The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-03-10

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susplcions. lifting q tennis racket over
m. prosrrate 6gure. oh. murder.
Fred said, resignedly. "Ail right Wen
change the subject. That fat ht'ie
werder cutie made out q pretty Sood
case for Germany. didn't shef
Ramsey disposed himself in an easy
chair with his feet upon the taois'
and presently ehuckled. You remem-
Der the time had the fuss with IVES
lev Bender. back in the ole sch"o'
days."
yep" -
.All the nubdub this Werder girl sea
OF tonight puts me in mind "I the
way / talked that day. | eau remeu-
Der ii as we'll as anything wesley
kent yelpin that whoever mentioned
a lady's name.in a public place WAS
pup. and OF course I didn't want TO
hit him for that: q boys got reg lar
instinct for tryin' 10 make out ne
ON the right side In 8 scrap, and nell
slway. try 10 do something. or say
something, or he'll get the other DO!
10 say something, 10 make IL look as
IL the other boy was in the wrong ana
began the trouble. SO ! told poor ole
ives that my father spoke my moth
er's name in q public place whenever
he wanted to, and ! dared him 10 say
my father was pup. And all so on.
A boy startin' up scrap. why, haif
the time he'll drag in his father ana
moth II there's any chance to do II.
He'll flY up some way 50 he can say,
Well. that's just the same As II you
called my father aud mother . f0u.
or something ike that. Then. after
ward, lie can claim he was scrappin
because he had to defend his father
and mother. and Of course he'll more
than half believe IL himself
well. YOU take q sovernment--It's
only lust some men. the way | see II,
and II they're gOin' 10 start some NIX
trouble like this war. why. of course
they'll play just about that same old
boy trick, because it's instinct to do II.
lust the same for q man as 1t Is for
boy-or else the principles just the
same, or something. Well anyhow, II
YOU want to know who started scrap
and worked II up, you got to forget all
the talk there Is about It, and all what
each side says, and just look at two
things Who was fixed for II first. or
Thought they were. and who hit first ?
When you get the answer to those two
questions everythings settled about
this being attacked business. AS near
as I can make out, this war began
with Germany and Austria's startin'
TO wipe out two little countries: Aus
tria began shoOtin' up Serbia. ana
Germany began sh00tin up Belgium.
I don't need to notice any more than
that, myself-ail the girls in the coun-
try can debate their heads OF, they
can't change what happened and they
can't excuse II, either"
He was silent. appsa ring to feel that
he had concluded concluslvely. and the
young gentleman on the window seat,
after staring at him for several mo-
ments Of genuine thoughtfulness. was
gracious enough to observe. well, old
Ram, you may be little slow In class.
but when you think things out with
yourself you do show signs Of some
thing pretty near like real horses sense
sometimes. Why don't you ever say
anything like that to-to some Of
your pacihst friends?''
What do you mean! Who you
talkin' about! Whose 'pacifst
friends"
See. here!" Fred exclaimed. AZ
Ramsey seemed about to rise. you
keep sitting just where you are. and
don't look at me out Of the side Of
your eye like that--pretendin' you're q
bad horse. I'm really serious now, and
you listen to me. don't think argufy.
ing and debating like that little Frau.
lein Werder's does much harm. She's
4 right nifty young rolypoly. by the
way, though you didn't notice. OF
course"
why didn't ~ Ramsey demanded,
sharply. why didn't ] notices"
Otf uutuIuB. out, ~ I was yIuk
don't think that sort Of talk does
much harm everybody knows 1t goes
on among the Germans, and It's
all hot air, anyhow. But l think Lin.
skis sort Of talk does do harm, probly
among people that don't know much |;
and, what's more. l think Dora 70
Gums does some. too. Well. you hit
Iinski in the sn0ot. so what are you
Sit still! Ny lord! You don't think
I'm askin' you to 80 and hit Dora. do
you? l mean: Aren't you ever goin'
to talk to her about 1t and tell her
what's whatf"
"Oh, you 60 to bed d"
mo. I'm In earnest" Fred urged.
Honestly, aren't you ever goin' tor
How could do anything like that ?"
Ramsey demanded explosively. II
never see her-to speak to. that IL.
l prob1y won't happen to have an
other talk with her, or anything, all
the time we're In college"
NO" Fred admitted. 81 suppose not.
OF course. If you did. then you would
give her quite a talking to. just the
way you did the other time, wouldn't
you'" But upon that, another re.
sumption OF physical violence put an