The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-08-09

NO" said Ramsey. 81 never wa.
much Of -" He paused. fearing
that he might be repeating himself,
and too hastily amended his intention.
Il never liked any girl enough to 60
and call on her"
Ramsey Milholland!" she cried.
Why, when we were In school half
the room used to be talking about how
you and that pretty Milla-"
mo. MOI" Ramsey protested, again
too hurriedly. II never called on her.
We just went walking"
A moment later his color suddenly
became fiery. II don't meant mean
-" he stammered. ut was walking,
Of course mean we did go out walk
Ing, but 1t wasn't walking like-'ike
this" He concluded with q fit Of
coughing which seemed to rack him.
Dora threw back her head and
laughed delightedly. Don't you apollo
gize! !" she said. II didn't when said
it seemed to me that we've gone walk
ing so often. when In reality It's only
four or FIVE times altogether. think
can explain, though: think 1t came
partly from feeling l have that I can
rely on you-that you're good, solid.
reliable sort of person. l remember
from the time We were little children.
you always had sort Of worried. hon.
est look In school. and you used to
make a dent In your fOrehead-you
meant Il for frown-whenever
caught your eye. You hated me 50 hon
estiy. and you were SO honestly afraid
I wouldn't see it!
"Oh. no-no-"
"Oh. yes-yes! !" she laughed, then
grew serious. my feeling about you
that you were person to be relied
on, meant think 1t began that eve
ming In our freshman year. after the
Lusitania. when l stopped you on the
campus and you went with me. and !
couldn't help crpins. and you were so
nice and quiet. / hardly realized then
that 1t was the first time we'd ever
really talked together-of course ! did
all the talking land vet we'd known
each other so many years. thought
of 1t afterward. But what gave Inc
such a different view of you, I'd al
ways thought you were one Of that
truculent sort of boys, always just
bursting for a fight; but you showed
me you'd really never had fight in
your life and hated fighting, and that
you sympathized with my feeling about
war" She stopped speaking to draw
| In her breath with sharp sigh. "Ah,
| don't you remember what I've told you
all along? How II keeps coming
| closer and closer-and now it's almost
here. Isn't 1t unthinkable? And what
can we do to stop 1t, we poor few who
feel that we must stop it,
"Well-" Ramsey began uncomfort-
| ably. "Of course IL"
you can't do much" she said. 81
know. None Of us can. Wha, can any
| little group do? There are so few of
| Us among the undergraduates-and
only one in the whole faculty. all the
rest are for war. But we mustn't give
! up; we must never feel nfterward thai,
we left anything unlone; we must
| fight to tie last BREATH"
"'Fight'?" he repeated wonderingly,
then chuckled.
oh as a figure of speech" she said
tmpatiently. "Our language is full of
barbaric figures left over from the
| dark ages. But, oh. Ramsey "'-sle
| touched his sleave-"I've heard that
Fred Mitchell is saying that he's going
to Canada after Easter, to try to get
| into the Canadian aviation corps. If
it's true, he's dangerous tirebrund.
think. Is It true?"
II guess so. He's been talking that
| way. some"
But Why do you let him talk that
way?"' she cried. Hes your roommate;
| surely you have more influence with
| him than anybody else has. Couldn't
| you-"
| He shook his head slowly. while upon
his face the family Indicated model.
| lngs of grin limited Of an Inner
laughter at some surreptitious thought.
| We'll. you know. Fred says himself
sometimes. don't seem to be much Of
| u taIker exactly!"
Il know But don't you see? That
sort of thing is contagious. Others will
think they ought to go II he does he's
popular antisquite leader. Can't you
do anything with him7"
She waited for him to answer
Cant your" she Insisted.
The grin had disappeared and Ram