Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-07

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lice Of the calamity that had befal asa
the house OF her old employer, anst
;nacked her trunk and took - hahv
steamer back to America. Hsl -
and her, baby's father nel, ftar
nothing could keep Morton awe"
that. = situation
verv materially, for though she nae
oever been a fancy cook, she knew ~
ahort good old fashioned Scotch disn,
90 and from, the first hour tooK ~
her station in the kitchen. iinle
ata,v comfort and orderliness pegan
reign. and Starr and Michael nau az ~
m their hands that was not spen. -
either eating, sleeping, worklhs VI q"
ercise.
II vas then that they began to reaa
together, for the library was A ~
with all the treasures of literature, ~
many of which Michael had news
had access save through the puplc
f1ihraries. which of course was not Us
satisfactory as having books at manu-
when one had a bit of leisure IN q
busy life, Starr had been reauigs
more thar ever before TINS VIZ" ~
while with her aunt. and entereu =.
to the pleasant co%n'oanlonshlp "
book together with zest.,
Then there were hours when starr
played softly, and sang. for the p1an9
was far from the sick room ~
could not be heard upstairs lnoeeoe
if it had not been for n anxious
struggle going on upstairs, tnese .M1
would have been having a beautllul
time.
For all unknowing to themselves
they were growing daily into a oeai
; delight in the mere presence OIL one
lanother. Even Michael. who a
long ago laid down the lines "
which he must walk through NE. anu
never expected to be more to starr
than a friend and protector, did not
realize whittier this intimate CONF
pionship was tending. When ne
Thought of it at all he thought tina, 1t
a precious solace for his years OF
loneliness; a time that must be en-
ioyed to the full, and treasured II
memory for the days of ~barrenness
that must surely follow.
Upstairs the fight went on day art,
err day, until at last n morning the
doctor told them that it had been
won, that the patient, though very
much enfeebled, would live and slowly
get back his strength.
That was a, happy morning. The
two caught each others hands ana
twhirled joyously round. the dining
room when they heard it; and Morton,
came in with her sleeves rolled up,
and her eyes like two blue lakes all
blurred with raindrops in the sun
light. Her face seemed l k a RAIN
bow.
The next morning the doctor looked
<1o t,,o ox,nr hofnro no Hucnt 11nSf9ir S
and set a limit to their quarantine. II
they kept on doing well they would
he reasonably safe from taking the
disease. 1t would be a miracle, al
most. if neither of them took it; but
it began to look as if they were going
to be all right. &
Now these two had been SO absorb
ed in one another that they had
thought very little about the danger
of their taking the disease themselves.
Ii either had been alone in the house
with nothing to>do but brood it would
have probably been the sole topic Of
thought, but their healthy busy hour1
kathelped the good work on, and 50
they were coming safely out from I'M
der the danger.
1t was one bright morning when
they were waiting for the doctor to
ONE thai Michael was glancing over
the morning paper, and Starr trying q
new song she had SEM for that had
just COM, in the mail the evening be-
fore. She wanted to be able to play
it for Michael to sing. -
Suddenly Michael gave a little ex-
clamation of dismay. and Starr. turn
ing on the piano stool, saw that his
face was white and he was staring out
of the window with a dra wn sad look
about his mouth and eyes. %2ioas |
What is it?" she asked in quick
eager ones Of sympathy, and Michael
turning to look at her vivid beauty,
his heart thrilling with the sound of
her Voice, suddenly felt the wide gulf
hat had always been between them,
for what he had read in the paper
had shaker him from his happy
dream and brought him. back to a
sudden realization of what he was.
. The item in the paper that had