Show jaws w I 1 0 0 JL Q ams it A Q w caf ap 44 w 0 P bvm T f 40 MD V b j illustrations i 0 by bu 1 ry 41 P 00 r 0 zd ca V doubleday rage PEACH OF A PUNCH hla his grandfather small mall ramsey la Is watching the decoration day parade in the home town tilt the old gentleman a veteran of the civil war endeavors to impress impresa the tha young biot with the of 0 the treat great ronni ct and many years afterward lie boy was to rm remember ember his bl tho w words ads with startling vividness in the schoolroom a row few years yearn afterward ramsey Is not dastin for re remarkable m ability though bis hi pronounced u aced dislikes are arithy arithmetic betic and ger der man in harp sharp contrast to rain ft eyt 1 backwardness la is the precocity I ot of litt little le dora yocum a young lady whom in his bitterness he de denominate norril teachers rea chers pet la high sc school b 0 0 i he ha and dora dom are ela s e m a es rams lumsey e v continues to io feel that the girl delights to manifest her superiority ana the vin lie he generates gener atea becomes alarming culminating in the resolution that some iday day he w will III chow hoew hw at CIMS picnic plan lo 10 na namy m sy to li captured bag and baggage by ellla rust tha class beauty and am endures endured the of hla his first tars love Rat neya risers parents object to miria and wish wah hed taken take up with mrs cam yocum ramsey kisses milla then li filla suddenly aud denly leaves town she sn arrIes ramsey enters the tha state stat e university and there la Is dora dom yocum apin ap ain metis meets dora ina in a lorld war debate and Is in vanquished CHAPTER VII continued lie was so right in regard to tn tits ills own at least eliat thereupon drying up guerly he bo proceeded to a flaur inthe in the midst 0 of o a multitudinous silence for tin nn e ter I 1 forty lh seconds ile he made is ia racking effort and at tile the end of this epoch found words again in making iny argument in tills debate I 1 would state late that J two minutes 1 said tile chairman Sefu refutation tullon bythe by the negative miss D yocum two minutes 1 I erho them said dora primly 1 I subnet that the affirmative tins has not refuted the argument ot of the negative very veil with hla his gavel the clia chairman sharply tapped the desk b before him the que question silon Is now before the boump resolved that germany Is both morally and andle legally kally justified in her invasion of belgium all those in iii favor of the ut here there was tin nn interruption a kind liever never before witnessed during any proceedings of the lumen society it come came from i neither illier of the debaters who wil standing at their desks until the vote thelt lu merits erlis in argument should be taken the interruption was from the rear row of seats along the wall where sat new in embers of the solety society freshmen not upon tile the program of tile the evening A loud nasal voice was was heard from dils quarter I 1 a loud but nasal voice shrill as well its as nasal and full ful of a strange hot alon mr air Chair chairman I 1 it tried cried look a here mr chairman I 1 mr bir chairman I 1 demand to td lie be heard I 1 you yon gotta afta gim nie me my iny say mr chairman 1 vin im a gunna have hae my iny say bayl you yon look a here mr chairman Chalma nl 1 shocked by such ch a breach of order and by the unseemly violence of the speak ipe nUr not only the chairman but everyone ef else looked there A short trone strong figure figur ewas was on its feet gesticulating fie fiercely reely 1 j and the he head belonging to it was a large one with too much curly black hair a flat swarthy face shiny and not immaculately shaven slim en there was an allm of ill III chosen clothes too lu much acir fat ro red lip too much tooth too iglich eyeball fred matchell Ml recognized tills this interrupter as one linski it a adlow who sat next him in one of his classes that eliat enss up to tot il fred vony cred and so 0 o did ot others liers linski allowed them hern lie ile pressed forward sli oving hini himself seir through the two rowl ilk in front of liam till lie he emerged upon 1 th he green of the open space and us lie fie came lie he wag waa ex cyclonic avith words worda you dont put no such stuff as this over I 1 tell on he shouted in h hit is hot nasal voice tills this theres n free country and you call yourself a de hating bating society do da you oia lamme tell you sou I 1 belong to a sit hating debating society in chicago where 1 I come from and the bliem fellas up there almeyd it think he be shot eliot fer a fake like what you popple are bryin to put over here tonight I 1 conic come down here to git some more education anti and pay fer it too tn in good goki eitard money ive