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MUTT AND JEFF

WHAT ARE ALL THOSE BUMPS) OM YOUR HEADP

I WAS SLEEPING IN THE TREE 'AND' *THIS MORNING,THE WOODPECKERS GÓT ME! YOU COMING UP TO SLEEP IN THE TREE

TONIGHT, MUTT?

"

NIX) NOT ME, IT'S TOO". DANGEROUS GLEEPING UP. ÎN A TREE! ESPECIALLY ON

A STORMY NIGHT!:

WHY?

*SUPPOSE THE WIND

BLEW YOU OUT OF THE-) TREE TO THE GROUND!

YOU MIGHT BE

KILLED!

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THE FORGOTTEN "DATE"

Elise, Hayward found herself in a "I can promise you a dull evening," quandary. A week ago she had made he said, smiling. "I was planning to a date with someone to do something. go out alone to-night, and a brother But she couldn't remember with whom is rarely as interesting or exciting, as or what. It was all very annoying, an attentive, good-looking man."

The date, she reasoned, was pro The fraternity dance was a great bably with a man. In the first success, Elise had a glorious time, place, she was quite sure that it was and would have enjoyed herself com- an evening date, and evening dates pletely, if the thought that she was were most always wtih men. After breaking a date with someone else noons were devoted to bridge, socials, wasn't always in the back of her head. calling on girl friends, etc..

Adrian,- she discovered, danced divinely. She wondered

why he'd never taken her places before. She was introudced to a lot of nice people, and was secretly proud of her brother when she compared him with other young men present. He was popular and much sought after.

Elise racked her. brains. First she sought to discover what kind of a date it might be, where they might be going to on this particular night. If she could establish this point, it would give her a clue. She would, she felt, be able quite easily to connect any par- ticular social function with a parti cular man.

The evening fairly, flew by. Elise practically forgot about her forgotten- First there was the sophomore hop date. But when they were again at at Tech. But she had promised Dave home she remembered it suddenly, and Gordan to attend that with him, and began, “and I owe it all to someone besides that was to-morrow night. Of decided to confess to Adrian.. course it might be a hockey game at "I had a lovely time, Adrian," she the arena, but a glance at the paper began, "and I owe it all to someone

By Richard Hill Wilkinson

discouraged that possibility. There whose name I can't even remember." was no game scheduled for that night Adrian frowned. or the next,

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"I don't understand.. I didn't know It was maddening. Elise hated to you went out with people whose names disappoint anyone. She wasn't the you didn't know." kind of a girl who played lightly with "I don't as a rule" Elise replied, a man's attention. She knew that she frowning, "but the fact is, Adrian, I was pretty and popular, and she knew had a date with someone, to-night to that whoever it was whom she had go somewhere, I can't remember with promised an evening, would be bitter whom or where we planned to go." ly disappointed unless

"And so you she kept her

decided to let your promise,

brother get you out of a tight place by taking you to his fraternity dance?"

The most alarming part of the whole affair was that someone would be sure. to call before the evening was far ad- vanced, and if it happened to be some one with whom she didn't have the date, whatever could she say? It wouldn't do to go out with Jimmie Towne, if it were Bob Davis to whom she had promised herself for the even ing. Bob would be sure to hear of it and then there'd be a row. Elise hated rows.",

It was getting dangerously near the hour when someone would be sure to call, when Elise had a happy thought. She suddenly remembered that her brother, - Adrián, had spoken of a fraternity dance that very night. Even if he were taking a girl, Elise could go along, too. Adrian wouldn't care. And no one could blame her for going out with her own brother. Besides, it would be easy to explain to whoover it was who had asked her out that even- ing, that there had been a misunder standing. And the unknown couldn't very well feel hurt when he learned that she had been with Adrian, w

Elise found Adrian dressed and ready to depart,

# "Adrian, ! she cried excitedly, "be a good sport and take me to that frater nity, dance to night. I haven't danced for ages, and I'm just dying to go out."

"Why, sure, Elige, I'd like to but

"It's settled then, Elise inter- rupted. I know you must be taking someone, but I won't be in your way, at all.

Without waiting for a possible re fusal, the flew to her room hastily alipped into an evening gown, and was ready before Adrian had time to chart ge his mind, de am led good-nat ly, when the gain, cama, below stairs, and helped.

Elise was suddenly sorry that she had been so selfish. After all, it wasn't very flattering to Adrian-and he had been so nice all evening.

But Adrian's eyes were twinkling. "It's all right, sis. You see, it was I with whom you had the date. A week ago I decided I'd been neglect- ing you and asked you to go to the frat dance with me. You promised and then forgot all about it. I didn't.

be- let on that I knew your secret, cause I thought you needed a lesson."

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