The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-03-03

human about her. then, after all. And
II he had put his feeling into words az
the moment, he would have said that
he guessed maybe he could stand this
ole girl. for few minutes sometimes
better than he'd always thought he
could.
"Well," he said, "Colburn prob1y
wouldn't want to hurt your feelings
or anything. COlburn--"
"He? He didn't! l haven't the
did"
"Oh! - said Ramsey. "Well, excuse
me; thought probly you were sore
because he'd jollied you about this
pacifist stuff. and then"
Nor she said, sharply. "rm not
he lie " and foo,iinss me about it. He just
wanted to make a pleasant impression
on girl. and said anything he thought
would please her. l don't care whether
he does things like that or not. What
| care about is that the principle
didn't reach him and that he Knocked
1t! l don't care about petty treach.
cry to me, personally. but l."
Fraternal loyalty could not quite
brook this. Brother Colburn is a per-
fectly hOnor'ble man." said Ramsey,
sOlemnly. HE is one OF the most
hOnOrble men In this"
of cOurse!" she cried. "Oh, can't
| make you understand that I'm not
cOndemning him for little fiattery to
showing that l didn't influence him.
He doesn't interest me, please under.
stand"
Ramsey was altogether perplexed
We'll, don't see what makes you go
for him so hard. then"
II don't"
But you said he was treach--"
Il don't condemn him for it," she in.
sisted, despairingly. Don't you see
the difference? I'm not cOndemning
anybody; I'm only lamenting"
what abOut?"
about all of you that want war!"
'My gOlly!" Ramsey exclaimed
You don't think those Dutchmen
were right to drown babies and"
"No | think they were CHASTITY
murlerers | think they were detesta.
BILE and fiendish and monstrOus and"
well, then, my goodness. What do
you want?"
Il don't want war;
You dOn't?''
Il want Christianity she cried. 81
can't think of the Germans without
hating them. and so today, when all
the world is hating them, l keep my.
self from thinking of them as much as
can. Already half the world is full
of war: you want to go to war to
make things right, but II wont; ii will
only make more war;"
well, L"
Don't you see what you've done.
you bOys?" she said Don't you see
what you've done with your absurd
telegram? That started the rest: they
thought they all had to send kilograms
like that"
well, the faculty."
Even they mightn't have thought
of 1t If it hadn't been for the first one
Vengeance is the most terrible
thought; once you put it into peoples
minds that they ought to have it, il
runs away with them"
well. il isn't mostly vengeance
we're after. at all. There's lot more
to 1t than just getting even with"
She did not heed him. You're all
blind! You don't see what you're do.
ing: you don't even see what you've
done to this peaceful place here
You've filed 1t full Of thoughts Of fury
and killing and massacre"
"Why. no." said Ramsey. 1T was
those Dutch did that to us; and. be-
sides. there's more to II Than you
mo, there isn't" she interrupted.
Its just the old brutal spirit that ma
Mons inherit from the time they were
only tribes; it's the tribe spirit. and
an eye for an eye and IL tooth for a
tooth. It's these things and the love
Of fighting-men have always loved
to fight. Civilization hasn't taken II
out Of them: men still have the brute
In them that loves to fight.''