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ii< ur'c I Fred, falling hack upon this
old Joke. "Alien you cun catch It as
It bounces off and throw It hark at
him."
However. Llnskl proved to he mere
ly an episode, not only so far as Ram
sey was concerned but In the Luniefi
and in the university as well. Hla sus
pension from the Lumen was for
year, anti so cruel a punishment It
proved for this born debater that he
noisily declared be would found a de
bating society himself, and had a
poster printed and distributed an
nouncing the first meeting of "The
Free Speech and Mnssea’ Rights Coun
cil," Several town loafers attended
the meutlhg, but the only person con
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, a Chinese
vouth of almost intrusive amiability.
Llnskl made a fiery address, the towns
rasa loudly applauding hls advocacy
of an embargo od munitions and the
distribution of everybody’s “property,"
but the Chinaman, accustomed to sec
students so madly In earnest only
when they were burlesquing, took the
whole uffalr to be Intended humor, and
tittered politely without cessation—
except at such times as he thought It
proper to appear quite wruug with
laughter. Then he would rock him
self, clasp hls mouth with both hands
and splutter through hls fingers.
Llnskl accused him of being In the pay
of “cupltal."
Next day the orator was unable to
show himself upon the campus with
out causing demonstrations; whenever
he was seen a file of quickly gathering
students inarched behind him chanting
repeatedly and deafenlngly In chorus
"Down with Wall Street! Hoch der
Kaiser! Who loves Llnskl? Who,
; was bought by Wall Street."
I "Poor old Prof. C raig !” Colburn
CHAPTER
I. —W ith his g ra n d fa th e r, laughed.
"He gets fifteen hundred a
s m a ll R am sey M llh o lla n d Is w atc h in g the
••De< urwtiou D a y P a ra d e " In the Home year."
tow n. Trie old gen tlem a n , a v eteran of
“Yes; I ’d heurd that myself, and I
the C iv il w a r, endeavors to im press the
youn gster w ith the significance 01 tne told Llnskl, and he said he had an un
g re a t conflict, and m an y years a lte rw a rd
d e workln’ In a steel mill got twice
the b o y was to rem em ber hie words w ith
that much, but It didn't make any dif
s ta rtlin g vividness.
ference, ole Craig was bought by Wall
C H A P T E R I I , —In the schoolroom, a
Street. He said ’capitalism’ better look
few years a fte rw a rd , R am sey was not
distingu ished
fo r
re m a rk a b le
a b ility , o u t; he and the foreign-born workmen
though lus tw o pronounced dislikes were
were gotn' to take this country some
a rith m e tic a nd "R e c ita tio n s ."
In sharp
contrast to R am eey'e backw ardness Is day, aud that was one of the reasons
the precocity o f little D o ra Yocum , a he was after an education. He talked
young la d y w hom In his bitterness he de
pretty strong pro-German, too— shout
nom inates "T e a c h e r's P e t."
the war In Europe— but I sort of
C H A P T E R I I I . —In high school w here
thought that was more because he'd
he and D o ra a re classm ates, R am sey
continues to f e d th a t the g irl d elights to be pro-anythlng that he thought would
m a n ife s t her su p e rio rity , and the vin d ic • help upset the United Rtstes than lie
tiveness he generates becomes a la rm in g ,
cause he cared much about Germany.”
c u lm in a tin g In the resolution th a t some
day he w ould "s h o w " her.
“Yes," Raid Colburn, “that’s how he
C H A P T E R I V . —A t a class picnic R a m sounded tonight. I guess there's plen
sey, to his Intense surprise, appears to
ty more like him In the cities, too.
a ttr a c t th e fa vo ra b le a tte n tio n o f Miss
That reminds m e: I'd better arrange a
M .lla R ust, a young la d y of abou t his
debate on Immigration for the Lumen.
own age and the acknow ledged belle of
the cleee.
M ills has the m is fo rtu n e to
We'll put Brother Mllholland for the
fa il Into a creek w h ile ta lk in g w ith R a m
negative, this time.”
sey, and th a t youth p ro m p tly plunges to
the rescue. T h e w a te r Is only some three
Ramsey started violently.
