Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-02

and trimmed and grated, and in the
spring presented a foreground Of
wonderful pink and white s%plendor;
and at all seasons of the year the
grassy drive wound it's way up to the
old house, through a vista of branch
es, green or brown. .+t :.
1t had long been in Michael's heart
to build over the old house-for what
ne did not know. Certainly he had no
hope of ever using it himself except
as a transitory dwelling; yet it pleased
his fancy to have it as he dreamed it
out. Perhaps sonle day it, might be
needed for some supreme reason, and
now was the time to get it ready. So
one day he. took a great and sln,ple-
hearted architect down to the place to.
stay over night and get an idea of the
surroundings; and a few weeks later
he was In possession Of a plan that
showed how the old house could be
made into a beautiful new house, and
yet keep all the original outlines. The
carpenter, pleased with the prospect
of doing something really fine, had
undertaken the work and it was go
ing forward rapidly.
n main walls were to be built
around with stone, old stone thought
from the ruins of a desolated barn of
forgotten years, stone that was rusty
and golden and green in lovely mel
low tones; stone that was gray with
age and NOISY in places; now and
then 9 stone that was dead black to
give strength to the coloring' Of the
whole. There were to be windows,
would let the sunlight in; and win
dows that nestled in the sloping.
rambling roofs that were to be stain
cd green like the moss that would
grow on them some day. There was
to be a piazza across the entire front
with rough stone pillars, and a stone
paved floor. up to which the orchard
grass would grow in a gentle terrace.
Even now Sam and his helpers were
at work starting rose vines of all va
%rieties, to train about the trellises and
Irvine about the pillars. Sam had
elected that it should be called Rose
Cottage Who would have ever sus-
pected Sam of having any poetry in
his nature? &
h great stone fireplace with its
ancient crane and place to sit inside
was to be retained, and built about
with more stone, and the partitions
between the original sitting room and
dining and hall were to be torn
down, to make one splendid living
room of which the old fireplace should
be the center, with a great window at
one side looking toward the sea, and
a deep seat with book cases in the
corne Heavy beams were somehow
to be put in the ceiling to support it,
II fine wood used in the wainscoting
and panelling, with rough soft-toned
plaster between and above. The floors
were to be smooth, wide boards OF
hard wood well fitted.
A little gable was to be added on
the morning side of the house for a
dining roonA all windows. with as3view
Of thessea on n side and the river
on the other. Upstairs there would
be four bedrooms and bath rooin;5 all
according to the plan ia. be white
ly vined or tinted papers above.
Michael took great pleasure In go-
ing down to look at the house. and
watching the progress that !was made
with 1t, as indeed the whole colony
did. They called it THE Boss's Cot
tage," and when they laid Oft work
at night always took a trip to see
what had been done during the day,
men, women and children. It was a
they saw their own highest dreams
coming true for the man they loved
because he had helped them to a flu
ture of possibilities. Not Al ma of
p.them hut wistfully wondered il he
would ever get to the place WhereShe
could build him q house liNe that, and
resolved secretly to. try for It.. and al
ways the work went better the next
day for the visit to the shrine.
Blu after all. Michael would turn
from his house with an. empty ache
in his heart. What was 1t for? Not
for him. IT. was not likely he would
ever spend happy hours there. He
was~not like other n.sn. He must take
his happiness In making others hap
by. .4s
But one day a new thought came to
him as he watched the laborers work.
ing or the plan. and bringing It ever
nearer and nearer to the perfect
whole. a great desire came to- him to
have Starr see It some day; to know
what she would think about II. and
II. she would like It. The thought o
CURED to- him that perhaps, some
time In the changing OF the world.
she might chance near that way. and
he have o~pporturity to show her the