Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-20
CHAPTER X.
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Fred Mitchell, and usually his conf.
dences were immediate upon the occa-
sion Of them; but allowed several
weeks to elapse before sketching for
his roommate the outlines of this ad-
venture.
Zone thing that was kind O. funny
about 1t, Fred" he said, II didn't
know what to call her."
Mr.. Mitchell, stretched upon the
window seat In their Study" and look
ting out over the town street below
and the campus beyond the street, had
already thought 1t tactful to ambush
bis 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 serious
voice. "Names?'
mo. You know what I mean.
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 sayiR' something to her, you
know, why, / 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"
~ don't see why you let 1t trouble
you,' said Fred. "From how you've
always talked about her, you had a
perfectly handy way to start Off with
anything you wanted to say to her."
"What within"
''Why didn't you just say, oh, you
Teachers Pet!' That would"
Get out What / mean Is, she
called me Ramsey without any, both
err; It seems funny got stumped every
time 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 idiotw
"What did you call herr" Fred
asked.
"Just nothin' at all. started to call
her something or other 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 q
cold" said Fred, still keeping his back
turned.
IT expect maybe she did-though
don't know; most the time she didn't
seem to notice me much, kind Of"
.She didn'tT'
"No. She was too upset, guess, BY
what she was thinkin' about"
"But IL II hadn't been for that,
Fred suggested, 'you mean she'd have
certainly paid more attention to who
was sitting on the bench with her"
"Get out You know how 1t was
Everybody those few days thought We
were goin' to have war, and she was
Just sure Of 1t, and 1t upset her. Oh
course most people we're lot more
upset by what those Dutchmen did t.
the Lusitapla than by the idea Of war
and she seemed to feel as broken up al
anybod, 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 OF
about 1t. | guess that ole girl Ger
tainly must have a good deal OF feel
ing, because, doggoned, after wee
been sittin' there while II she dldn'
have to get out her handkerchief Sh'
kept her face turned away from me-
Just the same as you're doin' now e
keep from laughin'-but honestly, sh'
cried like somebody at funeral.
felt Ike the darndest fool"
'Tm not laughing said Fred, bu
he did not prove 1t by turning SO tina
his face could be seen. what did sh'
sayT
"Oh, she didn't say such an awfu
lot. She said one kind O. funny thin
though. she said she was sorry sh'
couldn't quite control herself but I
anybody had to see her cry she minded
ii less because 1t was an old school
mate. What struck me so kind O
funny about that is--why, 1t looks a
II size never knew the way ! Away
hated her So"
Eyes" said Fred. at wasn't fiat
teringr'
well, sir, II isn't, kind Of" Ram
sey agreed, musingly. ut certainl.
isn't when you look at 1t that way"
"Svhat did you say when she salt
thaf7" Fred asked.
"Nothin'. ! started to, but / sort o
baked again. Well, we kept on sittlni
there, and afterwhile she began 4
talk again and got kind Of excite'
about how no war could do anythlnI
or anybody any good and all war wa
wicked. no matter what It was about
and nothIn could be good that wa
founded on rear and hate, and ever.
war that ever was fought was alway
founded on fear and hate. She sat-
II the Germans wanted TO fight us w