Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-28
.I7HE ENGHANTED3BARN
~ ~ ASPIRITEDROMANCE
{BY GRACE I. II. LUTZ. @ sAuAor q I'll Best Man
NNoR111.

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Shirley Hollister. a stenoErapher. and
her brother GenrEe.. a cash boy, are, the
wage earners where there are three
e III The litt!e hepaa;. where they iiXe
! Having Fan unexpected half-holiday.
S~hrirleyatAkes a street car rio in the
country ins tne. hope Of seeing q house
a S' fins s sasss bsrn q 1 vent sns = %sn
say that It Is the property Of aSrtch man
named Graham. On the return trip she
the Graham aifice to see whethsr she
|could rent the barn as a home for the
summer. anyhow, so, as to give her sick
mother country air. h sees Sidney
next day In the meantime Sidney
Graham arranges to have the barn az
part, of his inheritance and rents it to
Shirley at a very moderate rate. Gra-
ham takes a great liking to Shirley and
arranges q trip out to the barn with, his
! s 80 see a WS.t s s,n,syy ;tbs erS Sa1n .n .eS s, G1s.
hams sister issalso :favorably impressed
with; Shirley. Sidney agrees to AK up
the barn in. tip-toP shape and Shirley 4
delighted with the PROSPECTS of, their
new summer home, "
CHAPTER vIr-(Continued.) (.
Graham gasped at the GOODNESS with
which this. slip Of a girl ~discoursed
about ~hardships as il they were ne
cessities to be accepted PLEASANTLY
and without a murmur. She actually
would not be daunted at the idea of
cooking her meals or a fire out-of-
doors! Cooking indeed! That was Of
course a question that people had to
| comedian r. ho1 -nxva~ hon- - e,rM~-
ton that crossed his mind before.
People cooked-how did they cook?
By electricity, gas, coal and wood
fires, of course. He had never. con-
sidered tia matter to be called in any
way serious, But. now he perceived
that twas :one of 1.-The. first = main
things to be looked out for in a
home. He looked down at the watt
ing girl with a curious. mixture OF
wonder. admiration, and dismay in
why, of course you will need a
fire II a Kitchen" he said as If those
things: usually grew in houses without
any help,.and it hadn't occurred to
him before that they were not in
digenous to barns. well. now, 1
hadn't thought of that. There isn't
any chimney here, is there? HIN!
There ought to be a chimney in every
barn. 1t would be better for the
ah-for the hay. I should think: keep
it dry. you know, and all that sort
of thing. And then l should think 1t
might be better for the animals. /
must look into that matter" .
NO. Mr.. Graham said Shirley de-
cidedly. There is no necessity for a
chimney. We can perfectly well have
the pipe Cd through a piece of tin set
in the back window If you won't OBJ
ject. and we can use the little oil
stove when it's very. hot ifSthat doesn't
affect the insurance. We have a gas
stove. Of curse, that we could bring;
but there, isn't any gas in a barn.
Graham looked around blankly at
the cobwebbS. walls as if expecting
gas-jets Q s.break forth simultaneously
with his wish. ..5 ss
mo. I suppose not" he said. 'sal-
though / should. think. there ought to
Ihe. In a barn, you know. But I'm
sure there will be no objection what
ever:to youK using any. kind .of q stove
that will work here. This is a stone
barn, YOU knoF, and I'm sure it won't
IF affect sad The ems inEetanc Is f az?!1 out and
|. Shirley felt a .trine. uneasy Yet about
those. partitioins and the Tow price Of
the rent, but somehow the young
man had managed to impress. her
with the fact that he was under no
unpleasant decisions concerning. her
self and that he had the. utmost re-
spect for her; He stood looking down
earnestly at her for a moment with
out saying a. word, land then he be-
gan hesitatingly.
IT wish. you'd let me tell you," he
said frankly chow awfully brave you
are about all this, planning to come
out here in this lonely place, and. not
being afraid OF hard work. and rough
floors. and a@barn, and even a fire
out-of-doors.," 80
shirley's laugh rang out, and her
eyes s%parkled. y
why. it's. the incest thing that's
happened to me in ages" she said
joyously. IT can't hardly believe it's
can really afford to come to a great,
heavenly country place like this.
suppose of course there'll be hard
things. There always are, and some
Of them have been just about un-
b%earable, but even the. hard things
can be made fun If you try. This Is
going to be- grand" and she looked
around triumphantly on the. dusty
rafters and rough stone walls with a
little air Of possession.
"You are rather"-he paused-"un-
USUAL. ACs IiAacAACu lAOu6A1tAAAy &c
they walked toward the doorway and
stood looking OFF, at, the distance.
But now Shirley had almost forgot
ten him in the excitement Of the view.
Just think of. waking up to- that
every morning. she declared with a
sweep of her little tblue-clad arm to-
ward the view in the distance. ''Those
purply hills. the fringe of brown and
green against.the horizon. that white
spire nesting among, those ever.
greens! Is that a church? Is it near
enough forF US Ito Ego to-? . Mother
wouldn't want us to be too far from
church" Il
"Well goShome that way and dis.
cover, sid Graham. decidedly
You'll want to get acquainted with
your new nSighborhood. You'll need
to know haw near there .is; store
and where your 'neighborsS live. Wei
reconnoitregghgslittl Are you ready tc
go4.': 49, fFaAgysGs sssSSSs I .
sssOh, yes. Pm afraid we have KEPT
y0ustoo. long saIyeaay; and we must &c,
home about NE time Carol usually
comessfromaschool, or mother will be
terribly worried. Carol Is never later
than. half.HAst. four"
We've Ntentysof time" said the
driver of the a looking at his
watch andrsmiling assurance "Call
the children, and we'll take a little
turn around the neighborhood before
we go back"