The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-10

didn't get any wire iTolh ''e
.sbouf the touring car; II was her eo',
sin sIilt that jumped on the tram anu
| came down and nxed ii all up LOT
-Ni1la 10 -;go on the trip, ana every
thing You see, Ramsey, she was
turned back a couple Of times III schoo.
before she came in our class anu =
don-f know how old she is and she
aonf- look old yet. but. I'm pretty sure
she's at least eighteen, and she mish'
he over. | didn't think such great
,e,,r of this Milt's looks myself. but
he's anyway twenty-one years oid' anu
yot a good position. and all their fam
ily seem to think he's just fine!
wasn't his father that took IN the tour
ing car on the debt, like she SAID she
was writing YOU: ii was Milt himseif.
He started out in business wheh ne
was only thirteen years old. ana ms
,rip he was gettin' up for his father
and mother and Milla was the hrsi
vacation he ever took. Well. OF course
she wouldn't like my tellin' you, hui
l can't see the harm of ii, now every
tnlng dti bNti
"All-all oyer? You mean Milla's
going to be--to be married.
"Sbe already is" said Sadie. They
/ got married al her Aunt Jess and IN
| Gle Purv's house. up in Chicago. last
Thursday. Yes, sir: that quiet, little
MilIa.s a regular old married woman
| by this time, | expect, Ramsey
When he got over the shock. which
| was not until the next day. one pre-
| dominating feeling remained: II was
| gloomy pridc--a pride in his proven
| maturity. He was old enough, II ap-
| reared. to have been the same thing
as engaged to person who was now
| a Married Woman. His manner thence
| forth showed an added trace of serl-
| BUSINESS and self-consideration.
Having recovered his eIuipoise and
something more. he entirely forgot thai
moment of humble admiration he had
| felt for Dora Yocum on the day of his
fatteSt prnstration. When he saw hef
| sitting in the classroom, smiling bright
| " M at the teacher, the morning oi
| the schools opening In The autumn
/ all his humility had long since van
shed and she appeared Ia him moi
otherwise than as the scholar Whose
complete proficiency had always heer
81 irksome to him.
Look ut her. he mIttered tn him
self Same ole Teachers Pet ~
Now and then. as the days and sea
SONS passed. and Dora's serene prog
ress continued. never checked or ever
fiawed. there stirred within him some
lingerings of the old determinatioi
! tn SHOW her: and he would coniur'
| up day-dream of Dora in loud In
mentation. while he led the laughte
of the spectators But gradually hi.
feeling about her came to he merel,
having to look mt her Gas he STATED
III and lie thanked the Lord that tn,
time wouldn't he so long now unit
he'd be OUT If that ole school ant
then all he'd have To do he'd Just TAX,
care never To walk by her house. |
was easy enough To use some othe
street when he had to go down town
"The good ole class of Nineteen
Fourteen is about gone" he said Il
| Fred Mitchell VINO was still his mos
intimate friend when they reached th,
senior year. Yes. sir: it's held to
sether good many years. Fred. bu
after June it'll he busted plum up
and hope nobody starts move Il
have any reunions. There's a goo'
many members of the ole class tina
can stand and there's some | can't
hut there's one ! just won't! Ii W,
ever did call a reunion, that ole 70
cum girl would start in right ava,
where III resign, You know. Fred
the thing | think is the one bigges
benefit Of graduating from this oil
school? It's never seem Dora lociin
again"
This was again his theme as he sa
by the same friends side. in the rea
row of the class at Commencement
listening To the delivery of the Vale
dictory- Thinks she's just sooblime
don't she,'' he whispered morosely
she wouldn't trade with the Presi
dent of the United States right now
Never mind. Just about a haitian
hour more and that's the last n you
ole girl Yes, sir. Fred one thing W,
can feel pretty good over: this il
where we get through with Dora va
cum
Ramsey and Fred had arranged t,
room together at Greenfield the sea
Of the state university. and they mad,
the short journey in company the fol
loving September. They arrived hi
larious. anticipating pleasurable ex
elements i'm the way OF fraternity
pledgings and limitations, encounter,
with sophomOres, class meetings. an.
elections; and also. they were not all
solutely without interest in the matter
Of Girls, for the state university wa,
cO-educational. and it was but natura
TO expect in ST. broad field. all new
10 them possible vision of somethin:
rather thrilling. They whispere,
cheerfu!iy of all these things durin.
the process of matricuation. ant
signed the registrars book on frest
page; but when Fred had written hi.
name under Ramsey's and blotted il
lie took the liberty of turning over III,
leaf 10 examine some of the auto
graphs of their future classmates
written on the other side Then he ut
tered an exclamation. more droll thar
dolorous, though it affected to be Who'll
iy the latter; for the shock TO Fred
was by no means so painful as it was
To his friend.
Ramsey leaned forward and road
the name indicated by Fred's fore
finger
DORA YOCCM.