Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01
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read up New York always wherever
he found an article or book or story
that touched upon it; and without
realizing II. he was we'll versed in de-
tails. He had even ~pondered for.
hours overs MAP of New York that
herfound III; TIL back ofsan old maya
zine. comparing it with his faint
memories, nntflshe knew the location
of things with relation to one another
pretty well. A stranger less versed.
might have gotten into most undesir-
able quarters. e., +
The boy looked around his new
home with a strange sinking or
heart, after he had been out to get
something to eat, and arranged for
his trunk to be sent to his roomA It
was very tiny and not over clean:
The wall paper was a dingy lowered
affair quite ancient in design, and
having to all appearances far out
lived a useful life. The n window
looked out to brick walls, chimneys
and roofs. The noise of the city clat-
tered in; the smells and the heat
made 1t almost sitting to the boy who;
had lived for thirteen years in the
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dom of. the open. {
The narrow bed looked uninviting,
the bureau-washstand was of the
cheapest, and the reflection Michael
saw in its warped mirror would have
made any boy with a particle OF
vanity actually suffer. Michael,
however, was not vain. He thought
i little about. himself, but this room
was depressing. The floor was Gov
cred with a nondescript carpet LEI
and soiled beyond redemption, and
when his trunk was placed between
the bureau and the bed there would
be scarcely room for the one wooden
chair. 1t was no a hopeful outlook.
The boy took off his coat and sat
down on the bed to whistle. !
Life, grins, appalling, s~pectral-like,
uprose before his mental vision, and
he spent a. bad quarter of an hour
trying tos adjust himself to, his sur.
roundings; his / previous sunny
philosophy having a tough tussle
with the sudden realities of things
as they were. Then his trunk ar.
rived.
1t was like Michael to unpack it
at once and put all his best philoso-
phical resolves into practice.
AS he opened the trunk a Whit Of
the South exhaled. He caught his
breath with a sudden keen home
sickness. He realized that his school
days were over, and all the sweet
ness and joy of that companionful
life passed. He had often felt alone
in those days. He wondered at It
now He had never in all his experfs
ence known such aloneness as now
in this great strange city. !
J The last thing he had put into his
! %s,,~1, l11 l1@~ n J>~o~4h 80 ~@n~o.
! moth pine needles. The breath of the
tree brought back all that meant
, home to him. He caught it up and
. buried. his face in the plumy tassels.
} The tray of the trunk vas filled with
t flags, remnants, photographs and col.
! lege paraphernalia. Eagerly he pull
l ed thena all out and spread them
over the humpy little bed. Then he
!, grabbed for his hat and rushed out
| In a few minutes~he returned with Z
. paper Of tacks, another of pins, and
e time he had changed theuatmosphert
!, of the who'll PLACE. Not ar available
i inch Of bare wall remained with It,
: ugly, dirty Wallpaper. College colore
d remnants. and flags were grouped
about pictures, and over the 'unwaslt
ed window was dfaped Florida moss
Here and there, apparently flutter
: ing on the o or about the room
Q were fastened beautiful specimens q
4 sem%i-tropical moths and butterflies Il
t the gaudiest of colors. A small stuff
t ed alligator reposed above the win
: dow, gazing alphabetically down upol
Q the scene A larger alligator ski
4 was tackled on wall. One or twt
y queer birds nests fastened to small
< branches hung quite naturally herr
5, and there. ~ y
Michael threw down the hamme'
and sat down to = survey his work
: drawing a~breath of relief. He fel
S more at home nov with the photo
: graphs of his fellow students smilin
Il dow upon him. Opposite was tn
" to the right the Glee club with hin:
self as their leader; to the left
d group of his classmates, with his spe
e cial chum in the midst. AS he gaze
1t at that kindly face in the middle h
could almost hear the friendly voic
k calling to him: "Come on, Angel
: You're sure to win out!"s-
Michael felt decidedly better, an
2 fell to hanging UP his; clothes and q,
ranging his effects on clean papers i
the rheumatic bureau drawers. Thes
e were cramped quarters but would d
d for h present Until he was sure {
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It not spend his little savings more tina
TT he, could help now and he would M
N longer be dependent upon the benz
l. faction of MI. Endicott.
Y When his box of books arrived Il
would ask permission to put son,
e shelves over the window. Then h
would feel quite cosy and at home,
k So he cheered himself as he wer
about getting into his best garment
t for he intended to arrive at Madiso
- avenu about the time hat his ben.
n. factor reached home for the evening
d Michael knew little of, New Yor
q ways, and less Of the habits of 81
n. ciety; the few novels that had ha,
le pened in his way being. his only il
" structors on the subject. He w,
l. going entirely on his dim memori.
e! of the habits otsthe Endicott hon
1t during his BRIEF stay there. AS
l. happened MI. Endicott. was at hon
when<Michael arrived and the fami
le were dining alone.
The boy w~asaseated in the recel
T. ton room gazing about him with tt
In ease Of his habitual unconsciousne,
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