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CHAPTER X. Continued.
And, jumping down from tho window
licnt, he began to dance round bid
much perturbed comrade, bellowing.
Rnrnsoy bore with him for a moment,
than sprang upon him; they wrestled
vigorously, broke a chair and went to
tho floor with n crash that Rave the
chandelier In Mrs. Mclg.V parlor, bo
low, an attack of jingles.
"You let me upl" Fred gasped.
"You take your solemn oath to hut
up? You goln' to swear It?"
"All right. I give my solemn oath,"
said Fred; and they rose, arranging
their tousled attire.
"Well," said Fred, "when you goln'
to call on her?"
"You look hero 1" Ramsey approached
him dangerously. "You just gave me
your sol "
"I begl" Fred cried, retreating." "I
mean, nsldo from all that, why, I Just
thought maybe after such an evening
you'd feel ns a gentleman you ought to
go nnd nsk after her health.'
"Now, see here "
"No, I mean It; you ought to," Fred
Insisted, pnrncstly, and as his room
mate glared, at hlra with complete sus
picion, he added, In explanation. "You
ought to go next Callers' Night, and
send In your card, nnd suy you felt you
ought to ask If she'd suffered any from
the night air. Even If you couldn't
inuiiago to nay that, you ought to start
to say It, anyhow, hecnuso you Keep
olt o"mctyj'm only trylu' to do you n
good turn, nln't I?"
"You save your good turns for
yourself," Itumsey growled, Btlll ad
vancing ui)()ii him.
Hut the Insidious Mitchell, cvndlng
li 1 111, lied to the other end of the room,
picked up his cup and changed his
Manner. "Come on, ole hag 0' beans,
let's ho on our way to the 'frat house' ;
It's time. We'll call this ull off."
"You better I" ItnniKoy warned lilm;
nnd they trotted out together.
Hut as they went along, Fred took
Ramsey's arm confidentially, and said:
"Now, honestly, Ram, ole man, when
are you goln' to "
Ramsey was still red. "You look
here! Just say one more word "
"Oh, no," Fred expostulated. "I
mean seriously, Ramsey. Honestly, 1
mean seriously. Aren't you seriously
goln to call ou her noiuo Callers'
Night?"
"No. I'm noil"
"Hut why not?"
"RecauKi! I don't wnnt to."
"Well, seriously, Ramsey, there's
only one Callers Night before vaca
tion, and so I suppose It hardly will
bo worth while ; but I expect you'll see
(julte a Jlttlu of her ut homo this sum
mer?" "No, I won't. I won't see her at all.
She Isn't goln' to he home this sum
mer, and I wouldn't see unythlng of
her If she was."
"Where's she goln' to bo?"
"In Chicago."
"She Is?" said Fred, slyly. "When'd
Bhe tell you?"
I Ramsey turned on him. "You look
out I She didn't tell me. I Just hap
pened to see In tho Bulletin she's
signed up with some other girls to go
and do settlement work In Chicago.
Anjbody could see It. It was printed
out plain. You could have seen It Just
as well as I could, It' you'd read the
Bulletin."
"Oh," snld Fred. ". ,:','
j "Now look here" '
I "Good heavens 1 Can't I even say
oh'?"
"It depends on the way you say It."
"I'll be careful," Fred assured him,
earnestly. "I really and honestly '
ijuii't mean to get you excited about
ull this, Ramsey. I can see myself you
liuven't changed from your old opinion
of Dora Yocuui a bit. 1 was only try- 1
In to get a little rise out of you for a 1
minute, because of course, seriously,
why, I can see you hate her Just tho
Mine as you always did."
"Yes," said Ramsey, disarmed and
guileless In the face of diplomacy. "1
only told you about all this, Fred, be-
cause It seemed well, It seemed so
kind o' funny to me."
Fred affected not to hear. "What
did you say, Ramsey?"
Ramsey looked vaguely disturbed. "I
aald why, I said It ull seemed kind
o' " lie paused, then repeated plain
tively: "Well, to me, It all seemed
kind o' kind 0' funny."
"What did?" Fred Inquired, but as
lie glanced In seeming naivete at hit
compnnlon, something he saw In the
letter's eye warned him, and suddenly
Fred thought It would bo better to run.
