Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-03

TO 60 back on your pledge-nOne Of
the orion men ever do. But you see
they gave me this list of the men who
hadn't sent in their pledge money be-
cause / thought | could make it easy
for them To pay. Some of the men
have families and all that, and il
really is hard. You're down as a
bachelor" she said, looking again at
her list
Yes" said the man, I'm all of that
but what are you going TO do to
make IT easier for me to payT
''Why, you see, when college wom-
en- have TO raise money for their
alma mater they do something to
earn the money. You know-make
sealing wax beads, or batik blouses or
baskets, or something. l even know
a girl that baked bread for her pledge
money. So it seemed to me that the
men who find 1t hard to raise their
money could do something in their
spare time and get their money that
way without really having to scrimp
for It, OF course you couldn't do just
that same sort of thing, but there are
all sorts of things a man could do"
"NNhat, for instance?" The man
looked in vain for chair 'I'm sorry
to keep you standing. Let's sit down
and talk things over on the stairs"
SO they sat on the bottom tread of
the narrow bungalow stairs that led
to the attic above the ground floor and
talked matters over. If man lived
in the country Helen suggested, he
could raise mushrooms. One man she
knew was going to raise guinea pigs
and rabbits for the college laboratory.
The professors in the biology depart
ment at Orton had promised to patron
ize him.
81 don't know as that would appeal
to me-" laughed the delinquent alum
nus. I'D probably get so attached to
the poor creatures after I'd raised
them that I'd be unwilling to ship them
off to their execution. But, seriously,
what do you think a fellow like me
could do, to raise money that wayT"
Helen looked him over with careful
scrutiny.
"Well" she said. "if it weren't that
you were moving out of town would
suggest that you come over to our
place in the spring and summer when
ever you have any spare time and
pick berries and fruit. Anybody can
do that and we always have more
work than we can find men to do it.
You don't mind because l suggested it,
do you?
"Why, not in the least" His smile
showed that the proposition both
pleased and amused him. Besides,
Pm not really moving away-that is,
not far away"
1T isn't as if you would be doing
1T for strangers" Helen explained.
MY father and brothers and uncles
and grandfathers back as far as any
body can remember have gone to Or
ton"
But l wouldn't want to meet them
While l was picking berries and cher
ries and things. I'd only do it on
condition that they didn't see me"
THAT could be arranged beauti-
fully" soothed the girl. They have
given me charge of the farm. When
I'm not. busy collecting pledges for
Orton I'm out in the country inspect
ing crops and trees and pigs and
things. Really, I'm quite farmer"
Arrangements having been made for
this Orion alumnus to report for work
at her country place the third Satur-
day afternoon in May for strawberry
picking, Helen started away.
Every Saturday afternoon and often
whole days during the week the young
man reported for work at the Granger
estate.
One warm day in August, during
peach picking, Helen was not at hand
when her fruit picker arrived but he
found his ladder in the accustomed
place and proceeded to work, unchal-
lenged by the farm hands in adjoining