The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-03-16

hypocritical, although quite as mixed
up and off-the-issue as If they had
been prepared by professional foreign
Office men. Ramsey and Fred Mitchell
and four other boys waylaid young
Bender on the street after school, in.
tending jocosities rather than violence,
but the victim proved sensitive. "You
take your ole hands of o mel" he
said Aercely, as they began to push
him about among them.
"Ole dirty Wes!" they hoarsely bel
lowed and squawked, in their chang
ing voices. "Washes his ears!" =.
washes his neck !" Dora Yocum
told his mama to turn the hose on
hint!
Wesley broke from them and backed
away, swinging his strapped books in
a dangerous circle. "You keep orr"
he warned them. II got as much
right to my pers'nal appearance as
anybody"
This richly fed their humor, and
they rioted round him, keeping outside
the swinging books at the end Of the
strap. "Pers'nal appearance'i" ~. {.
"Yow! Ole dirty Yves, he's got per-
s'nal appearance" "Who went
and, bought 1t for you, Wes1" . !.
Nobody bought II for him. Dora
Yocum took and give him one!"
''You leave ladies' names alone"
cried the chivalrous Wesley. "You
ought to know better, on the public
street, you-pupsl"
Here was a serious affront, at least
to Ramsey Milholland's way Of think
ing; for Ramsey. also now proved
sensitive. He quieted his friends
"Shut upland advanced toward
Wesley, "You look here! Who you
CALM 'pups'2''
Everybody" Wesley hotly re-
turned. Everybody that goes around
mentioning ladies' names on the pub
lie streets are pups!"
"They are, are they7" Ramsey as
holly demanded. swell, you just look
here a minute; my own father men,
tons my mothers name on the public
streets whenever he wants to, and you
| just try calm my father pup, and
you won't know what happened to
you'll" :.
"What'll you do about it?"
"Tll put a new head on you," said
Ramsey. "That's what I'll do, because
anybody that calls my father or moth
er a pup"
I, "Oh, shut up! wasn't talkin' about
your ole father and mother. said
everybody that mentioned Dora 70
GUMS name on the public streets was
pup, and mean it! Everybody that
mentions Dora Yocum's name on the
pub"
"Dora Yocum !" said Ramsey. II got
perfect right to say it anywhere
want to. Dora Yocum, Dora Yocum,
Dora Yocum ="
"All right then, you're a pup!"
| Ramsey charged upon him and re-
ceived suffocating blow full In the
face, not from Mr.. Bender's fist but
from the solid bundle Of books at the
end Of the strap. Ramsey saw eight
or ten detectives instantly: there were
Wesley Benders standing full length In
the air on top Of other Wesley Ben
ders, and more Wesley Benders zig
Jagged out sidewise from still Other
Wesley Benders; nevertheless, M
found one Of these and it proved to be
flesh. He engaged 1t wildly at fsti
cuffs pounded 1t upon the countenance
and drove 1t away. Then he sat down
upon the curbstone and, with his dizzy
eyes shut, leaned forward for the bet
ter accommodation Of his ensanguined
nose.
Wesley had retreated to the Other
side Of the street, holding grimy
handkerchief to the midm0st parts o.
his pallid face. '"There, you ole d.
pupil" he shouted, in voice which
threatened a sob. II guess that'l
teach you to be careful how you men
ton Dora Yocum's name on the public
streets!"
At this, Ramsey made a motion a
il to rise and pursue, whereupon Yves
ley fled, wailing back over his shoulde
as he ran, "You wait till ketch yo'
out alone on the public streets AM
I'll"
His voice was lost in an outburst o
hooting from his former friends, VIII
alphabetically surrounded tn
wounded Ramsey. But in measure
at least, the chivalrous fugitive ha
won his point. He was routed an
outdone, yet what survived the da
was rumor, which became sort Q
tenuous legend among those Interest
ed. There had been fight over Dor
Yocum, it appeared, and Ramsey MI
holland had attempted to maintai
something derogatory to the lad!
while Wesley defended her as
knightly youth should.
) The boys, unmindful Of proper ga
lantry, supported Ramsey on accour
d of the way he had persisted in lickil
y the stufin' out Of Wesley Bender afte
/. receiving that preliminary wallop fro
a Wesley's blackjack bundle of book
!. The girls petted and championed We
|. ley; they talked outrageously Of h
conuueror; fercely declaring that