St. Tammany farmer., 1922-04-08

wasn't any such thing as 81 Legitimate
cause Tor war, either legally or moral
~, and said 1t was a sign of weakness
in nation for it to believe that # III.
| have cause for war.
"Wcll, it was too much for that III
| tie, spunky Joe Stansbury. ands h,
| Jumped up and argued with her. Fl,
made her admit all the Germans hay,
done to US, the sea murders and th,
E''id murders. tie blowing up of fac
tories. the propaganda, the strikes
trying 10 turn the United Siates into .
"eihi;ih stttleiicHt. trying to ee
'abal ana mexico 10 make war on us
ana all the rest ''> even made he,
admit there was proof they mean Il
conquer us when l,cy get through, viii
me others, and that they've set out tt
rule Tie world for their own benefit
ana make Wh'"veI else they kindl,
allow to live. work for tlcn.
'She said it might be true, but since
nothing al all cu1Tll he q right canst
Tor war, then all this couldn't be 8
cause for war. or course she had he,
regular paciiist logic working: she
Sald that since war is the worst thinr
there Is, why, all other evils were
lesser, aud lesser evil can't be a iusI
cause for greater She got terribly
excited, they say but kept right on
anyway. She said war was murde,
ana there couldn't be any other way ia
look at 1t; and she'd heard there was
already talk in the university Of SIN.
dents thinking about enlisting, and
whoever did such Il thing was virtual.
~ enlisting to return murder for mur.
der Then Joe Stansbury asked her ii
she meant that she'd feel toward any
student that enlisted the way she
would toward murderer, and she
said, yes, she'd have horror of any
student that enlisted.
"Well, that broke up the class: Joe
turned from her to the platform and
told old Burney that he was responsl.
bic for allowing such talk in his lecture
room, and Joe said so far as he was
concerned, he resigned from Burney's
classes right there That started T..
and practically the whole class got up
and walked out with Joe. They said
Blrney streaked off home, and Dora
was left alone In there, with her head
down on her desk-and I guess she
certainly deserves it, A good many
have already stopped speaking to her,
Ramsey fidgeted with pen on the
table hy which he sat well T don't
know" he said, slowly: Il don't know
II they ought to do that exactly"
"Why oughtn't they?" Fred demand
ed, sharply.
"Well. 1t looks to me as If she was
only fightin' for her principles. She
believes In 'em. The more 1t costs 4
person to stick to their principles,
why, the more / believe the person
must have something pretty fine about
'em likely"
"Yes!' said the hot-headed Fred.
"That may be In ordinary times, but
not when PERSONS principles are lia-
BILE to betray their country! We won't
stand that kind Of principles, tell
you, and we oughtn't to. Dora Yocum's
finding that out, all right She had the
biggest position of any girl in this
place, or any boy either, up to the last
few weeks, and there wasn't any stu
dent or hardly even a member Of the
faculty that had the influence or was
o1r, 1co1yo1 fn Chn
had the whole show! But now, since
she's just the same as called any stu
dent murderer If he enlists to fight
for his country and flag-well, now
she hasn't got anything at all, and II
she keeps on she'll have even less!"
He paused in his walking to and fro
and came to halt behind his friends
chair, looking down compassionately
upon the back of Ramsey's mottonless
head. His tone changed. II guess 1t
Isn't Just the ticket-me to be talking
this way to you, is it?" he said, with a
trace Of huskiness.
"Oh-it's all right" Ramsey mur-
INJURED, not altering his position.
II can't help blowing up," Fred went
Dn II want to say, though, know
I'm not very considerate to blow up
about her to you this way. I've been
playing horse with you about her ever
since freshman year, but-well, you
must have understood, Ram, never
meant anything that would really both
er you much, and thought-well, !
really thought it was good thing,
ou-your-well, mean about her,
you know. Tn on, all right. I know
It's pretty serious with YOU" He
paused.
"Its-it's kind Of tough luck!'' his
friend contrived to say; and he began
TO pace the floor again.
"Oh-well-" he said.
"See here, ole sttck-in-the-mud,"
Fred broke out abruptly. after her
laying what she did Well, it's none
} my business, but-but-'
"Well what?' Ramsey murmured.
I don't care what you say, II you
want to say anything"
"Well, I got to say It," Fred half
yroaned and half blurted. "After she
said that-and she meant it-why, II
were in your place I'd be darned II
ID be seen out walking with her
lgain."
'I'm not going to be-" Ramsey said,
luietly.
apy Ganrpn I" And now Fred halted |