Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-12-02

lkS.tLLs 0sa4. Ea,N. - " ,sos.a
ys GYo n,es Rite 'fno. always .urs
|about 8 Uncle Otto" said the DoyI
Eshfkwdiy.5 .Look at that ssasylun1.
Good night! He thought that2swasl
good enouShsfo D youl' 8E ss
5s.sI rsaliy don,ts believe yolrss Uncle
tottosskkne how bad thingsx Were
Then Why didn't you tell him and
have himsgetchassa better place?
We'll. dear, i thought 1t wass,hesL
no to troublesshim any more He isy
q busy man. and Thought we would
Just come down and see how sHildaI
was tixed, and thenia nice place near
herr Well get q couple OF rooms ZOE
the present. and I can do sewing sanS1
save ap sids all be q tos Ell 81
well all right. Only I'm going stoJ
get q place to work on Sttc@farl11 and
begin to earn too, right away.s% Rel
member. that! I'nT no baby any
more. I'm nines years old, and itsI
time I 'Maa taking care of; you!"s1 =
The mother smiled induigently, n
they walked on down the: track: tug-1
gink big Yalise between them.
IN Schwarz's house instantly to the
feet, with Heinrich at theirsheads and
they peered cautiously out the open
door. with Mrs: Schwaf3's tear
stained face looking out the open
window, but when they saWfsnothingI
u q woman and a child they melted
back intoathed usk OF 1.-THE room5asain.
all but Heinrich. who stood on the
The mothersa.and boy turned back
once and saw him standing there.
"There!, See! Tn gladayouz didn't
go up to that house. I don't like the
look OF that rough man. Let's hurry
away!' said the mother.
They walked for nearly half an
hour without apparently getting any
nearer to the little white Village that
hung like a mirage ina distant val-|
ley; then they reached field Of
young corn where a~slaborerswag hoe-1
Ing quite near to the fence and inl
again, dropping YEARLY on the sids|
that carried the ,valise, the boy tug
cling to get the whole weight away
from his mother, and she fmsturn lift.
ing her side higher than need be sol
weight. would not fall upon the
boy. , els
ut must have ibeen further on IND
other direction" said the mather
with q troubled look at the long
piinding track beaten upon by theI
"I'll bet 1t was that ugly :. litt14
house on the HILL said Karl. .I2
bet 1t was Just some more OF ,Uncl2
Otto's big thllx!',.
Flush, dear!. we mustn't judgd
before we know! Maybe we'll find
her In q lovely big white, farm housed
with green blinds and a stpnea walk
and hedges. and white. hens walking
a rny1n6 tho fh&a1S ,rpe,n en "a Sv-1v~-~. V.&A
feet. That's what I've always dreAm-|
Of 9 farm house being. And aYcow
that gives cream, and a, rowtofsbright|
milk pans, and "a bright, little gardenI
close to the carriage drive" [
"s'pose you don't!, S'pose It's that
house where she ISL" asked the child
after a long pause.
Then 1 shall certainly take herI
with me at once" said the|
OF leaving her in q place with a lott
of.men. like that!-s We'Hs~manageI
somehow Hilda and I can get work.
you know I've got nifty Ydpllars|
yet after buying our .tickets. / didn't
tell your uncle I had that. It, seme-|
almost like .d%eceiving him. not to,
but I thought It anything happened
I'd like to beyable to get to your sis-|
ter at once without asking anybody
AoA AO0AAs i WOI1A0u%N6 d. llIIlc OlCy
about not turning that over to your
uncle when he told US your father
owed him &c. much, but you know
really. that wassmy. wi money Il
earned it myself. at embroidery. I'll
wasn't your fathers money. Yo4a
don't think that was dishonest, dbl
dear? I wouldn't. like to do al
thing that seemed that way to you,I
Il you are young. because you
that It gave you an-excuse for no be-
ing always perfectly honest" |
mo, mother! Think you were perl
fectly right. 7 don't think Uncls.Otto
had any business with our money!
anyway I don't believe father owed
him all that! I believe he,sa-heA
.a--Well. mother, anyhow hate hin
! do! I Just hate him for letting YOU
and me go to that horrid. old lsyiun1
and sending Hilda of alone when sh1
wanted to teach!" 4
Continued In tomorrow
E~yening'sl Herald.