"Re,
feet deep, but M ills ’» g ra titu d e for his
here— ”
heroic a c t is em barrassin g. H e le In fa c t
ta ke n cap tive by the f a ir one, to hie g re at
But the senior reassured him. “Just
constern ation. .
wanted to see you Jump," he explained
C H A P T E R V .—T h e acq uaintance ripens.
"Don't fear; you've done your share.'
R am sey and M ills openly "keeping com
"I should think I have!” Kamse,
p a n y ," w hile the fo rm er's parents w o n
der
H is m o th e r Indeed goes so fa r as groaned.
to express some disapp ro val o f hie choice,
“Y es; you won't be called on agali
even h in tin g th a t t ’o ra Yocum would be
a m ore suita b le com panion, a suggestion
this term. By the way,” said Colburn
w h ich the youth receives w ith ho rror.
thoughtfully, "that was a clever girl
C H A P T E R V I . —A t this period ou r hero you hud against you tonight.
I don't
gets the th r ill o f his " flrs t kiss.” M ills
believe In pacifism much, myself, but
being a very w illin g p a rtn e r in the a c t
H e r flippancy over the m a tte r discon she used It very nlftlly for her argu
c erts R am sey Im m ensely, but sh o rtly a f t
ment. Isn't she from your town, this
e rw a rd th e g irl dep a rts fo r a visit to
C hicago. She leaves an endearing m issive
Miss Yocum?"
fo r R am sey, which adds to his fe elin g of
Fred nodded.
m elancholy.
“Well, she's a clever young thing,"
C H A P T E R V I I . —S h o rtly a fte r M llla 'e
said the senior, still thoughtful. And
d e p a rtu re, her frie n d , Sadie Clew s, In
he added: “Gruceful girl, she Is."
form s R am sey th a t his In a m o ra ta has
been m a rrie d to her cousin and Is not
At thia, the roommates looked at
com ing back, so th a t little rom ance le
him with startled attention. RsmseJ-
ended
W ith in a few m onths Ram sey
and his closest friend, Fred M itc h e ll,
was so rouse,! as to forget his troubles
g o to th e e la te u n iv e rs ity , R am sey’s chief
feeling being one o f re lie f t h s t ji e has got and sit forward In his chair.
aw r i r fro m the detested D ora. T o his hor-
“Yeg," suld the musing Colhurrt.
ror
•r he finds she is also a student at the
“she’s a mighty pretty girl.”
u n iv e rs ity .
Induced to jo in a debating
society. R am sey le chosen as D ore's op
“What I"
ponent In a debate dealing w ith the m a t
“Who Lovss Llnskl? Who, Who. Who?
This exclamation was a slinultane
te r o f G e rm a n y 's r ig h t to Invade B e l
Hoo Lunl"
gium , D o ra being assigned the negative ous one; the astounded pair stared at
side o f the a rg um en t
P a rtly on account
him In blank Incredulity.
o f his feelings to w a id D ors, and his n a t
who, «vhp? Hoo I-u n ! Who loves
“Why, don't you think so?" Colburn
u ra l nervousness, he m akes a m iserable
Llnskl? Who, who, who? Hoo Lun!”
show ing and D o ra carries off the honors. mildly Inquired.
"She
seems
to
me
A brash youngster nam ed IJ n s k l objects
I.lnskl Was disgusted, resigned from
very
unusual
looking."
to the show ing m ade by R am sey and be
the univarsity, and disappeared.
comes personal In hie rem arks. T h e m et
"Well, yea," Fred assented, emphat
“Well, here It Isn’t midyear Exams
te r ends w ith R am sey, In the university
v e rn a c u la r, g ivin g IJ n s k l a "peach o f a ically. “We're with you there!"
yet, and the good ole class of Nlneteen-
punch oh th e s n o o t"
“Extraordinary eyes,” continued Col Klghteen'a already lost a member,"
C H A P T E R V I I I —D orn appears to have
burn. "Lovely figure, too; altogether n ‘iald Fred Mitchell. “I guess we can
m ade a decided h it w ith her fello w stu
strikingly pretty girl.