ninde made swe atin in a machine shop up the there re in chicago hut but if tills hila 11 Is tile the kind of adua ja im rl n cullina git I 1 better go on in hack back there you call tills n q squrire dehate debate do you ile he advanced toward the clint minns plat fonn slinking shaking a frantic fist well it ra ru do ou on got another think comin roy my frient you yon vitha and give out the question wili vilier it its s right for fer Choluj uny to go 11 acl 0 plum end and w hudt at do you vou do for fer the Cho iside I 1 you pick out this his lere ere big irr tp ap wavell waved lils 1114 passionate land hand at the paralyzed you pick out a boob like thet fer the he clio cho mun hum side a poor ish fish that gits stage fright so bad he dont know whether lies hes or dead or else lie he fakes dikes I 1 it 11 beranse lies hes a speaker so buin it louka looks more to me line like li he was faking you git this big stiff to take fake the ahm mun n u n sloe side and then you g go ril and stick up a goll agalos him tha ts got brain and makes a paclos pablos argument that wins the case against the nuns like chitin through hog hoe lard I 1 but you aint a gunna git away with it mister leinde tell you ou right here avd anil now I 1 may ie be a mix blood kut but I 1 got some in me with the rost rest what I 1 got and before you vote on tills this herft hera question you gotta hear a few from froin somebody that can call talk folkl I 1 this whole war Is a capitally capit alls war belgium as much as Chol and the united states Is its soul to the capIt capitally alls right now I 1 telf you inkin sides against Chol orders fer explosives explosive i and and guns and red cross supplies Is comin into tills country by the millions and tile capt alls united states Is fat already on tile the blood of tile the workers of europe I 1 yes it Is and ill have my say you faker and you can hummer bammer your ole anvel to pieces at roc inc 11 1 ile he had begun to shriek moisture fell from his brow and his mouth the scandalized society was on its feet moving nervously into groups evidently v dently the meeting was wai about to dig e J ill have my cayll say I 1 the frenzied Freni led linski sc screamed reamed integrate ill have haie my iny cayll the frenzied linski screamed you try to put up tills this trick and work n fake to carry over tills this debate Chol but you cant work it on oil roe me lemme tell you I 1 ill have my iny say I 1 the outraged ch chairman airman vas na wholly nt at a n loss how flow to deal with the lie aun un situation so lie defined it quite truthfully and he fie continued to pound upon the desk while other clamors bogan began to riva shouts of tut put him out I 1 Or order ordeal derl shut up frer freshman lini atil I 1 turn tom over to the sophomores sophomore st t this tue meeting eting Is I 1 adjourned bellowed the chairman and there was a thronging toward the doors while the frothing asseverated im n ponna gonna git my say I 1 tell youl ill have my say I 1 ill hit have ye my say bay I 1 lie hall had more than that hat before the hour was over A moment bufter tie lie emerged from tile jie building anil and dime clime out still hot upon the cool dark campus tie hii found himself tile center of a group of his own rhum nates wil m lie at first mistook for jopho m mores ores such was their manner As this ills group broke up it few lill nut liter a youth running to join it scenting mu evile I 1 of interest detained one of those who were departing all apt what was that squealing oil oh no nothing illIng we just junt naked to that linski nobody else touchy him but bui hamsey gave hill W a epach of a n punch on tile the snoot whoopee ill 1 was la laconic collic in ivi to inquiries upon tills this subject when some one remarked you sery served ed him right for calling you a boob and a poor tish and so on before till ill the file society girls and all only eniti that what I 1 hit him for lie fie declined to explain further CHAPTER vill VIII t lle jie way 1 look 1001 nt fit it 1 1 fred sald sad when they their whither a benevolent senior colbum accompanied them thein the way I 1 look rit at it this ills biliski ij jd d of you a cOmPIli nent after ail lie fie called you a fake lae he M gansl have thought you looked ng fig if 11 you could make it n butter better speech titan you did oh goll pollyl and as Ita insey iro groaned nned the jovial Bl Itchell gave cove himself up tu to the dlynn and tile the mirth 1101 oh oil oh oil golly t lie he sputtered never you mind brother land colburn said gently the lumen Is used to nervous beginners ive seen dozens in my time just like you anti and souie sonic of em ein got to he be first before they quit besides tills crazy linski la Is nil all that