Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-08-18


person TO stick 70 their principles,
why, the mtire believe the person
must have something pretty ane about
EN- likely"
Yes" said the hot-headed Fred.
That may be In ordinary times. but
not when a persons principles are Ia,
bic TO betray their eountryl We won't
stand that kind of principles. I tell
you, and we oughtn't to. llora Yocum's
finding that out. all right. she had the
biggest position OF any girl In this
place, or any boy either. up to the last
few weeks. and there wasn't any stu
dent or hardly even a member of the
faculty that had the i1fluence or was
more admired and looked up to. She
had the whole show But now. since
shes Just the same as called any stu
dent a murderer If. he enlists TO fight
for bis country and aag-well, now
she hasn't got anything at all, and il
she keeps on she'll have even less
he paused in his walking to and fro
and came TO halt behind his friends
chair, looking down eompasslonateiSS
upon the back OF Ramsey's motlonless
head. His tone changed, II guess 1t
isn't Just the ticket--me to be talking
this way to you. is lit" he said, with
trace of huskiness.
"0h-it's all right" Ramsey muir
INJURED, not altering his position.
I can't help blowing up" Fred went
on. Il want to say. though, knoyf
I'm not Very considerable to blow up
about her TO You this way. Tys been
playing horse with you about her ever
since freshman year, but-weIl. You
must have understood. Ram, never
meant anything that would really both
er you much, and | thought-well, j
really thought 1t was a good thing.
your-well, mean about her,
you know. I'm on, all right. / know
it's pretty serious with you" He
paused.
'Its--it's kind Of tough luck - his
friend contrived to say; and he began
to pace the floor again.
"Oh-well--n he said
"See here, ole stick-in-the-mu
Fred broke out abruptly. After her
saying what she did Well. It's none
o. my business, but--but-"
swell. what?' Ramsey murmured
II don't care what you say, IL you
want to say anything"
"Well. got to say &C." Fred half
groaned and half blurted. AFTER she
cofd fbo+ onI chs ,,,no,.& a. ...Y-.. a.
I We're in your place I'd be darned II
I'd be seen out walking with her
again."
"I'm not going to be-" Ramsey said.
quietly.
"By George!" And now Fred halted
In front of him. both being huskily
solemn. Il think understand lIttIe
Of what that means to you. old Rams
sey; / think / do. / think / know
something Of what It costs you to
make that resolution for your coun-
try's sake" Impulsively ne extended
his hand. "It's a pretty big thing for
you to do. VIII you shake hands?r
But Ramsey shook his head. Il
didn't do IT / wouldn't ever have done
anything Just on account Of her talk
in that way. She shut the door on
met was a good while ago"
'She did What for?''
swell, I'm not much Of falker, you
know, Fred" said Ramsey, staring at
the pen he played with. ''I'm not much
Of anything, for that matter, prob'ly
but I-well--T--"
"You whatg'
"Well, had to tell her ! didn't feel
about things the way she did She'd
thought had all along, guess. Any
way, 1t made her hate me or some
thing, / guess: and she called It all
off expect there wasn't much to call
off, so far IS she was concerned, any
how" He laughed feebly. "She told
me / better go and enlist"
pheasant Of herr Fred muttered.
Especially as we know what she
thinks enlisting means" He raised his
voice cheerfulIy. well. that's settled;
and, thank God, old Mr.. Bernstorfrs on
his way to his sweet little yine-clad
cottage homei They're getting guns
ON the ships. and the big shows liable
to commence any day. We can hold
up orr heads now, and we're going to
see some great times, old Ramsey boy !
It's hard on the home folks-Gosh /
don't like to think of that And
guess It's going to be hard on lot Of
boys that haven't understood what It's
all about, and hard on some that their
family affairs, and business. and so on.
have got 'em tied up so It's hard to 70
and Of course there's plenty that just
can't, and some that aren't husky
enough-but the rest of us are going
to have the big time In our lives. We
got an awful lot to learn; 1t scares me
to think Of what / don't know about
being any sort OF rear-rank pri-
vate. Why. It's regular procession,
like practicing law, or selling for q
drug house on the road.
"Gollyi Do you remember hcw we
talked about that, way back liz fresh
man year, what we were going to do
when we got out Of college7 You were
vnfr0 IN ha yaru af4efnv low for In