The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-01-23

nave managed TO get along or to get
AWAY into the world. She might have
gone to high school longer than four
months. Those four months had been
in Leona's fifteenth year. and she had
quit tempestuously. High school, 1t
seemed. had been more Il matter of
clothes. primping, snubs, snobs and
chic coiffnres than of the lessons she
had foOlishly supposed.
Today as she came out of the cor
ner grocery store, her arms loaded, a
group of high school girls stood on the
corner laughing with a crowd of
young fellows. None of them spoke.
although she had spent the four
months in the same classrooms. She
passed them silently. Presently one
Of the girls hurried past her and met
q; tall. well-dressed young fellow. In
hor impetuous rush she knocked a
parcel from Lcona's hold. The apol-
that she called back was so very
careless as to be no apology at all.
Mr.. Nanny," the girl called, gayly.
ingly halted at sight of her. I've
coaNe Edith to make a fourth at Jul
table tonight. And if YOU don't take
Il fair share of the prizes"
They strolled away, chatting and
laughing. Mr.. Nanny raised his hat to
I4eona and she bowed stiffly. Then she
took a. tighter hold up her parcels,
turned to the short cut through the
scrub wood and kicked petulantly at
the sodden leaves. 1t was. of course,
nothing to her that Jim Nanny, a new
arrival In the town. should he walk
ing With Clara Jennings. from whose
fathers store Leona was carrying
those groceries. Clara had sat oppo-
site Leona at high school. but she
" showed any sign that she re-
membered. Young Mr.. Nanny, who
was in either the advertising or solic-
iting business-Leona didn't exactly
know whitehead been out one even
ing to the shabby house to see her
father. They had talked about patents
and weird plumbing devices aud freak
washing machines-all the impractic-
able things that her impracticable
Bertram. the oldest of the boys,
had lounged in sullenly about nine
O'Clock. Leona put away her basket
Of mending to get his supper and try
to coaX him into a good humor. Ber-
tram tried hard to work. He was an
amateur plumber. locksmith and err
rand chap in general to the town.
lAeona, coaxing, learned that he had
been unable to repair n broken pipe
Iof al on la0E III the time laid down
by her. SO she had paid him only
half what she had promised.
I "Dosgone her." he muttered. Dog
gone observation-disclosures myself"
Leona had looked from the small
kitchen into the sitting room in time
to catch an amused smile on young
Nanny's ace. He had heard. Leona
had flushed. Bert's speech was child
ish. Still. maybe il Mr.. vanny had
counted IN hat extra dollar for a
pair Of shoes he might not have been
altogether philosophically sensible.
Not that Leona used these words.
That had been in August, when
purple asters and yellow golden rod
nanked the roadway. Now it was Oc-
tohcr and the golden rod had dribtled
its ~ycllowness to the gray ground.
Lcona wished there was never any
rain. that there was no winter on the
way, that her father was different.
Not that she wanted him different.
only she could imagine life being diff
ferent If he were a smart grocer, for
instance. She wished that the -four
months had heen four years: that the
sole of her right shoe was not wear
Ing out; that she could so to card