News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-03-01
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CHAPTER With MS grandfather,
small Ramsey MiIhOIlaEu is watching The
Decoration Day FarAae' in the acme
GOWN lne old s5enti.l!AIi, veteran OF
Ane ClVu war, eAueaI 10 IMPRESS the
Soungster with The oishlncauce OF the
ASreat conLlcl, ana many years alterward
@he boy was to remalllUer MS words with
startling vividness.
CHAPTER lin the schoolroom, a
lew years afterward, Ramsey was not
distinguished tor remarkable ability,
&housh ms two pronounced d4slikes were
arithmetic and "Recltauons." In sharp
contrast to Ramseys uacNwardheSs is
Ihe precocity Of little Dora Iocum. d
young lady whom IN MS bitterness he des
dominates Teachers Pet"
CHAPTER Iu.-In high school where
ae and Dora are classmates, Ramsey
continues to feel that the girl Delights 10
manifest her superiority, and the vndic-
N4Veness he generates becomes alarming,
eliminating in the resolution that some
adav he would "show" her.
CHAPTER lv.-At a class picnic Ram
sey to his intense surprise, appears 10
attract the favorable attention of Miss
AiIlla Rust, young lady of about his
own age and the acknowledged belle of
the class. Milla has the misfortune to
1all into creek Wnlle 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 1alr one. to, his great
consternation
CHAPTER V.-The acquaintance ripens,
Ramsey and Mlla openly Keeping COM
pany,' while the formers parents Won
der. Lis mother indeed goes SO far as
TO express some disaprraval of his choice
even limiting til, $50 Yocum would be
more suitable companion, suggestion
which the youth receives q. ao:rOr
CHAPTER vI-At this p, "o1 our here
gets the thrill of III ' =, Ass" Militia
being very V. 3.-, 80 ...or ia the at
Her fitppancy o'ei the matter discon-
eSerts Ramsey immensely, but shortly aft
:. .erward the girl departs for a 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 Clsws, in
forms Ramsey that his namorata 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, Ransey's chief
feeling being one OF relief that he has got
away from the detest@d Dora. TO his hor-
ror he finds she is also a student at the
university. Induced to join a debating
society, Ramsey is chosenS as Doras OPP |
Far of Garnao,,,s rigbt n ipvo 40 paI- !
GUM, Dora being assigned the negative |
side Of the arsument Partly on account |
UraI nervousness. he makes a miserable |
showing and Dora carries, off the honors. /
70 the showine made bv RAMSEY and be- !
comes personal in his remarks. Tho mat
enuy WIN DIVA, Jys III ''e u
punch on the snoot" /
les S'ld me muSih& C".".irA' |
sH"S lhi2htN pr'IN @irL
" nat /
ms exclamation was u Sim"'ia''-
Gus one me a''"nhd'f pair So; 'd ~ |
Al'H III b'"'iN i1'r'd'"I'.
ny, doh you 'h'"E S"F '."'n'ri'
Hhl'3lN inquired. Nhe seems T" me-
Very ulluSna' 'o'Rfh@'
wen yes Fh" aSS'htF" :" l''lIt-
'cally, WEI re WIlh you '"'F'
EXtraordinary eyes, coz. 'HH"' 'o' q
Ourn. Lovely hgIfe' too; "'i"%. .I'r
astrikingly pretty girl Handsome /
should say, perhaps. Yes. har.Som''
ra'her thah pretty. no ''"|o" "E
IRON Drlel revere %" ''"'"1
%ho"h her lohs
l"u pe' san! i'a'HSF'
one iiuut sine""'' ''"PFeSH'"h on
,ie Lui''eh' 'o'oulh VEN on
"o" retneiiiper ''lat i-' fr SIT" il'St
apl'ed'ahCe .nere 'ia' 'p''te el"aitu H.
nne Il proOah'y nave u olliI'"hl 'artep
~ me society ana III me university
COO one must pe very me Sltt oI.
person ne ueiloe' tea "'lh'O MN
sen rev inoh.I Io'lseE theh'
stahHIhg Inat MS "ASts ana brethren
III" ""t resPoiiu WIN A''S ''',h'tiliesS'-
or WIN any 'iiii'R al an =" me meme
ne '''''i'Eeo It, an" "SHe' mem Wll''
iiry 'Housht ap'"' me W.T. III Europe
they talked oil Tie war 'rowsily for q
white II was an interest x but not an
exciting topic: ne thlnC -heY spoke OF |
was SO far away After a Few moments
OF fervor, the conversation languished
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