Handsome, I bear the break-up!”
dents, to R am sey's suprem e w onderm ent
should say, perhaps. Yes, 'handsome'
A ru m o r of hie " a ffa ir " w ith th e fickle
“I gutes so,” Ramsey assented.
M llla spreads and he gets the rep utation
rather than ‘pretty’.” He looked up "That Llnskl might Just as well stayed
of a m an o f experience and a ‘ ‘w om an
from a brief reverie. “You fellows here, thopgh."
h a te r ."
known her long?”
CH A P TE R V III.
“Why?".
“You bet!" salt, Ramsey.
“He couldn't do any harm here. He’ll
"She made a splendid Impression on proii'ly get more people to listen to
“The way I look at It, Ramsey,"
Fret! Mitchell salt!, when they reached the Lumen." Colburn went on. “I him In cities where there’s so many
their apartment, whither a benevolent don't remember that I ever saw a first
next Immigrants and all such that
appearance there that quite equaled It. don't know- anything, cornin' In all the
senior, Colburn, accompanied them,
She'll
probably
have
a
brilliant
career
“the way I look at It, this Llnskl kind
tilt»."
of paid you a compliment, after all, In the society, and in the university,
"Oh, well." said Fred. "What do
when he called you a fake. He must too. She must be a very fine sort of a we care what happens to Chicago I
hate thought you anyway looked ag If person." He deliberated within Idm
Gome on, let's behave real wild, and
you could make a better speech than self a few moments longer, then
go OD over to the 'Terta and get us a
realising
that
hls
hosts
anil
brethren
you did. Oh, golly I"
ouple of egg sandwiches and sass-
And as Ramsey groaned, the Jovial did not respond with any heartiness— l.rllly."
Mitchell gave himself up to the divan or with anything at all— to the theme-,
Ramsey was willing.
and the mirth. “Oh, oh, oh, golly I” he he changed It, and asked them what
After the strain of the "mid year
they
thought
about
the
war
In
Europe,
sputtered.
Exams" In February, the chums lived
They talked of the war drowsily for a
“Never you mind. Brother Mllhol-
i free-hearted life. TTiey had settle«)
Isnd,” Colburn said gently. "The Lu while; It was an interesting hut not an
nto the ways of their world; they had
men Is used to nervous beginners. I ’ve exciting topic: the thing they spoke of grown used to It, and It had grown
seen dozens In my time, Just like you; was so far away. After a few moments used to them ; there was no longer any
and some of 'em got to be Brat rate of fervor, the conversation languished,
ignominy In being a freshman. They
before they quit. Besides, this crazy and Brother Colburn rose to go.
-nmped upon the campus and some
"Well. I'm glad you gave that Llnskl
Llnskl Is all that anybody'll ever re
times rioted harmlessly about the
member about tonight's meeting any a fine little punch Brother Mllhol streets of the town. In the evenings
how. There never was any such out land.** he said at the door. "It won’t 'h*y visited their fellows and brethren
break as that In my time, and I guess do you any harm In the 'frat,' or with >i«d were visited In tu rn ; horseplay
there never was In the whole history
the Lumen, either. And don't be dis prevailed, but collegiate gossip had Its
of the society. We'll probably suspend couraged about your debating. You’ll turn, and sometimes they looked so
him until he apologizes to the society learn. Anybody might have got rat far ahead as to talk vaguely of their
— I'm on the hoard, and I'm In favor
tled by having to argue against as plans for professions or business—
of It. Who Is the bird, anyhow? He's clever and good looking a girl as th a t1" though to a freshman this concerned
In your class."
The roommates gave each other a an almost unthinkably distant proa-
“I never saw him before," Ramsey look of serious puzzlement as the door pect. “1 guess I ’ll go In with my fa
responded from the deep chair, where closed. “Well. Brother Colburn Is a ther, In the wholesale drug business,”
he hail moodily thrown himself: and,
mighty nice fellow," Fred suld. "He’s sold Fred. "My married brother al
returning to his brooding upon his ora kind of funny, though.”
ready Is In the firm, and I suppose
tory. “Oh, murder!" he moaned.
