Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-20

~ SlI - SIG .SIl1lCU, ISIS, 80
1t ts-though a bit. hard. to real
ixe that the little schoolgirl l used
to know is now mistress Of all this
grandeur" ~
1T is a fine. old place, isn't it?" she
returned. evading the personal equa-
ton. ..And, perhaps because Of its
picturesque possibilities. I pride my
self OF my hovse-parties. 1 adore
having guests, ndSsI,jnvite them with
an eye tos their fitting into this n
Thank YOU for the implied com
pliment, murmured, but I brought
back my gaze from. my surroundings,
to look more }attentiyely at Anne's
face. Ia sN a4 ;.tls sa.a,
It seemed to me I had caught a
%plaintive. note in her vqilne, and 1
Locke! lssa a for nar a corres s, ,expres;
her long iashes, after 4 e swift slenee
that was; a little roguish,Ta little visit
full. and entirely fascinating. Sud
denly / wondered il she were happy.
My vague impression Of her husband
was that he was tyrannical and pos
sibly cruel; felt intuitively that
Anne's Observation-Disclosures was assunl-.
ed. and covered a disappointed life.
gaily: Yes" She declared: II se-
lect my house-parties with the ut
most care. 1 have an exactly proper
admixture Of married people and un-
married. of serious-minded and
frivolous of g%eniuses and feather
IN which class am II, / asked,
look at me than for a desire for In
formation. rt.M 81
OTIS so iong since we last met, that
1 shall have to study you a bit be-
fore i can classify yca. But please
be as frivolous lis you can, FIR 7 want
you to Offset a Very serious guest"
v,a H. kn .o1osa sal. SAID; yo i%llowls ne ,sAnn aas
girl in pale greer. 1 shall lave to be
a veritable bufoon to average up
with that serious-m!ndetij sireni She
looks like q Study OF a Mailing Soul
"Yes-isn't she Burne-Jonesey :?
That's Beth Fordyca, and she's the
dearest thing IN Ike wDrfi, but she
has q sort of aesthetic pose. and, goes
d%iculons things. l3I:. you'll ike her,
for she's "a dear when she 1orgets her
fads:
"Does she ever u Forget it?y
yes; when she's thinking of
CLOTHES. Indeed, sonctime4gI think
she prefers clothes to soulfulnessAbut
she's terribly devoted to both" y
She: certainly makes a success OF.
her raiment," Il observed. looking at
the long, sweeping lines o. MISS
L I suppo. a''i 4 vs. ssse only a 3 touch 81
the Eternal Feminine, but Anne
seemed to- resent my compliment to
THE green gown, and Quickly turned
1.-The subject.
THE fFissy blonde. lady next her 10
Mrs. stelton." h went on; shes q
young widow who's terribly In love
with Morlland, my step-son. To tell
want, him to find outsthat he really
doesn't care for her, after all. Then
barbara, at the tea-tableaAi s my step
[dlGEhter: she's exactly like her ia
lther, and when L married him Bar
lbara was determined mot to like me.
But lam determined she shall: and
lof course j shall win out-.though /
fyet." ..s 49,, Z
$50 much for the women, I said.
NOW tell me OF your men"
4 well, you know my hus6And.
He's distinguished looking. Isn't Xhu?
land though he's nearly sixty, that
little alert air Of his makes him seem
tyounger. Morland looks like him,
Vie. Morland is handsome but he il
EHBlk minded, and any woman can
Head himySby 9 string. For the mo
nhent, h%esfhinks Mrs. Stelton Il. his
lideAlsssbut i intend thatBeth Fordyce
Ghalf dethrone her ThAt,atalt man
TALKING. to Beth now is Connie Arch
err. IIIe'ssaa dear thing, butssa little dif-
hin ;ns but; then, my husband likes 's e
ssspo you ike Mr.. ArcherY" / ask.
ed, 1o0kingE directly at her.