Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-11

ha mnchine at Blanco's with one u
tina most-sought-after men IN n ny.
mar set. to be treated like a queen,
and to be talking beautlIu!, ,s..
about travels and pictures and .ooonS'
ii was all too beautiful to De la
Shirley began to feel that !. ~ hank
get over pretty soon n nna hs no.t nf
those envelopes she would think sns
had died in the midst Of a dream anu
gone to heaven.
There was something else too tnat
brought an undertone OF peauty,
which she was not acknowledging
even to her Utmost self. That was the
way Graham looked at her, as II n
were some fine beautiful angel drop,
ped down from above that ne loveu
to look at: as II he really cared wnat
she thought and did; as II there were
somehow a soul-harmony petNeen
them that set them apart this Gay
from others, and put them into tune
with one another; as If her were
glad, glad to see her once moro after
the absence! All through her being II
thrilled like a song that brings tears
to the throat and gladness to the eyes,
and makes n feel strong and pure
That was how 1t seemed when she
thought about it dtterward. AT the
time she was just living it in n
and Thanksgiving.
At another time her sordid world
Illness and pride might have risen n
swelled with haughtiness of spirit
over the number of people who eyed
her enviously as they went out to-
gether; over the many bows and salu-
tations her escort received from peo-
pie of evident consequence, for she
had the normal human pride some
where in her nature as we all have.
But just then her heart was too num-
BILE with q new, strange happiness
to feel it or take it in. and she walked
with unconscious grace beside him,
feeling only the joy Of being there.
Late, in the quiet Of her chamber,
her mothers warning came to her.
and her cheeks burned with shame in
the dark that her heart had dared
make SO much Of a common little
luncheon, just a mere courtesy after
she had been able to do a favor. Yet
through it all Shirley knew there was
something fine and true there that be-
llonged just to her, and presently she
would rise above everything and
grasp It and keep it hers forever.
She felt the distinction of her escort
anew when she entered Barnard and
Clegg's in his company, and saw Mr.
Clegg spring to open the door and to
set q chair for his young guest. saw
even Mr.. Barnard rise and greet him
with almost reverence. And this hon.
or n knew was being paid to money,
the great demagogue. 1t was not the
mar that she admired to whom they
were paying Difference, it was to his
money! She smiled to herself. It was
the man she admired, not his money,
All that afternoon she worked with
flying fingers, turning off the work al
marvellous speed, amused when she
heard the new note of respect in Mr..
Barnard's voice as he gave her a 'di-
rection. Mr.. Barnard had been greatly
impressed with the story Graham had
told him, and was also deeply grateful
on his own account that Shirley had
acted as she had, for he had been or
the verge of investing a large trust
fund that was in his keeping in the
new mining operation, and it would
have meant absolute failure for him
When Shirley left the Office tina,
night she was almost too tired to see
which trolley was coming, but some
one touched her on the arm, and there
was Sidney Graham waiting for hel
beside his cara little two-passengel
affair that she had never seen before
and that went like the wind. They
took a road they had not travelled to.
gether before, and Shirley got in JOY.
ously, her heart all in a tumult Of
doubts and joys and questions.