Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-29
V.-Oontinued.


At the college presidents gate, just
on the edge of the campus, the presi-
dent eame out with apologies. He
had been detained on a bit of busi
NETS at the county seat five miles
away, and had driven home with 8
frtAnd whose horse was very slow
He, was sorry not to have done their
honored guests the courtesy of beins
ut the station on their arrival. Endi-
colt walked with. the president after
the greetings, and Michael dropped
behind with Starr eagerly pointing
out to her the buildings.
That's the chapel, and beyond are
the study and recitation rooms. The
next is the dining hall and servants
quarters, and over on that side OF
the campus is our dormitory. My
window looks down on the lake,
Every morning I go before breakfast
fora SWIM"
--Oh, aren't you afraid Of alliga-
tors?" exclaimed Starr shiverine
prettily.
Michael looked down at her fragile
loneliness with a softened ,apprecia.
ton. as n looks at the tende,
precious things of life that need pro.
lection.
NO." he answered without laugh.
Ing, as some of the other boys would
have done at her girlish fears, they
sort of acquainted with them. I'm
not afraid of them. Nothing will
hurt you IL you understand it wei
enough to look out for its rights" !.
".Oh!' said Starr cycling him IL
wonder. s.As if,an alligator had ris6ts!
What a strange. interesting boy. The
idea Of understanding an alligator.
She was about to ask how under.
standing the creature would keep one
from being eaten up when Michael
pointed to the crimsoning West:
Seer he said eagerly as If he were
pointing to a loved scene, "the sun Is
almost down.. Don't you love tt watch
it? In a minute o it will be gone
and then it will be dark. Hear that
evening bird? "Tit-wiloo! Tit-wiloo!
He sings sometimes late at night
Starr followed his eager Wordsy, and
saw the sun slipping, slipping like a
great ruby disc behind the fringe of
palm and pine and oak that bordered
the little lake below the campus:
saw the wild bird dart from the
thtcket into the clear amber of the
sky above, utter its sweet weird call,
and drop again into the fine brown
shadows Of the living picture; watch
ed. fascinated as the sun slipped low
er, lower, to the half now, and now
less than half.
Breathless they both stood and let
the two men go on ahead, while they
watched the wonder of the day turn
into night. The brilliant liquid Grim
SON poured itself away to other lands,
garnet remained; then. like a living
thing dying Into another life. it too
dropped away, and all was night.
why! How dark it Isl" exclaimed
Starr as she turned to her companion
again and found she could scarcely
see his face. why! How queer!
Where is the twilight? Is anything
the matter? 1 never saw it get dark
all at one like this!" She peered'
around into the strange velvet dark
ness with troubled eyes.
Michael was all attention at once
mo, that's all right" he assured
her. That's the way we do here.
Almost everybody from the north
speaAks about it at first. They can't
understand, 1t. It's the difference in
the..sposition Of the sun, nearer the.
equator. you know. I'll show you ali
about it on the chart in the astron-
omical BOOM II you car to zee. We
haven't any twilight here. I should.
think twilight would be queer. You
wouldn't just know when night began
and day ended. I don't remember
about It when I lived in New York.
Look up there! That's the evening
star. It's onn out for you tonight
Ito welcome another-Starr!!"
Oh, Michael, Of unknown ORIGIN
VVhence came that skill of delicate
sornplimspt thu Erace OF cctftsgy,
the cutter, set apart from. all sWeet-
eniny Influences OF ioving contact
with wOmAnkind, should Be able Is
sgaiiAptlx and respectfully to fuiAs the