Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-28
lion OF relief he pulled. It out and
arnund fnr n6hAr NdihiAs. Two

hooked around for other cdibies. Two
eggs were discovered on tn tea
wagon. and a pot of coffee, moderately
fresh. This was unexpected luck, and
he set the coffee upon the stove, and
illtng = kettle with water put the eggs
beside 1t. And6as he ute, Adam re-
viewed. tho situation. w..
Here. he was who yesterday had
neither house nor food save what he;
could earn by street m~instrglsy, sud-
denly In possession of both, to say
nothing OF a stpck-in-trade embracing
everything from eyeglasses to trac-
ton engines. OF course 1t was hardly
The sort OF thing n would have.
chosen Of ones own free-will and
having proven profitable to its former
owner. Quite the contrary. Still, = roof
OF ones own, 40 matter how humble,
is far from being q despicAble thing,
and is always spreferable to shelter
begged from friends. Also there hap-
pened~to be food enough for while,
and If junk had bought 1t in. the past,
What Is more, he had 4 yard to his
house, and a yard was something he
had always wanted SINCE as q child,
he had planted his little garden" In
the great garden lat his grandfather's
place in Massachusetts,. He remember
ed how, when he was still little, he
had leaned out of q rear window In
the palatial observation-disclosures he
called home, looking despairfrgly at
the paved court and barren, white
washed walls below. He had wanted q
garden then, and recalled, too, his In
dignatton because his g%overness would
not let him make one In Central Park
when she took him there to play. He
had kept on wanting a yard ven after
he grew up. But somehow or other he
had never accomplished the posses
sion OF it, partly because he seldom
got up early enough in the morning
to do anything but fiji his round OF
had never gone further than Splendid
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. best you have,
Thornley, at his rooms. But now he
had a yard A very untidy, junk-filled
one, to be sure. But a large yard, none
the less; and with two budding allan
thus trees in 1t! OF course 1t was an
absurd. an outrageous situation, and
considering it as a possibility for iiv-
ing. But somehow he felt nothing of
the kind. 1t was better than. boot
licking for old JARVIS Monroe, any,,
how. And it might lead to something.
Who could tell what? That did not
matter anyhow. The. main thing was
that he had a place to live in, and the
pOo0aOAAaeJ VI oaPpoA Ia J. ~
the extent of food and clothing. He
felt a crying need to hide FROM all
who knew him, SO hat the something
which had come to life in him with
the old lawyers arraignment OF him,
should have it's chance to grow strong,
alone. :.
tits a little as though my soul, or
whatever it Is that thinks for me, has
Matched out like a little chicken-au
fooh1o onH Hn~~ ~ co{5 A NN~e AlNv,;5
1T needs time to scratch around a.
bit and get used to things, and I don't
know why this yard isn't as good q
place as any for it to scratch in. I
hardly know what's happening to me,
u something is, and I'd better keep
to myself while I have the growing
pains"
He got up From, the table and look
ed down his great length at his cloth
rubbed from his dress-trousers rather
perceptibly, and his shirt was a wreck.
His pumps were thick with dust, and
he felt uncomfortabfy in need Of e
change.
rPhew!" said he, addressing the cat.
We've got to do something about
clothes, since I haven't your faculty
of doing the trick with my tongue"
The creature stopped licking itself
4O1A6 (AaOASA ~ StFC6 dNlu Oil u1ISCCAuS
stare, n then returned to its labors.
You ought to have a name, cat
said Adam, severely. And since it is
in the power OF your onanipotent lord.
myself. to bestOw names equally with
milk. ! will do so. I will call you-let
me see! You are a luxurious decadent
creature, very much bedizened. I will
e eysr answer f. tt9-after the wicked.
And having settled that much Of his
affairs, he started OF a tour of inspec-
ton: beginning with the, house.
There were six rooms in all, count
ing the wood-shed and in each the
furnishing were as heterogeneous as
in the living room. Two were mere
cu~bby-holes, but ven these, despite
their smallness. could he termed. bed
rooms inasmuch as they contained
beds. There was his own room. the
living-room, the wood-shed. and last
ly the door which the old man had
designated as his lost daughters
chamber. For a moment Adam paus-
ed before opening it, his hand on the
knob. The F~ecollection. of Jerry's half
reverential figure, standing on his
very spot, the lamplight casting a
deep shadow behind his prematurely
white head and revealing the face
which showed SO plainly that this
loom was q SHRINE OF SClil unSnatt6red
innocence to him, came back like the
memory Of some ancient painting, full
of poignant emotion which the artist
knew, but at which the -beholder Of
his work could Only guess. Then he
shook off the feeling.
ut is my house now" said Adam
aloud, land SOL really ought to look