The St. Johns herald., 1922-10-19

few weeks, and there wasn't any stu dent or hardly even a member of the faculty that had the influence or was more admired and looked up to. She had the whole showl But now, since she's just the same as called any stu dent a murderer if he enlists to fight for his country and fag-well, now she hasn't got anything at all, and if she keeps on she'll have even less I"
 He paused in his walking to and fro and came to halt behind his friends chair, looking down compassionately upon the back of Ramsey's motionless head. His tone changed. 'T guess it isn't just the ticket-me to be talking this way to you, is it?" he said, with trace of huskiness.
 "Oh-it's all right" Ramsey mur- mured, not altering his position.
 T can't help blowing up," Fred went on. q want to say, though, I know I'm not very considerate to blow up about her to you this way I've been playing horse with you about her ever since freshman year, but-welI, you must have understood, Ram, never meant anything that would really both CT you much, and I thOught-well, really thought it was a good thing, you-your-well, I mean about her, you know. Pm on, all right. I know it's pretty serious with you" He paused.
 'Its-it's kind of tough luckI'' his friend eontrived to say; and he began to pace the floor again.
 "Oh-well-" he said.
 "See here, ole stick-in-the-mud." Fred broke out abruptly. "After her saying what she did We'll, it's none O my business, but-but-"
 "Well, what" Ramsey murmured. 'I don't care what you say. if you want to say anything"
 "Well. I got to say It," Fred half groaned and half blurted. "After she said that-and she meant it-why, if were in your place I'd be darned if I'd be seen out walking with her again."
 "Pm not going to be-" Ramsey said, quietly.
 "By George!" And now Fred halted in front of him, both being huskily solemn. 'T think I understand little of what that means to you, old Ram sey; I think I do I think I know something of what it costs you to make that resolution for your cOun- try's sake" Impulsively he extended his hand. "'It's a pretty big thing for you to do. Will you shake hands%
 But Ramsey shook his head. "I didn't do it. I wouldn't ever have done anything just on account of her talk in that way. She shut the door on melt was a good while ago."
 "She did What for?"
 "Well, Pm not much of talker, you know, Fred" said Ramsey, staring at the pen he played with. "Pm not much of anything, for that matter, prob'ly. 1 but I-well-I-"
 "You what?"
 "Well, I had to tell her I didn't feel | about things the way she did. She'd | thought I had, all along, guess. Any | way, it made her hate me or some | thing, guess; and she called it all | of. Iexpect there wasn't much to call | off, so far as she was concerned. any how" He laughed feebly. ''She told | me better go and enlist"
 Pleasant of her" Fred muttered. Especially as we know what she thinks enlisting means" He raised his voice cheerfully. "Well, that's settled; and, thank God, old Mir. Bernstorff's on his way to his sweet little vine-clad cottage homeI They're getting guns on the ships, and the big shows liable to commence any day. We can hold up our heads now, and we're going to see some great times, old Ramsey boy It's hard on the home folks-GOshl I 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 famil..- affairs, and business, and so on, have got lem 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; it scareS me to think of what I don't know about being any sort of rear-rank pri- vate. Why, it's a regular profession, like practicing law, or selling for drug house on the road.
 "GOllyl Do you remember how we talked about that, way back in fresh man year, what we were going to do when we got out of college? You were going to be practicing law, for in- stance, and well, fir instance, re- member Colburn; he was going to be a doctor, and he did go to some medi- cal school for one year. Now he's in the Red Cross, somewhere in Persia.