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Ramsey Milholland
By BOOTH TARKINGTON
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CHAPTER XII Continued.
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Ramsey looked doggod. "I'm not
Coin' around nlwnya nrguln' nbout
everything when arguln' would Just
hurt people's feelings nbout aomctlilng
ithey're all excited about, nnd wouldn't
do a bit o' good In tho world and you
know yourself Just talk hardly ever
nettles anything so I don't V
"Ahal" Fred cried. "I thought sol
Wow you listen to mo '
"I won't. I"
But nl this moment they were Inter
rupted. Someone slyly opened a door,
land a snowball deftly thrown from
-without caught Rnmsey upon the back
of the neck and head, where it flat
tened and displayed Itself us an orna
mental star. Shouting fiercely, both
boys sprung up, ran to the door, were
caught there In n barrago of snowballs,
ducked through It In spite of all dam
age, charged upon n dozen besweatered
figures awaiting them and began a mad
battle In the blizzard. Some of tholr
opponents treacherously Joined them
and turned upon tho nmbushers.
Iu tho dusk tho merry conflict
wuged up and down tho Bnow-covcrcd
lawn, and the combntants threw and
throw, or surged back and forth, or
clenched aud toppled over Into snow
banks, yet all coming to chant an ex
temporized battle-cry In chorus, oven
as they fought tho most wildly.
"Who? Who? Who?" they chanted.
"Who? Who? Who says there ain't
goln' to be no war?"
CHAPTER XIII.
So everywhere over the country, that
winter of 1010, there were light-hearted
boys skylarking nt college, or on
the furms; and In the towns the
young machinists snowballed one an
other us they came from the shops;
while on this Sunday of tho "frat"
snow fight probably several, hundreds
of thousands of youthful bachelors, be
tween tho two oceans, went walking,
like llamsey, each with a girl who
could forget the weather. Yet boys
of nineteen aud In the twenties were
not light-hearted all the time that win
ter olid that sprlug nnd that summer.
Most of them knew long, thoughtful
moments, as Ramsey did, when they
seemed to bo thinking not of girls or
work or play nor of anything around
them, but of some more vital matter
or prospect. And at such times they
were grave, but not ungentle.
For the long struln was on the coun
try; underneath all Its outward seem
ing of things going on as usual tbwe
Bhook a deep vibration, like the air
trembling to vast organ pipes In din
pasons too profound to reach the ear
us sound ; one felt, not heard, thunder
In the ground under one's feet. The
Huccesslon of diplomatic notes came
to an end after the torpedoing of tho
Sussex; nnd at last the tricky ruling
Germans In IJerlln gave their word to
murder no more, and people said, "This
menus peace for America, aud nil Is
well for us," but everybody knew In
)ils heart that nothing was well for
us, that there was no pence.
They said, "All Is well," while that
thunder In tho ground never ceased
It grew deeper and heavier till nil
America shook with It and It became
slowly audible as the voice of the old
American soil, a soil wherein lay those
who had defended It aforetime, a soil
that bred those who would defend It
ngaln, for It wns theirs; und the mean
ing of U Life, Liberty, nnd the Pur
suit of Hupplness was tfcolrs, and
theirs to defend. And they knew they
would defend It, and that more than
tho glory of a Nation was at stake.
The Freedom of Man was at stake. So,
gradually, the sacred thunder reached
the ears of the young men nnd guvo
them those deep moments that came to
them whether they snt In tho class
room or tho counting-room, or walked
with tho plow, or stood to tho machine,
or behind tho ribbon counter. Thus
the. thunder shook them nnd tried them
nnd Blowly cumo Into their lives aud
changed everything for them.
Hate of tho Gormnns was not bred ;
but n contempt for what Germany hnd
shown In lieu of u national heart; u
contempt as mighty and as profound
us tho resolve that tho German way
und tho German will should not pre
vail In America, nor In any country of
tho world Unit would bo free. And
when tho German kaiser laid his com
mand upon Amerlcu, that no American
should take his ship upon the free
sens, death being the penalty for any
who disobeyed, then the German kaiser
got his answer, not only to tills new
law bo had made for us, but to many
other tnouguts or nis. ict tne an
swer wns for Borne time delayed.
