The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-08

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man and faced Sir George. "When |
was drinking Munich beer. | vas rath.
err pro-German. But now that I'm
switched to tea. I've sort Of swung
over to the allies"
A burst Of laughter. runctnatci
with cries Of "Bravo..' greeted the an.
swer.
Turning to them al, again. You
see" he explained, II like the En@lis',
as individuals. and l like = lot OF
their general ways. too. | admire the
easy.gotng fashion in which they dn
business. | commend the fact that
they won't talk shop over n luncheon,
I like their afternoon tea He smiled
at Miss Willoughby as he said that.
Il like the fact that knights and ladies,
clerks and %shopgirls take their half
hour off for it. | like the way they
respect their own laws-when they de-
eide to make one they decide at the
same time to keep II. But. collectively,
the English i~rritate me-, because they're
so blamed sure they're q little bit Sill
perior to all the rest of the world,
That's annoying, personally. but | can
and I do admire it as a great racial
quality that's made 'em win out q
thousand times. If England goes to
war. It'll take the English about a
year before they realize they have q
war-they really are slow. You know
but once they wake up to it they'll
raise the deuce. and l think they'll
win"
Sage holdings of various heads and
the exchange of approving glances on
the part of the members of the little
party-or Of all but Henry Streetman
set a seal Of appreciation upon
Charlie Browns views.
please God. you're right" Sir
George Wagstaff cried fervently, witt,
a show Of emotion that was, for him,
most unusual.
please God. be ISL Mrs. Falconer
agreed.
Il do hope so! The Germans are so
aggressive!" Ethel Willoughby oh
served.
And so rude" Georsy added. She
could not forget-much less forgive
having been shouldered off a sidewalk
in Berlin by the kaiser's naughty otii-
GERS.
"Ah! But I fancy that pride in ones
country Is a universal trait in every
nation" her more moderate father said.
Exactly! And as Mr.. Brown has
pointed out. we English have a ten1en.
"y to be somewhat superior also" As
he spoke, Streetman rose. He was hc-
coming restless under the CALLING of
that one-sided discussion of the merits
of the nations.
well, I hope there isn't any war"
Guy Falconer said fervently. "If there
il. you can bet your boots I'm not
going near it."
Guy" Sir George turned upon him
with i%ncredulity writ large upon his
&ne face.
"Oh, I mean it. Sir George" Guy
insisted shamelessly. IF it comes to
war. this will be a war of millions.
If there are a thousand mon killed in
4 battle or only nine hundred and
~ninety-nine. what difference does it
make except to the thousandth man?
None! But If l happened to
be he, it'd represent a deuce of a lot
to me. and, with my luck, Id be the
first mar shot anyhow. . No,
sir! Military service ia not compul-
sorry in England, thank heaven. And
if there is a war, I'm going to sit
home at my club and discuss very
harshly the mistakes Of the war office"
Guys mother regarded him with no
less amazement than did Sir George,
My son-you're not s%erious?' she
exclaimed. scarcely believing what she
heard.
"Of course he u.s." said Georgy. ~
never saw q man who thought as
much of his W precious hide-so
much more than anyone else thinks Of
It,"
III you're quito in earnest. Guy, I
am positively ashamed Of YOU" Sir
George Wagstaff told him. AS a man
who was high in the councils Of his
country. Sir George did indeed hear
tho young mans declaration with
'''' 'bi''illIS '|.h'H di'lIl. ~
we'll as mere disapproval. If other
English youths should take the same
attitude as Guys. he forcsaw endless
trouble for the recruiting stations.
"1f I We're shot" Guy rctorted, "I
suppose the fact that could say.
Now. Sir George is not ashamed of
me- would case the pain n bit? j.
NO, thank you, | tell You. if worse
zones to worst. | shall sail for Cuba"
At that his mother approached him
much as she must have when as a
small boy he had been guilty of naugh-
tlnoss. She thought it high time to
assert her authority.
"Gny,' she said. Il forbid You tc
talk like that"
"Oh. now, mother" he rdmon,
str3ted,
II think he's s%poofng." Charlie
Brown told Thorn % u,,f,l, u, ,Ir,,+ "a