Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-08
CHAPTER xyIII-Cont,nued.

Connie went down to Mount Mark
the night she received that, letter.
spending half the night, in the train,
and talked it over with the family.
Without a dissenting voice, they said
she ought to go. Ten days later,
Carol and David were exulting over
Comics letter.
Eyes. thank you, I am coming. In
fact. l was only waiting for the word
Tuesday AFTERNOON at 2:so. Be sure
and meet me.
II nearly lost my job, top. I went
to Mr.. Carver and said L, wanted q
vacation. He said All right, when
and how long?' I said, Beginning
next Monday He nodded. To con-
tinue six weeks He nearly died. He
asked what kind of an institution for
7 said I hadn't solved it yet. He re-
minded me that I have already had
one weeks vacation, and three days
on two different occasions. He said
he hired people to work. not to visit
their relatives at his expense. He
said l had week of vacation COM
ing. And I interrupted to say i didn't
expect any salary during that time I
just wanted him to hold my position
~ LAG " I1S IN w 0o
II didn't ask him to discontinue pub
LEGATION during my absence. Finally
he said I might have one week on full
pay, and one week without pay, and
that was enough for a senator.
$50 I went to my ~machine and
wrote out a very literary resignation
which i handed to him. I know the
business now. and i have met a lot
of publishers, SO ! was safe in resign
iipD 7 knpu T could 0ot a 1ofhor p0ot-
ton in three days. He tore the resig-
nation up, and said he wished I could
outgrow my childishness.
Before luncheon, he said he had q
good idea. We were away behind in
clippings for filing and he suggested
that I take a big bundle of exchanges
with NE, and clip while T vacated,
Also I could doubtless find the time t
write a thousand or SO wordsa week
and send it in, and then ], might &C
on full pay for six weeks. Fgurative,
" I fell upon his neck and kissed
him-purely figuratively, for his wife
has a most annoying way of dropping
in at unexpected hours-and an,
getting the most charming new
1clothes made up, SO David will think
III am prettier than you. Now dom
come anyhow.
Carol considered herself vel
schdbled in the art Of emotional re
straint, but when she finished reading
those blessed wordsAwhich tt he
ears, SO hungry for the voices Of
home, sounded like an extract from
the beaitudesLshe put her head or
the back of David's hand and gulpee
audibly. And she admitted that shs
must certainly have cried, save fol
the restraining influence Of tn,
knowledge that crying made her moss
red.
.Ins5the meantime, back in Iowa; thu
Stars in their separate, households
lwerearunning RIOT Never was there
ltosbe such q wonderful visit for any.
body in the world. Jerry and Pru.
ldence bundled up their family, and
1got INTO q Harmer, Six and drove
down to- Mount Mark, where they en-.
Iscdnced themselves In the family
! home and announced their intention
of staying until Connie had gone. al
tsoon as Fairy heard that. she hasten
red home too, fun OF the glad tidinle
that she had found q boy She wanted
Ito adopt at last. lark and Jim
neglected the farm shamefulyg and III
THE women 81 the neighborhood were
busy making endless little oA1a. and