The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-04-26
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER L-With his grandfather,
rail Ramsey Milholland II Watching the
Dissertation Day Parade In the nome
sSwn. The old gentleman. q veteran OF
tne civil war, endeavors to impress the
younsster with the significance Of the
great conflict. and many years afterward
the boy was TO remember his words with
startling vividness-
CHAPTER -II.-In the schoolroom, q
few years afterward, Ramsey was not
distinsuished for remarkable ability.
tnough his two pronounced dislikes were
arithmetic and 'Recitations.' In sharp
contrast to Ramseys backwardness y
the precocity OF little Dora Yocum, a
young lady whom In his bitterness he de-
nominatss Teachers Pet"
CHAPTER HIN hi... SCHOOL. where
ne and Dora are ciassfuA .es, Ramsey
continues to feel that the girl delights TO
maniiest her superiority. ana the vindic-
tiveness ne generates becomes alarming
eliminating In the resolution Tat some
Day he would show" her.
CHAPTER Wat class picnic Ram
-sey, TO his intense surprise. appears 10
Attract the favorable attention of Miss
Mllla Rust. young lady OF about his
own age and the acknowledged belle OF
Sne CLASS. Milla has the misfortune to
fail into creek while talking with Ram
'scy. and that youth promptly plunges to
the rescue. The water Is only some three
Feet deep. but Milla's gratitude for his
heroic act Is embarrassing. He is in fact
taken captive by the fair one. to his great
CONSERVATION.
CHAPTER v.-The acquaintance ripens.
Ramsey and Milla openly keeping COM
pany," while the formers parents won
der. His mother indeed goes so far as
to express some disapproval Of his choice.
even limiting that Dora Yocum would be
q more suitable companion, suggestion
which the youth receives with horror.
CHAPTER vI.-At this period our hero
gets the thrill of his first Kiss" Mills
peins very willing partner in the act
der nlppancy over the matter discon-
'certs Ramsey Immensely. but shortly aft
SrnWard the girl departs for a visit to
lineage. She leaves an endearing missive
melancholy.
CHAPTER vII.-Shortly after Milla's
departure. her friend, Sadie Clews, in
forms Ramsey that his inamorata has
been married to her cousin and is not
coming back. so that little romance is
ended. Within few months Ramsey
and his closest friend. Fred Mitchell.
90 to the state university. Ramsey's chief
feeling being one of relief that he has got
away from the detested Dora. To his hor-
ror he finds she 10 also a student at the
university. Induced to Join debating
society. Ramsey " chosen as Dora's OPP
ponent In a debate dealing with the mat
ter VI 6ermhnys fABnt 10 invade Bel
GUM. Dora being assigned the negative
side Of the argument. Partly on account
Of his feelings toward Dora, and his nat
ural nervousness. he makes a miserable
showing and Dora carries OF the honors.
A brash youngster named Linski objects
to the showing made by Ramsey and be-
comes personal In his remarks. The mat
ter ends with Ramsey, In the university
vernacular. giving L1nski peach Of a
punch on the snoot'
CHAPTER vIII.-Dora appears TO have
made a decided hit with her fellow stu J
dents, to Ramsey's supreme wonderment =
A rumor of his affair" with the tickle
Milla spreads and he gets the reputation
Of man Of experience and woman
hater."
CHAPTER Ix.-The story comes to the
spring Of 1915 and the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. The university Is stirred TO its
depths. Faculty and frat" societies alike
wire the government offering their serv-
ices In the war which they believes to be
inevitable. Dora, holding the belief that
all war Is wrong. sees with horror the
spirit of the students. which is an intense
desire to call Germany to account. She
seeks Ramsey and endeavors to impress
him with her pacifist views