The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-06
THE STORY6
BoRRowE d CLuNY.
Copyright. 1913. BY ". Werner.

"1Il lend YOU my .Cluny ccnterpiece.
It'll Just tit You table. insist" said
Ella quickly as Adelinc appeared to
object.
Adelinc thrummed her fingers nerr-
ouslN on the window ledge in the
shabby living room. 1t was nice OF
Ella u she wanted to make as good
twhom she had metz as posi-
bic. But Adeline had Il curious in
rooted aversion to borrowing. 1t
was not a matter of pride. Pride
with Ella would be ~nonsensical. The
two had grown up in adjoining weedy'
yards, i'm almost adjoining shabby
the same wholesale grocery house.
their mothers had borrowed yeast
and loaned jelly recipes cvcr since
either slim. pretty girl could renlem-
Der: Nevertheless. .Adeline hcsitated,
Ever since she had known Harvey
Dale. the new editor of the daily
newspaper OF the small city, she had
been dubious concerning the opinion
his people would have of her and
her people II had been love at first
sight with both her and Harvey when
they met at a church affair. He had
Just come to town and his people
lived in another state. But she soon
learned that they were far above her
NOSSNiiS uu Ai1oIlSIdllS. A>Ol HUH
Harvey had she learned it. but from
other people who knew of them.
But she had treasured herself. As
long as Harvey loved her nothing
else was vital. III he didn't care that
the house needed paint and the parlor
curtains needed to- be thrown away
It surely Was no one else's business.
But she was glad tina, they lived SO
far away.
ana then Harvey announced casu-
ally that his sister Irene. on. her
way to spend the winter in California.
had learned that she could stop over
for three hours and meet the girl
with whom q brother had fallen in
love. Adeline had been dismaved
expected opportunity Of making at
least one OF his family acquainted with
her so soon, but she concealed it.
How nice" she murmured. Harvey
was not analytical II the moment.
He did not catch the doubt that in-
l1ected the murn1ur.
The three. hours would be from IL
Adellne was more dismayed. Her
mother found it hard to keep plenty
OF food on the table without buying
fine napery. Adeline's own wages as
bookkeeper in a small store had been
Of 90 recent birth TO lave aided
iiauSu. 81 SIZE was aNeFSe 10 pre-
tense. Her sense Of pride was al
most defiance. She never asked Har-
veS to love her. If his people couldn't
accept her as she was
"Slush," said Ella, when Adeline,
~pink-cheeked and with brooding eyes,
partly explained. I'll bring it over
In the morning right after breakfast.
And. Adeline. let me fix the mayor.
naise dressing. You know" with the
candor of old friendship. that yours
tastes like slop."
Adeline submitted. It would have
been ungracious not to do SO. And
Ella had a knack of table arrange
ment. On>the elaborate Cluny cloth
their small array of glass and silver.
combined with all of EAa's mothers
stock ella was a large lender) looked
really nice.
Irene arrived at ten minutes after
IL. She was a large. middle-aged
woman. overdresscd. and Adeline read
contempt i'll the first swift glance
that she gave the shabby house while
Harvey was helping her out of his
runabout. Harvey. however, did not
notice, and Adelinc had enough poise
ITO ignore 1t. But she was glad Of
Elias presence. Ella was a vivacious
talker and accustomed to b~antering
Harvey. Under her rattle of gay