Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-16
CHAPTER xi.-continued

ABOUT her, when she stands there. she
stands so straight and knows just what
shes up to, and everything, why.
there's something about her makes the
coid chills go down your spine-I
mean my spine, not yours particular
lyi You sit DOWN. mean, anybody's
spine, dOggone It'll" And as Ramsey
increased the manifestations of his
suspicious, lifting a tennis racket over
the PROSTATE figure, "Oh, murder"
Fred said. resgnedly. "All right, Wen
change the subject. That fat little
Werder cutie made out a pretty good
case for Germany, didn't she?"
ramsey disposed himself in an easy
chair with his feet upon the table,
and presently chuckled. "You remem-
bsr the time had the fuss with Wes-
ley Bender, back in the ole school
days2"
"Yep."
"All the rfubdub this Werder girl got
on tonight puts me in mind of the
way / talked that day. l can remem-
Der 1t rs well as anything! Wesley
kept yelpin that whoever mentioned
a lady's name In a public place was
pup, and Of course l didn't want to
hit him for that; boys got a reglar
instinct for tryin' to make out he's
on the right side In scrap, and he'll
always try to do something, or say
something, or he'll get the other boy
TO say something, to make 1t look as
ii the other boy was in the wrong and
began the trouble So l told poor ole
Yves that my father spoke my moth
er's name in a public place whenever
he wanted to, and l dared him to say
my father was pup. And all so on.
A boy startin' up scrap, why, half
the time he'll drag In his father and
mother If there's any chance to do 1t.
He'll fix up some way so he can say,
well, that's just the same as if you
called my father and mother a FOOL
or something like that. Then, after
ward, he can claim he was scrappin'
because he had to defend his father
and mother, and Of course he'll more
than half believe 1t himself
"Well, you take government-it's
only just some men, the way see 1t,
and If they're goin' to start some big
trouble like this war, why, of course
they'll play just about that same old
boy trick, because it's instinct to do 1t,
Just the same for a man as 1t Is for
boy-or else the principles just the
same, or something Well, anyhow, IL
who e,to Tod
and worked 1t UP, you got to forget all
the talk there is about 1t. and all what
each side says, and just look at two
things: Who was fixed for 1t first, or
thought they were, and who hit first?
When you get the answer to those two
questions everything's settled about
this being attacked business. AS near
as can make out, this war began
with Germany and Austria's startin'
to wipe out two little countries; Aus
tria began shootin' up Serbia, and
Germany began shootin' up Belgium.
I don't need to notice any more than
that. myself-all the girls in the coun-
try can debate their heads off, they
can't change what happened and they
can't excuse 1t, either"
He was silent, appearing to feel that
he had concluded conclusively, and the
young gentleman on the window seat,
after staring at him for several mo-
ments of genuine thoughtfulness, was
gracious enough to observe, "Well, old
Ram, you may be little slow In class.
but when you think things out with
yourself you do show signs of some
thing pretty near like real horse-sense
sometimes. Why don't you ever say
anything like that too some OF
your pacifist friendsT
'What do you mean? Who you
talkin' about? Whose 'pacinst
friends'?"
"See. herew Fred exclaimed, as
Ramsey seemed about to rise. you
keep sitting just where you are, ana
don't look at me out OF the side or
your eye like that-pretendin' you're
bad horse. I'm really serious now, and
Won listen to me. / don't think argufy-
ing and debating like that little Frau
lem Werder's does much harm. She's
n right nifty young rolypoly, by the
way, though you didn't notice, OF
course"
aWhy didn't II" Ramsey demanded,
aharply. "Why didn't I noticeT
"Oh. nothing. But, as / was saying
don't think that sort OF talk does
much harm: everybody knows 1t goes
ON among the pro-Germans, and It's
all hot air, anyhow. But think LIN
skis sort of talk does do harm. probly
among people that don't know much;
and. what's more, ] think Dora Yo-
ennis does some, too. Well. you nit
Tins,Si In the snoot, so what are you -
Eit still! My lord! You don't think
I'm askin' you to go and hit Dora, do
ron? / mean: Aren't you ever goin'
20 talk to her about 1t and tell ner
what's what7"
sOh. you so to bed!"
mo. I'm in earnest" Fred urged.
sHonestly, aren't you ever goin' TOT
aHow could / do anything like thatl"
RAMSEY demanded explosively. i
.ever see her-to speak to, that IL.