Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-26

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Shirley takes q street car ride n TIC
c2NatFS IN EAe hope Of see3Ag q house
y ~' an1 tnsas means to rent; She passes
say that It is the property Of 4 rich man
named Graham. On. the return trip h
sfsps to,aook Ct the barn. then goes TO
,c me Sr r offtce to see whether She
summer, anyhow, 50 as to give her sick
mother country air. She SEES Sidney
Gtahem, the junior partner Of. the arm,
next day. In the meantime Sidney
Graham arranges to have the harn a.
nart OF his inheritance n rents it to
CHAPTER VI.
shirly set with shining eyes and
glowing checks. turning over the
leaves of the makazines with trem-
bling fingers. but unable to read
anything, for the joy OF what Vas be-
lore her: A real automobile ride!
The first she had ever has. And it
was to include George end Carol!
How wonderful! And how kiad in
him, how thoughtfNi. to take his own
sister, ana hers. and 10 make the trip
perfectly conventional and proper!!.
What a nice face he had! What .nne
eyes! He didn't seem in the least like
sONA6 SOSASIy U0Atl 6NS KNEW nc
must be from the frequent mention
she had noticed Of his name in the
papers. He was . Seal gentleman, a
real nobleman! There were such. 1t
vas, nice to know Of them how and
then. even though they did move in a
different orbit from the one where
she had been set. 1t gave her a hap
pier feeling about the universe just to
have seen how nice 4 man could be to
Ia poor little nobody when he didn't
have to. For OF course it couldn't be
ten dollars a MONTH That was
ridiculous!, Could It be that he was
thinking her an. object of charity?
That-he felt, sorry for her and made
the price merely . nominal? She
rcculdn't have that. 1t wasn't right
nor honest, and-it wasn't r%especta-
BILE! That was the way u~nprincipled
men did when they wanted to humor
foolish little dolls Of girls. Could it
be that he thought Of her in any such
Her cheeks faned holly and her
eyes flashed. She Sat up very. straight
indeed. and began to tremble. How
wa It she had not thought. Of such a
thing before? Her mother had warn
ed her<to be careful about having
anythinE to do with strange men, ex-
cept in the most distant business way;
and here had h been tellingh him
frankly all the private affairs Of the
family and letting him make plans
for her. How: ha4 it happened?
What must he thjhk of her? This
came of trying to keep a secret from
mother. She might have known it
desperate and mother so likely to
worry about any new and unconven-
tionai suggestion. It had seemed
right. But of course it wasn't right
fer her,to fall in that way and allow
him, to take them ali in his car. She
must put a stop to It somehow. She
must go in the trolley If she went at
all. She wasn't sure but she had bet
ter call the whole thing off and tell
him they couldn't live in a barn. that
she had changed her mind. It would;
for one Of those girls who wanted to
attract the attention of a young man.
+ In the midst OF her perturbed
thoughts the door opened and Sid
ney Graham walked in again. His
fine, clean-cut faces and clear eyes in
stantly dispelled her fears again. His
bearing was dignifed and respectful,
and there was something in the very
tone Of his voice as he spoke to her
that restored her confidence in him
and in his impression Of her. Her
declining to take the ride with him
fed, and she sat quietly looking at
the pictures in the magazine with
unseetng eyes. 44,
II hope you will find. something to
interest you. for a few minutes" young
Graham said pleasantly. at won't be
long, but there are one. OF W mat
tiers l promised father I would at
tend to before I left this afternoon.
There. is an article in that other
magaztne under your hand there
bungalows. and the like. 1t nay give
you some ideas about the old barn. I
shouldn't wonder II q few flowers and
vines might do a whole lot"
He found the place in the maya
zine, and left her again: and strange
ly enough she became absorbed in the
article because her Imagination i'm
mediately set to work thinking how
glorious. it. would De to have a few
flowers growing where Doris could go
out and water them and pick them.
about what flowers would grow best
in the open and which we're. easiest to
care for that she got out her little
pencil and notebook that were in her
coat-pocket, and began to copy some
Of the lists. Then suddenly the door
opened again, and Graham returned
The boy stopped short on the
threshold. startled. q white wave Of
apprehension passing over his face.
He did not speak. The boy-habit Of
upon him. He looked with appre-
hension from zone to the other.
Shirley jumped to her feet.
"Oh, George,sI,'m 70 glad you could
come! This. Il Mr.. Graham. He has
beenakind enough to offer to take us
his car to see a place we can rent
for the summer, and 1t was through
his suggestion that Mr.. Farwell let
you of for the afternoon"
There was a student relaxing Of
the t%enseness in the young face andfa
sigh Of relief in the tone 40 the boy
answered:
Jaw, gee! That's great! Ti1anksl
awfuliy for thu holiday. They don't
come my way often. It'll. b. grsat TO
have a ride In e car. too. so1ne lark,
The boy warmed to the subject
with the friendiy grasp the young
man gave him, and Shirley could -
hsr brother had made. . good impress
Mons for young ldrAhAM was EailtnE
appreriGtiye)y. showing all his even
boys .offhand way Of talking. .
"I'm going to leAve you here for
ten minutes more until I talk with a
out here In the once. Then we
will co." said young Graham, and
hurried away again.
Gee. shisley!" said the boy, fling
Ing himself down luxuriously In q big