News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-04-05
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CHAPTER with his grandfat Their
small Ramsey Milholland is watching tn,
Decoration Day Parade" in the hom,
town. The old gentleman, veteran o.
the Ctvl war, endeavors to impress thu
Toungster with the significance of the
great conflict, and many years afterwarc
the boy was to remember his words with
startling vividness.
CHAPTER lin the schoolroom. q
few years afterward, Ramsey was moi
distinguished for remarkable ability
though his two pronounced dislikes were
arithmetic and "Recitations.' In sharI
contrast to Ramsey's backwardness is
the precocity of little Dora Yocum, a
young lady whom in his bitterness he de-
nominates Teachers Pet"
CHAPTER HIN high school, where
no and Dora are classmates, Ramsey
manifest her superiority. and the vindc-
oveness he generates becomes alarming,
eliminating In the resolution that some
Cav he would SHOW" her.
CHAPTER IV.-At class picnic Ram
sey, to his intense surprise. appears to
attract the favorable attention of Miss
Nilla Rust. a young lady of about his
the class. Milla has the misfortune to
fall into creek while talking with Ram
eey. and that youth promptly plunges to
the rescue. The water Is only some three
feet deep. but Milla's gratitude for his
heroic act is embarrassing He is in fact
taken captive by the fair one. to his great
CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER v.-The acquaintance ripens.
Ramsey and Milla openly keeping com
pany," while the formers parents Won
der. His mother indeed goes so far as
to express some disapproval Of his choice,
even limiting that Dora Yocum would be
. more suitable companion. suggestion
which the youth receives with horror.
CHAPTER vI-At this period our hero
gets the thrill of his first KISS" Milla
being very willing partner In the act.
Her flippancy over the matter discon-
Serts Ramsey immensely, but shortly aft
onward the girl departs for a visit to
Chicago. She leaves an endearing missive
for Ramsey. which adds to his feeling of
melancholy.
CHAPTER V1I.-Shortly after Milla's
departure, her friend. Sadie Clews. in
forms Ramsey that his inamorata has
been married to her cousin and Is not
coming back, SO that little romance Is
ended. Within q few months Ramsey
and his closest friend. Fred Mitchell.
60 to the state university, Ramsey's chief
feeling being one of relief that he has got
away from the detested Dora. To his hor-
ror he finds she Is also a student at the
university. Induced to join a debating
society, Ramsey is chosen as Dora's OPP
ponent in debate dealing with the mat
ter of Germany's right to invade Bel
GUM, Dora being assigned the negative
side of the argument. Partly on account
Of his feelings toward Dora, and his nat
ural nervousness, he makes a miserable
showing and Dora carries off the honors.
braSh youngster named Linski objects
to the showing made by Ramsey and be-
comes personal In his remarks The mat
ter ends with Ramsey, In the university
vernacular, giving Linsh peach of a
punch on the snoot
CHAPTER vIII.-Dora appears to have
made a decided hit with her fellow stu
dents, to Ramsey's supreme wonderment,
A rumor of his affair" with the tickle
Milla spreads and he gets the reputation
of a man of experience and woman
hater."
CHAPTER IX.-The story comes to the
spring OF 1915 and the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. The university Is stirred TO its
depths. Faculty and frat" societies alike
wire the government offering their serv-
ices in the war which they believe to be
inevitable. Dora, holding the belief that
all war is wrong, sees with horror the
spirit of the students, which is an intense
desire to call Germany to account. She
seeks Ramsey and endeavors' to Impre is
him with her pacifist views.
CHAPTER X.-Miss Yocums appeal
somewhat disconcerts Ramsey, especially
as the girl seems to place some real value
on his opinions, and his feelings toward
her are somewhat vague.
CHAPTER XI-,After the vacation Pc
riod, Dora makes an impressive speech
before the debating society, denouncing
every form OF militarism as wrong. She
is decidedly in the minority, but makes a
brave fight to stem the tide of feeling
which she perceives is sweeping the coun-
try toward war.
CHAPTER XII.-Not altogether to Fred
Mitchell's surprise, Ramsey and Dora
continue to meet, though Ramsey insists
their talk is academic and nothing else.
The feeling that the United States must
take part in the war grows in the uni
versity.
CHAPTER XT11.--Mitchell, a leader
among the students, becomes bitter in
his condemnation of the attitude of con-
Rress toward participat ton in the conflict
in Europe, announcing his intention of
seeking service under some other flag
rather than continue to do nothing. Dora
accuses him to Ramsey of being fire
brand" and the latter is forced to admit
he thinks his friend is right. The in
iignant girl declares their acquaintance
ship ended
CHAPTER NiV.-A speech by Miss Yo-
cum IN classroom. which is so bitterly
resented by the students that they leave
the room In a body, results in her being
practically ostracized by the rest of the
university. Shortly afterward the United
States declares war on Germany, and to
Dora's unspeakaible horror Ramsey Mil
holland is the first student of the univer-
sity to enlist.
CHAPTER XV.-To Fred Mitchell, Dora
accuses herself of having driven Ramsey
into the war, and the latter is unable TO
stem the tide OF her self-reproach, though.
aware of Ramsey's real feeling, he knows
she really had nothing to do with it.
CHAPTER XVI-The wave Of patriot
ism which sweeps the country over par
ticipation in the war causes Dora to won
der whether her sentiments are altogether
right, and she finally realizes all that a
victory for Germany would mean to the
world and to Freedom. Remorseful, she
writes to Ramsey in France, announcing
her change OF heart, and congratulating
him on his action. He answers assuring
her that her attitude had nothing to do
with his enlisting. and other sentiments
he expresses convince the girl that she
has always moderated him. And in RAM
sey's memory there IS the recollection Of
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