Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-03

ne en1den chestnut, broad humorous
Mouth and tiny nose slightly nlopeo
upwar d: Miss Up-to-the-Mlnute wow
York. indeed! From the cocKed reo
feather in her hat to the dainty spa.,
ted boots Jane Gerson appeared III
Woodhouse's eyes a perfect. vtriie,
wildly alive American girl. Heo lhel
her kind before; had seen them prov,
beating bazaar merchants in CAIRO anu
riding desert donkeys like strong
Young queens. The type appealed 10
him.
The frs. stiffness of informal meet,
ing wore way speedily. IRE slrl
tactfully directed the channel OF con
v~ersation into lines familiar to WOOD
house. What raj Egypt like; wno
owned the Pyramids, and why didn't
the owners plant a park around them
End charge admittarce? Didn't ne
think Rameses and all those other
old Pharaohs had the right idea IN
advertising-putting up stone bill
boards to last all time? The questions
came crisp and startling; Woodhouse
found himself chuckling at the shrewd
incisiveness of them. Rameses an ad-
yertiser and the Pyramids stone
hoardings to carry all those old boys
fame through the ages! He'd lever
looked on them in that light before.
"I say Miss Gerson, you'd make an
excellent business person, now, real
ly," the captain voiced his admiration.
"Just cable that at my expense to
old Pop Hi,debrand, of Hi~ldeDrand's
department store, New York. she
flashed back at him. I'm trying to
convince him of just that very thing"
REALLY, now; a department shop!
What, may I ask, do you have to do
eor-ah-Pop Hlldebrand?
ooh, I'm his foreign buyer" Jane
answered, with a conscious note of
pride. I'm over here to buy gowns
for the winter season, you see. Paul
Observation-Disclosures; you've heard
of those wonderful people, of course ?"
Cant say I have" the captain con-
fessed, with a rueful smile into her
girls brown Eyes.
"Then you've never bought a
WORTH" she challenged. For if you
had you'd not forget the name-at the
price-very soon"
"Gowns-and things are not in my
line, Miss Gerson," he answered sim
ply, and the girl caught herself feel
ing a secret elation. A man who
didn't know gowns couldn't be very in
timately acquainted with women.
And-well- ,
"And this Hildebrand, he sends you
over here alone just to buy pretties
for New York's wonderful women 2"
the captain was saying. Aren't you
just a bit-ah-nervous to be over in
this part Of the world-alone?"
mot in the least" the girl caught
him up. Not about the alone part,
I should say. Maybe I am idgety and
sort Of worried about making good on
the Job. This is my first trip-my
very first as a buyer for Hildebrand.
And, of course, If I should fall
Fall DOWN." woodhouse echoed,
mystifed. The girl laughed, and
struck her left wrist a smart blow with
her gloved right hand.
There I go again-slang; vulgar
American slang you'll cali It. IF I
could only rattle off the French as
easily as l do New Yorkese I'd be a
wonder. I e I'm afraid I won,
make good"
"Oh!"
But why should I worry about
coming e alone?" Jane urged,
Lots of American girls come over
here alone with an American hae
pinned to their shirt waists and wear
ing a Baedeker for a wrist watch,
Nothlng ever happens to them"
captain Woodhouse looked out on
the ny1ng panorama of straw
matched houses and fields heavy with
green grain. He seemed to be balan-
cling words. He glanced at the pass-
enger across the aisle, a wizened little
man, asleep. In a lowered voice he
began: No
"A woman alone-over here On the
Continent at this time; why, I very
much fear she will have great dif1.
culties when the-ah-trouble con1as ),
Trouble? James ayes were nues
tioning. e au'S-