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CHAPTER vIII.-continued.
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"Well, I'm glad you gave that Linski
a fine little punch, Brother Milhol-
land" he said at the door. st won't
do you any harm in the frat or with
the Lumen, either And don't be dis
couraged about your debating. You'll
learn. Anybody might have got rat
tied by having to argue against as
clever and good-looking girl as that"
The roommates gave each other a
look Of serious puzzlement as the door
closed. "Well, Brother Colburn is
mighty nice fellow" Fred said. Hes
kind Of funny, though" n
Ramsey assented, and then, as the
two prepared for bed, they entered in
to further discussion of their senior
friend They liked him 'al1 right"
they said, but he certainly must be
kind, of queer, and they couldn't just
see how he had lever managed to get
where he was" in the 'frat" and the
Lumen and the university.
Ramsey passed the slightly disfig-
ured Linski on the campus next day
without betraying any embarrassment
or making sign of recognition. Fred
Mitchell told his roommate, chuckling,
that Linski had sworn to ''get" him,
and, not knowing Fred's affiliations,
had made him the confidant of his,
oath. Fred had given his blessing, he
said, upon the enterprise, and advised
Linski to use brick. Hell hit you
on the head with It." said the light
hearted Fred, falling back upon this
old joke. "Then you can catch it as
1t bounces off and throw it back at
him."
However, Linski proved to be mere
ly an episode, not only SO far as Ram
sey was concerned but in the Lunch
and in the university as well. His sus-
pension from the Lumen was for a
year, and so cruel punishment it
proved for this born debater that he
noisily declared he would found a de-
batting society himself, and had
poster printed and distributed an
nouncing the first meeting of "The
Free Speech and Masses Rights Coun-
Gill;" Several town loafers attended
the meeting, but the only person con-
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, Chinese
youth of almost intrusive amiability.
Linski made fiery address, the towns
men loudly applauding his advocacy
of an embargo on munitions and the
distribution of everybody's property"
but the Chinaman, accustomed to see
students so madly in earnest only
when they were burlesquing, took the
whole affair to be intended humor, and
Uttered politely without cessation
except at such times as he thought 1t
proper to appear quite wrung with
laughter. Then he would rock him.
self, clasp his mouth with both hands
and splutter through his fingers.
Linski accused him of being in the pay
of capital"
Next day the orator was unable to
show himself upon the campus with
out causing demonstrations; whenever
he was seen file Of quickly gathering
students marched behind him chanting
repeatedly and deafeningly in chorus:
"Down with Wall Street! Hoch der
Kaiser! Who loves Linski? Who,
who who? Hoo Lun! Who loves
Linski? Who, who, who? Hoo Lun !"
Linski was disguised, resigned from
the university. and disappeared.
"Well, here 1t isn't midyear Exams
Yet, and the good ole class of Nineteen
Eighteen's already lost a member"
said Fred Mitchell. 81 guess we can
bear the break-up!"
81 guess So" Ramsey assented.
"That Linski might just as we'll stayed
here, though"
"Why?"
HE couldn't do any harm here. He'll
prob'ly get more people to listen to
him in cities where there's so many
new immigrants and all such that