South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-20

Talk about the junkers in Ger
many" declared Dorothy indignant
ly, drawing the pins out of her hat
and tucking i'm a few hayward curls
~ like TO know if an officer in the
United States isn't as much of a god
as any Deutcher lieutenant ever
dared TO be
Everywhere I've gone today I've
fairly fallen over them, in the street,
in the cars. in the restaurants. ev-
erywhere. until I'm sick of them,
The worst Of it is, everybody insists
on serving them first. They fairly
fail on their knees and Bump their
heads on the ground" And with
an impatient shrug Dorothy took
the wrapping off box Of chocolates
settled herself comfortably in "A
cushioned chair and reached FOR
! her knitting
Dorothy Temple. You ought to
/ be ashamed 10 talk that way and
are YOU buying candy again ,"
Il had TO, mother, my nerves are
all gone falling over soldiers. I de
cided today that IN never marry
one" and she complacently took
another chocolate.
Now it jutst happened that Dor
othy's last remark had more signi-
ficance than her mother suspected,
for over in the shadow that sur
rounded the wood fire a foot-a
masculine foot-protruded just be-
yond the edge OF the deep chair that
David Fuller generally annexed
whsn he dropped in at the Temples
And TO further identify the owner Of
the foot. David had a habF of fall
ing asleep, especially Il Dorothy
was not there. Evidently Mrs. Tenn
pie, coming in to read. had not made
noise enough 10 waken him
But ~here was a shuttle and a
scramble now. and five feet 10 inches
Of masculinity suddenly rose to a
vertical position-vertical 'and re-
sentful
II say Dot. that's not square.
You know I'm going to enlist
Mrs. Temple was accustomed to
such wrangles between the two and
knew ts2t every tempest in a tea
pot" that had occurred before mad
reached an amiable termination, so
held her peace.
"Oh. are you! Well. I can't see
that that has any bearing on the
Question whatsoever" very coollx.
"Oh. hasn't IL, Well / like that
You're going TO marry me and you
know il"
Well. .if that isn't the best ex-
ample Of junkerism I ever heard.
then I'm not an American citizen. -
she retorted Here you are not
even a soldier yet. much less an Of
/ hcer. and giving me orders as
though you were the kaiser ard
l."
But Mrs Temple felt called upon
here TO interfere, David was looking
so utterly wretched.
Dorothy you must not talk so.
You've no idea how il sounds"
/ Il don't care I'm not going to
marry a soldier. If David wants me
I he can stay at home
Wen I must say YOU are patri-
otto. declared the young man hotly.
You're not knitting because It's
/ your duty, you're doing it because
you like to 1 just came in TO tell
I you it's all fixed up. I've enlisted
and been accepted in the aviation
+ corps and I'm going TO Dayton to-
morrow. And since you dislike sol
diers so. I just wish 10 say you
needn't bother making anything for
me"
We'll. don't worry I didn't in
I tend to-"
Children, children" protested
Mrs Temple anNiously.
But David had seized his hat and
departed and Dorothy was knitting
fast and furiously, her lips firmly
/ set.
II won't be dictated TO, she de-
I clared. IN marry whom and when
/ I please"
I You're a silly little girl, Dor
othy. When viii you learn that
vhims like yours are childish You
I know youU marry David
III show him whether ] viii or
not He'd no business enisting any
way without asking me first. / hate
/ aolafarafu And bursting into tea -