Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-23

Dear MISS GIOlcOII:
''Can you let me have q brief In
terview at your convenience and Just
as soon as possible I have q w
to- ask Of you which 1 most earnestly
hope you will be willing to grant,
Sincerely yours,
"Michaei.nf
He sent the note off with fear and
trembling. Every word had been
carefully considered and yet 1t haunt
ed him continually that he might
have written differently. Would she
grant the interview? II she did not
what then should he do?
The next day he received a cere-
r%sonious little note on creamy paper
crested with q silver star mono
grained in blue:
Miss Endicott will receive Mr.. En-
dicott tomorrow morning at eleven"
A SILVER ran through him as he
read, and consigned the elegant COM
munication to his waste-basket. 1t
was not from his Starr. It. was from
a stranger. And vet, the subtle per-
fun1e that stole forth from the en-
velope reminded him of her. On Sec
sond thought he drew 1t forth again
and put it in his pocket. After all
she had granted the interview, and
this bit Of paper was q part OF her
daily life; 1t had come from her, she
had written it, and sent it to him. 1t
was therefore precious.
Starr had been more than usually
thoughtful when she read Michael's
note. It pleased, her that at last. she
had brought him to her feet, though
not for the world would she let him
know 1t. Doubtless he wished her In
fluence for some position or other
that he would have asked her father
instead If he, had been at home. Starr
knew nothing Of the alienation be-
tween her father and Michael. But
Michael should pay for. his request, in
humility at least. Therefore she sent
her cool little stab of ceremony to
call him to her. iii
But Michael did not look in the
least Inundated as he entered the
luxurious library where Starr had
chosen to receive him. His manner
was grave and assured, and he made
no sign of the tumult it gave him to
see her thus in her own home once
where all her womanliness and
charm were but enhanced by the lux
ury about her. 81,
He came forward to greet her just
as if she had not cut him dead the
very last time they met; and Starr as
she regarded him was struck with
wonder over the exalted beauty of
manhood that vas his unique dover.
THANK you for letting me come,'
he said simply. Il will not intrude
long upon your time 3,,, q
Starr had a strange sensation of
fear lest he was going to slip away
from her again before she was will
ing. !.
'Oh. that is all right" she said
g%raciously; won't you sit down. I
am always glad to do a favor for a
friend of my childhood"
1t was a sentence she had rehears-
ed many times in her mind, and it
was meant to convey reproach and
indifference in the extreme, but some
how as she 1uttered into 4 sreat
leather chair she felt that, her voice
was trembling and she, had miserably
failed in what she had meant to do.
Shsffelt strangely ashamed Of her at
titude. with those two clear soulful
eyes looking straight at her. lt re-
minded her of the way he had looked
when he told her in the Florida
chapel long ago that nobody but her
self had yer kissed him-and she
had kissed him then. Suppose he
should be going to ask her to do it
again! The thought made her cheeks
rosy, and her society air deserted her