News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-03-08
CHAPTER X.

ramsey kept very few things from
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 adj
venture.
lone 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
ing ont over the town street below
ant. 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 serious
voice. "Names?"
mo. You know what l mean.
mean l 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, / wouldn't know how to
get started exactly, without calm her
something. a person doesn't want tOI
a be always startin' off with See here
or things like that"
II don't see why you let 1t trouble
you" said Fred. From how you've
always talked about her, you had q
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 petr That would"
Get out What / mean Is. she
called me Ramsey without any both. |
er; ii seems funny got stumped every
time started to say Dora Some way
couldn't land IL, and II certainly
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 ! started to call
her something or other hundred
times, guess, and then I'd balk. Id
get all ready, and kind Of make sort
,,P a .nH hopn 70 -
"She may have thought you had a
cold" said Fred still keeping his back
turned.
81 expect maybe she did-though |
don't know; most the time she didn't
seem to notice me much, kind Of"
"She didnt?"
No. She was too upset, / 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"
Get out! You know how it was
Everybody those few days thought we
were goin' to have war. and she was
just sure of ii, and it upset her. OF
course most people were lot more
upset by what those Dulclmen 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, ! guess that ole girl GER
IaiHly must have good deal of feel
ing because, doggoncd. after we'd
been sittin' there while il she didn't
have 70 get out her handkerchief She
Kept her face turned away from me
just tie same as you're. dom now to
,eep from laughin-but honestly, she
'ried like somebody at a funeral. /
cit Ike the darndest fool ="
I'm not laughing" said Fred. but
ne did not prove IL by turning so that
iis face could be seen. What did she
ayg"
"Oh. she didn't say such an awful
pi. sc said one kind o. funny thing
haI-H size said she was sorry she
OulGnI quite control herself. but if
"a boGy had to sec her cry she minded
less because 1t was an old school.