Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
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infant daughter Of q bankrupt nnancier
from being shot by one Of the victims
sd he himself is wounded, and is taken
into the great house for care;
The little girls name is Starr Endi-
an Interest in the boy and learns that he
Is an orphan with no relatives.
The youngster is kept, at the Endiqptt
Endicott SENDS Milky away to school.
Milky does we'll in school. After q
lapse Of several years, Endicott and his
daughter whose life he saved come to
Michael graduates with n from
He He + E returns to New York to begin Sz.
Mikkyg dimes at the Endicott' home and
n 1s invited noTn, to so M yiding In With Starr Is. the
him at the door and firmly informs him
that she does not care to have her
daughter associate with a man of .ques-
without seeing Starr who is at the time
waiting upstairs and wondering why
Milky does not come.
Milky goes to the haunes of his child
hood days looking for Sam n his old
boyhood pals but fails to find them. He
sees four thugs attacking a girl and
Inconsistencies and when he comes to.
he is in a hospital. When the gets out
OF the hospital he goes again to his old
oltnd alley. determined to locate some
He locates Sam. who is at hrst sus-
plcioGs as to his PURPOSE in coming to
he alley: Milky inquiries about Buck"
Milky finds hat his old friends are
engaged IN a career of crime. He is in
Starr and her mother sail for Europe.
Michael gets hold Of an old farm
which he plans to.use in r-eEenerating
He is also studying in a law office.
Milky takes Sam out to his farm and
explains his plans to him. He finds out
Michael is worried over the disappear
ance Of Buck an old friend of his.
CHAPTER XvI.-Continueed.
One big dark fellow who had lately
taken to coming to the gatherings,
turned scornfully away, and replied:
"Aw shucks! l don't see noddine in
IT," but loyalty to Michael prevented
others who might have secretly favor
ed this view from expressing it. and
the big dark fellow found himself in
the minority.
And so the work went on. Spring
Jim's term" and the beginning OF
Michael's experiment on the farm.
Meantime Michael was working
hard at his law, and studying half the
night when he came back from the
alley work. If he had not had an
iron constitution, and thirteen years
behind him Of healthy outdoor life.
with plenty Of sleep and exercise and
good food, he could not have stood II.
As It was, the hard work was good
for him, for it kept him from brood
in np,op hfYpea1f n~I| LIT o-r- A--~I
less love OF the little girl who was far
across the water. 2 4; Il
some weeks after Christmas there
had come a brief note from, Starr, his
name written In her hand, the ad-
dress in her fathers.
Dear Michael" it read
II am just almost sure that ]. an,
indebted to you for the lovely little
sprig Of holly that reached me on
Christmas. have tried and tried ia
think who the sender might be, for
You see ! didn't know the writing. OF
rather printing. But today 1t feil
had fastened 1t on the wall, and I nos
ticed what / had not seen before, a
Happy Christmas' In the very tiny lit.
tie letters of the message cut OF
scratched on the under side OF the
stem: and the letters reminded me of
you and the charming little surprises
lyon used to send me long ago from
Florida when I vas a little girl.%Then
all at once ! raj sure 1t was you
who sent the holly, and I am sittine
right down to write and thank you
1for II see 4 was very lonesome
iAnd homesick that Christmas norm
bing, for most OF the girls In the
school had gone honae for Christmas
and who had been