News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-02-08

~ all concerned the landscape, Wlic@
he commended repeatedly in q weak
voice, as kind Of pretty" though once
he said he guessed there might be bugs
in the bark Of a log on which they sat
and he became so immoderately per
sonuI as to declare that If the bugs
had to get on anybody he'd rather
hey got on him than on Milla She
said that was Just perfectly lovely
him, asked whore lie got his sweet
n2tHva Nd in other ways encouraged
Iln to eon,tnue the revelation, but
Ramsey was unable to get forward
with it, though he opened and closed
his mouth 4 great many times in tie
effort to do So
At tire O'Clock everybody was sum
moned again to the rendezvous for a
the class found itself in a large circle.
standing, and sang The Star SpangIeG
Iahner." Ordinarily, on such an open
air tHd out-of-scho0l occasion. Ramsey
would have joined the chorus uproar-
iousy with, the utmost blatancy of
NliiAii no N'Ntll blIflI lluH W dS NtIld-
Bile; and most Of the other boys ex-
pressed dheir hunor by drowning out
the serious efforts of the girls; but
he sang feebly, not much more than
hunning through his teeth. Standing
beside ATila, be was incapable of his
former inelegancies and his voice was
in a semi-paralyzed condition, like the
rest Of him.
Opposite him across the circle, Dora
Yocum stood little in advance Of
those near her for Of course she led
the singing. Her clear and earnest
voice was distingushahle from all
others, and though she did not glance
toward Ramsey he had queer feeling
that She was assuming more superior
ity thau ever, and that she was Jelly
-corufuI Of him and AIila. The old
resentment rOSe-he'd "shOw" that girl
yet some day!
When the song was over, cheers
we're given for the class, "the good ole
cl&sS IF Nineteen Fourteen" the
school the teachers, and for the pie
mic, thus officially concluded; and then
the picnickers, carrying their baskets
and faded wild flowers and other sou
venirs and burdens moved toward the
big express wagons" which were TO
take them back into the town. Ram
sey got his guitar case and turned to
Mila.
"Well-g'by."
why no, said Milla. Anyway,
not yet. You can go back in the'same
wagon with me. It's going to stop at
the school and let us all out there,
and then you could wak home with
me if you felt like it,"
"Well-wcu, I'd be perfectly will
ing Ramsey said Only heard we
all had to go back in whatever wagon
we came out in, and I didn't come in
the same one with you, So"
MilIa laughed and leaned toward him
little. ~ already tended to that"
she said confdentially. 81 asked
Johnnie .Fiske that came out in my
wagon, to go back in yours, SO that
makes room for you"
"Well-then I guess could do il"
lie moved toward the wagon with her, |
81 expect it don't make much differ !
ehce one way or the other
"And you can carry my basket il |
you want to-" she said, adding solicit |
ously, unless it's too heavy when you |
already got your guitar case to carry !
Ramsey"
This thoughtfulness Of hers almost |
oyercame him. she seemed divine.
It'll be glad to carry the basket !
too" he faltered. Tit don't weigh |
anything much"
'NNell, let's hurry, SOS we can get |
places together"
Then. as she unanswered him |
through the little crowd about the |
wagon, with soft push this way and |
a gentle pull that, and hurried him up |
HE improyised steps and found q place
where there was room for them both |
10 sit, Ramsey had another GREATNESS
sensation heretofore unknown TO him.
lie found himself taken under IA dove
ike protectorship; a wonderful, mex
)ressible Being seemed to have become
MS proprietor.
isn't this just perfectly lovely?"
She said cozily. close to his ear
He swallowed. but found no words,
FOR he had no thoughts; he was only
nm incoherent mmuIt. This was his
irst love.
Isn't it, Bamsey2" she urged The
,ozy voice had just the hint Of Il re-
1roach. Don't you think It's just
perfectly lovely, HamseyT"
"Yes'm."
CHAPTER v.
The next morning Ramsey came into
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