Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-25
/ For the next few days Michael went
about in a state that almost boruered

On the frantic. His white face looked
drawn, and his great eyes burned in
their clear setting like live Goals,
People turned to look after him on
the street and exclaimed: "Why, look
ct that mani" and yet he seemed
moEe like an avenging angel dropped
down. for some terrible GRAND than
like a plain ordinary man.
MI. Holt noticed it and spoke to
him about it.
You ought to drop work and take
g, good vacation, Endicott," he said
kindly. You're in bad shape. You'll
break down and be ill. If I We're in
your place I'D cancel the rent efethat
eA1ce and not try, to start out for
yourself, until fall. It'll pay you in
n end. You're taking things too
seriously"
But. Michael smiled and shook His
head. He was to open his own Office
the following week. 1t was all ready,
with its simple furnishings. in mark
ed contrast to the rooms that would
have been his If he had acceded to
his b~enefactor's request. But Mi
chael q lost interest in office and
work alike, and the room seemed now
to him only q refuge from the eyes
Of men where he might hide with his
great SORROW and try to study .out
some way to save Starr. Surely, sure
~, her father would do something
when he received his letter! It was
Png past time for an answer to have
Come: But then there was the hope,
that he was already doing something,
though he was unwilling to afford Mi
chael the satisfaction of knowing it.
He gave much thought to a posi-
BILE cablegram that he might send,
that would tell the story to the father
while telling nothing to he world, but
abandoned the idea again and again.
Sam came up from the farm. and
saw MichaePs face and was worried.
Say. pard, wotl yer bin dom
t'yeref7 Better come down t. tn
farm an git a bit O. fresh air..
The only two people who did not
notice the change in Michaels appear
,ance We're Hester and Will. They
were too much engrossed in each 9TH
,er by this time to notice even Mi
chael.
They had fallen into the habit of
leaving the looms in the alley earlier
than Michael and going home by
themselves.
They left him thus one night about
three weeks after Starts engagement
had been announced. Michael stayed
in the room for an hour after all the
others a gone. He was expecting
Sam to return. Sam had been up
from the farm several times lately.
and this time without any apparent
reason he had fingered in the city. He
had not been to the room that night
save for ten minutes early in the eve
ming lwhenshe had mumbleds some-.
thing about a little business, and said,
would be back before Michael left.
Mt III a NJ co fnr AT1on - %
bow on the table. his head in his
hands. trying to think. A way had
occurred to him which might or
might notsdo something to prevent
BtaFr from throwing away her hap
piness. The morning paper had hint.
that plans for a speedy wedding
were m foot. It was rumored that
Miss EndiGott. was to be married as,
soon asaher father reached home. Mi
chaeI Nas desperate. He feared that
now the father would arrive too late
Tor him, to- get speech with him. He.
had begun 70 knew that It Wa hard
those they had chosen as friends. 1T
take time.
There was q way. He? might have
The whole story published in the7pa-t
pers, a public scandal would doubt
less delay il not altogether put stop
to this alliance; but a public scandal.
that touched Mr.. Carter would now
also Touch and bring. into publicity
the girl whose life was almost linked
With HE. Net until the very lssr re-
would Michael bring about that
publicity. That such 81 move on his
nifty of the entire Endicott family IL
did not doubt, but that factor figursdS
not Mt all In H5feha e1sa ~ Iov,ln III rvG