There was a bitter Sunday, and Its
bitterness went everywhere, to every
place In the wholo world that held
high and generous hearts. Its bitter
ness came to the special meeting In
the "frat hull," where there were
hearts, Indeed, of that right sort, nnd
one of them became vocal In Its bitter
ness. ThlB was the heart of Fred
Mitchell, who was now an nuthorlty,
being president of the Junior class,
cfculrman of the Prom committee, and
other things pleasant to b and to live
tor at his age. '
"For me, brothers," be said. "I think
I'd a grtat deal rather have been shot
throucb tlio bond than heard the news
you,
I've spent tho meanest afternoon I
ever did in my life, nnd I guess It's
been pretty, much the sumo with nil of
us. Tho worst of It Is, It looks ns
though there Isn't n thing In tho world
wo can do. Tho country's been be
trayed by n few blatherskites and
boucheads that had the power to do It,
and nil wo can do we'vo Just got to
stand It. Rut there's somo Americans
that aren't Just standing It, and I
want to tell you a lot of 'em are men
from ' the universities, Just like us.
They're over there right now; they
haven't said much they Just packed
up nnd went. They're flying for France
and for England nnd for Cunudu;
they're fighting under every flag on
the right side of tho western front;
and they're driving ambulances at
Verdun nnd ammunition trucks at the
Somme. Well, there's going to be a lot
more American boys on all theso Jobs
mighty soon, on account of what those
men did In congress today. If they
won't give us a chance to do some
thing under our own flag, then we'll
have to go and do It under some other
Aug; and I want to tell you lWone
that's going' to got I'll stick It out In
college up to Easter, and then if
there's still no chnnco to go under the
Stars and Stripes I'll maybe havo to
go under the flag my great-greatgrandfather
fought against In 1770,
but, nnyhow, I'll go I"
It was In speaking to Ramsey of this
declaration tlmt Dora said Fred was a
"dangerous firebrand." They were
taking another February walk, but the
February was February, 1017 ; and the
day was dry and sunny. "It's Just
about a year ago," sho said. N
"What Is?" Ramsey asked.
"That first time we went walking.
Don't you remember?"
"Oh, that day? Yes, I remember It
was snowing."
"And so cold and blowy 1" she added.
"It seems a long time ago. I like walk
ing with you, Ramsey. You're so quiet
nnd solid I've always felt I could talk
"I Never Liked Any Girl Enough to
Go and Call on Her."
to you Just anyhow I pleased, nnd you
wouldn't mind. I'll miss these walks
with you when we're out of college."
Ho chuckled. "That's funny 1"
"Why?"
"I'.ecauso we've only tnken four be
sides this: two last year, and another
week before last, and another Inst
week. This Is only the fifth."
"Good gracious I Is that all? It
seemed to me we'd gone ever so
often 1" Sho laughed. "I'm afraid you
won't think that seems much ns If I'd
liked going, but I really have. And,
by the way, you've never called on me
at all. Perhaps It's because l'vo for
gotten to ask you."
"Oh, no," Ramsey said, and scuffed
his shoes on the path, presently" ex
plaining rather huskily that ho "never
was much of a caller" ; aud ho added,
"or anything."
"Well, you must como if you ever
care to," she said, with a blg-slster
graclousnoss. "The Dorm chaperon
sits there, of course, but ours Is a Jolly
one and you'd like her. You've prob
ably met her Mrs. Hustings? when
you've called on other girls ut our old
shop."
RELICS OF THE
England Has Three of the Most Re
markable That the Wholo World
Has to Offer.
A loaf of bread moro than COO years
old, It Is saVd, Is to be found at Ambas
ton, In Deitiyshlre, England. It was
Included In a grant of land from the
crown In tho reign of King John, and
has remained In the Soar family over
since.
Almost as great a curiosity as this
Is a houso 1,100 years of age, and yet
fit for habitation. This old dwelling,
tho oldest Inhabited houso In England,
wns built in the time of King Offn of
Mercla. It le octagonal In shape, the
1 walls of Its lower stout bolng of great
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"No," said Rnmsey. "I never wns
much of u " llo paused, fearlnq
tlmt he might be repeating himself,
nnd too hastily amended his Intention.
"I never liked any girl enough to go
nnd call on her."
"Ramsey Milholland 1" sho cried.
