Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-24
1.-THE BARN!
5 81 a SPIRITED ROMANCE
{BY GRACE L U Auth.r of III. Best Ma. ;.
Auth.r q II. Best MAJ.

: Aushsr of Ths Best Man
after you got your work done. How
iong is It going to take you to fix Mr..
Barnard up so he can run things
withoutfyou?" -
"oh. not more than two hours I
should think. unless he wants some-
thing more than I know"
Well. two hours. 1t is. half-past
nine now. Wen say two hours and a
naif: That ought to give you time. I
phone to the station and find out and
let Q know, the exact time. The car
will be here waiting for YOU"
oh, Mr.. Graham, that's not a bit
necessary! You have taken trouble
enough for me already" protested
mo trouble at ALI" declared Gra-
ham. "My chauffeur hasn't a thing
to do but hang around with the car
this morning and o might as we'll
Of time" = 80 S
He lifted his hat and gave her a last
look that kept the glow in her cheeks.
She turned and went with swift steps
IN to her elevator. 7T
AoPPSu llAS lou
Ieur at the station to enquire about
trains and get tickets. with orders to
report at his Office within an hour,
n himself took the wheel. Quickly
working his way out Of the city traf-
nc ne put on all possible speed toward
Glenstde. He must get, a glimpse of
things and see that all was going we'll
before he went to the ONCE. !. what
, would Shirley have said If she had
carried out her plan of coming out
for her mothers shawl? He must put
a stop to that at all costs. She simply
must not see the old barn till the
work was done, or the whole thing
would be spoiled. Strange it had not
occurred to him that she might want
to come back after something! Well,
he would just have to be on the con-
ttnual lookout. For one thing he
would stop at a store on the way
back and purchase a couple Of big
steamer rugs n a long warm cloak.
He could smuggle them into the cot
tage somehow and have the servants
bring them out for common use as If
they belonged to the house.
He was as as a child over
every little thing that had been started
during his absence. and walked about
with the boss carpenter, settling two
or three questions that had come up
the day before. In ten minutes he was
back in his car. whirling toward the
city again, planning how he could best
get those rugs and cloaks into the
hands of the h~ousekeepef at the shore
without anybody s%uspecting that they
were new. Then it occurred to him
to take them down to Elizabeth and
let her engineer. the matter. There
must be two cloaks, one for Shirley,
for he wanted to take her out in the
car sometimes and her little scrap Of
a coat was entirely too thin even for
summer breezes at the shore.
Shirley met with a great ovation
when she entered the office. It was
evident that her fame had gone be-
fore her. Mr.. Barnard was already
there. smiling b~enexolently. and Mr..
Clegg frowning approvingly over his
spectacles at her. The other office
clerks came to shake hands or called
congratulations. till Shirley was quite
overwhelmed at her reception. Clegg
and Barnard both followed he. into
the inner Office and continued to con-
graduate her on the bravery she had
shown and to express their appreci-
alton of her loyalty and courage in
behalf of the firm: Mr.. Barnard
handed her a check for a hundred
dollars as a slight token Of their ap-
probation of her work. telling her
that beginning with the first Of the
SoA~A was Y NC 6k6CUs
When at last IN sat down to her
typewriter and began to click out the
wonderful notes hat had made so
much trouble, n put them in shape
for practical use. her head was in a
whirl and her heart was beating with
a childish ecstasy. She felt. as If she
were living a real fairy tale, and
would not ever be able to get back to
common everyday life again.
At half-past eleven Graham called
her up to tell her there was a train
a little after twelve il she could be
ready. n the car would be waiting
for her in fifteen minutes.
When she finally tore herself away
from the smiles and ELUSIVE thanks
elevator down to the street she found
Sidney Graham himself awaiting her
eagerly. This vas a delightful sur
prise. for he had not said anything
about coming himself or mentioned
when lie would be coming back to the
shore SO she had been feeling that it
might be some time before she would
see him again.
He had just slammed. the door Of
the car and taken his seal beside her
when a large graz limousine slowed
down beside them and a radiant, WELL
groomed, much-tailored young woman
leaned out of the car, smiling at
Graham, and passing over Shirley
with n Of those unseeing stares
wherewith some girls know so well
how to erase other girls. :,
you!" she cried. Mother has been
phoning everywhere to find you. We
are out at u ountry place for a
couple Of weeks, and she wants to ask
you to come over this afternoon for a
little tennis tournament we are nav
ing. with a dance on the lawn after
ward"
That's very kind Of you. Harriet
said Graham pleasantly, Hbut I can't
possibly be there. I have an engage
ment out of town for this afternoon
and evening. Give my regards to
your mother, please. and thank her
for the invitation. l know you'll have
a lovely. time, o always do at your
house."
"oh. that's too bad. Sidney" pouted
the girl. why will you be 50 busy!
and in the summertime, too! You
ought to take a vacation! Well, IL you
can't come tonight. you'll run down
are having he Foresters and the
Harveys. You like them, and we
simply can't do without you"
Continued in Tomorrow
Evenings Herald.
The Present
Political Situation
OF North Dakota