Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-02
BY DAVID. ANDERSON

her face and settled in two round
.dimplcs that teasingly uptilted the
corners of her mouth-a good, WIN,
some mouth, fringed with tui! Ivo
lips and set with wholesome tee.li;
The smile grew until It quite passeu
beyond her control. she threw ~
It was the only thing that scould
have broken the restraint. After tnat
laugh, the Pearlhunter no longer
" ondered that sounds o~utrivai1ng the
wood thrush could come from her
throat. BY some subtle bridge I'M
seen Of human eyes, the smile cross
ed to the mans face and melteo 'tS
grave, almost severe. lines.
And why shouldn't the restraint pc
broken? Why, indeed. should there
be restraint? For all his overails.
flannel shirt and battered hat, he was
still a man: for all her faded calico
and broken shoes. she was still a
woman. The world was made iIor
them. And the world was young; the
smiles more than the tears-and the
woods laugh always.
: The laugh; the slow smile that an
swered it-their Introduction: she
tied the bonnet strings, ! ne
watched her fingers as they formeo
the, knot. A woman's hands snow
nowhere to better advantage tnah
when tying a knot-that Is II they
have advantages to show.
"That song he said, ut was the
most wonderful thing I ever heard.
like wafer tinkIing over pebbles.
"The birds are my playmates.' she
answered simply. 'They fly down all
over me. l had to learn their
language" ,I
The Pearlhunter was a long time
asking that question.
Not far, from the pool
"And you're not afraid?' 49,
He glanced up the road, toward the
village.
crossed her face. Never before.
she added, as if the first statement
had not quite satisfied his question
paddy is not very well and l have 10
gosto the store. Every time I've gone
in the last few days that man has
tried to talk to me. l vas frlghten,
ed to death today when he followed
me-. He never did that before. I'm
SO glad you happened along; ana J
;. thank you over and over!'
lit was nothing" he said simply
twisting his hat in his hand. ZIG
didn't tell her it wasn't a matter OF
She SOCK the. curl off her bosom
and back over her SHOULDER. He waf
sorry for that. ~
HE is a gambler. at least so the
grocery man told me today-and a
a-man killer"
The P%earlhunter could have added
: quite startlingly to the information
, imparted by the grocery man, but hi
; only said:
!. "He's all that-and more"
. She glanced across the fence anc
. I'M the road. He fancied a slight
!. shiver lifted her shoulders.
:, ."Miss-Miss-I don't know you
: name!"
;. Two roguish little points pinched
. UP the girls eyes = The two dimples
I played hide-and-seek with the cor
> ners of her mouth-artless as the
!. ficking wings Of a Lady Cardinal
: She had no art. With such feet ant
! ; hands; and eyes like little glimpse
of sky through the tree tops, h hat
: small need of it. ~. = i
' "a little bit ago you called mevi"
1.-THE Wild Rose" he finished.
: II like-that" he stammeret
:, F, "ever so much better than my-othe
Again that slow smile broke acros
: the face Of the .Pearlhuntcr. a
: knew he ought to say something
: but what?
"Well, Miss-Wild Rose h
e finally ventured. with no idea
y what else he was going to say.
i, Leave off the Miss, please"
was. a timely rescue. miss seem
G Observation-Disclosures for the wood
h And you are-?"
: He shifted the basket to the G.he
y arm and stood gazing up and dow
! the ragged fence row.
), "They call me the-the-Pear
q hunter' he stammered after a tim
I The girl seemed to ponder tt