"Why, when wo were In school half
the room used to be talking about how
you and that pretty Mllla "
"No, not" Ramsey protested, again,
too hurriedly. "I never called on her.
We Just went walking."
A moment later his color suddenly
became fiery. "I don't mean I mean
" he stammered. "It wus walking,
of course I mean wo did go out walk
ing, but It wasn't walking like Uko
this." lie concluded with n fit of
coughing which seemed to rack him.
Dora threw back her head and
laughed delightedly. "Don't you apolo
gize I" she said. "I didn't when I snld
It seemed to me that wo'vo gone walk
ing so often, when In reality It's only
four or five times altogether. I think I
can explain, though: I think It camo
partly from a feeling I have that I can
roly on you that you're a good, solid,
rcllablo sort of person. I remember
from tho tlmo we were little children,
you always had a sort of worried, hon
est look In school, and you used to
make a dent In your forehead you
meant It for a frown whenever I
caught your eye. You hated me so lion,
estly, and you were so honestly afraid
I wouldn't see It I"
"Oh, no no "
"Oh, yes yes I" she laughed, then
grow serious. "My feeling nbout you
that you were a person to be relied
on, I menn I think It began that eve
ning In our freshman yenr, after the
Lusltaula, when I stopped you on tho
campus und you went with me, and I
couldn't help crplng, nnd you were so
nice and quiet. I hardly realized then
that It was the first tlmo we'd ever
really talked together of course I did
all the talking! and yet we'd known
each other so many years. I thought
of it afterward. But what gavo mo
such a different view of you, I'd ill
ways thought you were ono of that
truculent sort of boys, nlwnys Just
bursting for a fight; but you showed
mo you'd really never had a fight In
your life and tinted fighting, nnd that
you sympathized with my feeling nbout
war." She stopped speaking todrnw
In her breath with u sharp sigh. "Ah,
don't you remember whut I've told you
all along? How It keeps coming
closer nnd closet nnd now It's nlmost
hero I Isn't It unthinkable? And what
enn we do to stop It, we poor few who
feel that we must stop It?"
"Well " Ramsey began uncomfort
ably. "Of course I I"
"You can't do much," she said. "I
know. None of us can. 'What can any
little group do? There nre so few of
us among the undergraduates and
only one In tho whole faculty. All tho
rest are for war. But we mustn't give
up ; we must never feel afterward that
wo left anything undone; we must
fight to the last breath I"
"'Fight'?" ho repeated wonderlngly,
then chuckled.
"Oh, ns a figure of speech," she said.
Impatiently.- "Our language Is full of
barbaric figures left over from the
dark ages. But, oh, Ramsey I" sho
touched his sleeve "I've heard that
Fred Mitchell Is saying that he's going
to Canada after Easter, to try to get
into the Canadian aviation corps. If
It's true, he's a dangerous firebrand, I
think. Is It true?"
"I guess so. lie's been talking that
way, some."
"But why do you let him talk that
way?" she cried. "He's your rommate;
surely you have more Influence with
him tlinn anybody else has. Couldn't
you"
He shook his hend slowly, while upon
his face the faintly Indicated model
ings of a grin hinted of an Inner
laughter at some surreptitious thought.
"Well, you know, Fred says hlmsolf
sometimes, I don't seem to bo much of
a talker exactly I"
"I know. But don't you see? Tlmt
sort of thing Is contagious. Others will
think they ought, to go If ho docs ; he's
popular and quite n leader. Can't you
do anything with him?"
Sho waited for him to answer.
"Can't you?" sho Insisted.
The grin had disappeared and Ram
sey grew red again.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
AGES LONG PAST
thickness. Tho upper pnrt Is of oak.
At ono time the houso was fortified
nnd known by the name of St. Ger
man's Gate. It stands close to th'o
River Vcr, and only n few yards from
St. Albans abbey.
A marriage proposal 3,400 years of
age Is In existence In the British
museum. It is the oldest marrlago
proposal of which there Is any definite
record. It consists of about ninety
eight lines of very fine cuneiform writ
ing, nnd Is on a small clay tablet tnado
of Nile mud. It Is a marrlago pro
posal of a , Pharaoh, for the hand ot
the daughter of the king of Babylon.
It was written about the year 1630
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