Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-25
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her brother, George. . cash boy, are the
waSe earners whore there are three
yo1nser children, The widowed mother
has been SOLD ssiS an. nSp1 must sn't s. 's y:est tea
ssririesy take. uu = ssssss ear si tdaen9 n Il:
country In the hope Of seeing . hgtase
q hne stone barn and overhears : man
named Graham. On the return TIP she
tie, ersh am. osic s't to ,'I ses ~ 'Hse sa'' .s e
could rent the barn az q home for the
sumner. anyhow. 50 ~ TO give heE sick
graham Sashss c9 eSs ;sn, ar. n.rt sns see; sbs sid dnS,
next day. In the meantime sidney
Graham arranges to have the barn %
Shirley at SO per. month. He makes AZ
many repairs and alterations ~ he dares
to. not wanting Shirley 70 think that
fnS Mss an ,q oe'e ies Of charity y t After n the
are FREQUENT callers. While at her work
one day Shirley %overhears two men tell
Gfahams BY selling them wo.thlss::
IRON then on she has . staunch friend
IN Mr.. Graham sr. Sidney's father =. 50
why he does not marry her, and his son
MIN. Tit GrahamS offer the HOLSTERS
i Sas taxes azs II he aes Sacs sa%m ct tRst Tine s .and
they all &c, out to the cottage. together.
Sidney spends a lot Of his time out
there: Shirley is called to Washington
secret. proceedings. AS she is going to
the depot with, the important manu-
M SSriRss in her bag she is kidnappssd:
Drops Mopss p ees ! ai saHRF the n sns e HOPING ins
someone will pick them up and will
bring about her rescue. "A party, picks
one one up and calls up shirley's sister and
diately comes to Washington Inc res
cues Shirley from her ~kidnappers. While
the Heii'stsrs are at the Grahsm cot
modelled into a real home. \
CHAPTER XxvI.-(Oonunued.)
Sorry" said Graham. smilinsly.
but Nv got all my week-ends filled
up just now. Harriet. let me intro
duce you to Miss Hollister. Miss
Hale, Miss Hollister!"
Then did Harriet Hale have to take
over her unseeing stare and acknowl-
edge the introduction; somewhat
stiffly, it must be acknowledged, for
Harriet Hale did not enjoy having her
invitations declined. and she could not
quite place this girl with the lovely
face and the h~alf-shabby garments.
that yet had somehow an air Of hav.
TN sorry, Harriet, but we'll have
to hurry away. We're going to catch
a train at twelve-ffteen. Hope you
have a beautiful time this afternoon.
Remember me to Tom Harvey and
the Foresters. Sorry to disappoint
you, Harriet, but o see I've got my
time just full up at present. Hope to
see you soon again." .7ssF
They were OFF, Shirley with tho Inn
preston of Harriet Hale's smile Of
vinegar and roses; the roses for era
ham, the vinegar for her. shirley's
heart was beating wildly underneath
met the wonderful Harriet Hale. and
Graham had not been ashamed to in
her! There had been pro-
lection and enforcement III his tone
he spoke her name! 1T had not
been possible for Miss Hale to patron
ice her after that. Shirley was still
in a daze Of happiness. She did not
think ahead. She had all she could
to register new occurrences and
emotions, and realize that her joy was
not merely m~omentary.. It had. not
Graham was going out Of town. It
was enough that he was here now.
When they reached the. station
Graham took two large packages out
OF h car, and gave some directions
to the chauffeur.
Sorry We couldn't have gone down
the car again." he said as they
into the station. but 1t needs
some repairs and I don't want to take
long a run Is that until it has been
overhauled."
Then he was going down too! He
mad declined Harriet Hale's invita-
ion to go back to the cottage with
1er! Shirley's breath came in little
happy gasps as she walked beside her
companion down the platform to the
rain.
She found herself presently being
in a big green velvet chair in
parlor car while the porter stow
I'd away the two big packages in the
overhead.