Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-01
CHAPTER W-Continued.

CHAPTER VI-Continued.
Michael had sent out three invita-
tions to commencement, one to Mr..
Endicott, one to Starr, and one adj
dressed to Buck, with the inner en-
velope bearing the words For Buck
and the KIDS" but no response had
come to any of them. He had re-
ceived back the one addressed to
pink letters stamped across the cor
ner. 1t had reached him that norm
ing just before he came on the plat
form. He wished it had not come
till night: it gave him a lonely, al
most forsaken feeling. He was "edu-
Gated now, at least enough to know
what he did not know; and there was
no one to care. ~.
When Michael sat down after his
GRAFTON amid a storm of hearty ap-
plause, prolonged by his comrades in
to something like an ovation, some
one handed him a letter and q pack
age. There had been a mistake
made at the post office in sorting the
mail and these had not been put into
the college box. One of the profess
sors going down later found them
and brought them up.
4Ae iotLer WAS lIOIS MT. GHulCOtl
containing a +~business-like line of
cipient would come to New York IL
he still felt of that mind, and a
check for, a hundred dollars.
Michael looked at the check awe
somely, re-read the letter carefully
and put both in his pocket. The
package vas tiny and addressed in
Starts handwriting. Michael saved
that till he should go to his room.
He did not want to open it before
any curious eye
Stairs letters had been few and
far between, girlish little epistles;
and the last year they had ceased al.
flnishing-school and dancing-school
and music blossoms and good times
Michael was a dim and pleasant vi
sion to her.
The package contained a scarf-pir
of exquisite workmanship. Starr had
pleased herself by picking out the
very prettiest thing she could find
She had her fathers permission t.
spend as much as she liked OF it. L
was in the form of an orchid, with 8
tiny diamond like a drop Of dew OF
one petal.
Michael looked on it with wonder
I1AC dISS SAS5SoIAOh VI pCASO1lo
adornment that had ever come t,
him. He saw the reminder of theii
day together in the form of tn
orchid: studied the beautiful name
starr Delevan Endicott," engraved
upon the card; then put them care
fully back into their box and lockeI
it into his bureau drawer. He woult
wear it the first time he went to- Sc
Starr. He was very happy that day.
The week after college closed Mi
chael drove the college mule to tn
county sea, ten miles away, AM
bought a small trunk. It a no
the town afforded. In this he pack
Led .aIl$%his worldly possessions, bad
1good-bye to the president, and sucl
of the professors as had not alread
gone North. for their vacations, too
long tramp to all his old haunts
fand boarded the midnight train TO
5 New York. -,
The boy had a feeling Of %independ
ence which kept him from letting hi
benefactor know of his intended ar
rival. He did not wish to make hin
any unnecessary trouble, and thougl
T he had now been way from Nel
York for fourteen years, he felt
y perfect assurance that he could fin
his way about. There are som
things that one may learn ever q
: seven, that will never be forgotten.
! When Michael landed in New Yor
he looked about him with be
wildermsent for a moment. Then h
started out with assurance to, find
: new spot for himself in the world.
! Suitcase he a not, nor any bag
gage but his trunk to hinder him. H
had discovered hat the trunk coul
remain in the. station for a day with
out charge. The handsome raincos
: and umbrella which had been a pa!
of the outfit the tailor had sent hill
: that spring were all his encum
! brances, so he picked. his way uI
hampered across Liberty street, eye
Z ing his former enemies. the police
y men, and every little urchin or new!
3 boy with interest. OF purse Buc
I and the rest would have grown u
I and changed ONE they wouldn
: likely be selling papers 'now-but-
these were boys such as he had bee
He bought a paper OF a little ragge
9 fellow with = pinched face, and
s strange sensation came e hin
When he left this city he was tt
/ newsboy, and now he had none
enough to; buy a paper-and the ed,
cation to read it,, What a difference.
Not that he wanted the paper Il
e present, though it might prove II
\ teresting later, but he wanted the e.
: p%erfence of buying it. It marked tn
9 era of change in his life and mad
= the contrast tremendous. Immed
ately his real purpose in having g
education, the uplift Of his fellow
, beings. which had been most vagt
= during the years, took form al
leapt into vivid interest, as he jvatEl
. ed the little skinny legs Of the new,
q boy ninnbly scrambling across II
muddy street under the feet Z
horses, and between automobiles, j
: i'm mirent danger OF his life.
Michael had thought it all out, juI
Is what he would do; and he proceede
to carry out his purpose. He had \
!. idea what a fine picture OF wei
groomed youth and manly beauty !
presented as he marched down IL
street. He walked like a king, al
New York abashed him no more no
J that he had come back than It d
before he went. away. There are son
spirits born that way. He wake
'fdlike a gentleman, unafraid.r
He had decided not to 80 to II
Endicott until he had found lodginl
somewhere. An inmate delicacY hs
\ brought him to this decision 4
would not put one voluntary burde
& upon his kind benefactor. Born, an
bred In the slurns, whence came tn
III Aneness Of feeling? Who shall say
81. Michael threaded his way throus
I'll the maze OF trafic. instinct and vaEl
a STRINGS Of memory guiding HIM /,
quiet shabby street where he four