The diamond drill., 1922-03-10

mo. there isn't. she interrupted.
Its Just the old brutal spirit that ma
tions inherit from the time they were
only tribes; It's the tribe spirit. and
an eye for an eye and tooth for
tooth. It's those things and the love
OF fghting--men have always loved
TO fight. Civilization hasn't taken IL
out OF them; men still have the brute
In them that loves TO fightl"
IL don't think So" said Ramsey.
Americans don't love TO fight: don't
know about other countries. but we
don't. or course, here and there,
there's some fellow that likes TO hunt
around for scraps. but l never saw
more than three or four In my life that
acted that way. or course football
team often has a scrapper or two on
II. but that's different"
"No." she said. II 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 n single
boy that was anything like that"
what" She stopped, and turned
suddenly 10 face him.
whats the matterY' he said, stop
ping, too. Something he said had
startled her. evidently.
How can you say such a thingT
she cried. "You. love TO hght!"
"Me?"
"You do You love nghting. You
always have loved lighting"
He was dumfounded. "why, never
had a fight in my life :"
she cried out in protest OF such pre-
varicstlon.
"well. never did" he insisted,
mildly.
."why. you had a tight about mel"
"No. didn't"
"with Wesley Bender.'
Ramsey chuckled. THAT wasn't 4
nghtl"
ut wasn't7"
Nothing like one. We were just
guyin' him ahout-about gettin' sllcked
up, kind OF, because he sat In front OF
you; and he hit me with his book strap
and l chased him OF. Gracious, no
that wasn't a fight" :"
But you fought Linski only last
fall"
Ramsey chuckled again. That
wasn't even as much like fight as the
one with Wesley. ! just told this
Linskl was goin to give him a punch
In the sn--- just told him to look
out because was goin' 10 hit him, and
then did II. and waited 10 see II he
wanted 90 do anything about II, and he
didn't That's all there was 10 II, and
IL wasn't any more like fighting than
than feeding chickens is"
She laughed dolefully. at seems
to- me rather more like IL than that !"
"Well. IL wasn't"
They had begun 10 walk on again.
and Ramsey was aware that they bad
passed the frat house" where his
dinner was probably growing cold. Tie
was aware OF this. but not sharply or
insistently. CuriouAy enough, he did
not think about n. He had begun TO
find something pleasant Ia the odd in
teryiew and in walking beside a girl,
even though the girl was Dora Yocum.
He made no attempt 30 account to
himself for anything 70 peculiar.
For while they went slowly to-
gether, not speaking, and without des-
tination, though Ramsey vaguely took
Il 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
Dorn's steps slowed 10 an indeter-
inmate halt near bench beneath a
maple tree.
"I think I'll stay here 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.
ner? | didn't mean for you To come
out OF your way with me; only want
ed To get an answer 10 my question.
You'd better be running hack"
"Well-l'
He stood lrresolute. not sure that he
wanted his dinner just then. II would
have amazed him 10 face the fact de-
llberately that perhaps he preferred