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keep things up to the mark, don't
they Ramsey"
II don't know whether they do or
whether they DON'T" Ramsey returned
shortly.
Fred appeared to muse regretfully
"It looks kind of empty now, though"
he said, with only Mr.. and Mrs. YO-
cum and their married daughters, and
eight or nine children on the front
porch p
"You wait till I get you where they
can't see usp' Ramsey warned him
fiercely.
"You can't do It'll" said Fred, mani
i Testing triumph. "Well both stop right
here in plain sight Of the whole Yo-
cum family connection till you promise
not to touch me-"
And he halted, leaning back inn
placably against the Y0cum's iron
fence. Ramsey was scandalized.
"Come on! p he said hoarsely. Don't
stop here!"
II will, and If you go on alone I'll
yell at you. You got to stand right
here with all of 'em lookin' at you
until"
II promised My heavens, come on!"
Fred consented to end the moment
| of agony and for the rest of the sum-
mer found it impossible to persuade
Ramsey to pass that house in his COM
pany. II won't do it 1" Ramsey told
| him. "Your word of honor means moth
! in to me you're liable to do anything
that comes into your head, and I'm
gettin' old enough to not get a reputa-
ton for bein' seen with people that
act the idiot on the public streets. No,
sir; We'll walk around the blOck-at
least, we will if you're goin' with me"
81, And to Fred's delight, though he
concealed it, they would make this de-
! tour.
The evening after their return to
| the university both were busy with
| their trunks and various orderingS and
disOrderings Of their apartment, but
Fred several times expressed surprise
that his roommate should be content
| to remain at home; and finally Ram
sey comprehended these implications.
Mrs. Meigs chandelier Immediately
/ jingled with the shock Of another crash
upon the floor above.
"You let me up!'' Fred commanded
thickly, his voice muffied by the pile
! of flannels, sweaters, underwear and
| raincoats, wherein his head was being
forced to burrow. "You let me up,
darn you! 1 didn't say anything"
| And upon his release he complained
| that the attack was unprovoked. II
didn't say anything on earth to even
hint you might want to go out and see
if anybody in particular had got back
to college yet. I didn't even mention
the name Of Dora 70 Keep off O.
me! My goodness, but you are sensi-
tiveW
AS matter of fact, neither of them
saw Dora until the first meeting of the
Lumen, whittier they went as sopho-
mores to take their pleasure in the
agony Of freshmen debaters. Ramsey
was now able to attend the Lumen, not
with cOmplacence but at least without
shuddering over the recollection of his
own spectacular first appearance there.
He had made subsequent appearances,
far from brilliant, yet not disgraceful,
and as a spectator, at least he usually
felt rather at his ease In the place.
1t cannot be asserted, however, that
he appeared entirely at his ease this
evening after he had read the PRO
gramme" chalked upon the large easel
blackboard beside the chairman's desk.
Three "Freshman Debates were an
nounced and a Sophomore Grafton"
this last being followed by the name,
I'D. Yocum, 49," Ramsey made I'M
mediate and conspicuous efforts to
avoid sitting next to his roommate,
but was not so adroit as to be sue
cessful. However, Fred was merciful !;
the fluctuations of his friends COM
plexion were an inspiration more to
pity than to badinage.
The three debates all concerned the
Causes of the War in Europe" and
honors appeared to rest with a small
and stout, stolidly "pro-German" girl
debater, who had brought with her
and translated at sight absa-loot proofs
ESQ she called them), printed in Ger
l man, that Germany had been attacked
by Belgium at the low instigation of
the envious English. Everybody knew
it wasn't true; but she made an i'm
preston and established herself as a
debater, especially as her opponent
was quite COMPOUNDED by her introduc-
ton of printed matter.
When the debates and the verdicts
were concluded, the orator appeared,
and Fred's compassion extended itself
so far that he even RETAINED from
looking inquisitively at the boy in the
seat next to his; but he made one side
of q wager, mentally-that if Ramsey
had consented to be thoroughly con-
fidential just then, he would have con-
fessed to feeling kind o. funny.
Dora was charmingly dressed, and
she was pale; but those notable eye
lashes of hers were all the more no
table against her pallor. And as she
spoke with fire, 1t was natural that
: her color should come back quite fam