The St. Johns herald., 1922-09-28
Copyright by Doubleday. Page & Co. CHAPTER X.-continued.

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 And, jumping down from the window seat, he began to dance round his much perturbed comrade, believing. Ramsey bore with him for a moment, then sprang upon him; they wrestled vigorously, broke a chair and went to the floor with a crash that gave the chandelier in Mrs Meigs' parlor, be- low, an attack of jingles.
 "You let me. up" Fred gasped.
 You take your solemn oath to shut up? You goin' to swear it?"
 "All right. give my solemn oath, !" said Fred; and they rose, arranging their tousled attire.
 Well" said Fred, "when you goin' to call on herr"
 "YOu look here!" Ramsey approached him dangerously. You just gave me your sol-"
 'I beg!" Fred cried, retreating. "I mean, aside from all that. why, just thought maybe after such an evening you'd feel as a gentleman you ought to go and ask after her health.'
 ''NOw, see here"
 ''NO, mean it; you ought to-" Fred insisted, earnestly, and as his room mate glared at him with complete sus- picion, he added, in explanation. You ought to go next Callers Night, and send in your card, and say you felt you ought to ask if she'd suffered any from the night air. Even if you couldn't manage to say that, you ought to start to say it, anyhow, because you Keep off O me! Pm only tryin' to do you a good turn, ain't IT"
 You save your good turns for yourself" Ramsey grOwled, still ad- vancing upon him.
 But the insidious Mitchell, evading him, fled to the other end of the room, picked up his cap and changed his manner. Come on, ole bag O beans, let's be on our way to the frat house. i; it's time. We'll call this all off"
 You better!" Ramsey warned him i; and they trotted out together.
 But as they went along, Fred took Ramsey's arm confdentially, and said : ''Now, honestly, Ram, ole man, when are you goin' to-"
 Ramsey was still red. "You look herel Just say one more word"
 "Oh, no," Fred expostulated. 'T mean seriously, Ramsey. Honestly, I mean seriously. Aren't you seriously goin' to call on her some Callers NightT'
 'NO I'm not!"
 "But why not?"
 Because I don't want to-"
 Well, seriously, Ramsey, there's only one Callers Night before vaca- tion, and so I suppose it hardly will be worth while; but expect you'll see quite little of her at home this sum- merP'
 No, won't. I won't see her at all. She isn't gOin' to be home this sum- mer, and wouldn't see anything of her. if she was"
 Where's she goin' to beY'
 'In Chicago"
 '-She is?" said Fred, slyly. s"when'd she tell yOuY'
 Ramsey turned on him. ''You look out! She didn't tell me. I just hap pened to see in the Bulletin she's signed up with some other girls to 20 and do settlement work in Chicago. Anybody could see it. IL was printed put plain, You could have seen. it just as well as. could. if you'd read the Bulletin"
 "Oh." said Fred.
 'Now look here"
 "Good 7heavensI Can't even say 'Oh'?"
 Tt depends on the way you say it." 'I'n be careful" Fred assured him3 earnestly. q really and {. honestly don't mean to get you excited about all this, Ramsey. can see myself you haven't changed from your old opinion of Dora YOcum a bit. I was only try in to get little rise out of you for minute, because of course, seriously, why, I can see you hate her just the same as you always did"
 "Yes," said Ramsey, disarmed and guileless in the face of diplomacy. q only told you about all this, Fred. be- cause it seemed-well, it seemed so kind O funny to me-"
 Fred affected not to hear. What did you say, Ramsey?"
 Ramsey looked vaguely disturbed. q, said-why, I said it II seemed kind .O'-" He paused, then repeated plain lively: "WelI, to me, it all seemed kind o'-kind O funny" C.
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