Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-09

NOVerlng ABOUT there now INC then.
and for two weeks after he had talked
with Sam, nightly. Always he had
walked that way before retiring and
burned a soft light. Then they had
gone to the seashore and the noun
tains and the house had put on
solemn shutters and lain asleep.
Michael knew all about it from a
straysparagraph in the society column
OF the daily paper. which he happened
to read.
Toward the end of August he had
made a round through Madison ave-
nue every night to see if they had re-
turned home. and for a week the
shutters had been down and the lights
burning as of old. 1t had been good
to know hat his charge was back
there safely. And now he was to
her.
We'll! Give an account OF your
self. Were. you trying to keep out of
my sight Why didn't you come to
office /"
Michael looked him straight in the
eye with his honest, clear gaze that
showed no sowing of wild oats. no
friendly espionage. He decided in a
fash Of a thought hat this na
should never know the blow his beau
tifuL naughty wife had dealt him.
It was true, all she had said, and he,
Michael, would give the real reason
why he had not come. Al
Because I thought you had done
for me far more than 1 deserved al
ready, and I did not wish to be any
further burden to you"
THE dickens you did" exclaimed
.Endicott. you good-for-nothtng
rascal, didn't you know you would be
far more of a burden running OFF in
that style without leaving a trace of
yourself behind SO 1 could hunt you
up, than If you had behaved yourself
and done as I told you? Here / have
doing q lot Of unnecessary wor-
rying about you. I thought you had
fallen among thieves or something, or
else gone to the dogs. Don't you
know that is a most objectionable
thing to do, run off from a man who
has told you he wants to see you? /
thought I made you understand that
I had more than a passing interest
in your weffare!"
The color came into the fine, strong
face and a panied expression in his
"T'm sorry. sir! 1 didn't think of 1t
that way. I thought you felt. some
kind of IAN obligation; I never felt SO,
but you said you did; and 1 thought
If ] got out Of your way I would trou-
BILE you no more"
.'Trouble me! Trouble me! Why,
son, I like to be troubled once In q
while by something besides. getting
money and spending It. You. never
gave me q shadow OF trouble, except
these last weeks when you've disap-
peared and I couldn't do anything for
you. You've somehow crept into my
life and 7 cant get you out. In fact.
I don't want to. But. boy, II you felt
New York at all? You didn't feel that
way the night you came to my house
to dinner"
Michaels eyes owned that this waa
true, but his arm lips showed that. he
would never betray the real reason
for the change,
sI-didnt-reaiize-sir!"
hReaiise Realize what"
Z n didn't. realize the difference be.
tween my station and yours. Sir.
here had never been anything during
m1syears In school to make me know
81 am a. 'child iof the slums' "-uncon-
from Mrs. EffdicOtt'ss Ypeech to him
sssaftd you$ belong 70 ffne old fam.
..aly.s i don't know what terrible thing
are In my bloDd.aaRYous have rlchAl
and Ssnafne Beyond rsproach-t
1Heshad seen the words III an article
iheSdnAd read the evening before, and
felt that they fitted the i and tht
occasion. He did not know that III
~ s., au ctr. .,, l'sy had become apssrE1
nisit make n. rietes 4 / tr.ss