The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-02-23

Wild and sudGpu. NIa rose from I'M
mprSion hlu~hug aud Uret'iyr than
. ever. and she was prcttiost Of all
when she stretched out her hand help
lcs-Iy to Ramsey and hc led her up
out of the waters They had plenty Of
assistance tU scramble To the top Of
the bank, and there Milla was sur.
rounded and borne away with great
clacketing and tumult. Ramsey sat
upon the grass ia the sun. rubbed his
head. and experimental with his neck
10 see IL II would work" The sun
shine was strong aud hot: in half an
hour he and his clothes were dry-or
M least "dry enOL gh." as he said. and
except for some soreness Of head and
neck. and the general crumpledness Of
his apparel, he seemed To be in all
ways much as usual. when shouts and
whstings summoned all the party to
luncheon at the rendezvous. The
change that made him different was
invisible.
Yet something must have been seen,
for everyone appeared to take II for
granted that he was to sit next to
MIlla at the pastoral meal. She her
self understood IL, evidently. for she
drew in her puckered skirts and with
out any words made a place for him
beside her as he drlftingly approached
her, affecting to whistle and keeping
his eyes on the foliage overhead. He
still looked upward, even In the act Of
sitting down.
Squirrel or something" he said
feebly, as II In explanation.
"WhereT Milla asked.
"Up there on a branch" He &C
cepted a plate from her (she had pro
vided herself with an extra one), but
he did not look at II or at her. He
continued to keep his eyes aloft, be-
cause he imagined that all Of the class
we're looking at him and Milla, and
he felt unable to meet such publicity.
II was to him as II the whole United
States had been scandalized to atten-
ton by this act of his In going to sit
beside Milla he gazed upward so long
that his eye-balls became sensitive un
der the strain. He began to blink. 81
can't make out whether it's q squirrel
or just some leaves that kind O. got
fixed like one" ne said. II can't make
out yet which II is, but guess wher
there's q breeze. II it's a squirrel hel
prob1y hop around some then, II he'i
alive or anything"
II had begun to seem that his eyes
| In hat I'd
stare forever; he wanted to bring then
down. hut could not face the glare OF
the world. But finally the brightness
Of the sky between the leaves settled
matters for him; he sneezed, wept, ant
for a little moment again faced hi
fellowmen. No one was looking a
him; everybody except Milla had othel
things to do.
Having sneezed involuntarily b.
added q spell OF coughing for which
there was no necessity. 81 guess
must been wrong" he muttered thicsly
"What about, Ramseyr'
about It's bein' squirrel" With
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