Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
BARN.
5 e. a SPIRITED ROMANCE . )
3BY GRACE L H. LuT Author q I'll. Best Ma

~ A SPIRITED
BY A L. H. LUTZ
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Shirley Hollister. . s~tanoeraphsr. and
ner brother George. . cash boy. arc the
yelnSer ehildren. The widowed mother
~ ~: The little house where they live
nns been sold and must Dc vacated.
Ashay,ns an ~unexpscted al!-holidsy..
mt Ia the hope Of seeing 4 house
wltni9 their means to rent. She passes
= IN stone barn and overhears q man
So ga a + /: the d Rso tss y. ea E r tfsp % sas
stops to look at the barn. then goes to
sne Granam office to see whether she
o0uio rent the barn as a home for the
moehee c anyhov. 50 as to give her s,d sick
Graham. the Junior partner Of the Arm.
ns1. aSsses to give her an sns~ s;at the
G G.aham ,arrenges to have the barn as
SsIt OF his Inheritance and rents IT to
sn!r!ey $40 per month. He makes az
many repairs and alterations rs he dhres
She wa an object Of charity. After the
Holitsters are installed in their new
nome Sidney and his sister Elizabeth
are ireqvsnt callers. While ct her work
ing how they are about to swindle the
by selling them . worthless
MINING. property. She warns Sidney n
in Mr. Graham ST.. sidney's father Is 30
taken to- Shirley that he asks Sidney
wny he does not marry her. and his son
says he is going to II she will have
sound footing with Shirley. He goes to
church with her.
CHAPTER XX-(Continued.)
They were all asleep at last. q lit
tie before midnight, in spite OF the
excitement owe the spacious rooms,
and who should have which. Think
of it! Thirty rooms in the HOUSE.. and
every one as pretty as every other
mel! What luxury! And nobody to
occupy them but themselves! Carol
could hardly get to sleep. She Eel, as
if she had dropped into . novel and
was living it.
When Graham came out. Of his
room the next morning the salt hres1e
swept invitingly through the hall and
showed him the big front door of the
upper piazza open and some a
glowing garments. gazing at the sea
in rapt enjoyment. Coming out soft
~, he saw that it was Shirley dressed
in white, with a ribbon of blue 8. her
waist and a soft pink color in hex
cheeks. looking off to sea.
He stood for a moment to enjoy the
picture. and said in his heart hat
sometime, IL he got his wish, he would
have her painted so by some great
artist. with just that little simple
white dress and blue ribbon, her
HNy,~H r,hftA 1Sf<eH ~ -~n
hand shading her eyes. the sunlight
Furnishing her brown hair into gold.
He could scarcely refrain from going
to her and telling her how beautiful
she was. But when he stepped quiet
ly up beside her only his eyes spoke,
and brought the color deeper into her
cheeks: and SO they stood for some
minutes, looking together and draw
ing. in the wonder Of Gods sea
This is the first time I've ever seen
1t, you know" spoke Shirley at last.
morning. 1t will always make the. day
seem more holy and the sea more
wonderful to think about. I like best
things to happen on Sunday. don't
you. because that is the be9t day Of
all?"
Graham looked at the sparkling sea
all azure and pearls. realized the
Sabbath quiet. and marvelled at the
beauty Of the soul of the girl. wen as
her feeling about it all seemed to en-
ter into and become a part Of himself.
BEFORE but + do now-and always
SHALL" he added under his BREATHE
That was almost as wonderful Q
Sabbath as the n they had spent in
the woods q couple OF weeks before,
They walked and talked by the sea,
and they went to a little Episcopal
chapel. where the windows stood open
for the chanting of the waves and the
salt of the breeze to come in freely.
and then they went O. and walked
by the sea again. Wherever they went,
whether resting in some of the many
big rockers or the broad verandas or
walking on the hard smooth sand, or
sitting in some coy nook by >the
waves. they felt the same deep SYM
pathy. the same conviction that their
thoughts were one. the same wonder
full thrill Of the day and each others
nearness.
Somehow in the new environment
Shirley forgot for a little that this
young man was not Of her world, that
he was probably going back soon to
winters season in society, that other
girls would claim his smiles and at
tentions, and she wouldslikely be for
gotten. She lost the sense of it entire
ly and companioned with him as joy
Eously as il there had never been any
thing to separate them. Her mother,
looking on, sighed, feared. smiled.
and sighed again.
They walked together in the sweet
darkness beside the waves that eve
ming, and ne told her how when he
was a. little boy he wanted to climb
UP to the stars and find God. but later
how he thought the stars and God
we're myths like Santa Claus, and that
the stars were only electric lights put
up by men III lighted from q great
switch every night, and when they
didn't shine somebody had forgotten
to light them. He told her many
things about himself that he had pev-
err told to any one before, and she
opened her shy heart to him. too.
Then they planned what they would
told her he must go back to the city
In the morning to 9 his father and
mother off and attend 20 q few mat.
Ners Of business at the office. II
might be two or three days before>he
could return, but after that he wae
coming down to take a little vacation
himself if she didn't mind and they
would DO a lot OF delightful things to.
gether: row, fish, go grabbing, and he
her all the walks and favorite place:
where he used to 20 az a boy. Re.
l%uctatstly they went in, his fingers
lingering about hers for just a second
at the door, vibrating those mysteri.
GUS heart-strings Of hers again
sweeping dearest music from them
and frightening her with Joy that tool