The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-07
Etening Story
Sixty Dollars a Month, and Board
BY II. LOUIS RAYBoLD.


my sisters crank on the subject.'
declared Kenneth Horton from the
Iayenport piled with Fraternity sofa
Elbows. She's terribly advanced
thinks no man worth his salt unless
manly brow. Take me- he illustrated
ruefully. II want to go mascalonge
fishing in the Muskoha this summer,
but Kit says. tNo-my place is help
ing father on the farm. He's short of
help'--so that's where you can adj
dress me, care of the r. F.D.''
Maybe she's right, at that" grinned
Jack, his roommate, whereupon he be-
came the target for rapid fire of
Icushions. But, Joking aside, Ken,
III admit Im-well, honestly gone
over her picture. I'd like to meet the.
Iorigina1."
''Youl What chance would you
stand, you bloated bondholder, you
dyed -in-the-wool old piutocrat? Why.
Ishe'd give one look at your Cordoyan
shoes, silk shirts and exclusive neck
wear-and get out her tracts on the
sins OF the wealthy. was home ali
| last summer, and know!'s
tsE@But you don't know my scheme,
old thing, retorted Jack earnestly. Il
| don't intend to let her see me in this.
offensive outfit. You say your father
iapply for work. You tip him off 10
hire me, but keep mum as to my lsal
ists tus. Miss Katherine will see in me
a man W ho,toils' and-who knows %
| A week or so later, Kenneth pre-
seI1ted his father with a new hand =
whom he vaguely explained as picked
iup on the way and Kenneth's father,
after one glance at the powerful frame,
the strength of which was not con-.
cealed by extremely i1l-fitting clothes.
hired him on the spot for $50 month
and board.
AS the days wentby, Jack alternate
| iy cursed and blessed his job. Viewed
las a stunt, it was proving rather
lcostly one in time and energy. but con-
Isidered in the light of an opportunity
to be near the most beautiful girl he
had ever SEEN and to show her the
stuff that was in him, it wasn't SO bad.
Mr.. Horton did not hesitate to COM
mend his reliability, Willingness an j.
efficiency, and Jack secretly cherished
1.-THE hope that some report of it all
Preached Katherine thru her brother.
just one worry had Jack. He
wished Katherine would not ride Sui
TAM The horse was - devil, and
| Jack had heard Kenneth warn Kath-
crime that he would cut up rough
some day. SuHan's brother, the Shah,
was being broken in by Mr.. Horton.
and Jack, watching the spirited crea-
| ture rear and buck beneath his rider.
shuddered at the power possessed and.
luckily. SO seldom appreciated, by that
animal, the horse. But Jack was
scarcely in a position to join his pro-
tests with those of the girls father and
brother.
| His meetings with Katherine had
sonal. Nor had he observed on her
part any interest whatever in a man
who toiled. Then one day she came
/ down to the meadow where Kenneth
and his father and Jack were piling
the hayrick with sweet, saturated
/ hay. With her was q gay bevy of coll
| lege girls, who clamored TO help and
| then ride home on the load. Jack had
| the pleasure of giving Katherine
helping hand as she climbed to the
! top. Then he settled down close by
the two men in front to make room
| for the girls.
He was nfedftating on the disadvan-
tages of the position he was occupying
| for the sake of a mad wflim when his
| thoughts were interrupted by scraps
| of conversation behind him.
/ Well, your views have changed,
Kit"
ITO be sure came the voice of the
girl he loved. THAT was just a pass
ing phase of my education. OF course,
l still think honest work hurts nobody,
| but I can see how wealth, and the lei
sure it brings. has its place in the
| world. too
| T"Remember how you said you'd
never marry a rich man?'' teased
somebody.
"Oh, forget the idiocies of my soph-
omore days. pleaded Katherine good
naturedly. Just let him show him.
self now and you'll appreciate my
change of heart"
The incense quentia1 chatter con-
tinued along other channels, but be-
hind Mr.. Horizons unsuspecting back
Jack glared at Kenneth. Katherine
was no longer looking for a "toiier,"
and If he chucked the bluff and
I'fessed up, as K-nneth repeatedly urged
him to do, Il feared she would think
him nothing less than ain idiot.
| The following day Jack, bride on
| arm, his course of action still unde-
cided, followed Mr.. Horton as the lat
ter went down to the south pasture to
Lifting down the bars, the two men
entered the lo., replaced them care
4 fully, and walked slowly over to where
the Shah, sleek and magnificent, was
! feeding. Jack, bride behind him,
waited as DIR. Horton made his APP
Suddenly, around the bend of the
4 wood road that skirted the pasture, a
i horses staccato hoof beats broke the
slumberous silence of the midsummer
the men appeared the Sultan, a run
taway at last. Clinging to hiaS back
d was Katherine.
Both mem inspired by the same
i thought, started for the Shah, who
was standing, nose raised, sensitive
81 ly aware of tt e excitement-> But Jack
i being the younger man, was the quick
| er. Managing to slip the bride on, he
swung astride and, somehow assert
ing his colti oil, drove the animal
| straight to tho bars-and over!
The Sultan, suddenly confronted in
a lane so narrow that the tree
branches met overhead, bSa plunging
animal determined 30 throw his rider
slowed down, stopped, and stood
| shivering. At the same moment that
Katherine. weak and shaken, slipped
down from the saddle. Jack was nurl-
; ed over the head of the Shah.
When Mr.. Horton reached the scene,