The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-05-17

week. This As only the fifth"
Good gracious Is that ALI II
seemed to me we'd gone ever so
!" She laughed. "rm afraid you
won't think that seems much as II I'd
liked going. but l really have. And,
by the way, you've never called on me
at all. Perhaps it's because I've for
gotten to ask you"
"Oh, no." Ramsey said, and scuffed
his shoes on the path, presently ex-
planning rather huskily that he never
was much Of caller; and he added,
"or anything"
well. you must come IL you ever
care to-" she said, with q big-sister
graciousness. "The Dorm chaperon
sits there. of course, but ours is jolly
one and you'd like her You've prob
ably met her-Afrs. Hustings?-when
you've called en- other girls at our old
shop"
NO." said Ramsey. II never was
much OF a -" He paused. fearing
that he might be repeating himself,
and too hastily amended his intention.
II never liked any girl enough to 60
and call on her"
Ramsey Milhollandi" she cried.
"why, when we were In school half
the room used to be talking about how
you and that pretty Milla-"
mo, nor Ramsey protested. again
too hurriedly. II never called on her.
We Just went walking"
A moment later his color suddenly
became fiery. II don't meant mean
:" he stammered. at was walking,
Of COURSE mean we did go out walk
Ing, but 1t wasn't walking like-like
this" He concluded with fit Of
coughing which seemed to rack him.
Dora threw back her head and
laughed delightedly. Don't you apollo
gize I" she said. II didn't when I said
II seemed to me that we've gone walk
ing 50 often, when In reality It's only
four or five times altogether. think
can explain, though: think 1t came
partly from feeling have that can
rely on you-that you're good, solid,
reliable sort of person. l remember
from the time we we're little children,
you always had sort Of worried, hon.
est look In school. and you used to
make dent in your forehead-you
meant 1t for a frown-whenever I
caught your eye. You, hated me so hon.
estly, and you were so honestly afraid
wouldn't see it'll"
"Oh, nO-nO-"
"Oh, yes-yes" she laughed, then
grew serious. my feeling about you
that you were a person to be relied
on, meant think It began that ev.>
ming in our freshman year, after the
Lusitania. when 1 stopped you on the
campus and you went with me, and /
couldn't help crping. and you were so
nice and quiet. hardly realized then
that 1t was the first time we'd ever
really talked together-cf course l did
all the talking land yet we'd known
each Other so many years. tnAikt
of it afterward. But what gave me
such a different view of you, I'd al
ways thought you were one of that
truculent sort Of boys, always just
bursting for a fight; but You showed
me you'd really never had fight in
your life and hated fighting, and that
you sympathized with my feeling about
war;" She stopped speaking to draw
In her breath with sharp sigh. "Ah,
don't you remember what I've told you
all along? How it keeps coming
closer and clOser-and now It's almost
here! Isn't it unthinkable? And what
can We do to stop it, we poor few who
feel that we must stop it?"
well" Ramsey began uncomfort-
ably. "Of course IL"
"You can't do much," she said. 81
know. None of US can. What can any
little group do? There are so few of
us among the undergraduates-and
only one In the whole faculty. All the
rest are for war. But we mustn't give
up; we must never feel afterward that
we left anything undOne; we must
fight to the last BREATH"
"'Fight'?" he repeated wonderingly,
then chuckled.
"Oh, as figure of speech" she said
impatiently. sour language Is full of
barbarc figures left over from the
dark ages. But, oh, Ramsey "-she
touched his sleeve-"Tve heard that
Fred Mitchell is saying that he's going
to Canada after Easter. to try to get
into the Canadian aviation corps. If
It's true, he's dangerous 6rebrand.
think. Is It truef"
II guess SO. He's been talking that
way, some"
"But why do you let him talk that
wayf" she cried. Hes your roommate;
surely you have more influence with
him than anybody else has. Couldn't
you"
He shook his head slowly, while upon
his face the family Indicated model
ings Of grin limited Of an inner
laughter at some surreptitious thought.
"WelI, you know. Fred says himself
sometimes don't seem to be much Of
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