The Meeker herald., 1919-01-18
RoMANcINe RONALD
sy ARCHIE 6. NEW.

prOll0C press agent OF inc OyWpAS w
Hazel Dryer. the heavy" woman Of
the company, ~, seated In . box. they
watching the morning rehearsal. "Sams
old stun-day In and day out. Give
me vaudeville any day. Why. there
amt been 4 new stunt pulled OF here
for . month"
"Sure there IT," answered Mss
Dryer, sweetly. ''but 1t takes brains
to find it" She gave him 4 siy look
ont of the corner Of her eye, and went
on. "Ronald Cannoles hardly gets any
time to carry ON his lecture work"
Zepp bounded out Of his chair and
faced her excltedly.
"What's Isl" he demanded. all alert.
Lecture work. Where7 Whenf
What dye know7"
Miss Dryer regarded him calmly.
with a twinkle Of amusement In her
eyes.
you're right nice when you're 10
ber," she told him. and inwardly re-
1oIced at his scowl. $50 I'll tip you
Of, Old Man Forrest introduced him
to good-looklng girl who's teaching At
girls school. Then Forrest, with
an eye on the box-oface. tips her on
that Cannoles only plays juvenile for
the love Of it-that he's regular Dug
on Shakespeare-"
"Help!" interrupted zepp. sShaks-
speare7 Shades Of Braumeister
$50 the girl coaxed him out to the
seminary" continued Miss Dwyef.
"Ronnie gave 'em an earful about Ro-
meo and Juliet and Macbeth. then they
yanked him back to family dinner.
He's due for Hamlet next Friday AFT
ernoon."
-oh. boyl" sursled zepp ecstat-
lcally, Local Observation-Disclosures
treat-heart stufE-all thatl Gosh.
what q spread-half . column o.
more" He shut his eyes in . dreamy
perspective for an instant then gIao-
bed his hat. "Jes' watch me.
I'm going to romance Ronald up to his
ears"
Forrest was leaving his once the
following Saturday afternoon. when
an irate figure. brandishing . nswspa.
per. doomed up In the Doorway.
1 "who wrote thisr' demanded 1oo-
AID Cannoles, heatsdly. In tie oooe.
way.
"WhatT queried Forrest innoesotiy.
THAT I" And Cannoles pointed. The
dirty buns. They've ruined me. L"
Here. walt q minute till read Il"
admonished Forrest. and he scanned
the offensive article. "Whses's ths
kick1" asked Forrest calmly.
''The whole things q kick" snapped
Ronald houy. "Risht where live. See
here. 1t says, Following his most inter
esting lecture. Mr.. Cannoles dined at
the home Of one Of the fair members
Of the faculty. 1t u rumored that an
other alliance has been formed b.
Cupid between stage and college c.
pid. bah! I'm going to beat Charlie
zepp to q Jelly"
"what-for diving yoa tie bssa
boost in yearsf You've got the noeori.
ETY.. What do you carer
That's Just It." cut In Roaald =
10 care. Confound II, man-l-I IKE
Miss Walters."
"Ohw whistled Forrest. In amaze
ment. $50 that's the layr'
After a few minutes Ronald lsft ths
once and Forrest got buy. He
phoned 4 nearby restaurant and
three minutes later he had The cass
before Charlie Zepp.
''Get busy and write your had %.
Put In about Cannoles being deseeod-
cd from English nobilty-yoa night
slip lord In the family somsvAsee-
only do 1t up brown. Tell al about
his wonderful college career. Smear
1t ON thick"
Zepp looked At the othee, spea-
mouthed and incredulouA Thea Il.
ploded.
"But, hang It all. CHIEF" - d.
INJURED. that's all bunk. It'll cost
you advertising rates. That's sxpea-
sive."
Hang the expense" snapped Fog.
rest, impatiently. 1--WE made Q clean
up on him. and he's q nne young man.
Go get busy and charge II 10 ma
"who's that dame across the wayr
demanded Charlie Of Hasel two weeks
later ~ they again sat In box at re-
hesrsal. Charlie was pointing to The
opposite box wherein there at q
beautiful young girl whose shiniae
eyes and smiling. dimpled cheeks fol-
lowed every movement made hy Aoar
aid Csnn"lcs on the stage.
Hazel followed his gaze. then pineA-
cd him and whispered eagerly: That's
her."
"Hcr whor echoed Charlie, Nlankiy.
The teacher" she whispered Can
n''cs s'rl. They've made up Fcsssse
brought 'ctu together. She's aaxy
about him. There's your chancA yoo
boob. Romancc-eohs Of Il. Yosne.
pretty teacher attends stock eouuuany