Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-01

sSys oItAtA Ituc VIC will AA0A
up In fine shape. Puts in new panel win
dows. fire place, electric lights, put
pan1sters on the steps leading to the
s shy isft . and t inst1 Ills a te'epho Hs . When
q fairy god-mother has touched It with
ner magic wand Shirley tells her moth
or about the summer home she has rent
ed Tor them. but her mother is rather
Is 10 pay only $40 a month. but agrees
to rely on her daughters judgment.
CHAPTER x.-(continued.)
But will it be where you can get
shouldn't like you to take long, lone
ly walks, you know" said the troubled
mother.
Right on the trolley line, mother
dear; and the difference in rent will
more than pay our fare."
Besides I'm thinking of buying a
bicycle from one of the fellows. He
says he'll sell it for five dollars, and
1 a pay, fifty cents a month. Then I
could go in on my bike in good
weather, and save that much" This
from George.
"Oh. gee!" said Harley breathlessly.
Then I could ride it sometimes, too"
"Sure!" said George generously.
Now" said Shirley with her COM
mandfng n that the children
called "brigadier-general,'' now,
mother dear, you're going to put all
Your worries out of your head right
this minute. and go to sleep. Your
business is to get strong enough to
De moved out there. When you get
there. you'll get well SO quick you
wont know yourself; but you've got to
rest from now on every minute. or
o won't be able to go when the time
comes: and then what will happen?
Will you promise?"
Amid the laughing and pleading Of
her children the mother promised,
half smilingly, half tearfully, and sue
cumbed to being prepared for the
night. Then they all tiptoed away to
the dining-room for a council Of war.
1t was still two weeks before they
had to vacate the little brick house.;
plenty of time to get comfortably set
tied before they took their mother out
there.
It was decided that George and
Shirley should go out the next eve
ming directly from their work, not
waiting to return for supper, but eat
ing a lunch downtown. Now that
the place was lighted and they had
been told to use the light as freely
as they chose, with no charge, the
question Of getting settled was no
longer a problem. They could do it
evenings after their work was over.
The first thing would be to clean
house, and for that they needed a lot
of things, pals, pans. brooms, mops
and the like. 1t would be good atU
take a load of things out the next day
if possible. os'
So George went cut to interview. the
man with n moving wagon, while
Shirley and Carol made out a list OF
things that ought to go in that first
a George came back with the re-
port that h man could come at half
past four In the afternoon; and, II
they could have the things that were
to go all ready, he would have his son
help to load them. and they could get
out to Glenside by six o'clock or seven
at the latest. Harley might go along
IT. he liked, and help to unload at, the
other end.
Harley was greatly excited both at
the responsibility placed upon him
and at the prospect of seeing the
new home. 1t almost made up for the
thought of leaving "the fellows" and
going to live in a strange place.
The young people were late getting
to bed that night. for they had to ret
things together so that Carol would
not have her hands too full the next
day when she got home from school.
Then they had to hunt up SOAP,
s~crubbing pals, rags. brushes and
brooms: and. when they went to bed
81 last, they were much too excited to
sleep.
vi course there were many
~hindrances to their plans, and a lot
OF delay waiting for the cartman, who
DID not always keep his word; but the
02v2 naEqAH and AyyaVu rno ua-, o>-~>
little progress toward making a home
out of the big barn. Shirley would
not let them stay later in the eve
nings than ten o'clock, for they must
be ready to go to work the next
morning; so Of course the work Of
cleaning the barn progressed but
slowly. After the first night they got
a neighbor to sit with their mother
and Doris, letting Carol and Harley
come out on the a to help; and so
with four willing workers the barn
gradually took on a nice smell Of SOAP
and water.
The old furniture arrived little by
little. and was put in place eagerly,
until by the end Of the first week the
big middle room and the dining room
n kitchen began really to look like
1t was Saturday evening aof that
first week, and Shirley was sitting on
the old couch at the side Of the Ore
place, resting, watching GeoSgoI who
was ree!inE out a stormy version Of
chopsticks on the piano. and locking
about on her growing home hopefui-
~. Suddenly there came q gentle
tapping at the big parn deor. and
George as the man of the house went
to the door with his grufkest air on,
melted at once when he the
landlord and his sister standihe out in
front in the moonlight.
Are you ready for ca~llerss" asked
Graham. taking of his hat In erect.
Ing. Elizabeth and I took n spin out
this way. and we sighted the light.
and thought we'd stop and ZEE II ~
could help any. Ny, how homelike
you've made It look! Say, this Is
Sidney Graham stood in tie centre
OF the big room, looking atout him
with pleasure.
The young people had put things in
aDplo-pie order ~ Tar as they had
gone. A IRE was laid in the biz
stone fireplace. all ready for touching
Oh. and rave . homolike. dearsdup
look to the whols place a Il II were
getting ready for SONS event. ON
pie ut Of bookshslves Allsd with we'll
worn volumes that had . look Of be-
ipg beloved and In daily intinats as-
ISOLATION With, the family. On the tor
OF the shelves Carol had placed some
bits ~ bric-sbrsn, and II the centre
sof each = tan vaDe. Beside them
wore q few photographs In ss1apIei
Times, . StIong-fGcod man WITH .eyae'
that r01oau4e6 ~ q. 9htrIey ana 4