The Bienville Democrat., 1922-06-01

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4All right then" Fred settled tt, him.
!. n nnon the window seat with a pipe
nd ID 'l proceeded, There's something s's Ing
.no,t ~ her, when she stands there she
'lssas vv', 90 straight and knows just what
.sss ,aI up to, and everything, why'
.s.,o,s p.s something about her makes the
.s,d .la chills 60 down your splne-l
san WV nv spine, not yours particular
y, 49, You sit DOWN. mean anybodys
'pine, dosgone it," And I, as hamsSy a4 siy
ss,sased p. the manifestations OF MS
uspleions, lifting tennis mis-, racket ,,1",r over
i ~ prostrate figure, "Oh, murder,
Fred r. said ressned'y' "A'l risht' s wen we1a
change the subject. That fat niue
,Terder cutie made out a pretty sooo
..so for Germany, didn't she!
=, RAMSEY disposed himself in an easy
chair with his feet upon the tao'e'
md presently chuckIed. You remem' ne
ber the time I had the fuss with Yves,
~ Bender, back in the ole school
days.
"Yep."
4All the fubdub this Werder slrl got
o,f tonight puts me in mind of the
ray | talked that day. | can remem'
Ner il AS well as anything! Wesley
kept yelpin'. that whoever mentioned
I 1ady's name in public place was a
pup. and Of course didn't want 10
N him for that; a boys got a reglar
,adinct for tryin' to make out mes
n tl,e right side in a scrap, ana neil
always try to do something, or say
something, or he'll get the other BOY
i say something, to make 1t LOOK as
\ the other boy was in the wrong and
eaan the trouble. So | told poor ole
Wes that my father spoke my moth
eYs name in a public place whenever
n wanted to, and l dared him to say
ny father was a pup. And all so on.
4 bW startin' up scrap, why, half
the time he'll drag in his father and
mother IL there's any chance to do 1t.
Hell fix up some way 50 he can say
We'll, that's just the same as If you
t,lled my father and mother a fool
y something ike that. Then, after.
Sard he can claim he was scrappln'
aecanse he had to defend his father
and mother, and of course he'll more
,hsn half believe it himself.
4Well, you take government--lts
onlv lust some men, the way | see 1t
and II they're goin' to start some blt
trouble like this war, why, of course
ahey1l play just about that same OH
boy trick, because it's instinct to do 1t
INST the same for a man as it Is for
My-or else the principles just tn
same. or something. Well, anyhow,
NON want to know who started a scral
and worked it up, you got to forget al
the talk there Is about 1t, and all VIVA
/. each side says, and just look at tw
things: Who was fixed for 1t first Q
thought they were, and who nit flrst
When you get the answer to those NV
Z questions everything's settled abou
this being attacked business. AS nea
as ! can make out, this war bega
with Germany and Austria's startll
to wipe out two little countries; Au
tia began shootin' up Serbia an
Germany began shootin' up Belgium
y I don't need to notice any more ina
that, mysef-all the girls In the con'
u Atry can debate their heads Off, the
can't change what happened and the
| Rant excuse It, either"
He was silent, appearing to feel tn
he had concluded conclusively, and Il
young gentleman on the window sea
B after staring at him for several m
nents Of genuine thoughtfulness, WI
gracious enough to observe, "Well, 0
| Ram, you may be a little slow In elias
but when you think things out wi
yourself you do show signs OF SON
n | thing pretty near like real horse-sen
sometimes. Why don't you ever s.
anything like that toto some
your pacifst friends?"
| What do you mean? Who y
M talkin' about? Whose 'paclf
|sI fhends'?"
E 4See, herev Fred exclaimed,
u 4amsey seemed about to rise. y
M Keep sitting just where you are, a
"A don't look at me out Of the side
your eye like that-pretendin' you're
bad horse. I'm really serious now' a
S you listen to me. / don't think argu
u Ing and debating like tfNt little FRI
leln Werder's does much harm. sh
. right nifty young rolypoly, BY
way, though you didn't notice.
course"
sWhy didn't I" Ramsey demand
sharply. "Why didn't l notice"
4Oh, nothing. But, as | was sayl
I don't think that sort OF talk q
much harm: everybody knows 1t g
% among the pro-Germans, and
sIl hot air, anyhow. But ] think l
..l skrs sort of talk does do harm, prof
among people that don't know mu'
ma, what's more, ! think Dora
GUMS does some, too. Well. you
lnski in the snoot, so what are yo'
ST still! My lord! You don't tn
"a askin' you to 90 and hit Dora,
aoui mean: A.-'l't you ever g
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