Ramsey chased him all tho way to
tho "frat house."
CHAPTER XI.
Ramsey was not quit athlete
enough for any of the 'vanity teams;
neither wai he an antagonist safely
encountered, whether In play or In
tamest, and during the next few days
be taught Fred Mitchell to be cau-
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own agility could not save him from
Itnmsoy, and so found It wiser to con
tain an effervescence which sometimes
threatened to burst him. Ramsey as a
victim was a continuous temptation,
he was so good-natured und yet so
furious.
After Commenccmunt, when tho
roommates hod gone home, Mr. Mitch
ell's caution extended over the long
sunshiny mouths of summer vacation;
he broke It but once nnd then In well
advised safety, for the' occasion was
seml-publtc. The two were out for n
stroll on n July Sunday afternoon;
and up and down the street young
couples lolled nlong, young families
and baby carriages straggled to and
from the houses of older relatives, and
the rest of the world of that growing
city was rocking and fanning Itself on
Its front veranda.
"Hero's a right pretty place, Isn't It,
Ramsey, don't you think?" Fred re
marked Innocently, ns they were pass
ing n lawn of short-clipped, bright
green grass before a genial-looking
house, fresh In white paint and cool In
grccn-nnd-whltc awnings, A broad
veranda, well populated Just now,
crossed the front of the house; flue
trees helped tho awnings to give com
fort against the sun; nnd Fred's re
mark was warranted. Nevertheless,
ho fell under the suspicion of his com
panion, who had begun to evince some
uervousness before Fred spoke.
"What place you mean?"
"The Yocum place," said Mr. Mitch
ell. "I hoar the old gentleman's mighty
prosperous these day's. They keep
things up to tho mark, don't they,
Ramsey?"
"I don't know whether they do or
whether they don't," Ramsey returned
shortly.
Fred appenred to muse regretfully
"It looks kind of empty now, though,"
he said, "with only Mr. nnd Mrs. Yo
cum and their married daughters, and
eight or nine children on the front
imroli I"
"You wait till I get you where they
can't see us I" Ramsey warned him
liorci'lv.
"You can't do It!" snld Fred, mnnl
fostlug triumph. "We'll both stop right
here I11 plain sight of the whole Yo
cum family connection till you promise
not to touch me."
And ho halted, leaning back Im
placably against the Yocum's Iron
fence. Itamsey was scandalized.
"Come on !" he said hoarsely. "Don't
stop hero!"
"I will, nnd If you go on nlono I'll
yell ut you. 1'ou got to stand right
here with all of .in lookln' ut you
until"
"I prnml.ee ! My henvens, come on !"
Fred consented to end the moment
of agony; and for the rest of the sum
mer found It Impossible to persuude
Itambey to pass that house in his com
pany. "I won't do It I" Ramsey told
him. "Your word of honor means noth
In to me; you're liable to do anything
that comes Into your head, and I'm
gettln' old' enbugh to not get a reputa-
Ramsey Chased Him All the Way to
the "Frat House."
tlon for heln' seen with peoplo that
act the Idiot on the public streets. No,
sir; we'll walk around the block at
least, we will If you'ro goln' with mel"
And to Fred's delight, though ho
concealed It, they would mako this de
tour. The evening after their return to
tho university both were busy with
their trunks und vnrlous orderlngs and
dlsorderlngs of their npurtment, hut
Fred severul times expressed surprise
that his roommnte should be content
to remain at home; and finally Ram
sey comprehended these Implications.
Mrs. Meigs' chandelier Immediately
jingled with the shock of another crash
- Lunon the door above
Tn fet tm npr frrtl emnma?i
thickly, his voice muffled by the pile
of flannels, sweaters, underwear nnd
raincoats, wherein his head wan being
forced to burrow. "You let mo up,
darn you I 1 didn't say anything."
And upon his relcnse he complained
4hat the attack was unprovoked. "I
didn't say anything on earth to even
hint you might wnnt to go out and see
If anybody In particular had got back
to college yet. I didn't even mention
the name of Dora Yo Keep off o'
met My goodness, but you are sensi
tive I"
As a mntter of fact, neither of them
saw Dora until the first meeting of tho
Lumen, whither they went as sopho
mores to take their pleasure In the
agony of freshmen debaters. Ramsey
was now able to attend the' Lumen, not
with complacence but at least without
shuddering over the rocollectlon of his
own spectacular first appearance there.
