Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
CHAPTER K.
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oences were immediate upon the occa-
sion of them; but allowed several
weeks to elapse before sketching for
his roommate the outlines of this adj
venture.
"One thing that was kind o. funny
about it, Fred" he said, ST didn't
know what to call her."
Mr.. Mitchell, stretched upon the
window seat in their Study" and look
ing out over the town street below
and the campus beyond the street, had
already thought it tactful to ambush
his profound amusement by turning
upon his side, SO that his face was
toward the window and away from his
companion. what did you want to
call herr? he inquired in a serious
voice. "NamesY
No. You know what I mean. I
mean had to keep calling her YOU;
and that gets kind of freaky when
you're talkin' to anybody good while
like that. When she'd be lookin' away
from me. for instance, or down at the
river, or somewhere, and I'd want to
start sayin' something to her, you
know, why, I wouldn't know how to
get started exactly, without calm her
something. A person doesn't want to
be always startin' off with See here
or things like that"
Il don't see why you let it trouble
you," said Fred. "From how you've
always talked about her, you had
perfectly handy way to start off with
anything you wanted to say to her."
What withT'
"Why didn't you just say, oh, you
Teachers Petp That would"
"Get out! What I mean is, she
called me Ramsey without any both
err; it seems funny got stumped every
time l started to say Dora Some way
/ couldn't land it, and it certainly
would "a sounded crazy to call her
Miss Yocum' after sittin' in the same
room with her every day from the
baby class clear on up through the end
of high school. That would "a made
me out an idiot!"
"What did you call herr" Fred
asked.
"Just nothin' at all. 1 started to call
her something or other a hundred
times, / guess, and then I'd balk. I'd
get all ready, and kind of make a sort
of sound, and then I'd have to quit"
"She may have thought you had a
cold" said Fred, still keeping his back
turned.
1T expect maybe she did--though l
don't know; most the time she didn't
seem to notice me much, kind Of"
''She didn't?'
"No. She was too upset, 1 guess, by
what she was thinkin' about"
"But If it hadn't been for that"
Fred suggested you mean she'd have
certainly paid more attention to who
was sitting on the bench with herr"
sect outi You know how it was.
Everybody those few days thought we
were goin' to have war, and she was
1ust sure of it, and 1t upset her. Of
course most people were a lot more
upset by what those Dutchmen did to
the Lusitania than by the idea of war !;
and she seemed to feel as broken up as
ANYBODY could be about the Lusitania,
but what got her the worst was the
notion Of her country wantin' to fight,
she said. She really was upset, too,
Fred: there wasn't no putin on
about it. I guess that ole girl GER
tainlv must have a good deal of feel
Ang. because, doggoned, after we'd
heen sittin there while If she didn't
have TO get out her handkerchief! She
kent her face turned away from me
lust the same as you're doin' now to
keep from laughin'-but honestly, she
cried like somebody at funeral. L
felt like the darndest fool!"
.Pm not laughing" said Fred, but
he did not prove it by turning so that
his face could be seen. what did she
say?"
"Oh. she didn't say such an awful
sot She said one kind o. funny thing
though: she said she was sorry she
couldn't quite control herself, but III
anvbody had to see her cry she minded
~ less because it was an old school,
mate What struck me so kind O
eunnv about that is-why, 1t looks as
,s che never knew the way I always
hated her So"
ayes" said Fred 'Tt wasn't fat
teringl"
.Well. sir, 1t isn't, kind off, RAM
sey agreed, musingly. 1T certainly
ssn,t when you look at it that way"
"What did you say when she SAID
that?" Fred asked.
"Nothin'. I started to, but | sort OF
ha,ked again. Well, we kept on sitting
there. and afterwhiie she began 10
ts,r again and got kind Of excited
about how no war could do anything
sr anybody any good, and all war was
wicked no matter what IT was about.
I'D nothtu. could be good that was
rounded on fear and hate. and every
-.r that ever was fought was always
sounded on fear snd hate. Sne said
r the Germans wanted to nsnt 10 "s