Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-13
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ANYTHING I can tell you.?:" he Of
fered feverishly. II know all about
range and ranch life. I can tell you
anything you ant sto@know.D I,
Really? And will you dol !? You
know writer's have Just; gotss to gel
material. 1t is absolutely necessary.
And l am running, v~erysshort5 Of ideas;
1 have been loafing., 30.
He waited patiently.s@He#was more
than willing to tel. her everything he
knews~or could make upssto please
her, but he had not the slightest idea
what sheNwanted. Whatever it was,
he certainly intended to make the eff
fort of his life to give her.
II am Constance Starr" said Con
ME, still more abashed by the unfal-
tering presence OF ellis curious crea-
was quite human enough for any
literary purpose And this is my
brother-in-law, Mr.. Duke, >and my
sister, Mrs. Duke"
E"Mysname is Prince Ingram"
David shook hands with him cor
daily, with smiling eyes, and asked
him to sit down so Connie might ask
her questions in comfort. They all
took chairs, and Prince waited Con-
ago there had been ten thousand
things she yearned to know about this
strange existence. Now, unfairly, she
could not think of one. II seemed
to her she knew all there was to
know about them. They looked into
each others eyes, men and women,
as men and women do in Chicago,
They: touched hands, and the blood
quickened. the old Chicago style.
pretty clothes. they worshipped good
horses, they lived OF the ,boundless
plains. What on earth was there
to ask? Quite suddenly, Connie unl
derstood them perfectly.
But Prince realized that he was
not making good. His one claim to
admission in her presence was his
ability to tell her what she wanted
to know. He had got to tell her
what did she want to know? How
sold he was. where he was born, if ha
was married,-oh. by George. she
didn't think he was married, DID she?
Il am not married." he said alb
ruptly. David looked around at him
in surprise, and Carols eyes opened
widely. But Connie, with what must
have been literary intuition, under
stood. She nodded at him and smiled
as she asked, "Have@you always lived
out here?"'3!
mo" He Strengthened his shout
ders and drew a deep breath. Here
was a starter, it would be his own
fault If hel could not keep talking the
rest of the night. mo, 1 came Oh,
from Columbus when. I was eighteen
Came for my health" Hes.squared
his shoulders again, and laughed a
big deep laugh which made Connie
deep laughs in the world.
- INV father was a doctor Ho con-
me out. and I got a lob punchine
time in the mines at Cripple Creek
I met some stock men, and one -of
them offered me a Job, and / came
out and got in with them. Then
I got hold of a bit OF. land ands.be gan
gathering up stock for myself. j
stayed with the Sparker outfit sis
took the moneys and got my start
that Is a1l.n He stopped
In establishment. He, had been sure
his story would last several hours
He had begun at the very start, his
illness at eighteen, and here he was
right up to the present, and-he rub.
ped his knee despairingly. There
must be something else. There had
to be something else. What under
fourteen years in the -ranges?l&s-
"Don't you ever wish to go back?,
Connie prompted kindly.
Back to Columbus? 1 went twice
to see my father. He had a private
sanatorium. Ny booming VOICE gave
his nervous patients prostrations, and
father thought my clothes were not
sanitary because they could no be
steriltzed. Are you going to stay here
for good?" -
1T was very risky to ask, he knew,
but@ahe had to find ont
y am visiting my sister in Denver,
We just came here for the Frontier
Days" said Connie primly.
There is another Frontier Week al
Sterling" he said eagerly. "A fine
one, better than this. 1t isn't Far
over there: You would get more