Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-04-06

>help upset the United States than be-
cause he cared much about Germany"
Yes said Colburn, that's how he
sounded tonight. l guess there's plen-
" more like him in the cities, too.
mat reminds me: I'd better arrange
deoate on immigration for the Lumen.
wen put Brother MilhOlland for the
negative, this time"
Ramsey started violently. "See
here"
But the senior treasured him. "1ust
wanted to see you jump" he explained.
Don't fear; you've done your share"
i should think I have" Ramsey
groaned.
Yes; you won't be called on again
this term. By the way" said Colburn.
thoughtfully, that was a clever girl
you had against you tonight. I don't
believe in pacifsm much, myself, but
she used it very niftily for her argu-
ment. Isn't she from your town, this
Miss Yocum?"
Fred nodded.
well, she's a clever young thing"
said the senior, still thoughtful. And
he added: "Graceful girl she isl
At this the roommates looked at
him with startled attention. Ramsey
was so reused as to forget his troubles
and sit forward in his chair.
"Yes," said the musing Colburn,
she's a mighty pretty girl"
what :"
This exclamation was a Simultane-
GUS one; the astounded pair stared at
him in blank incredulity.
"Why, don't you think 500" Colburn
mildly inquired. "She seems to me
very unusual looking"
"Well, yes" Fred assented emphat-
ically. "We're with you there! y
"Extraordinary eyes," continued Col
burn. Lovely figure, too; altogether a
strilzingly pretty girl. Handsome, I
should say, perhaps. Yes, handsome
rather than 'pretty'." He looked up
from a brief reverie. "You fellows
known her long?"
"You bet!'' said Ramsey.
"She made a splendid impression on
the Lumen,' Colburn went on. 81
don't remember that I ever saw frs
appearance there that quite equaled ii
She'll probably have a brilliant caree'
in the society, and in the university,
too. She must be very fine sort of a
person." He deliberated within him
self a few moments longer, then,
realizing that his hosts and brethren
did not respond with any heartiness-
or with anything at ALTO the theme,
he changed it, and asked them what
they thought about the war in Europe.
They talked of the war drowsily for a
while it was an interesting but not an
exciting topic: the thing they spoke of
was so far away. After few moments
of fervOr, the conversation languiShed,
and Brother Colburn rose to go.
"Well, I'm glad you gave that Linski
a fine little punch, Brother Milhol-
land" he said at the door. ''It won't
do you any harm in the frat or with
the Lumen, either. And don't be dis
cOuraged about your debating. You'll
learn. Anybody might have got rat
tied by having to argue against as
clever and gOod-looking q girl as that p
The roommates gave each other a
look of serious puzzlement as the door
closed "Well, Brother Colburn is a
mighty nice fellow" Fred said. Hes
kind of funny, though"
Ramsey assented, and then, as the
two prepared for bed, they entered in
to a further discussion of their senior
friend. They liked him "all right"
they said, but he certainly must be
kind Of queer, and they couldn't just
see how he had fever managed to get
where he was'' in the 'frat" and the
Lumen and the university.
Il
Ramsey passed the slightly disfig-
ured Linski on the campus next day
without betraying any embarrassment
or making sign of recognition. Fred
Mitchell told his roommate, chuckling,
that Linski had sworn to "get" him,
and, not knowing Fred's affiliations,
had made him the confdant of his
oath. Fred had given his blessing, he
said, upon the enterprise, and advised
Linski to use brick. Hell hit you
on the head with it," said the light
hearted Fred, falling back upon this
old joke. "Then you can catch it as
it bounces off and throw it back at
him.
However, Linski proved to be. mere
ly an episode, not only so far as Ram
sey was concerned but in the Lumen
and in the university as well. His sus-
pension from the Lumen was for q
year, and so cruel a punishment 1t
proved for this born debatdr that he
noisily declared he would found de-
batting society himself, and had
poster printed and distributed an
nouncing the first meeting of '"The
Free Speech and Masses Rights Coun-
Gil" Several town loafers attended
the meeting, but the only person con-
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, Chinese