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INIlIIIIIflIIIIIIIItIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIII iRams By CHAPTER XII.--Continued. --15 Itamsey looked! <ogged. "I'm not goln' aLroundl a lways argulin' about everything whenqi targuin' wvou1ld just hmurt ple401l's' feelings about somnethuing theOy'ret ll excited iabout, and wouldn't -do a bit o' good In the world-and you know yourself just talk hardly ever 'settles anythinlg--so I d1on't-" "Aha I" Fred erle~l. "I thought so I .NJow you lIsten to zne-"~ "I won't. I-" But at this~ mioment they were Inter TupJte(I. Somecone slyly 01)ened( a (10oor, and a snowhall (leftly thrown frolin without caiuight .itainsey0 upIon the back of the neck and head, where it flat tetI( an1t( <lisj)h1ye'l Itself as5 1an orna ilintal stari. Shoutinug fIercely, bo0th boys5 sprang up), ran to the dloor, wvere k'auight there in a1 barrage oft sno0whaills, dluckedl through It ini spite of' aill da31n .age, charti't uplonL aL (Iozen besweaterecd fliures awa,'iitinug then'ti and lbegan3 ai inti battle In thle hilzzard. Some of their o11ponen15ts teacheroly0153 joine1t't thiei anltl turne3('l upon)1 the tiiuul)hers?1.' In the <dusk t he nierry' conflet 'wvited upI 14 utitiuuown the snlowu-covereil -thriew, or1 sur'geti ha11k ili for'th, 0or clencheod airil toIpile4i over into0 snowi hanks, yt all coninlg to chantIL anl ex t eipoiz'.odh ic-cry In chorus, even a s they fought the inost wildly. "Whoit? Whlo? Who?!" they3 chanted. goin' to be no0 wari?'" ,~CHAPTER XIII. So everywyuher'e over the countriy, thalt winter of ll Iti, t here wuere lighit-heart e~d boys skyl arki ig---a t col)1lege, or' OIn the farin1s ; 1ni11(1 th Ile to wns5 the 01ther as5 they ('nilie fr'ont thle shops; ~ 'Wile on tIls Sunly (If thie "frat"' An~ow lIght pr1obal~ly severalI 111( hu 'ie(Is (It thout~stuints of1 youthfu iinLi ehelodIrs, he tweeni thll two oc'eanis, w1entL walkinig, like Ratnlisey, eacih with aL girl who colii31 for'get t he wea'lthier. Y'et boys of tiie11en a4nl111( ini tihe twet'iehs were not liht-hearlltell alhl the ti11ne that wvin ter' 1u114 thati $ Ipring tL t111hatL suunner101. MIst 41f then'ii knIew lon1g, thouighitfu 'St'lntIi to be tinking not4 ofi girls or' or (I'r oIspec't. A 1141 :1 $11uch gi ines t hey3 werle graIve, bit 11441 unlgenItlIe. inL. of1 things g'oinlg 44n ats usual ther1'e ihl,'k :1 4lee4 v'I'ibratio , like thei air1 trec'ibiling toI valst or'gan pipe14s in clin1 iln the4 grolinI i1n141er 41n10s 1ee. ''ii succ4''ssio of 'I 1 4llon Itie 11te1 (' 4 me14 IIPal -li(141 11 l'liir h I ljtoperlilng ofl li 11 ..orner4'l 1n4 ll4n're 1al14 11eople4 5:1hl, "'ThIs ine':Inis j4n-nee4 fori Amero3hi, an1ti1 all is well for uIs." but1 e'verlyboily3 kniow inl his heartI'. ha:t 114tingi~ wais wvell for A..rlea''hl shoo1k with ii t 11114 It beenrue13 slowI' ly 11114 115ibl s te voice4 44f till 4o14 whol4 1:4 (101011fIil I 4 l it afor '.im 1, a s il a1galin. 1for It was15 teirs:III uta the mean .ing1 4of I it- Iie l i herty,1V: ilthe'~ l'ur .sul' gof13 43 lp iness-was '1:5 13 th islne t'e~irs t le 31. An.t1'i :they kne they woli <'ef1n1 it,'l 3 a4tu l i iit ilt' (tIin5 gradua 1lily11, e' sacre4ill ~t th iiI reacht', tlhem41 whet i4'-r t he sa 1t4 n141 t1'I' he chi reus (lr th'541e oinlin-r114' or wa3'IILked13 with11e1l4 w L or)3A13'''L (t1:1 141t he 11us'hine,3l 1r bht11l the rhibbon)1141 (ount' Thus anti hsowly en'Ine into ti r ' lis am'i'4 clu' ingtsveyu for'5110 114 them:3'. ILlte ofi (lie Germane wasi~ (no1t brec4; ilhown iIIneu lien iats.als heart ; a .155(11m41 the in w limul not'4' pre-il hal't in Amere, or 13( inany ou'l1ii o 014h41'Iulil k eas4 ship11 lum itshit free hl'eas, I''s deat'bIng the (114' t for1111 any1 who3'1 disobeye ll, then111 1he 11rm' ka111iserl'' 'lawi he0 hadothl' ' lir us1(, ut toi onan -'doth e hts 1 f h'l i. Yl t he n-o tterne wenthrywher, th er