The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-05-04

make things right, but Ii wont. twin
only make more war;"
"Wel 7"
"Don't you see what you've done
you boyst" she said. "l1ou't You see
What you've done with Your absurd
telegram? That started The rest: tlieq
thought they all had to send kilograms
like that
well, the faculty"
Even they mlghtn't have thought
of 1t 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 10 lave it, II
runs away with them"
We'll, 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 al
blind! You don't SEQ what You're do.
ing; you don't even see what you've
done to this peaceful place here
You've filed it fun of thoughts Of fury
and killing and masSacre-"
"Why. no said Ramsey. 1T was
those Dutch did tint To us; and. be.
sizes. there's more to 1t than YOU
NO. there isn't she INTERRUPTED.
ITS 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 Il tooth for a
tooth. It's those things and the love
of fShting-men have always o.ed
to fight. Civilization hasn't taken it
out OF them; men still have the br4.e
in them that loves to fight"
~ don't think So" said Ramsey.
americans don't love to fight; don't
know about other countries. hut we
don't Of course, here and there.
there's some fellow that likes 10 hunt
around for scraps, but l never saw
more than three or four in my life that
acted that way. OF course football
team often has serapper or two on
it, but that's different"
"No," she said. 81 think YOU all
really love to fight"
Ramsey was reused to become argu.
mentative. II don't see where YOU get,
the idea. Colburn Isn't That way. and
back at school there wasn't Il single
boy that was anything Hike that"
What" She stopped, and turned
suddenly to face him.
whats the matter?" he said. stop
ping, too. Something he said had
startled her. evidently.
How can you say such a thng?"
She cried. you love to hghts
"Me?"
you dol You love fighting. You
always have loved fighting"
He WAS dumfounded "Why I never
had fight in my life!"
She cried out in protest Of such pre-
varicaton.
well, 1 never did," he insisted
mildly.
"Why, you had a hight about mep
"No, l didn't"
with Wesley Benderi'
Ramsey chuckled THAT wasn't a
fight"
at wasn't?"
Nothing like one. We were Just
guyin' him ahout-about ecttin' sliclied
You; and he hit me with his book strap
and l chased him Off. Gracious, no:
that wasn't fight'
but you fought Linski only last
fall"
Ramsey chuckled again. "That
wasn't even as much like fight rs tie
one with Wesley. | Just told this
Lnski l was goin' to give him a punch
in the sn-- l Just fold him to look
out because | was goin' to hit him, and
then | did 1t, and waited to see if he
wanted to do anything about it, and he
didn't That's all there was TO it, and
it wasn't any more like fighting than
than feeding chickens is"
She laughed dolefuly. ut seems
to me rather more like 1t than that :"
well. it wasn't"
They had begun to walk on again.
and Ramsey was aware that they had
passed the frat house." where his
dinner was probably growing cold LIE
was aware of this. but not sharply OF
mistakenly. CuriouAy enough, he did
not think about 1t. He had begun 10
find something pleasant in the odd i'll
terview, and in walking beside Il girl.
even though the girl WIS Dora Yocun.
He made no attempt 10 account 10
himself for anything 50 peculiar.
For II while they went slowly to
gethcr, not speaking, and without de-
tination, though Ramsey vaguely took
it for granted that Dora was going
somewhere. But she wasn't. They
emerged from the part Of the small
town closely built about the university
and came out upon bit Of parked
land overlooking the river; and here
Dora's steps slowed to an indeter
inmate halt near bench beneath
maple tree.
81 think I'll stay here a while" she
said and as he made no response, she
asked: Hadn't you better be going
back to your frat house for your din
ncr? I didn't mean for you to come
ont Of your way with aei only want
ed to get an answer to my question
You'd better be running back"
"Well-"
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