The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-03-07
Looking at 1t
Legally
By c. B. Lewis

nrst girl that ever fell in love with
dancing master because he was dam
eng master, then you are mistaken.
Ihey have been doing it ever since
there was a dancing master to fall In
love with.
MISS Florence was the daughter of a
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 teacher, but
a director" He wasn't on salary,
ike bookkeeper, but on 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 we're to pay
their good money for learning the art
of dancing looked the professor over,
and each and every one determined to
kin 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 a 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 a very serious
filtration 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 We're 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-
fury mark. 1t did his heart good as he
counted them. 1t 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 flend In human form
had broken open his trunk at his
boarding house, 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 5000
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.
It was most unfortunate that the pro
lessor didn't happen to have $500 In hii
vest pocket. He could never forgive
himself for his carelessness. What
would Dear Florence" do about IT
Would she raise the cash or take tht
consequences? She would be granted
three days grace and then she was Z
meet the dancing master at certain
spot at a certain hour and let hin
know her decision.
"Believe me, my dear one" he wount
I'D with, II am thinking of suicide as
pen this. II was not almost SURF
that you could get the money OF you
father should say farewell to you ant
send a bullet crashing through m!
BRAIN"
Miss Florence promptly faintet
away, or was going to when her motn
or asked her who the letter was from
She therefore decided to lie instead o
faint. Her first feeling after mastering
the contents of the letter was one o
pity for the professor. He was think
ing of blowing his head off! Her mex
feeling was of herself. She could NJ
more raise 5000 than she could rails
50 1000, 900. Had she asked her fathe
for rs cents he would have wanted al
explanation a rod long.
Poor Miss Florence cried all on
night and got up In the morning to IL
again. She said it was the toothacht
she had gone back to bed to cry agail
when - she didn't cry. A sudde
thought made her sit up. What sor
NJ man was Professor Revillion I
leave a girl to face such a situation
alone? He must have a clew to tn
thief. as he said he had received lei
fer but he had not added that ne ma
set the law at work. He had dif
mond ring and diamond pin wort
together far more than the S2oO' pu
he had not said anything of sellin