plcw ntewoe ob hthb hihadwnru ers i itr we s c m o t e s e l l n eig i bein prsdnBoyh lnireas " HAPTr ineboter,"Conth, in think 'damgreat lod ragher . have benot - thouh thr hou ind lay harn,, a.,-,,-.. ey. Miil BOOTH TARKING from Washington today I I tell you I've spilent the meanest afternoon over did in may life, and I guess it': been pretty much the sane with all 01 us. The worst of it is, it looks tiu though there isn't a thing in the worit( we calk do. The country's beetn be trayed by a few blatherskltes Un( boneheads that had the power to (10 it, and all we cln <o--We've just got to stand It. But there's some Anericans that aren't Just stainling it, atil I want to tell you a lot of 'em are men from the universities, just like us. They're over there right now ; they haven't said much--they Just packed up un1l went. They're flying for "rance and for England anad for Canada ; they're fighting under every hag on the right side of' the western front; and they're driving ambulatces at VerdIun a(ll altliltuition trucks at the Somiie. We'lJ, there's going to be a lot more Amerlena boys oli all these jobs mighty soon, on1 account of what those 111011 di in congress tolay. If they won't give us a chance to do some thing under our own flag, then we'll have to go 111(1 lo it unler soine other flag; and I walt to tell you I'm one that's going to go ! I'll stick it out in college Il) to Easter, and thei if there's still no chaice to go urnder the Stills alul Stripes I'll maybe have to 94) ullder the flag Iimy great-great grantifather fought ugni nst in 1776, but, anyhow, I'll go!" It was in speaking to Itainsev of this leclaration that I ora said Frel was a "dangerous firebramlm." 'They Were taking another February walk, but the February was February, 1917; and1 the (iny was dry and sunny. "It's just about it year ago," she saitd. "What is?" Itamsey asked. "That first tiiie we went walking. i)on't you remember?" "(OI, that day? Yes, I remember It as sn1owing." "Anil so cold atid blowy !" she added. "It seems a long timne ago. I like walk ing with you, lamisey. You're so quiet anl solld-I've always felt I couh( talk "I Never Liked Any Girl Enough to Go and Call on Her." to y'ou just a nyhmow 1 pleiasedl, anil you wVoubiln't intil. I'll 1ii1ss theose wvalks wvith you when we'r'e out of college." 1Ile shtckld. '"T'hat's funny "' "'hi'(:tuse wo'*ve only takeni four' hie sides t his: t wo last year, ni'l antiiher wee',k beforiie hast, itiel anithler last we'tek. TIhis is ~oity the fifth.'' "f('mod grailou's !Is tinat all? It seemiteel to' me we'd gonle (ver' so often !"' She laughieud. "'m'i a frai3d you won'it thitnk thai seetus inuchas :ift ll lik'id going, but I ieally htave. Aitml. hy3 thei waiy, yo u've ineer en Iled oin on' it. alli. Per~thnipls it's Ibeeinuse I've for got len to ask you."' "I Iih, ni,"' IRnisey snhid, am11( seuff~ed his shoies onl thle linth,. presentIly ex lilaining rat her ishsI ly thai~t he "never wa'is inuchi of a caliler"; and he added, '"or aniythilng.'' "WVell, you must comec If you eve' care to,'' she sitb1l, wIthl a big-sist er griaciou~isness5. "Tlhe' Dorm-l clhaiperon sIts there, ofi ('ourise, buit ourils Is a jolly one11 iand youi'd like her. Youi've pro'4b ulbly met hier--ai rs. iiust ings ?-whlein you've ('illled on ot her' girl-s at our' old shop." 0000 0000 OOoo RELICS OF THE. England Has Three of the Most Re. markable That the Whole World Has to Offer. A lout' of bread mlore than (600 years' obil. It is satid,. is to be found at Ambhas to, ini 'l irhlvhire, lEnghmnd. It was inchltaled In a grant of ltml from the crownt in theii reIgn of' King J1ohn, and14 lhts ritinied ini thle Sonr family (eer sinice. A ltnt a s great a cuiostity as t hIs Is at houls' 1.1(14 years oft age, itned yet lit for habtlitatol'n. Thlits ob1 dweling, lihe oie4st inhtinhiteid hiouse In lang'md(, was hultlt ini tihe t ine