Ho hnd made subsequent appearances,
far from brilliant, yet not disgraceful,
and us n spectator, at least, he usually
folt rather at his case In tho place.
It cannot be asserted, however, that
he appeared entirely at his case this
evening after ho had read the "Pro
gramme" chalked upon the largo case!
blackboard beside the clialnnun's desk.
Threo, "Freshman Debates" were an
nounced nnd a "Sophomore Oration,"
this Inst being followed by tho name,
"D. Yocum, '18." Ramsey rondo Im
mediate nnd conspicuous efforts to
nvold sitting next to his roommnte,
but was not so ndrolt as to be suc
cessful. However, Fred was merciful ;
tho fluctuations of his friend's com
plexion were an Inspiration moro to
pity than toi badinage.
The three debates all concerned tho
"Causes of the "War In Europe," und
honors appeared to rest with n small
und stout, stolidly "pro-German" girl
"Well, What I Say Is: Dora Yocum,
as an Orator, Is Just an Actual Per
feet Wonder. Got Any Objections?
debater, who had brought with her
and translated at sight absa-lbot proofs
(so she called them), printed In Ger
man, that Germany hnd been attacked
by Belgium at the low Instigation of
tho envious English. Everybody knew
It wasn't true; but she made an Im
pression nnd established herself ns n
debater, especially as her opponent
was quite confounded by her Introduc
tlnn of printed mntter.
When tho debates and tho verdicts
were concluded, the orator appeared,
and Fred's compassion extended Itself
so far that ho even refrained from
looking Inquisitively at the boy In the
seat next to his ; but he mnde onu side
of 0 wager, mentally that If Ramsey
had consented to be thoroughly cou
lldeutlal Just then, he would have con
fessed to feeling kind o' funny.
Dora was charmingly dressed, and
she was pale; but those notable eye
lashes of hers were all the more no
table against her pallor. And as sho
spoke with fire, It was natural thnt
her color should come back quite flani
Ihgly and that her eyes should Hash In
shelter of the lashes. "The Christian
Spirit and Internationalism" wns her
subject, yet she showed no meek sam
ple of a Christian Spirit herself when
she came to attacking wnr-mukers
generally, ns well as all those "half
developed tribesmen" and "victims of
herd instinct" who believed that war
might ever be Justified under any cir
cumstances of ntroclty. She was elo
quent truly, nnd n picture of gruco
and girlish dignity, even when sho
was most vigorous. Nothing could
hnve been moro militant than her de
nunciation of militancy.
"She's an actual wonder," Fred
snld, when the two had got back to
Mrs. Meigs' aftcrwnrd. "Don't you
look at 1110 like that ; I'm tnlkln' about
her as n public character, and there's
nothtn' personal about It. You lot 1110
alone."
Ramsey was not clear aa to I1I1
duty. "Well"
"If nny person makes n public
speech," Fred protested, "I got a per
fect right to discuss 'em, no matter
what you think of 'em" and ho added
hastily "or don't think of 'em I"
"Look hero "
"Good heavens l" Fred exclaimed. '
"You aren't expecting to Intcrfera
with me If I suy anything about that
little fat Werder girl tliut argued for
Germany, nro you? Or nny of tho
other speakers? I got n right to talk
about 'em Just ns public speakers,
haven't I? Well, what I soy Is: Dorn
Yocum ns an orator la just an actual
perfect wonder. Got any objections?"
"N-no."
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
The less ynu know ahont pop1 the
longer i'ou will retain their frlnudsbla.
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AMERICAN
LEGION
(Copy for This Department Supplied br
the American I.tglnn Newn Bervlce.)
SWAM MEUSE UNDER FIRE
Sergt. M. Wnldo Hatter of Joplln, Mo
Wears Medals for World War
Bravery.
In tho fighting In France Sergt. M.
