Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-30

human about her, then, after all. And
If he had put his feeling into words at
the moment, he would have said that
he guessed maybe he could stand this
ole girl, for a few minutes sometimes.
better than he'd always thought he
could
"Wal." he said, "Colburn prob'ly
wouldn't want to hurt your feelings
or anything. Colburn-"
"He2 He didn't! I haven't the
fadntest personal interest in what he
did,"
"Ohl" said Ramsey. swell. excuse
me; thought prob'ly you were sore
because he'd jolned you about this
pacifist stuff, and then"
mol" she said, sharply. SIN not
thinking Of hfa having agreed with
me and fooling me about it. He just
wanted to make a pleasant impression
on a girl, and said anything he thought
would please her. don't care whether
he does things like that or not. What
I care about is that the principle
didn't reach him and that he Knocked
It'll I don't care about petty treach-
cry 10 me, personally, but l."
Fraternal loyalty could not quite
brook this. Brother Colburn Is per-
fectly honor'ble man." said Ramsey,
solemnly. "He is one Of the most
honor'ble men in this"
"Of course !" she cried. "Oh, can't
l make you understand that I'm not
condemnfng him for a little fattery to
me2 I don't care two straws for his
showing that I didn't influence him.
He doesn't interest me, please under
stand"
Ramsey was altogether perplexed.
'Wel1, I don't see what makes you go
for him SO hard, then"
81 don't"
"But you said he was treach-"
II don't condemn him for it, she In
sisted, despairingly. Don't you see
the difference? I'm not condemning
anybody; I'm only lamentfng"
"What about?"
"About all of you that want war"
my golly!" Ramsey exclaimed.
"You don't think those Dutchmen
were right to drown babies and"
mo! I think they were CHASTITY
murderers! think they were detesta-
bic and fendish and monstrous and
"Well, then, my goodness What do
you want?'
Il don't want war!"
"You don't?'
81 want Christianity she cried. II
can't think Of the Germans without
hating them, and so today, when all
the world is hating them. I keep N.Y.
self from thinking Of them as much as
I can. Already half the world is 2ull
Of war; you want to go to war to
make things right, but 1t won't; it will
only make more warI"
"Well. l."
''Don't you see what you've done,
you boys?" she said. 'Don't you see
what you've done with your absurd
telegram That started the rest: they
thought they all had to send kilograms
like that"
w ell, the TaculCy--
Gwen they mightn't have thought
Of it If it hadn't been for the first one.
Vengeance is the most terrible
thought; once you put it into peoples
minds that they ought to have 1t, 1t
runs away with them
"WelI, it isn't mostly vengeance
we're after, at ALL There's a lot more
to it than just getting even with"
She did not heed him. you're all
blindl You don't see what you're do
ing; you don't even See what you've
done to this peaceful place here
You've filed it full Of thoughts Of fury
! and killing and massacre"
"Why, no." said Ramsey. 'It was
those Dutch did that to US; and, be
sides, there's more to 1t than you
mo there isn't" she interrupted
''Tt's just the old brutal spirit that ma
! lions inherit from the time they were
only tribes; it's the tribe spirit, and
an eye for an eye and a tooth for 9
tooth. It's those things and the love
! Of ffghting-men have always loved
to fight. Civilization hasn't taken il
out of them; men still have the brute
in them that loves to fight!"
81 don't think So" said Ramsey
Americans don't love to fight; don't
know about other countries, but we
don't. OF course, here and there
there's some fellow that likes to hunt
around for scraps, but I never saw
more than three or four in my life thai
acted that way. OF course a football
team often has a scrapper or two or
it, but that's different"
| 'No," she said II think you al
really love TO fight"
Ramsey was reused to become argu
mentat1ve. Il don't see where you ge
the idea. Colburn isn't that way, ant
back Of school there wasn't a single
boy that was anything like that"
"Whatl" She stopped, and turned
suddenly to face him.
WHATS the matters" he said, stop
ping, too. Something he said had
startled her, evidently.
'How can you say such a thing ?
she cried. "You love to fight!"
"MeT'
"You dol You love fighting. Yot
always have loved fighting"
He was dumfounded "Why, I never
had a fight in my life"
She cried out in protest of such pre-
varicatiOn.
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