American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-16
THE BUG "PROF."
BY AGNES c. eRoeAN.

MY dear, she SAID as q last Ell
fort at persuasion. you might oblige
your father in this, he is good to
you, Sallie. And why you should have
an absurd aversion to men of learning
is more than | can understand.
professor Laidlaw, who is coming
to have dinner with us tomorrow, Is
one of the incest men | eyer met. Your
father has known him for years, and
his Judgment. where worthy men are
concerned, is of the best"
IF inviting this professor to din
ner is a delicate way of bringing him
to my attention as a possible husband"
said Sallie, I'D rather use my own
judgment, and you can tell father so"
Again Mrs. Thayer sighed. ut is not
exactly the idea of a husband In
which we are interested. DEAR" she
answered, a conscious flush colOr.ng
her cheeks, "ft is Just that your fa-
Their and | wish TO have you meet the
right sort of men,"
THE right sal being" Sallie crisply
| replied, ''some old steady-gOing fossil.
| won't marry n professor. mother, or
any other kind Of student. Mercy
knows, I've had enough of them
around all my life in this college
town.
"SaIlie!" her mother demonstrated,
"when will you give up using those
slang expressions? If Professor Laid
law would hear you, ynur father would
be mortified indeed"
"Small chance" Sallie murmured
wickedly. Mother, l will not be at
home tomorrow"
"Sallie," Mrs. Thayer answered firm
ly, ~ positively forbid your visiting
any of your friends when your IA
Their has expressed this wish for your
presence at home. Nothing but n good
reason could eXcus your absence tc
him"
Sallie turned her scarlet turban In
her hand, considering. Presently hel
defiant face frightened.
WELL" she exclaimed, 'here is {
reason which will not only ~satisf!
dad, but please him as well. I'm go
ing to the public library to study VI
on natural history"
"Sallie," murmured her mother help
lessly, but there was n tender light II
her eyes, as they rested on her daugh
ter's lovely, mutinous face.
Sallie, with a novel tucked unde
her arm, made her way up the marbl
steps of the library to the secluded ga
lery, where few were wont to b
found.
Beneath the other arm was n beril
boned box of chocolates-saved fC
some solitary occasion such MS thi
Upon the whole 1t appeared that Sa
lie would not have too dull an afte
noon. But wonder of wonders. baC
upon the bench behind the cases {
o strange birds and beetles, sat n youn
" man, absorbed in a book, and ais
helping himself generously from a be
of candy.
AS she hesitated, the young ma
= who had nice, friendly eyes, with
nice, friendly smile to match, locke
up from his book, and said quite ma
u urnlly:
II do not let me drive you ava
There is plenty of Don here f
: both"
SO it proved. Sallie had never
fore entered so easily into conVers
!" ton. 1t began by their strange sill
: Ilarity of tastes, for in addition
y the chocolates, 10 ! the young man W
+, Lreading that very novel which Sal
II had struggled away under her ar
II And when they had discussed, wi
'e the same points of interest, the o
II the delightfully."- unconventional you
u man drew Sallie's attention to (
birds and beetles, and his talk concel
Ing them was as interesting as re
stories from a book.
SaIlie could not believe that Fl
~ o'clock had come and that she mi
r hurry home To dinner.
al I'm coming down here again
morrow" the young man annGunC
e. carelesSly.
u al have to come" Sallie told hi
Then she explained about the visit
d professor. and how "dreadfully tire
=, she WAS OF professors anu StuuehlS
III general, and the nice young m
De smiled.
% Fed up. eh?" he remarked inc
~ gantly, and Sallie agreed.
" She had the air of a Joyous c
spiratof when upon the following 1
20 she babe her mother good-by, and sta
ed again for the library. The n
young man was there before her.
chad been there" he impatlently
plained. "for three-quarters of an HI
ar more"
And today, the subject Of the bt
x being exhausted. the two spent
lat afternoon wandering about among
mt cases IF animals and birds, while
tut Young man talked In his original Y