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Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946

"Ramsey Milholland"

As near as I can make out, this
war began with Germany and Austria startin' in to wipe out two little
countries; Austria began shootin' up Serbia, and Germany began shootin'
up Belgium. I don't need to notice any more than that, myself--all
the Werder girls in the country can debate their heads off, they can't
change what happened and they can't excuse it, either."
He was silent, appearing to feel that he had concluded conclusively, and
the young gentleman on the window seat, after staring at him for several
moments of genuine thoughtfulness, was gracious enough to observe,
"Well, ole Ram, you may be a little slow in class, but when you think
things out with yourself you do show signs of something pretty near like
real horse-sense sometimes. Why don't you ever say anything like that
to--to some of your pacifist friends?"
"What do you mean? Who you talkin' about? Whose 'pacifist friends'?"
"See here!" Fred exclaimed, as Ramsey seemed about to rise. "You keep
sitting just where you are, and don't look at me out of the side of your
eye like that--pretendin' you're a bad horse.


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