The Gavelyte, December 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. 173 friends and plea:;ures taken away. At dinner, he told about all the important things that had happened since he wrote. In the afternoon he had a set of tennis with his sister and then went with her to a tea party in the evening. The next week, they went camping. Then there were boat rides and fishing trips. Thus the summer passed for Scott. Many of the young ladies tried their be t to charm him but they all looker] the same to him and, as he would tell his sister, "Kate and Edith are charming but a fellow gets tired of it. When I get a wife I want a girl thru and thru, one like aunt Mary. , he never got married becau e she could not find any one as she thought good enough. But most girls today, anyw::iy all that I know, will put up with anything, just o a fellow spends his mor:ey on them and gives them a good time they think he is all right and over look his faults. They think the only way to do this is Ly low-necked dresses, silks and lace. They must always be dressed fit to kill and I bet none of them ever got their hand, eve n in the dish water. I will wait till I find a girl that i;; the same every place One that has sense enough to know that the girl most men want for a wife is one that ·i gentle and loving no matter whether in the kitchen with ginghams or in the parlor with lace and silk. Scott tarted to the medical scho'ol in the fall, the same easy-going good-natured fellow. When he finally graduated he was the samr. fellow only he had gotten interested in his work and he was always in a hurry. He had a ch•finite purpose. But there was something the matter and his father noticed it a sovn as he came home. He kept too close to hi s studie and if he kept it up his health would . break down. His father tri ed to induce him to go away for a year and rest hut he was anxious to get to work and would not listen to it. For a moment hi father con idered a lette r whi lj h he had received that morning. McNeil & Johnson, Lumber Co., in Wa hington wanting a young Doctor that he would recommended to go the round of the camps and keep them in a sanitary condition and look after the sick. Finally h looked up and said: "Clarance would you like to start practicing up in the lumber camps in W:-iQhington." Dr. Scott told him what wa Pxperted an1l ended up with a plea for his health, but this was not nec– ., ·ary. The idea plErnsed Dr. cott, .Jr., and he took up with the plan. I Ir.. '1·ott wf-'nt to hi..; office and wrote Mr iel & .Johnson that he won Id