under
the impulse of romance and girlhOod
Stiffness, wrote little pink or violet
notes, and they were replied to with
an outpouring of the heart. The little
notes and replies were pretty much
alike, but 1t happened that Miss Gale
was more Industrious than the others.
She wrote two notes to their one.
1t therefore logically followed that
when the end Of the term drew near
and Professor Revillion was ready for
business, he possessed a package of
pink notes signed "Florence" that
numbered way up above the half-cen-
tury mark. 1t did his heart good as he
counted them. It did his heart good
as he counted the number written to
him by the other maidens.
One day Miss Florence Gale received
q note from the professor that set her
heart to humping as 1t hadn't thump-
ed yet. Some fiend in human form
had broken open his trunk ut his
clearinghouse, and among other
things stolen was the package Of her
love notes. The thief had had the au-
dacity to write that he had them, and
that he would return them for $500,
and not a cent less. If the professor
refused to pay the money the letters
were to be offered to Mr.. Gale at the
same price. Mr.. Gale was a stern
parent.
1t was most unfortunate that the pro-
fessor didn't happen to have $500 In his
vest pocket. He could never forgive
himself for his carelessness. What
would "Dear Florence" do about it1
Would she raise the cash or take the
consequences7 She would be granted
three days. grace, and then she was to
meet the dancing master at certain
spot at q certain hour and let him
know her decision.
believe me, my dear one" he wound
ND with, 'T am thinking of suicide as I
pen this. II / was not almost sure
that you could get the money Of your
father should say farewell to you and
send q bullet crashing through my
BRAIN"
Miss Florence promptly tainted
dWay, VI Wub Both8 w VN~e ~~~~
er asked her who the letter was from.
She therefore decided to lie instead OK
faint. Her first feeling after MASTERING
the contents Of the letter was one or
pity for the professor. He was think
ing OF blowing his head offi Her next
feeling was Of herssaf. she could no
,uofe raise 600 than she could raise
l02Oo0,O00. Had she asked her father
Sof 20 cents he would have wanted an
explanation rod long.
Poor Miss Florence cried all one
night and got mp in the moyning to lie
again. She said II was the toothache'
She had gone back to bed to CRY again
when she didn't cry. A SUDDEN
thought made her sit mp. What sort
of q rnan was Professor Revillion 10
leave a girl to face such situation
alonef He must have clew to the
thief. az he said he had received let.
ter, but he had not added that he had
80 <ho law af work He had q d10-