Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1922-05-18
Copyright by Doubleday, Page & Co.
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER With his grandfather,
small Ramsey Milholland is watching the
Decoration Day Parade in the home
town. The old gentleman, veteran of
the Civil war, endeavors to impress the
youngster with the significance of the
great conflict, and many years afterWard
the boy was to remember his words with
startling vividness
CHAPTER lin the schoolroom, a
few years afterWard, Ramsey was not
distinguished for remarkable ability,
though, his two pronounced dislikes were
arithmetic and REGULATIONS" In sharp
contrast to RamSey's backwardness is
the precocity of little Dora Yocum,
young lady whom in his bitterness he de-
dominates Teachers Pet"
CHAPTER III.-In high school, where
he and Dora are classmates, Ramsey
continues to feel that the girl delights to
manifest her superiority, and the vindic-
tiveness he generates becomes alarming,
eliminating in the resolution that some
day he would SHOW" her.
CHAPTER Wat class picnic Ram
sey, to his intense surprise, appears to
attract the favorable attention of Miss
Mllla Rust, young lady of about his
own age and the acknowledged belle Of
the class. Milla has the misfortune to
fall into creek while talking with Ram
sey, and that youth promptly plungeS to
the rescue. The water is only some three
feet deep. but MillaS gratitude for his
heroic act is embarrassing. He is in fact
taken captive by the fair one, to his great
CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER V.-The acquaintance ripens,
Ramsey and Milla openly keeping COM
pany," while the formers parents won
der. His mother indeed goes so far as
to express some disapproval of his choice,
even limiting that Dora Yocum would be
more suitable companion, suggestion
which the youth receives with horror.
CHAPTER VI.-At this period our nero
gets the thrill of his first kiss" Milla
being very willing partner in the act.
Her f1ippancy over fhe matter discon-
csrts Ramsey immensely, but shortly aft
erward the girl departs for visit to
Chicago She leaves an endearing missive
for Ramsey, which adds to his feeling Of
melancholy
CHAPTER VII.-Shortly after Milla's
departure her friend, Sadie Clews, in
forms Ramsey that his inamorata has
been married to her cousin and is not
coming back, SO that little romance is
ended. Within a few months Ramsey
and his closest friend, Fred Mitchell,
go to the state university, Ramsey's chief
feeling being one of relief that he has got
away from the detested Dora. To his hor-
ror he finds she is also student at the
university. Induced to join a debating
society, Ramsey is chosen as Dora's op-
ponent in debate dealing with the mat
ter Of Germany's right to invade Bel
GUM, Dora being assigned the negative
side of the argument. Partly on account
or his feelings toward Dora, and his nat
ural nervousness, he makes a miserable
showing and Dora carries off the honors.
A brash youngSter named LinSki objects
to the showing made by Ramsey and be-
comes personal in his remarks. The mat
ter ends with Ramsey, in the university
vernacular, giving Linsk a peach of a
punch on the SnOot."
CHAPTER VIII.-Dora appears TO have
made a decided hit with her fellow stu
dents, to Ramsey's supreme wonderment
A rumor of his affair with the tickle
Milla spreads and he gets the reputation
of man of experience and woman
hater."
CHAPTER IX.-The story comes to the
spring of 1915 and the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. The university is stirred to it's
depths. Faculty and frat societies alike
ices in the war which they believe to be
inevitable. Dora, holding the belief that
all war Is wrong, sees with horror the
spirit Of the students, which is an intense
desire to call Germany to account. She
seeks Ramsey and endeavors to impress
him with her pacifist views
CHAPTER X-Miss Yocum's appeal
somewhat disconcerts Ramsey, especially
as the girl seems to place some real value
on his opinions, and his feelings toward
her are somewhat vague.
CHAPTER XI-After the vacation pc
riod, Dora makes an impressive speech
before the debating society, depouncing
every form of militarism as wrong. She
is decidedly in the minority, but makes a
brave fight to stem the tide of feeling
which she perceives is sweeping the coun
try toward war.
CHAPTER XII.-Not altogether to Fred
MitchelFs surprise, Ramsey and Dora
- al -
their talk is academic and nothing else
The feeling that the United States must
take part in the war grows in the uni
yersity.