anybody ll ev ever er remember about to nights meeting 9 anyhow there never was any such outbreak ns as that in my iny thile dritt I 1 fuesl there never was lit in the whole history of the society well probably suspend III him in until lie apologizes to the society im on the hoard board mid and im in favor of it who Is the bird anyhow 7 lies iles in your class 1 I dav saw him before ramsey responded from froin the deep choir chair abere lie had moodily thrown himself and returning to his brooding upon apol I 1 his orn ora tory oil oh murder I 1 he run moaned lined well said the senior know heni when you see him DR alii you put your boft mark orblin on him where you enn can see it till nil right 1 11 lie chuckled 1 I sup suppose flose I 1 really ought in n have buve interfered in that but I 1 decided to tin do a attle observation about fifty feet abuy fur for a few minutes ini in way behind in my iny anyhow do you Lins lal brother Il ive talked to him a couple 0 times on oil tile lie cal lipus sald said fred lies iles in one of my iny classes lips lies about tile the oldest in our class I 1 guese ti a lot older than us anyhow lies kind of an anarchist or something cant talk moren alve any time aline without gettin off saine lug bug stuff about capitalist capitalism ile he said aid r the course in political economy was all alj capitalism und the prof was bought by wall street ioor old prof colbun n laughed ile he gets fifteen hundred a year yes id heard that myself arid I 1 told jinaki and he said lie he lind had nin an uncle worlin in a steel will got twice that much but it make any difference fer enLe ole craig was bought by bi wall str street acet ue uc sald eald capitalism better look out he find the foreign horn born workmen wore grin to take this country some day and that was ww one of the reasons lie was urier after tin nn nu pretty strong pro germau too the war in europe hut but I 1 sort of 0 was vaa more because beckus hed le be pro anything anny ali ing that lie thought would help upset the united states ehno because jn vi erred much about germany gei ninny yes said colburn how flow he sounded tonight I 1 guess theres plenty more like hlin lu in the cities bitle too toi that reminds tile me id better nonnce arlinge a debate on immigration for the lumen well put brother rother Il tor for the negative tills this time ramsey started violently see beo here 1 iut but the senior reassured him just wanted to sm you ou jump he explained dont four fear youve louve done your our share 1 I should think I 1 ahne Il aulseY gr groaned oRned yes you wont he be called on oil dignin tills this terin tenn ily the way a said cochurn Col hurn allu il t full Y that was a clever cleer girl you had against you tonight I 1 dont believe in pacifism enuch myself hill but she used it very ery niftily for lier her ar argument u slie she from froin your town this miss ln fred nodded well ashes a clever cleer young oung thin thing said tile the senior still thoughtful and lie he added graceful girl she Is at tills this tile the roommates looked lit at him ham with startled attention was so roused mused as to forget ills his troubles anti and sit forward in tits hla chair yes said the musing colburn ashes a mighty pretty kirl girl what I 1 this exclamation was a simultaneous I 1 busone us one the file astounded pair stared nt at hini him in black incredulity why dont you ou think so colburn mildly inquired slie she seems to me i ery cry unusual looking well tes kes fred assented em emphatically were with you there I 1 eyes continued col hum burn lovely figure too altogether a strikingly q tri kingly pretty girl handsome I 1 should hould say perhaps yes liand handsome soine rather than pretty ile he looked up from a brief reverie you fellows felloes known her long you letl bet I 1 said dainsey ll Ra amsey insey she made a impression on the lum lugii Lu mii nl colburn went on 1 I 1 dont ant remember thill alia I 1 ever saw a first appearance unite there that quite equaled it shell probably have a brilliant career in the society and in the university too she elie must be a very one sort ort of a person ile he deliberated within himself elf a few feti moments longer then realizing that his hosti and brethren did not respond with any heartiness or with anything at all to the theme he changed it and asked them thein what they thug chught ht about tile the war in 1 europe drope they talked of the war drowell drowsily for a ualle hile it ag CLI late resting but not an ex exciting citing topic it lh thing they spoke of ws so far away after a few moments of fervor fen or the conversation languished and Brot brother lier colburn rose to go e to oo go over aai and a help bang their d J d kal serl TO HE |