Waldo Hntlcr of Joplln, Mo., swam tho
Mcuso river under
Arc after a com
rade had perished
In the attempt,
landed within the
Gcnnnn lines and
explored their po
sitions thoroughly
nnd swnm buck
across tho river
with Information
of great value to
the American
command. For
this ho has re
ceived tho croco dl guerrn of Italy, tho
equivalent of tha French crolx do
guerre.
Hntler met Gen. Armando Diaz,
commander In chief of tho Italian
nrmlcs in the World war, at the third
natlonnl convention of the American
Legion In Knusns City. After ' this
meeting tho Italian decorntlon was
presented ut n special ceremony In
Joplln. The MIssourInn also wears
the American Medal of Honor and the
French crolx do guerre.
V. P. OF FORTY AND EIGHT
C. E. Cronklte of Los Anaeles la
Second In Command of Legion
Roughhouse Club.
"Sous Chef de Chemln de Fer Na
tlonnlo des 40 Homines et Hult
Chevaux." This
Means In Eng
lish, "National
Assistant Rail
way Station
Agent of the 40
Men and Eight
Horses." But In
A. E. F. pntols It
stands for vice
president of the
Forty nnd Eight,
tho L e g I o n's
Roughhouse club,
named after tlm
little French boxcars built to enrrv
"40 men or eight horses."-
This Imposing title is borne by O.
E. Cronklte of Los Angeles, Cal., for
merly first lleutennnt In tho Threo
nundrcd nnd Twenty-second field
signal battalion.
"QUEEN OF THE CANAL ZONE"
Miss Viola Blssell Wins Contest Spon
sored by American Legion
Department of Panama.
The "Queen of the Canal Zone"
has been chosen through nn election
sponsored by tho
American Legion,
department o f
Panama. The
contest wns won
$
by Miss Viola JV$1
Blssell with 1,- H $&
307,800 votes. Ac- -&&A
cording to her
enthusiast 1 c
"subjects" she Is
of the true Amer
ican type, tall,
blondo nnd ath
letic. The Pana-
V
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l,i t-J. rfCw.. wl
tv . ...'....
mans declare her famous smile
would wlnln nny contest over nny of
tho beauties of America or Europe.
Slightly Deficient.
Here's one that has leaked out of
an O. T. C. after a couple of years
or so:
A young man, a good soldier, but
sadly lucking In book-lnrnln', was up
for n commission. Ho stnggcra.1
through part of the examination to
tho Increasing bcdevllmcnt of tile ofll
cers In charge, but when It came to
geographical questions his lgnornnco
was limitless. Finally ono of tho ofll
cers, nfter listening to n piece of as
tounding misinformation, Jumped to
his feet nnd thundered :
''My sainted aunt's black cat I Here
you are say you want to defend Jur
country and, by tho whiskers of a
rlng-tocd monkey, you don't even
know whero It Is 1" Amerlcun Legion
Weekly.
Mlddlo West National Cemetery.
On tho prairies of the Platte river In
Nebraska Is located the only national
cemetery In tho Mlddlo West that of
Fort McPhcrson. Hero under tho cot
tonwoods and evergreens of the plains
Ho tho dend of tho American wars of
tho west. Recently 15 of tho World
wnr dead from France have been bur
led there by Fort McPhcrson post of
tho American Legion. On 301 of tho
earlier gravo markers Is the slnglo
word, "Unknown."
"We Aim to Please."
Convict No. 7111 hear Bill tho
Mugg Is out again nnd that he's the
most popular hold-up Buy 'n Chi
cago. Convict 117 yeah. Ho always gives
the victims back car fare, so now he
gets tho cream of the trade. Ameri
can Legion Weekly,
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MINISTER IS POST LEADER
Rev. H. Q. Scogglns, Former Buck
Private, Heads Strong American
Legion Organization,
A Texas county somewlmt largo
than the state of Rhode Island has
been discovered
which contribu
ted no commis
sioned ofllcer to
tho World wnr,
not even a
"shavetail." Tho
highest ranking
cx-soldlcr In the
county Is n for
mer sergeant of
ordnance.
Thu command
or of tho local
Legion post at
Mornn, the county scat, Is Rev. II. G.
Scogglns, truck driver, Methodist
minister and former buck private of
Infantry. He wns a corporal once,
but like the Immortal Mulvnuey, he
was "rejuced." Under his leading the
Moran post has n membership In the
county 09 per cent of "possible."
