Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-05-06
CHAPTER VIIl-contlnued.
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"Well, Tn glad you gave that Linski
a fine little punch, Brother Milhol-
land,n he said at the door. ut won't
do you any harm In the frat or with
the Lumen, either. And don't be dis
couraged about your debating. You'll
learn. Anybody might have got rat
tied by having to argue against as
clever and good-lookiag a girl as that"
The roommates gave each other a
look of serious puzzlenent as the door
closed. "Well, Brother Colburn is a
mighty nice fellow" Fred said. Hes
kind of funny, though
Ramsey assented, and then, as the
two prepared for bed, they entered In
to further discussion of their senior
friend. They liked him "all right"
they said, but he certainly must be
kind of queer, and they couldn't just
see how he had lever managed to get
where he was" In the frat" and the
Lumen and the university.
Raxasey passed the slightly disf1g-
urea Linski on the campus next day
withGdt betraying any embarrassment
or making q sign of recognition. Fred
Mitchell told his roommate, chuckling,
that Linski had sworn to "get" him,
and, not knowing Fred's affiliations
had made him the confidant of his
oath. Fred had given his blessing, he
said, upon the enterprise, and advised
Linski to use brick. He'll hit you
on the head with It," said the light
hearted Fred falling back upon this
old joke. "Then you can catch 1t as
it bounces off and throw 1t back at
him."
However, Linski proved to be mere
ly an episode, not only so far as Ram
sey was concerned but In the Lumen
and In the university as well. His sus-
pension from the Lumen was for q
year, and so cruel punishment 1t
proved for this born debater that he
MOSTLY declared he would found de-
batting society himself, and had a
poster printed and distributed an
nouncing tire first meeting of "The
Free Speech and Masses Rights Coun-
Gill;" Several town loafers attended
the meeting, but the only person con-
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, Chinese
youth of almost intrusive amiabllity.
Linski made fiery address, the towns
men loudly applaudlng his advocacy
Of an embargo on munitions and the
distribution Of everybody's property"
but the Chinaman, accustomed to see
students so madly In earnest only
when they were burlesquing, took the
whole affair to be intended humor, and
Uttered politely without cessation
except at such times as he thought II
proper to appear quite wrung with
laughter. Then he would rock him
self, clasp his mouth with both hands
and splutter through his fingers
Linski accused him Of being In the pay
e1 capital"
Next day the ontor was unable TO
show himself upon the campus with
cut causing demonstrations; whenever
he was seen a file of quickly gathering
students marched behind him chanting
repeatedly and deafeningly In chorus
"Down with Wall Street Hoch der
Kaiser! Who loves I,inski? Who
who, who7 Hoo Lunl Who loves
Linski3 Who, who, who? Hoo Lun J
Linski was disguised, resigned from
the university, and disappeared.
"Well, here 1t isn't midyear Exams
vet, and the good ole class of Nineteen
Eighteen's already lost member,
said Fred Mitchell. II guess we can
bear the break-up"
II guess So" Ramsey assented.
"shat Llnskl might just us well stayed
ucre though"
"Why?"
"He coulmt do any harm here. Hen
prol,Iy ret more people to listen to
MIN IN cities where there's so many
no., tnnnk.rants and oil such that