The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-02-03

""' s'Ae ukS ~
FORE" said Mrs. Milholland aHs
has three Deckties, but saw No.
eral times In each Of them. h
have kept changing and chanei6s
wonder" She paused. -
I'm glad he's begun to take -
care Of his appearance at la, II
have to take look at him a.
him word OF praise. suppoee
he in the pew when We get there
But Ramsey wasn't In the pev:
Charlotte. his sister. and her hu1knr1
who were there, said they hadpt =
anything of him. Ii was not uotn9x
members of his family were q =
way home after the services thai =
caught glimpse Of him.
They were passing church -
distance from their own here Il. ~
gregati0n was just emerginE 80
open, and among the sedate d.
descending the broad stone stepo -
peared an accompanied Ramsey-
q red. red Ramsey he was whnn
beheld his father and mother ~ -
ter and brOther-in-lsw stariBg -
him from the pavement below.
were kind enough not to cone -
absolute halt, hut passed sleWly =
so that he was just able to avol1 =
radlng up the street in front e -
In hoarse whispers, Mrs Mllkslla
chided her husband for an exeion
tion he had uttered. "John! On -
day. You ought to be ashamed
II couldn't help it," he excialnol
''WhO on earth is his clinging ~
Why. she's got lavender tops a ~
shoes and"
Don't look round!'' she warned \,
sharply. Don't"
"Weu. what's he doing at B6lH
church: What's he fidgeting It y
handkerchief about: Why east y
walk like people? Does he thiak n
obligatory TO walk home from chuA
anchored arm-in-arm like Swe1u y
a Sunday Out: Who is this cow4yol
fat girl that's got him. anyhow"
Hush, Don't look round aelIl
John
Never fear" said her husbanl ~
Ing disobeyed. They've turned Z;
they're crossing over to Bullard sttet
Who is it?"
Il think her names Rust" Ar4to
holland Informed him. u don't IN
what her father does She's. oae Z
the girls In his class At schoe. 1
would be pleasanter II he'd taksl /
fancy to someone whose family h
longs to our own circle"
Taken a fancy" he echoed. hesfl1C
"Why. he's terrible. He io0ked4in
red-gilled goldfish that's Hoped 4
self out of the bowl. Why. he"
Il say | wish II he felt that be ~
to take girls anywhere" said Mrs. -
holland. with the primmest az =
speaking 10 the pOint-'if this softd
thing must begin. wish he might ~
selected some nice girl among -
daughters Of our own friends,
Dora YOcum. for instance"
Upon the spot she began 10 unaop
the notifications Of q mother ~
has expected her son, just out q \
fancy. to look about him with the -
of critical matrou OF fortyla
MOreOyex. she Was inaiscreet enoA
TO express her views to Ramsey
week later. producing Thus sceAet
useless great fur and no little souIl
Il do think it's In very poor u
to see so much of any one girl, h
sew" she said. and, not needing =
protest that he only walked home d.
school with Milla. about every ~
day." and that 1t didn't seem =
crime to him Just to 90 to church "
her a couple O. times. Mrs. MIlholldoi
went on: But II you think you reiII
must be dangling around somsbo
quite this much-thOugh what II q
world YOU find to talk about with e
funny little Milla Rust your poor =
Their says he really cannot see
Of course it seems very queer 10 ,
now when your mind ought to be'e
tirely on your studies, and espeelo4
with such an absurd looking lIlk
thing
NO. you must listen, Ramsey, ~
let me speak now. What I meant ~
that We shouldn't be quite 20 ~
distressed by your being seen VIM
girl who dressed In better taste -
seemed TO have some notion Of -
ment. though Of course it's oniy ~
ural she wouldn't, with q fathef'tt
Is just sort Of ward politician, -
derstand. and mother We don't -
and OF course shouldn't care to.
oh, Ramsey. II you had to main -
self so conspicuous why cOuidnT2
be little bit more fastidious: ~
father wouldn't have minded neol4u
much II II had been a seif.respet
intellectual girl. We both say te1eY
you must be 50 ridiculous at you4
as to persist In seeing more OF sueD
than another, why. oh, why. dsotg
go and see some really nice Sid'D
Dora YocumT'
Ramsey was already daRgeseU
distended. rs an effect Of the go
part Of her discourse, and tAeaVN
'fastidious" almost exploded hln;W
upon this climax, Dora YoeumB
blew up with shattering repestO
leaving fragments Of incohereaceW
chetting behind him, ned shsdoN
from the house.
For the rest Of the school wsuS
walked home with Mllla ever
noon and on Sundays appeared y =
become resolute Baptist. II
supposed (by the interested mea
OF the hishschool class) that
and Milla were engaged"
sometimes rather supposed ths3
himself. and the dim idea gave -
sensation partly pleasant. but q
apprehensiye: he was afraid.
He was afraid that the day wsssS