Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-03

younger children kissed me and sat on
my knees and gave me the small news
Of the neighborhood.
How good were the look Of those
friendly faces and the full-hearted
pleasure Of the whole family at my
comingl .-
"What a joy for the spare room"
exclaimed the schoolmaster. "Sure I
wouldn't wonder if the old bed was
dancin' on it's four legs this very min
ute."
II intend to walk up to the hills to-
night" I said.
rily. "An' the Jackets lynn awake
thinkin' o. We on the dark road! Try
it, boy, an yell get a crack with the
ruler and an hour after school. Yer
aunt and uncle will be stronger to
stand yer comm with the nights rest
upon them. Ye wouldn't be routin'
them out O. bed an they after a hard
day with the hayin'! Then, my kind
hearted lad, We must give a thought to
Michael Henry. He's still alive an
stronger than ever-thank God!"
So, although / longed for those most
dear to me up in the hills, I spent the
night with the Jackets and the school
master and'I sat an hour together af-
ter the family had gone to bed.
| "How are the Dunkelberg's?" I
| asked.
Sunk in the soft embrace O. lux
ury," he answered. "Grimshaw made
+. him; Grimshaw liked him. He was
: always ready to lick the boots O. Grim
] shaw. 1t turned out that Grimshaw
left him an annuity of three thousand
dollars, which he can enjoy as long
as he observes n condition."
"What is that?"
HE must not let his daughter mar
F, ry n Barton Baynes, late o the town
o. Ballybeen. How is that for spite,
my boy? They say it's written down
in the will"
I think that he must have seen the
flame Of color playing on my face, for
he quickly added:
"Don't worry, lad. The will O. God
is greater than the will @ Grimshaw.
He made you two for each other and
she will be true to We, as true as the
needle to the north star"
"Do you think 500"
"Sure I do. Didn't she as much as
tell me that here in this room-not a
week ago? She loves ye, boy, as true
as God loves We, an she's a girl Of a
thousand"
"Why did they go away? Was it
because I was coming?"
II think it likely, my fine lad. The
man heard O. it some way-perhaps
through yer uncle. He's crazy for the
money, but he'll get over that. Leave
him to me-. I've a fine course o. in
struction ready for my lord O. Dunkel-
berg"
II think 1 shall go and try to find
her" I said.
81 am to counsel ye about that"
said the schoolmaster. "She's as keen
as a brier-the fox! She says, Keep
away. Don't alarm him, or he'll
bundle us off to Europe for two or
three years.
$50 there's the trail We travel, my
boy. It's the n that keeps away.
Don't let him think we've anything up
the sleeve O. yer mind. All, my lad,
1 know the heart O. youth! Ye'd like
to be putin yer arms around her
wouldn't We, now? Sure, there's time
enough! Ye're in the old treadmill O.
God-the both O. ye! Ye're bein'
weighed an tried for the great prize.
It's not pleasant, but it's better so.
Go on, now, an do yer best an what.
ever comes take it like a man."
A little silence followed. He broke
it with these words:
"Ye're done with that business in
Cobleskill, an I'm glad. Ye didn't
know We were bein' tried there-did
ye? Ye've stood it like a man. What
will We be dom now?"
"I'd like to go to Washington with
the senator"
He laughed heartily.
II was hopin' ye'd say that" he
went on. swell, boy, I think it can be
arranged. I'll see the senator as soon
as ever he comes an I believe he'll
be glad to know O. yer wishes. ]
think he's been hopin', like, that We
) would propose it. Go up to the farm
and spend a happy month or two
with yer aunt an uncle. It'll do ye
good. Ye've been CROWN plump down
there. Go an melt it off in the felds.'
!. A little more talk and we were off to
!, bed with our candles.
, Next morning I went down into the
, main street of the village before leay.
, ing for home. I wanted to see how il
looked and, to be quite frank, I wanted
t some of the people of Canton to see
how I looked, for my clothes were OF
the best cloth and cut in the latest
fashion. Many stopped me and shook
my hand-men and women who haG
never noticed me before, but there was
a quality in their smiles that 7 didn't
quite enjoy. I know now that they
thought me a little too grand on the
outside. What a stern-souled lot those
Yankees We're! Gail amt gold thai