Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-15
Carol laughed. Eyes, and so does

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Julia" she teased.
Prince laughed, too, shanefacedly.
but he dared not ask, Docs Connie -
He turned his horse quickly and
paused to say. You'd better get
your husband inside. He will chill
in spite of the rugs. 1t is winter, to-
night. Good-by."
fidently. when she returned to David.
He is nice, dom you think so? May
be he would be perfectly all right-in
the city. Connie could straighten
him out"
Yes, brush off the dust, and give
him an opera hat and a dinner coat
and he would not be half bad"
H is not half bad now, only-not
exactly our kind"
: Women r funny" said David
Slowly. II believe Connie likes his
kind, just as he is, and would not
have him changed for anything"
At first. Prince had nc difficulty in
following the wide roll of Comics
wheels, for ne other cars had gone
to drop from the saddle and examine
the tracks closely to make sure Of
her. Then came the snow. and the
tracks were blurred out. Prince was
in despair.
Three roads here he thought
rapidly. eff she too that one she
will come to Markers ranch, and be
all right. II she took the middle
road she will make Benton. But this
one. it winds and twists. and never
gets any place."
So on the road to the left, that led
to no place at all. Prince carefully
guided his weary horse, already be-
ginning to stumble. He sympathized
with every aching step, yet he urged
her gently to her best speed. Then
she slipped. struggled to regain her
footing. struck a treacherous bit of
ice, and fell, Prince swinging nimbly
from. the saddle. Plainly she was
unable to carry him farther, SO he
helped her to her feet and turned her
loose, pushing On as fast as he could
on foot.
A%nxiously he peered into the gath
ering darkness, longing for the long
flash of yellow light which meant
Connie and the matchless Harmer.
Suddenly he stopped. From away
over the hills to his right, mingling
with the call of the coyotes, came the
unmistakable honk of a siren. He
held his breath to listen. 1t came
again. a long continued wall, in per-
feet tune with the whining of the
coyotes. He turned to the right and
started over the hills in the wake of
the CALL. ft
Over a steep incline he plunged,
and paused.
THANK Cod" he cried aloud, for
there he saw a little round yellow
glow in the cloudy white mist-the
Harmer Six and Connie.
He shouted as he ran. that she
might not be left in suspense a mo-
tment longer than need be. And Con-
ME with numibed fingers tugged the
curtains loose and eaned out in tho
yellow mist to watch him as he came.
We talk of the mountain peaks OF
life. And poets sing of the snowy
crest of life crises. where we loo like
angels and speak like gods, where we
live on the summit of ages. This
moment should have been a summit
yet when Prince ran down the hill
breathless, %exultant, and nearly ex.
hausted, Connie, her face showing
peaked and white in the yellow
you'd make it," y
She held out a half-frozen hand
and he took it in his.
Cars busted" she said lacontcal.
ly. won't bulge. I drained tn.
water out of the radiator"
"All right, We'll have to hoof it,
he said cheerfully.
wraps. and they set out SILENT,
through the snow, Prince still hold
ing her hand.
II am awfully glad to see you," she
said once, in a polite little voice.
He smiled down upon her. II an
kind O. glad to see you, too, Connie,
After a while h said slowly, "I
need wings. My feet are numb.
And a moment later, II can not wall
any farther"
TT is ten miles to a house." he tolt
her grayely. II couldn't carry 70,
$50 far. I'll take you q mile or so
land you will get rested"
II am not tired, / am cold. And i
you carry me I will be colder. 70,
just run along and tell Carol I an
all right
run along. why. you woult
freeze"
Eyes, that il what I mean"
There II a railroad track half &
mile rel there. Can YOU make
THAR"
Connie looked at him pitifully. q
can not even lift my feet. / am ut
terly stuck. u kept stepping along
she nsumbled indistinctly. and say
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