CHAIR FOR THE COMMANDER
Elaborate Reed Piece, Gift to Mac-
Nldcr, From tho Department
of the Philippines.
A chnlr of woven reeds , thnt will
Eustnln the wclglit of half a dozen men
now ornaments the ofllcc of Com
mander Hanford MacNlder of the
American Legion, us n gift from tho
Department of the Philippines. It Is
modeled on the throne of n Moro
chieftain.
Though the chair never felt a
painter's brush, It Is built up in n
bright color scheme that is the gift
of tho sun Itself. Split bumboo and
Bamboo Chair In Natural Colors.
carefully chosen reeds were selected
In the course of the tropical summer
for their varying shades. Theso wcro
assembled at Manila and woven Into
a great chnlr without nails, pegs oi
paint. Tho workmanship Is clnborato
and Oriental In design.
Defends the Negro,
nis appointment of u negro boy to
Annnpolls nnvul ncademy is defended
by Representative Martin Ansorgo of
New York as a matter of justice to tho
largo colored population of his dis
trict, and "In recognition of the valor
and patriotism of the noo.000 'colored
boys In the United Stntes service lu
the World wnr." The appointee, Emllo
Trevlllo Ilolloy, Is a freshman In tho
College of tho City of New York.
Harvard university makes no discrim
ination ngalnst negroes, nnd there are
several all-negro posts lu the American
Legion.
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Carrying On With the
American Lerrion
.."""-""" -" ""Mt.
Hundreds of the small craft that
were used to sweep tho North sea
clear of mines during tho war are to
bo put on tho scrap pile, a navy order
states.
Ten dollars a month for each
month's service, with 25 per cont ad
ditional for overseas service, Is to ho
paid World war veterans of Maryland
by the state.
1
Tho veterans of the "battlo of Wash
ington" during the WoVld wur nro
being rnpldly scattered. The latest
order transfers 19S officers out tof
the capital city.
Reorganization of wnr-tlme draft
hoards to usslst the Legion In finding
Jobs for service men has been pro
posed by Dr. John Grlor Illbben, pre3
Ident of Princeton university.
In a house-to-house canvass of Indi
ana cities, Hoosler Legionnaires Inter
viewed R10,000 former servlco men nnd
women nnd listed l,r00 cases Involving
disability, compensation and lost Lib
erty bonds.
William Strother, Houston, Tex.,
World war veteran sojourning In A. E.
F. scenes In Paris, France, wnnts to
climb Eiffel tower, n fent never yet ac
complished, for the benefit of a French
veterans' organization.
The Legion's campaign for jobless
soldiers wns nlded materially by a De
troit (Mich.) court judge who, finding
all Jury panels oxhaustcd, directed
thnt unemployed cx-soldlers bo ob
tained for Jury service at $4 a day.
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Dyspepsia Entirely Overcome and Sho
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"I have nctunlly gained eight pounds
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better, sleeping better nnd feeling bet
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cald Mrs. Celesta Fell, .1 Prince street,
Boston, Mass., recently, In telling of
the grout benefits sho has derived from
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"My stomach wns In such n bad fix
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I would have fo much pain and dis
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I was going to die. I was so run down
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"I was so nervous I couldn't keep
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I can see now If It had not been for
Tanlnc I would have had to give up
entirely. I am now feeling strong and
healthy nnd ull the credit belongs to
Tanlac."
Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.
Boy Scouts Adopt Tree.
A prone juniper, growing near tho
Masonic home, Elizabeth. Pa., Is at
least eighty years old, and now mens
iiri'M 48 Inches In diameter, and Is 21
Inches high. The llmlw lying on tho
ground do not take root. The treo
has been given 11 place In tho Hall of
Fame of the American Forestry asso
ciation of Washington, D. C. The boy
scouts of Elizabeth liuve adopted this
remnrknble treo and eroded 11 fenco
ntound It. The nomination for tho
Hall of Fame was madu by Judgo
George B. Orlady of the superior court
of Pennsylvania.
Speedy Wnr Car Tested.
A light-armored car, capable of trav
eling at a high speed and :it the same
time firing 4,800 rounds of ammuni
tion a minute, Is being experimented
with by the British.
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