The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-03-08

The girl came closer to him and. the
better TO show him, leaned out over
the edge Of the bank and, for safety In
maintaining her balance, rested her
left hand upon his shoulder while she
pointed with her right. Thereupon
something happened to Ramsey. This
touch upon his shoulder was almost
nothing, and he had never taken the
slightest interest in Milla Rust Ito
whom that small warm hand belonged),
though she was the class beauty, and
long established In the office. Now, all
at once, a peculiar and heretofore en-
tirely unfamiliar sensation suddenly
became important In the upper part Of
his chest. For moment he held his
breath, an involuntary action-he
seemed to be standing in a shower Of
flowers.
'Don't you see 1t, Ramsey" MiIla
whispered. TITS great big one.
Why, It must be as long as-as your
shoe! Lookw
Ramsey saw nothing but the thick
round curl on Milla's shoulder. That
curl was shot with dazzling fibers Of
sunshine. He seemed to be trembling.
II don't see It," he murmured husk-
lily, afraid that she might remove her
hand. II can't see any fish, Milla."
She leaned farther out over the
bank. "why. there, ;oosie!" she whis-
pered. "Right there"
II can't see It,"
She leaned still further, bending
down to point. "Why, right TIL"
At this moment she removed her
hand from his shoulder, though unwill-
ingly. She clutched at him, in fact,
but without avail. She had been too
amiable. -
A loud shrek was uttered by threats
ADLER to vocalize, just then, than Milla's,
form her great surprise she said moth
ing whatever-the shrek came from
the other girls as Mlla left the crest Of
the overhanging bank and almost hor-
izontally disappeared into the brown
water. There was tumultuous splash,
and then of Milla Rust and her we'll
known beautifulness there was moth
ing visible in the superficial world, nor
upon the surface of that creek. The
vanishment was total.
"Save herr'
Several girls afterward admitted
having used this expression, and little
Miss Floy Williams. the youngest and
smallest member of the class. was
unable to deny that she had said, "Oh,
Godr' Nothing could have been more
natural, and the matter need not have
been brought before her with such In
sistence and frequency, during the two
remaining years Of her undergraduate
career.
Ramsey was one of those who heard
this exclamation, later so famous, and
perhaps 1t was what reused him tC
heroism. He dived from the bank
headlong, and the strange thought in
his mind was 81 guess this'll show
Dora Yocum!" He should have been
thinking of Milla, of course ut such
time. particularly after the little
enchantment just laid upon him by
hAid lOuIu anu hiiid CuIiS, anu
he knew well enough that Miss Yocum
was NOT among the spectators. She
was half mile away, as 1t happened
gathering botanical specimens" with
one of the teachers-which was her
idea Of what to do at plcnicl
Ramsey struck the water hard. and
in the same instant struck something
else harder. Wesley Bender's bundle
of books had given him no such shock
as he received now, and If the creek
bottom had not been Of mud, just
there, the top of his young head might
have declined the strain. Half stunned
choking, spluttering, he somehow floun.
dered to his feet; and when he, could
get his eyes a little cleared of water
he found himself waverlng face to face