Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-04
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..u -fghf then" Fred Eettled HIM
;, mon the window seat with pipe,
n, proeeeded. There's something
S - her when she stands there, she
Ids so straight and knows just what
40 up to. and everything, why,
80, something about her makes the
~ chills go down your spine-I
lar nv spine, not yours particular
!, Won sit down. mean anybody's
nine doggone It'll" And as Ramsey
.rsased the manifestations of his
Icons. lifting a tennis racket over
= prostre.e figure. "Oh, murder"
I'd said. resignedly. "An right, wen
ssnge the subject. That fat little
Ersrder cutie made out a pretty good
Sc for Germany, didn't she?"
Ramsey disposed himself in an easy
,sIr with his feet upon the table,
a presently chuckled. you remem-
! the time had the fuss with Wes-
4 Bender, back in the ole school
gs7"
pYep,"
aAn the riubdub this Werder girl got
\ tonight puts me in mind of the
nv | talked that day. l can remem-
y II rs well as anythingl Wesley
seut yelpin' that whoever mentioned
lady's name in a public place was a
In and Of course / didn't want to
n him for that; boys got regular
sunct for tryin' to make out he's
the right side in a scrap, and he'll
lVays try to do something, or say
bnething, or hen get the other boy
4 say something, to make 1t look as
he other boy was In the wrong and
k,Van the trouble. So told poor ole
Fes that my father spoke my moth
Is name in a public place whenever
wanted to, and / dared him to say
~ father was a pup. And all so on.
boy startin' up scrap, why, half
Ne time he'll drag In his father and
other If there's any chance to do 1t.
Hs1l fix up some way so he can say,
Een. that's just the same as If you
alled my father and mother fool
something like that. Then, after
I'M. he can claim he was scrappin'
eause he had to defend his father
Nd mother. and Of course he'll more
A.n half believe 1t himself.
Well, you take a government-it's
.k5Iust some men, the way see 1t,
Wifi they're goip' to start some big
sbuble like this war, why, of course
Aey'n play lust about that same old
boy trick, because it's instinct to do 1t,
hst the same for a man as It is for a
hOy-or else the principles just the
kme, or something. Well, anyhow, IL
lou want to know who started a scrap
and worked 1t up, you got to forget all
be talk there Is about it, and all what
.sch side says, and just look at two
pings: Who was fixed for 1t first, or
Bought they were, and who hit first?
Fhen you get the answer to those two
Buestions everything's settled about
his being attacked business. AS near
ne can make out, this war began
fth Germany and Austria's startin'
wipe out two little countries; Aus
fla began shootin' up Serbia, and
Germany began shootIn' up Belgium.
don't need to notice any more than
fat, myself-all the girls In the coun-
~ can debate their heads off, they
Ent change what happened and they
fnt excuse 1t, either"
de was silent, appearing to feel that
had concluded conclusively, and the
Eung gentleman on the window seat,
Ter staring at him for several mo-
ents Of genuine thoughtfulness, was
selous enough to observe, "Well, old
am, you may be little slow In class.
p when you think things out with
urSeh you do show signs of some
ing pretty near like real horse-sense
netlmes. Why don't you ever say
flylhing like that too some of
Faf pacifist friends?"
What do you mean? Who you
iAin abouti Whose 'paciflst
fiends'2"
see, here" Fred exclaimed, as
ausey seemed about to rise. "You
~ sitting just where you are, and
4. ny look at me out of the side Of
Isr eye Ike that-pretendin' you're a
morse. Tn really serious now, and
listen to me. l don't think argufy-
Snd debating like that little Frau
Merders does much harm. She's
nEnt nifty young rolypoly, by the
purse
why didn't II" Ramsey demanded,
snp Why didn't I notice?"
~ nothing. But. as / was saying,
~ mink that sort Of talk does
- harm: everybody knows it goes
slong the pro-Germans, and It's
NY ar, anyhow. But | think Lin
sOrt OF talk does do harm, prob'ly
people that don't know much:
, mats more, ] think Dora Yo-
,.,, loes some, too. Well, you hit
h r,ni me snoot, so what are you =
~, My lordl You don't think
H., 1'1iA you to 60 and hit Dora, do
tan mean; Aren't you ever goir'
49,, . her about 1t and tell her
!. N you go to bedr
tft. I'm T..