of Klug ( tf'a of ~er('ia. It b-' oct agomnal in shap e, the w~alls of its lower' story being of great 111111IIII111111111111111111111IIIIl11t1ii igU olland TON Copyright by Doubleday, Pago & Company Illlillillillitil!!IIllillill||||1illllilllililllil!Ei "No," salti 1R:n si'. "I never was mnuch of a " lie paused, fearing that he Ight he repeat lag hiniselt, lendl too hastily arnentlet his Intentiton. "I never liked any girl enough to go 81n(1 call on her." "Itainsey M ilholland I" she cried. "Why, when we were In school half the roomn used to he talking about how you and1 that pretty Milla-" "No, no I" ltinsey protested, again too hurrie:lly. "I never called on her. We just went walking." A noinent later his color sudldenly becanme fiery. "I don't mean-I mean -" he stamnlerel. "It was walking, of course-I incaii we d1i'go out walk big, but It wasn't walking like-like tils." lie ctam lutledi with a tit of coughing whclh sentedl to rack him. I)tra threw bhack her head and laughed delighteilly. "Don't you apolo gize !" she saidl. "I (hin't when I said It seelnedt to Ine that we've gone walk Ing so often, when in reality it's only four or tive tihues altogether. I think I can exphiin, though: I think it ('ae partly frotm a feeling I have that I can rely on you-that you're a good, sold(, relilible sort of person. I renember froin the thne we were little childi'en, yol always hil a sort of worriei, hon est look In school. atnd you used to nii kte a (lent in your forehead-you mieant it for a frown-whenever I (caughI youlr eye. You luttil 1ne so hon estly, :id yo 'u were so honestly afrald I woiln't set it !" "Oh, no-n o-" "Oh, yes-yes " she laughed, then grew serious. "My feeling about you --that yotu were ai person to he relledl oil, I Incian--I think it began that eve ining ii our f'reslin:ani yeai', after the 1aisittinhi, when I sloppedl you on the (arnpus anl yolu went with me, anid I couldin't help erying, and( you were so nice ani (inliet. I hardly realized then that it was the first time we'dl ever realtly tilkel together-of ('ourst 1 did ali ie talking -ani yet we'd known ouch other so inany years. I thought of it afterwtl'(l. But what gave me such a (IItfl'rentt View of you, I'd al ways thei ght you were one of that truettet yor oif boys, always just bursting for a fight ; but you showed me you'<l really never lu1i a light i your life andl hated lighting, aind that you syupathlize(l withil my feeling about war." i e She stoIliI.1 sjIwaking to (lralw in her breath with ia shalrp sigh. "Al, (loll't you rielum ilier wl I've tol! you :ll111 alo g? 1low it keeps 'aionillg closer aIndi elsel'-:nd nlow lits :tllinost here,' Isn't It unth1inkatble? Andl whatt cane we (to) to slop it, we poor few who feel that we liuist stop it ?" "' el--" niilus'y iii' in Ui eln ' t ably. " 1f 11 'o''rSe I---" "You ('st't tlo inuchl," ;-, aibl. "I lilown ill e ii f t (18 lieni.t \'ii ililt'l v. do?, There are~t~t~ s full of lu's .unog t'he isnsayigrathat les-:oin Ily on ' ill theici whl':;s faitl . All'~ t heg~ res1, are' 'li'lar.li t wi e inustii '1115 gI it'; we1' itlst ali2'iI leverfee ftrwatliii f It we lief I t anytill' :'' n ; e in lti t to heI (. o e hist breath!". "91i'y~ i 0 Ti' 20'7"ihe rep te wliner itly "i )hu aulylufigur ofsl lpeis," sh alit InutIenty.4 hi langt~ slagey wile fulof Ihlrhar1'ie igure lt iovile odel.h ~~l''re .yiel l c iisc~, ~ sayin ht s oi ng~sei sito' the's I'an:lliat av'(iaitoieon ll crp. f tin ik'i' 1'it tr e? "lhe whyi~ di yfu lejtin tallhitr surn'y yeoi'u have' 135r5 inlunc wt hs1( face~vi : the 1ntly 4'ilIntd ot h' Raivher al eine211.i uretitioyas rogt. "\\' 22l, you' know, l I -'red1411 sa1y e lasof ne imsii l s I '1n 't se li t le muc oit1 In know.s ll Slidon' cly see?' That41 soof hi ng 112 . is 1nt 31i1s 'inhe Ill( Ip ouT ad it a leadefr. th n' you id( the (wagh ie ofor1' him to answyIer. "Itn't you?"te s h