The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-05-11
continued from last week.
SYNOPSIS

rrp with his grandfather,
APIEn Wlholland is watching the
hahise'p nav Parade" in the nome
fa ~ old gentleman, a veteran OF
iNe var endeavors to impress tle
l'H r.,ih the significance or the
sl s. and many years afterward
'olllns3 "a remember his words with
iag yiyidness'
nrrp Hin the schoolroom, a
al afterward, Ramsey was not
sea. for remarkable ability,
li n,s two pronounced dislikes were
n.S 80 Fluctuations" In sharp
ne"' Pamsey's backwardness Is
Ass ~ of little Dora Yocum, a
iaov whom in his bitterness ne oe-
afes Teachers Pet
.pTER HIN high school, where
p Dora are classmates, Ramsey
"es 70 feel that the girl delights to
~ her superiority, ana the vindic-
"a ne generates becomes alarming,
rstinr In the resolution that some
r. Would SHOW" her. -
prrR Vat a class picnic Ram
MS intense surprise. appears to
,he favorable attention of Miss
psi a young lady of about his
go and tie acknowledged belle OF
sss NIilla has the misfortune to
! I'm a creek while talking with Ram
M that youth promptly plunges TO
~Sns The water is only some three
sssn but Milla's gratitude for his
atf Il embarrassing. He is i'll fact
captive by the lair one, TO his great
emation.
kPTER V.--The acquaintance ripens,
Wv and Milla openly keeping COM
while the formers parents won
His mother indeed goes SO far as
krtgs SEINE disapnroval of his choice,
ffirtIng that Dora Yocum would be
~ suitable companion, "a suggestion
the youth receives with horror.
IaPTER Wat this period our hero
#iae thrill of his first kiss" Milla
very willing partner in the act.
Ialppancy over the matter diseon-
Ramsey immensely. but shortly aft
the girl departs for a visit to
kgo. She leaves an endearing missive
Ramsey, which adds to his feeling of
lhJly.
EsPTER VII Shortly after Mlllg;s
ktlre her friend, Sadie Clews, in
Ramsey that his inamoratak has
married TO her cousin and is not
4 back, so that little romance is
Within a few months Ramsey
bis closest friend Fred Mitchell,
the state university, Ramsey's chief
being one of relief that he has gor
ipm the detested Dora. To his hor.
tnds she is also a student at the
Ey. Induced TO join a debating
Ramsey is chosen as Dora's op-
the debate dealing with the mat
Grmany's right to invade Bel
m being assigned the negative
VIE argument. Partly on account
t,tngs toward Dora. and his nat,
E'Housness, he makes q miserable
b. and Dora carries Off the honors.
y yourgster named Inski objects
slowing made by Ramsey and be-
PERSONAL in his remarks. The mat
fds with Ramsey, In the university
Glar, giving Blnski a peach of
on the snoot."
aPTER YIII-Dora appears 70 have
a decided hit with her fellow stu
to Ramsey's supreme wonderment.
ror Of his affair" with the tickle
spreads and he gets the reputation
rau Of experience and a woman
EPTER lX.-The story comes to the
Of ls5 and the sinking of the Lusi-
The university is stirred to its
Is Faculty and frat" societies alike
The government offering their -serv-
b the war which they believe to be
Fable Dora, holding the belief that
lar is wrong, sees with horror the
Of the students. which is an intense
70 call Germany to account. She
Ramsep and endeavors to impress
Isith her paciist views.