Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-20

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has been sold n must be vacated.
Shirley takes a street car ride III the
within their means to rent. She passes
q fine stone barn and, overhears q man
say that 1t is the property Of q rich man
named Graham. n"
CHAPTER I tContinyed,.
The, man had said the barn, rented
mean translated in terms Of dollars?
Would the fifteen dollars a month that
they we're now paying for the little
brick house cover it? But there would
be the carfare for herself and George.
Walking that distance twice q day,
or even once, would be impossible.
Ten cents a day, sixty cents a. week
twice sixty cents II they lived out Of
the city, they couldn't afford to pay
but twelve dollars a month. They
never would rent that barn for that,
Of course, it was so big and grand
looking; and yeti was a barn!
What did barns rem for, anyway?
And, If it could be had, could they
live in a barn? What were barns like,
anyway, inside? Did they have floors.
or only stalls and mud? There had
the front: how did they get light in
side? But then it couldn't be much
darker than the brick house, no mat
ter what it was. Perhaps there was a
skylight, and hay. pleasant hay, to lie
down on and rest. Anyhow, II they
could only manage to get out there
for the summer somehow, they could
bear some discomforts just to sit I'M
der that great tree and look up at the
sky. To think of Doris playing under
that tree: And mother sitting under
1t sewing! Mother could get we'll out
there in that fresh air, and Doris
would get rosy cheeks again. There
would not likely be a school about for
Carol: but that would not hurt her
for the summer, anyway. and maybe
by fall they could find a little house.
Perhaps she would get a raise in the
fall. If they could only get some-
where to go now!. ~.e
But yet-a barn!. Live in q barn!
What would mother say? Would she
feel that it was a disgrace? Would
she call it one Of Shirley's wild
schemes? Well, but what were they
going to do? They must live some-
where, unless they were destined to
die homeless. "
The car droned on through the
open country coming now and then
to settlements of prosperous houses,
some of them small; but no empty
ones seemed to beckon her. Indeed,
they looked too high-priced to make
her even look twice at them; besides,
her heart was left behind with that
the tinkiinp brook hesida q ana IN
rchinr trea and gantia erean .,ona
A. last the car etnnned IN" ascon.
m%onniace iitt,e town II front ~ a
red brick church, and everybody got
up and went out. The conductor dis
appeared, too, and the motorman
a. her sien;Aca ntiv '"''A '>'1
END ofiijne iaiv" ha said Nth a
,r;r 'aa - .hn Voc I-aaminr arH Nd
not +aIen notice ~ her .,,rrc,,rd,nss
.oh" s.tS sh;rIav" rc,,.iTe nm anG
,ookine hewi,draadIy .homt her xwaiI
vo,, en hacE don't von ~ go >
..yes co hacLsi aftean n,,n,,ta."
was sonoethtnr =annea1ine IN .tha sad
ness If his rir,,s eves that made him
think Of his little gir, At hnnel ~
"no vo,, % hacR i,,st the "a mo
wavo" she asked with sI,dde alarm.
She aid want ~ see that harm apain.
md 10 cot Ito eract Ioca tion So thai
she co,,,d cono hacE - T. some dav ~
noss;bla ~ =
.Yes we Or hack inst the same
u.vH TSaS ~ mo+nrr,o
Sh;riav' GOT hact ~ har sea4 aSain
oontantad and res,,nade har tho,,ghta
Thn metnr amu t3oH ,,n w nc Gfnner.
1aiI GOT dnu,n m a hfph. stool Nth
PbS;s h.oE ~ ~ and hasnr =" ant r.
,uas a cood line now for her tn, eat
her 1jttie innch hnt h was not
h e n..ie IqaNSa,.r she en u,o,,,d =. -
sha AZ Mt ea+ = np cn,,rse. and there
.,o,,id = ha ne othar +inoa wher nennie
wouid not he around. she mt her
hhapd IN her INV c~oafsnncket for
hon hanaLarchiaf ond her Nnoarz
naaa ;n+n con+as+ M,ith so-athine
snaaI and - ~ md round For a mo.
newt she +ho,,rht q was a hutton that
Nd hean ~ her c,r fnr ,.evarai davs
B,,t M h emh sewing that
~ ~ no. sne eareinp Tnsn .hs drar,
~ iit+,a ohiect oft and hahoid -
,,as = 6va-cant n,ecei Voc ~ cn,,r.e
sha emh ared nou, r. was the
n;oLaI sha mt n her rocket last n;eht
nhan Che went for the artra Loaf If
hread snd fomnd the store closed
Sha had mada iohnnv.caka instead
M sSnnar had haan late. h,,t the
nickel had STAYED in her coat-nocket
+snentatior dascanded. 1,non her 70
snanT that nicLeI IN car.fare r;d,nS
~ tha harn and SETTING o,,t ror an'
= c,osar .,nnL at ~ ana then tai.
iEnn the nsxt con-on into the citv W..
- u;id and foolish waa r. not nerhans
act',ai1v wron~ to snend that nickel
that wav when thew needed 40 much
ideaMfor how Could a harm ever he
tthedr .ha,+ar2 y y
sha thn,.rh+ % ha ard ahou+ q that
- ~ r.,nnt p aat har 1,,noh vrt;, tha
matarmon slammed the cnvar down
~ his tn ra;i and mt tbs hirh stool
~. ,ato Tha cand,,ctnr too wes 800
nv ou+ 81 = inv frame house winine
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