The Bienville Democrat., 1922-05-25
CHAPTER x.-cont'nued'

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CHAPTER x'-cont'nued'
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And, jumping dow" from the 1 wlnd"n S,'
.pat, be began to dance f'una !, MS
rneb s,n perturbed comrade' believing
Ramsey bore with him for " a moment
.hen 49,. surang upon him; they wrestlec
,, .Isorously, broke a chair and went t(
- aoor with crash that gave the
,bsodelier in Mrs. Meiss' parlor, be-
low, an attack of jng'es'
'' ayou let me up" Fred gasped.
4You take your solemn oath to shut
M You gcin' to swear it"
aAll right. I give my solemn OATH
.aId Fred; and they rose, arranging
tbeir tousled attire.
awell," said Fred, "when you goin'
10 call on her."
syou look here" Ramsey approached
MIN dangerously. "You just gave me
your SOL .
II beg!" Fred cried, retreating. Il
mean, aside from all that, why, l just
thought maybe after such an evening
,oud feel as gentleman you ought to
. and ask after her health
'Now, see here
mo, / mean it; you ought to-" Fred
Insisted, earnestly, and as his room
nate elared at him with complete sus-
Cjeiou, he added, in explanation. "You
tbught to go next Callers Night, and
,rd Il, your card, and say you felt you
ooaht to ask If she'd suffered any from
HE night air. Even if you couldn't
manage to say that, you ought to start
10 sy IT, anyhow, because you- Keep
II o me! I'm only tryin' to do you a
sspd turn, amt II"
Tou save your good turns for
JNDelf," Ramsey growled, still ad-
ylncing upon him,
But the insidious Mitchell, evading
kin, fed to the other end of the room,
pi6ed up his cap and changed his
mapner. "Come on, ole bag O beans,
w be on our way to the frat house; {;
hi time. We'll call this all off,"
You better!" Ramsey warned him;
~ they trOtted out together.
Bat as they went along, Fred took
la1sey's arm confidentially, and said:
NoF, honestly, Ram, ole man, when
y you goin' to-"
Ramsey was still red. "You look
1es Just say one more word"
Oh, no. Fred expOstulated. Il
IN seriously, Ramsey. Honestly, |
~ seriously. Aren't you seriously
to call on her some Callers
bht?"
SsNo, I'm not"
But why not?"
Because don't want to-"
We'll, seriously, Ramsey, there's
pdly one Callers Night before vaca-
~, and so | suppose it hardly will
exorth while; but | expect you'll see
quite a little of her at home this sum-
ner
mo- | won't. l won't see her at all.
We Isn't goin' to be home this sum-
q, and wouldn't see anything of
XIX she was."
Where's she goin' to be-"
I'm Chicago"
She is?' said Fred, slyly. "When'd
|e tell you?'
Ramsey turned on him. "You look
~ She didn't tell me. just hap
peaed to see in the Bulletin she's
lped up with some other girls to 60
NO DO settlement work in Chicago.
nyoody could see it. 1t was printed
W plain. You could have seen it just
well as | could, if you'd read the
Bulletin"
oh said Fred.
New look here"
Tood heavens! Can't I even say
|tkr '''
u depends on the way you say it,
nil be careful" Fred assured him,
amestly. ii really and honestly
aont mean to get you excited about
y !h's, Ramsey. can see myself you
haven't changed from your old opinion
q Dora Yocum a bit. l was only try
y 70 get a little rise out Of you for a
mute, because of course, seriously,
Fny, ! can see you hate her just the
ame as yon always did"
.fes," said Ramsey, disarmed and
Qlleless In the face of diplomacy. II
my told you about all this, Fred, be-
|ause 1t seemed-well, It seemed so
Rind o funny to me-" !,
Ffed affected not to hear. "What
Aa you say, Ramsey?"
Mmsey looked vaguely disturbed. II
-why, | said it Ill seemed kind
He paused, then repeated plain
uINly: "Well, to me, 1t all seemed
A o'-kind O. funny"
What did?" Fred inquired, but as
: glanced in seeming naivete at his
sulnpanion, something he saw in the
st'ers eye warned him, and suddenly
v'sd thought it would be better to run.
aansey chased him all the way to
Y "frat house."
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