Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-05-19
CHAPTER Vlll.-Continued.

wei, III Slau you gdVe CnaC LlnSKl
a fine little punch, Brother Milhol-
land" he said at the door. "It won't
do you any harm In the frat or with
the Lumen, either. And don't be dis
couraged about your debating. You'll
learn. Anybody might have got rat
clever and good-looking a girl as that!"
The roommates gave each other a
look Of serious puzZlement as the door
closed. "Well, Brother Colburn is a
mighty nice fellow" Fred said. Hes
kind of funny, though"
Ramsey assented, and then, as the
two prepared for bed, they entered in
TO further discussion of their senior
friend. They liked him "all right"
they said, but he certainly must be
kind of queer, and they couldn't just
see how he had lever managed to get
where he was" in the "frat" and the
Lumen and the university.
Ramsey passed the slightly disfig-
nred Linski on the campus next day
without betraying any embarrassment
or making a sign of recognition. Fred
Mitchell told his roommate, chuckling,
that Linski had sworn to ''get" him,
and, not knowing Freds affiliations,
had made him the confidant of his
oath. Fred had given his blessing, he
said, upon the enterprise, and advised
Linski to use brick. He'll hit you
on the head with it." said the light
hearted Fred, falling back upon this
old joke 'Then you can catch 1t as
1t bounces off and throw 1t back at
him."
However, LiIski proved to be mere
Nv an episode, not only so far as Ram
sey was concerned but In the Lumen
and in the university as we'll His sus-
pension. from The Lumen was for
year, and so cruel punishment it
proved for this born debater that he
noisily declared he would found de-
batting society himself, and had
poster printed and distributed an
nouncing the first meeting of "The
Free Speech and Masses Rights Coun-
ell" Several town loafers attended
the meeting, but the only person con-
nected with the university who came
was an oriental student, Chinese
youth of almost intrusive amiabii1ty
Linski made fiery address, the towns
men loudly appiauding his advocacy
of an embargo on munitions and the
distribution of everybody's property,
but the Chfnaman, accustomed to see.
students so madly In earnest only
when they were burlesquing, took the
whole affair to be intended humor, and
Uttered politely without cessation
except at such times as he thought 1t
proper to appear quite wrung with
laughter. Then he would rock him.
self. clasp his mouth with both hands
and splutter through his fingers.
Linski accused him of being In the pay
of capital"
Next day the orator was unable TO
show himself upon the campus WITH
ont causing demonstrations. whenever
he was seen file of quickly gathering
students marched behind him chanting
repeatedly and deafeningly In chorus:
sDown with Wall Street! Hoch der
Kaiserl Who loves Linski? Who.
who. who? Hoo Luni Who loves
I.inskii Who, who, whoi Hoo Lun r
Linski was disguised, resigned from
the university, and disappeared.
swell. here 1t isn't midyear Exams
yet and the good ole class OF Nineteen
Efghteen's already lost member
said Fred Mitchell. II guess we can
bear the break-upf"
aI guess So" Ramsey assented.
sThat Linski might just as well stayed
here, though"
'sWhy?"
"He couldn't do any harm here. He'll
rrobly get more people to listen to
Aim "a cities where there's so many
zsew immigrants and all such that