Rumsey assented, and then, as the they'U give ine a show—send me out
"W ell," said the senior, “you’ll
two prepared for bed, they entered In ou the road a year ur two first, maybe,
know him when you see him again. to a further discussion of their senior to try me. Theo I'm going Io marry
You put your mark on him where you friend. They liked him "all right," some little cutie and settle down.
can see It. all right I" He chuckled. they said, but he certainly most be What you gotn' to do. Ramsey? Go to
" I suppose I really ought to have In kind of queer, and they couldn't Just law Scliool, and then come back and
terfered In that, but I decided to do a see bow he had “ever managed to get go In your father's office?”
little astronomical ubaervsrton. about
where he was" In the “fra t” ami the
" I don't know. Guess so."
fifty feet away, for a few mlnutea. I ’m Lumen and the university.
It was always Fred who did most of
»
»
s
s
»
•
»
'way behind In my aatronomy, any
the talking; Ramsey was quiet. Fred
how. Do you know this Llnskl. Broth
Ramsey passed the slightly disfig told the “frat seniors" that Rsmsey
er Mitchell r
ured Llnskl on the campus next day was "developing a whole lot these
"I've talked to him a couple o' times without betraying any embarrassment days;" and he told Ramsey himself
on the campus." said Fred. "He's In or making a sign of recognition. Fred that he could see a “big change" In
one of my classes. He's about the Mitchell told hls roommate, chuckling, i him, adding that the Improvement was
oldest In our class. I guess—a lot older that Llnskl had sworn to "get" him, probably due to Ramsey's having
than us. anyhow. He's kind of an an and, not knowing Fred's affiliations, passed through "terrible trials like
archist or something: can't talk more’n had made him the confidant of hls that debate."
five mlnutea any time without gettln' oath. Fred had gtvrn bis blessing, he
Ramsey kept to their rooms mors
off some hug stuff shout 'capitalism.' said, upon the enterprise, and advised i
than hls comrade did. one reason for
He geld the course In political econo
Llnskl to use a brick. “He'll hit you | thia domesticity being that be “had
my * U all 'capitalism' and the prof on the bead with It." said the llght- to stud) longer than Fred did. to keep
| up;" and another reason may have
1 been a greater shyness than lie d poa-
i stased If, li.ihcd. F'cd pcssesai<! any
j shyness at all. For Fred was a cheery
spirit difficult to ubash, and by the
i coming of spring knew all of the best-
lookiug girl siwdeuU In the place—
knew them well enough, It appeared,
to speak of them uot merely by their
flrst names hut by abbreviations of
these. He had become fashion's sprig,
a "fusser" and butterfly, aud he re
proached hts roommate for shunning
the ladles.
“Well, the truth Is, Fred," said Ram
sey one day, responding darkly— “well,
you see the truth Is. Fred, I've had a
—a—I've had an experience— "
So, only, did he refer to Mllla.
Fred said no more; mid It was com
prehended between them that the past
need never be definitely referred to
again, hut that It stood between Ram
sey and any entertainment to be ob
tained of the gentler but less trust
worthy sex. And when other brethren
of the “frat" would have pressed Ram
sey to Join them in various frivolous
enterprises concerning "co-eds,” or to
he shared by "co-eds,” Fred thought It
better to explain to them privately
(all being sacred among brethren) how
Hamsey's life, so far as Girls went,
had been toyed with by one now a
Married Woman.
This created a great deal of respect
for Ramsey. It became understood
everywhere that he was a woman-
hater.
CHAPTER IX .
That early spring of 1915 the two
boys and their friends anil brethren
talked more of the war than they had
In the autumn, though the subject was
not at all an absorbing one, for the
trenches of Flanders and France were
still of the Immense, remote distance
By no stretch of Imagination could
these wet trenches tie thought greatly
to concern the "frat." the Lumen, or
the university. Really Important mat
ters were the doings of the “Track
Team," now training In the “Gym”
and on the 'Varsity field, and, more
vital still, the prospects of the Nine.