he insisted. The grnC, dsperd n tm - Wraps for Surnm Kni HEII least showy anti conspicuous of our friernds often proves to be the best friend In need, andi so it Is with coats and wr .ps. Now that the title for Sunmner Jo4trne(yings is here, 1tSk the unexperieneet globe-trotter, and she will tell you to begin your outfitting with a practieni, roonmy coat, made of a soft, wari mterial. In i neutral or cdar: color. Whether your path lends to the muntains or the sea, the tropics or the (lesert, take t Practical Wraps for S turdy coat along, for you will have need of it. One (loes not ncquire i coat of this kinl for a single Journey or 1 single season, therefl'ore ecet'Ilriities of Style are not auniong its possessions. W1e muty cotnt (II straight Ilnes, youthful :andl ian:liinish styles to he long-livedl andit 1 affeete by passing whinms of f'ashion. but entirely' coIn fortlable. Such :1 coat is sIl.wn at the right of the two pictured here. It is pr'Ooie withi rapacious411 Il'Its, uI' p d I linple collar :1141 IS I' ,,e,:,Iy belted . -lale ofl hornes1. I tweed, duvetyin :111fl cattlel's-hair :111" sin11ling congsg, it is the itiui'IsI's d1el'igh:t. The co:11 :1t'thI left iif tIll' pictu'I re proc1haiInls itself 1s cal' this 5'('1'Cson w'it h 1's wide, erli.c'imk( sle'ev4'', but it is SlpOerSe / a d hf o h oiin o rvl In /onayadhslnht eon "leasnitUSlip-Overt jbwe 'Iha C an1ldl( fong grde of04 the inn'teriavl. Inbge color:I~ 11r4 tan4 Iandel lne wiith lready coat11' I s 2fl (are occupy-~ll They assurgc us140 i'h2at 11 lines ill con.i linne stighI't an see11lagegEe ifIthese111 detail' ar'e~ changeth rlt illil y nl Cain? of a'1' little prons udto tuuer he bechagso ag er Trips; itted Accessories en. The sweater has been multiplied to suit occasion, scarfs have been varied for the saute reason, hats and bags to iatch thetn have joined the cheerful coruany of knitted acces soril. These things, and others, are taken ns a matter of course In the wardrobe whlie emIphasis is placed on the kind of yarns employed and on style aint! color. Knitted things, including dresses, are especially voguish for sportswear, Summer Journeys. hut their usefulniess does not begin or end there, unless w\"e nittke "spor'ts wenrI'' i terI ul' Very wtih' :ppliention. Knitted garn ettis, eleverly styled, tip Ie:Lr altnost ee'ry whlre. Many of iI'iII ar' IIpjroI dnets oI w 1inierful loomy -1114 inuny11" of iheln are hund iltted the hitter Jitlving the usttat 1restigei of handwolrk ov~er ninchrino work:. Now that. they are so i:zshijion:leh it I: well woritih whih- It) learn to knit. WOin cn flind it fuseinnlig work, good for the noerves Irtl an 11111iorlinr refuI to tile strait on t hieir l ouu thoks. A iir n ight in11nIke a heginnitiIng in the r'teith'r1 of knitIling iy copy'ing fie irtt 2y sz-aif oIf Irela[ nd wit' siow-:. here at I1t' right 4f 11hie ihllistru lhltt. A fl(' zi'Iehyr, inl :1any coloir det'sired, Is used foir it :111al ille borer'r ol' strip.' s - ' * 1 tcae and Scarf. inI (tat rast ing coalors, iunly suit in. divii a lany. Thei ship-a ver. i.weinter at the heft is Innehina'-kit td andc Innuy be hadl ini Minhiost il ny colorji. It is a~ practical :uad~ youaat hfil affazir with~ a "V"*' neck. .1lbow~v z~ leevex, and fanc'z Iey boi'r eled wa it h whitep. The collar uniu' e'tsl uamih the btordeIr and! ai larowv bu isiness'5, is theare hea'tuse it is t here, ho tiia i apre 13y finish. 1t buttons~ at ea-h snie after crotssinag at the, front. .insi nii I he moltinen't inny' slp-eu'. Swet-aris art shtowin iln gay etahals ,,hih horiiiontal StrPipes' ini wvhite, or white interwoven waii i1h ith te olor, anrd Inun finct er tare fet uriig swhiei*er IT' whitie Pwith hiorizonital strIijaa's in Nava n*lo pzattearus. TPhey are luii- fora sporta wea-;r. 'iii h tuxedo( ininia~ains its plhace for oblear ipoplhe. 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