Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-22
dine with her father and herself; and

AAOuSS poAly dL IIlC I1OIIS COuU-
try seat. This came in the busy sea-
son Of the farm work; but Michael,
anxious to please his employers, took
q couple of days off n went. And
he certainly enjoyed the good times
to the full. He had opportunity to
renew his tennis in which he had
been q master hand, and t o row and
ride, In both of which he excelled,
Also he met a number OF pleasant
people who accepted him for the
tsplendtd fellow he looked to be and
asked not who he was. Men Of his
looks and bearing came not in their
way every day and Michael was good
company. wherever he went.
However. when it came to the W
nings, Michael was at a loss. He
could not dance nor talk, small talk.
He was too intensely in earnest FOR
soriety's ways, and they did not UNI
yderstand. He could talk about the
books he had read, and the things he
had. thought, but they were great
Thoughts and not at all good form
for a frivolous company to dwell up
on. One did not want a problem in
economics or a deep philosophical
Iquestion thrust upon one at a dance.
Michael became a delightful but diff
fcult proposition for the girls present,
I, SNSAA yoAS NAlOCI kdhlIlS " IcdCA nlIl
how to talk in society, but each in
turn making a miserable failure. AT
last, Emily Holt herself set out to give
him gentle hints on light conversation
and found herself deep in a discussion
of Wordsworth's poems about which
she knew absolutely nothing, and in
which Michael's weary soul had been
lsteeping itself lately.
Miss Holt retired in laughing de-
feat at last, and advised her protege
to take a course Of modern . novels.
Michael, always serious. took her at
her word. and with grave earnestness
proceeded to do SO; but his course
! ended after two or three weeks. He
found them far from his taste, the
most of them too vividly portraying
the sins of his alley in a setting OF
high life. Michael had enough of that
tsort of thing in real life, n felt he
could not stand the strain Of modern
fiction, SO turned back to his Words.
worth again and found soothing and
mental stimulus.
But there followed other invita-.
tons, some of which he accepted and
some of which he declined. Still, the
handsome. independent young Adoni,
was in great demand in spite of hi.
peculiar habit Of always being in
earnest. about everything. Perhaps
they liked him and ran after him but
the more because Of his inaccessible
ity, and the fact that he was reall,
doing something in the world. For II
began to be whispered about among
those who knew-and perhaps Emily
Holt was the originator-that Michae,
was going to be something brilliant in
the world OF worth-while-things one
Of these days.
The tickets that Endicott promised
him had arrived in due time, and
anxious to please his benefactor, ever
in his alienation, Michael faithfully
attended concerts and lectures, and
enjoyed them to the full. borrowing
from his hours OF sleep to make up
iwhatShe had thus spent, rather thar
hesgrew in knowledge OF the-arts, and
in love of all things great, whether
music, or pictures, or great minds. z
Matters stood thus when Starr ap.
lpeared oil the Gene.
The young girl made her debut
that winter, and. the papers were full
LOT her pictures land the ~entertain-
ments given In her honor. She val
dineds and danced and recepted day
latter day and night after night, and
no& debhtante had ever received high
ZEE pEatA6 Ok Lac crltlcS IOr beauty
grace and charm q manner.
Michael read them. aali, carefully Gu,
ont and preserved q few pleasant
things that were written about her
Hooked ut the pictures. and turned
from the ponnp ana pride Of her trf.
llumph 70 the little snapshot Of herself
Ion horseback in the Park with hes
groom, which she hAd:Sent TO him
whom she was ~ little girl.. That was
This. and his aione, but these Others
belonged &tos the world. tho world II
which he had no part.
For from all this gaiety OF society
Michael now held alo6f. Invitation.
ne srecstyeds not q few, for he war
growing more popular every day. b,it
tha declined then. all. IA fne sense 81
fhsngt kept him from going anywhere
Int 6tarr 80 sure t0sba sHe haas
Ert9hts ~ colrse, and Il would haye
sReens plsasantatn way i have her