Rut In May there cume a shock which
hanged things for a time.
The Lusitania brought to every
American a revelation of what had
lain so deep In hls own heart that
often he had uot realized It was there.
When the Gemiuiis hid In the sen and
sent down the great merchant ship,
with American babies and their moth
ers, and gallantly dying American gen
tlemen, there came a change even to
girls and boys and professors, until
then so preoccupied with their own
little aloof world thousands of miles
Tom the murder.
FCB. i l ¡922
HAL&MY B N T K K F klb H
Fred Mitchell, ever volatile and gen
erous, was one of those who went
quite wild. No orator, he nevertheless
made a frantic speech at the week's
" fr it meetings,” cursing the Germans
In the simple old English words that
their performance had demonstrated to
be applicable, and going on to demand
that the fraternity prepaw for Its
share In the action of tha country. “I
don't care how Insignificant we few
fellowa here tonight may teem.” he
cried; “we can do our little. and If
everybody In thia country's ready to do
their own little, why, that'll be plenty!
Rrothers. don't you realise that all
over the United States tonight the peo
ple are feeling Juat the way ws are
here? Millions and millions and rail-
Ilona of them! Wherever there’s an
American he’s with us— and you bet
your bottom dollar there are Just a few
more Americans In this country of ours
than there are hlg-mouthed lobsters
like that fellow Lln skl! I tell you. If
congress only gives the word, there
could he an army of five million men
In thia country tomorrow, and those
dirty bahy-ktlltn' dachshunds would
hear a word or two from your Uncle
Samuel! Brothers. 1 demand that some
thing be done right here and now, and
by us! I move we telegraph the sec
retary of war tonight and offer him a
regiment from thia university to go
over and help hang their d— n kaiser.”
The motion was hotly seconded and
Instantly carried. Then fallowed a
much flustered discussion of the form
and phrasing of the proposed tele
gram, but, after everything seemed to
have been settled, some one ascer
lained by telephone that the telegraph
■ompany would not accept messages
containing words customarily defined
as profane; so the telegram had to be
•c writ ten. This led to further amend
ment, and It was finally decided to ad
Iress the senators from that state. In
stead of the secretary of war, and
i bus In a somewhat modified form the
message was finally dispatched.
Next day, news of what the "frat"
hnd done made a great stir In the uni
verslty. Other "frats" sent tetegrums.
so did the "Burbarlnns,” haters of the
'frats" but Joining them In this; will's
a small hand of "Oertnan-Amerlcan'*
students found It their duty to go be
fore the faculty and report these
“breaches of neutrality." They pro
tested heavily, demanding the expul
sion of the “breachera" as dlslsyal cit
izens, therefore unlit students, but suf
fered a disappointment- for the faculty
Itself had been sending telegrams of
similar spirit, addressing not only the
senators and congressmen of the state,
hut the President of the United States.
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.Tahhergnsted, tfie "CermiyiAmerP
vuna” retired ; they were confused und
disgusted by tb it higher-up outbreak
of unneutrality—It overwhelmed fficm
that citizens of the United Stales
should not remain neutral In the dis
pute between the United States aud
Germany. AU day the campus was In
ferment.
At twilight, Ramsey was walking
meditatively on hla way to dinner at
the "frat house," across the campus
from hts apartment at Mrs. Meigs'.
Everything was quiet now, both town
and gown; the students were at their
dinners and so were the burghers.
Ramsey was late, but did not quicken
hls thoughtful steps, which were those
of one loet In reverie. He bed forgot
ten that springtime was all about him
and. with hts head down, walk«*d un-
regardful of the new gayetles flung
forth upon the air by great clusters of
flowering shrubs. Just come Into white
blossom and lavender.
He was unconscious that somebody
behind him. gotug the same way, came
hastening to overtake htm and called
hla name. "Ramsey! Ramsey Mllhol
land I” Not until he hud been culled
three times did he realize that he was
being hailed—and tn a girl's voice!
