The Gavelyte, March 1912

CEDAl,VlLLE COLLE(;£ 277 to the Alpha Tau Orneg, dance, poor D;iisy mopecl around ancl wished her– self b,tck in her home town, where all Lhc fellows knew lier and where she reigned a the mo t popular girl in town. Daisy, who had only confided her di sapointmenL to her room mate, had become reconciled to her fate and had planned to spend the evening of the dance by giving a feast for the girls in the hall, when her room mate came skipping into the room and breathlessly embn1.cing Daisy danced her around the room, "Daisy, l'vp found the grande t man for you I mean fur the dance of cuurse, and really he lonks like one o( th JSe grand orsemen, those pirates we read about in histqry, and he hasn't any girl, anJ he saicl l should bring you with me and we will have the dance cif the season Daisy pouted and declared she just would nut go wi1h s meo ne who I mked like a pirate and she was sure she would 11 >t go second clwice as she w 1- certain he had asked an lther girl before her But the glarnuur o( the firnt ·· Frat" informal wa - too much for her pride nd ,;he accepteJ with go >d grae:!. She was to go with Beth and meet the strange young man whom she only knew by the name of Mr. Kline. We will now turn to the gentleman in the case. "What did you say her nam~ was," asked Anhur Kline as he sat in !he h ,111 of the "Frat" house wltich wa elaborate ly d ecorated in pennants. ·'Oai y Dean now why in the name of common sense should a girl have a name like that? Daisy, well that Rounds like she was oft and flutfy, with hair that is all ringlets, aucl a cooing little voice But Dean why that sounds cold, dignified and dist ,111t to me. ::-Jowl wonder which she is. I detest there form ,tl informals as th e y call them. Hang it, why don't that girl come?'' Catching sight of a girl arcoss the room, he gave a low w11istle," she is mighty gooJ looking l guess I'll go and see if she is as interesting· as he looks. As Kline approached the girl, his nerve began to fail, as he consic.lered how unmannerly it wa_s to address this young lady without an introduction, but_he determined not to turn back at the last moment. "Hem, terrible bore. isn't it?" Began Kline, "if these people don't bPgin to dance pretty soon, l'm going to take my dep~rture and leave that girl l'm to entertain," he muttered to himself. The: girl, who eemed most happy to have someone to talk with over– lo >ked the! slight info rm Llity and replied "I do wis :1 the music woulJ b gin, I 3ust love t•> drnce. I really haven'thacl a single dance since I left Urbana." ·'Well, I should be most happy to have the honor of the first dance with you, lrnt tlie truth is, I'm expecting a girl." ''011, really, how strange, and lam expecting a-- "Ye.,;, and tlie funny part is, I neve r met the girl," continued Kline, inters rupting his compaion. ·•And how does that happen?" She risked. "Well, you see, it is this way I arn not much of a lady' man and while l am at perfect ease with the fellows, I feel better contented to leave the girls a lune." The girl showed some surprise at this remark, and simply said indeed iu an awed to11c.