Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-02-17
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Concluding his rcndlnr, which was
ornl the volatile Mitchell made use
of his voice In manner of hcnthcnIsh
bolsterousness and presently reclIncd
unon lounpo IN lourh tl,a hotter His
stricken comrode meanwhile. rccov.
cred so far MS to pace the floor. "rm
roin' to pnck I'm and light out for
homer he declared over and over.
And even oftener he read and rcread
the card to make sure of the actual.
ity OF that fatal coincidence, "D. Yo-
cum, IS"
"If 7 cou]d do IT," he vocircrntcd,
"If | could stand IN there and debate
one o. their darn ole debates in the
first place-if I had the gall to even
trv #, why. nv gosh, YOU don't sup.
nose I'm coIn' to get nm there and
argue with that girl do Won? That's
n hot way to ret an education: stand
up there and argue with girl before
couple o. hundred people! Ny
gosh
"You got tor his PROSTATE compan-
ion cackled, weakly. "You can't get
out of It. You're a goner ole Buddyw
"Tll be sick, I'll be sick MS a dog
I'll be sick as the slckest dog that
ever"
mo use, ole man. The frat
senlors'll be on the lob. They'll know
whether you're sick or not, aud they'll
have you there, right on the spot to
the mlnute!
The prediction was accurate. The
too fatherly frat seniors" did all that
Fred said they would. and more. For
the honor of the frat" they coached
the desnerote Ramsey in the technic
of Lumen debate told him many more
things TO saw than could be said in
six minutes, and produced him, de-
spairing, CHASTITY and believed, in the
large hall of the Lumen society at
eight o'clock on Friday evening,
Four other twelve minute debates"
nreceded his md the sound Of these.
IN Romsev,s ears was the sound Of
cob,.e, nroct,s,nc on his horn /, tho
aorly morn,ng ~ Indictment dov Tho
members of the society sat three rows
doan along tho walls of tha room
leaving c,sar oh,onp of green car.
NOT In the confer whore were two
small desks twenty foot onort tho
rostrums Of the debaters unon
n,,tform ot tho head of tho room sot
dreadful saniors tbe officers of the
sooio+y o,d rno, henobos ro,r the
platform the dabotars of the evening
vere o,icned Ono of tba frotornol
san;ors cat with swe,tor,ng P,msav.
and tha lotter nc his tima rc,ent]ess,v
came neorar made n LAST miserable
souirm
"I.ook hore Rrother r,olhurn GOT
to oot ont q, bor,n
"No vou don,t voung follow,
"yes 7 dot" Ramsey whisnored ms.
sionoto,v "uonast do uonest
Rrotbar Co,hurn GOT to GOT n drin,,
of wotar pot to"
mo You can't"
"Honest colhnrn 7 cot--n
"uush I"
Ramsey cast his d,,atino eyes along
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hut as blurs swimming vet he was
aware (he thoucht) of formidable
and horrible impassiye scrutinv of
himself. glare seeming to pierce
through him to the back of the belt
round his waist. so that he began TO
have fearful doubts about that belt.
about every fastening and adjustment
of his garments about the expression
of his countenance, and many other
things iumbling together in his con
seriousness, Over and over he whis-
pered gasplngly to himself the open
ing words of the sentence with which
a senior had advised him to begin his
argument. And as the moment of SUI
preme agony drew close, this whisper
ing became continuous: "In making