Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-10
SYNOPSIS.

larry wainwright. a dissoiute lieuten-
ant in the American army at h out
break Of The war, JIG planning to marry
Ruth Macdonald. He has been licked
by John Cameron, a young workman,
who has just been drafted.
Ruth becomes acquainted with Cam
drafted men leave Tor the training
camp.
Cameron becomes a corporal.
Just as Cameron is feeling especially
lonely and down-hearted comes a letter
from Ruth reminding i'm OF an Ola BOY y
the seventh heaven.
Wainwright learns that Cameron is
attempting to get transferred
this.
Cameron overhears Wainwright say
he intends 70 marry Ruth;
Asa matter Of fact Ruth has no idea IDEA
deeply toirh4 by Cameron's letter;
Cameron receives a furlough and re
turns to visit his mother.
DNrfng~his furlough he calls on Ruth,
and is getting along 'famously when in
%terrupted by Wainwright.s arrival
Wainwright proposes to Ruth and is re-
She overhears Wainwr right plotting to
kidnap Cameron and then have him tried
for being A. w. o. L., and sets out III
her auto to illustrate the plot. :,
Cameron is rescued from the kidnap;
pers, and Ruth proceeds to take him to
camp in her own machine.
Cameron sees Ruth agai the Mex
morn morning. svd Her b,m cou = n;e 4 %e ehpra1a IN the
Cameron joins the church.
Ruth and Canleron's mother come Ia
the camp to say goodbye to him before
his regiment leaves.
CHAPTER XV.-(COntinued.)
She was awakened by the rattling
OF the pots and pans in the tiny
kitchen. She sat UP startled and
looked about her. 1t was very early.
The first sunlight was streaming
rcdly through the window screens.
and the freshness Of the morning
was everywhere, for all the windows
were wide open. The stiffness of The
country, broken only by the Joyous
chorus of the birds, strhck her as a
wonderful thing. She lay down
again II closed her eyes to listen.
Music with the scent of clover! The
Kitchen seemed a pleasant back
ground for the~peace of the Sabbath
morning. 1t was so new and strangel
Then came the thought of camp, and
the anticipation of the day,Iwith the
sharp pang At the memory that, per-
haps even now Cameron was gone.
Orders were so uncertain. In the
rniy a man must be ready to move
at aImoment's n6tice. What II while
she bIept he had psssed by ON one Of
those terrible troop trains!
She sat up again and began to put
her hair into order and make herself
T,resentable. HeA had promised, that
IL such a thing as a sudden move
should occur he would throw out an
old envelope with his name written
on it asitheya passed by the hut. and
she meant to go out to that railroad
track and make, q. thorough search
before the general public were up.
Mrs. Cameron was still sleeping
soundly, one work-worn ha1d> partly
shading her face. Ruth knew in
stinctively that she must have been
weeping in the night. In the early
morning dawn she dropped on the
hard little cot in a. crumped heap,
and tha girls heart ached for her
Ruth stole into the, kitchen to ask
for water to wash her face:
"Tm sorry said the pleasant
faced woman who was making coffee
and frying bacon, but the wash
basins are all gone; we've had so,
many folks come in. But you can.
this pail. I just got this water
~ AyoeAA "AN 1 . " iva sbdVS ~ oIlu
I'll get some more. YOU see, the wa
ter pipes aren't put in the building
Yet and we have to GO down the road
quite a piece to get any. This lis all
there was left last night
She handed Ruth a two-gallon
galvanized tin bucket containing a
couple of inches OF water, Obviously
and added a brief towel to the
toilet arrangements. ~
Ruth beat q hasty retreat back to
the shelter OF the piano with her col-
lections fearing lest mirth would get
OF her. She could not
help thinking how her aunt would
look if she could see her washing her
face in. this pittance Of waterEin the
bottom OF the great big bucket.
But Ruth Macdonald was adaptA
Bile IN spite Of her u%pbringing. she
managed TO makea o pleasing
toilet in spite OF the pancity Of wa
ter, and then went back to the kitch-
on with the bucket. -
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