The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-26

t fi a ' her brother fingered on the path. Agnes succeeded in making no other dcmonstrationJ however uhfil Martin nAl gnined the road; then She threw dpen the screen door and ran down the porch steps, Jim caught and kissed her and half carried her up the steps hg1in. They paused in the hall to look at each other under the light. Jim's inspection appeared far more than merely satisfactory. but he failed to pass muster under Agnes eyes.
 ''Why, what's bothering you, dear?'' she demanded solicitously.
 l "Nothingr, Jim threw his hat on a :. chair, and, hand in, hand with Agnes, lie sought their place lon the lounge near the big, shaded lamp. Agnes parents had gone out, and she and Jim had the room to themselves. "I'm rather extremely in need of some sane, rational, nonmilitary hcompanionship for while. What do you suppose I've been doing? just came from the factory, where I've been to see if spies weren't making bombs, Yes'- He told her, in humorous detail, the dis clissions and his errand of the even ing "You can see from that the effect of having lieutenant about most of ,ithe time, and Nellie's as bad"
 ''I can see" Agnes agreed. II wasn't going to say anything about your sister. Jim, tin you'd mentioned il, bufv z
 ''Ge. On. dearie.r
 II had her to lunch today, and ,, got her ideas"
 "About war;"
 "I wasn't going to bring up the sub jcct, but I'd been reading that dandy new disarmament article about our setting the example to the other na lions The Mission of America, by Professor Doyen. The magazine was open at 1t, and Nellie saw I'dA been reading It. give you my word that when l told her--as had toAthat l thought 1t was the finest and most practical thing I'd ever read she be- came positively violent
 "I know" Jim nodded. And there are So many things which you and I can't understand mot being in the navy
 That was exactly the tone. could hnrdly keep from laughing ak her one minute and the next telling her what :, an infant she was. I didn't realize what tho navy was doing to her be- fore Now I know. Instead of grow ing in thought or experience since Bhc's left Eigin she hans been actually going back. She's year older than I, and yshe used to be older really, but her mental age now is about the same as Mart's. He was home for lunch and agreed perfectly with every ridic- ulous thing she said 'HG justf asked me what Lieutenant Wendell thought as though no one else knew anything, 4alf
 Being eighteen, he's just at the army and navy stage. I suppose you were once, too, Jim, but-thanks be- Agnes kissed him quickly-"you went into business e-l1 ioutsrew it. Why. Jirn.i ! wouldn't dare marry if I be- 1leved that the world had to be con trollcd by force and fear"
 And I'd never have asked you tc marry mo in such world.''
 @"Of course not; so the world isn't that way. America-the millions like you and I, Jim-can show the rest of tle woriG that it's not. I told Nellie we'd agreed on that, and you felt. too, that Professor Doyeq was right-or mostly right. When war threatens the way to keep it of is not to resist-that only makes war sure-but to refuse to resist. and the enemy cannot nake bis soldiers kill us. There can't be any war, can there?'
 l-Of course notw Jim was impatient to hold her close and dismiss discus e;on.
 That's what told Nellie. but she just laughed at me. She said the men would have to resist or they wouldn't be men, and the women would drive the men on to it when war really came. But I said that waSn't so."
 Jim brought her head down on his shoulder. Let's talk about getting married. Agnes"
 'MarTied. .dear5. ss. e2a eol-e-,