By that time the girl herself was be
side htm, and Itumsey halted, quite
taken aback. The girl was Dora Yo
cum.
She was pale, a little breathless,
and her eyes were bright and severe.
" I want to speak to you," she said,
quickly. “I wunt to ask you about
something.
Mr. Colburn and Fred
Mitchell ure the only people I know in
your ‘fra t’ except you, and I haven’t
seen either of them today, or I'd have
asked one of them.”
Most
uncomfortably
astonished.
Ramsey took hls hands out of his pock
ets, picked a leaf from a lllnc bush be
side the path, and put the stem of the
leaf seriously Into a corner of hls
mouth, before finding anything to say.
“Well— well, all right," he filially re
sponded. 'T il tell you— If it's any
thing I know about."
"You know about it,” said Dora.
“That Is, you certainly do If you were
at your 'frat' meeting last night.
Were you?"
“Yea, I was there," Rumsey an
swered, wondering what In the world
she wanted to know, though he sup
posed vaguely that It must he some
thing about Colburn, whom he Imd
several times seen walking with her.
“O f course I couldn't tell you much.”
he added, with an afterthought. "You
see. a giasl deal that goes ou at a ‘fra t’
meeting Isn’t supposed to be talked
about,”
“Yes," she said, smiling faintly,
though with a satire that missed htm.
"I've been a member of a sorority slnca
September, and I think I have Ah Idea
of what could he told nr not told.
Suppose we walk on, If you don't mind.
My question needn't embarrass you.”
Nevertheless, as they slowly «vent on
together, Ramsey «vas embarrassed.
He felt "queer." They had known
each other so long; In a wny had
shared so much, sitting dally for yeura
near each other and undergoing the
same outward experiences; they had
almost “grown up together." yet this
was the flrst time they hnd ever talked
together or walked together.
"W ell—" he said. " If you want to
ask anything It's all right for me to
tell you— well, I Just as soon, I guess."
" It has nothing to do with the secret
proceedings of your ‘frat,’ " said Dora,
primly. "W hat I want to ask shout
has been talked of all over the place
today. Everyone has been saying It
was your 'frat' that sent the flrst tele
gram to members of the government
offering support In esse of war with
Germany. They say you didn't even
wait until today, but sent off a mes
sage last night. What I wanted to
aak you was whether this story Is true
or not?”
"Why. yea," said Ramsey, mildly.
"That'« what we did.”
-
Mie uttered an exclamation, a sound
of grief and of suspicion confirmed.
“Ah! I was afraid so!"
“ 'Afraid s o f What's the matter?”
he asked, and because she seemed ex
cited and troubled, he found himself
n«>t quite so embarrassed as he had
been at firs t; for some reason her agi
tation made him feel easier. "What
was wrong about that?"
“Oh, It's all ao shocking and wick
ed and mistaken I” she cried. "Even
the faculty has been doing It, and half
the other 'frats' aud sororities! And
It was yours that started It.”
“Tea, wo did,” he said, thoroughly
puxzled. “ We're the oldest 'frat' hero,
and of course"— he chuqkled modestly
—“of course we think we're the best.
Do you mean you believe we ought
to’ve sat back and let somebody else
start l t r
"Oh, no!” she answered, vehemently.
“Nobody ought to have started It I
That's the trouble; don't you see? I f
nobody had started It none of It might
havo happened.
The rest mightn't
have caught It. It mightn't have got
Into their heads. A war thought Is tho
most contagious thought In the world;
but If It can bo kept from starting. It
can be kept from being contn
ua.
It'a Juat when people have go<
in
•motional state, or a stair
daring rage, that evervl sly out lit
bo ao terribly careful .io< to tc.ii'i war
thoughts nr make war speeches— or
sand war telegrams I I thought— «kj
I '"was so aure I'd convinced Mr. Col
burn of all thia, the last time we
talked of I t ! He seemed to nr. '.el*
stand, and I wits auro be t.g -» «