The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-16
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luggage ias@ the She eaf nsa l on a S S1se. '" sns
white lawn dress, a cape. and . hat
with q feather that n fowl would
have been ashamed to own. In ten
years she had grown thinner and
browner. hut not less energetic. Her
step was as light as a girls a. she
Hugh met her. His boyish whoop
of Joy brought Edith with a proper
welcome. From the buggy Aunt
Clarissa's middle-aged stepson grin
ned on the group upon the porch.
Land. no. Seth won't stay. He
can't said Aunt Clarissa. He's got
to slop the calves at j o'clock; seth.
We're trying to learn him not to
NEEDLE with the young %turkeys." she
explained. There's a couple Of chick
ems in that bundle for you. Edith.
And here's a box of pot cheese for
Hugh. 'Twon't hurt him to eat It.
And here's a little pail Of cream. I
thought maybe they'd come in
Well. ! should say" Hugh put his
arm tenderly about the narrow.
dropping shoulders.
Seth woke up the old horse, which
went nodding and whisking OFF the
flies down the lane.
You've got this place fxed up
sat on the porch after dinner. Il never
see so much pretty fresh paint and
paper in my life. And that windmill
there a-hying In the air! It's won
derful." She sa1ed about her admir-
ingly. What's that little building OFF
there for? Do you keep a horse?"
Aunt clarissa. That's a garage"
SYn1l FnAAn an ttarrnnh11 4 NA1paN
rid in one in my life" There was awe
in the cracking old voice. And I
never got close up to one but once.
That nearly run me down on the
hishway. I wake up nights yet a
sweating and a-tremhling with
dreaming about It. It was a red one.
I hope yours amt red"
It's buff and black, Aunt Clarisaa.
And it's guaranteed harmless"
Maybe It is. but you can't tell"
Aunt Clarissa found a pocket in her
full skirt and produced a roll Of lace
nj q crochet hook with which she
set to work. They're dreadful skit-
fish actin critters. You never can
tell. can't get over the feeling that
struction. Everyzstime I see one I
want to climb 2 tree or get behind a
stone wall. I'd be scared to death
to ride in one"
"Nonsense!" said Hugh. Yours is
the fear. OF the inexperienced, auntie.
One spin will convert you. Edith. you
must take her out
But Aunt Carissa shook her head.
You jist keep the barn door shet 50
1t can't get OUT she said. I amt
convinced yet that a thing what's
got W eyes front and hack and a
snout. n can breathe and screech
like a vixen ain't living If It amt
human"
You're an absurd old woman"
thought Edith. and I don't see how
you ever came to belong to my Hugh.
I hope he's getting some pleasure u
Of your visit, for I'm not"
1t was true. Aunt Clarissa had
come to stay three days. and they
seemed endless to Edith. The second
afternoon she went off in the a
alone and left the old woman with
Hugh. She stayed until the shadows
were falling and her gasoline was
out. -,
what did you Ira Aunt c,.r,s.a
when at $3.50 the old woman went to
her room and left them alone.
Everything" Hugh said. What
Calves ana young turkeys and rag
old Mike Of . SPAWN. Edith's tone
Knocked. Really. Hugh, we've not
one thing in common. Aunt Clarissa
knows her world to perfection, and
she hasn't an atom Of interest outside
Of 1t. She's a contented woman. Her
life Just suits her. It satisfies her.
She's actually cocky about it. It isn't
so much what she has missed as the
fact that she doesn't know she's
missed anything. She's so sure that
she's had all she wants and she's so
absolutely pleased with what she's
got that she vexes me. To me she's
terrible. I want to shake her pla-
cidity to pieces, to cry to her: Don't