Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-03-30

that one taste Of, bright girl
friendliness, even thought it, had.
brought a stab in its. wake. s@ \HAa
He was glad when the orders came
for him and five other fellows to,
tramp across the camp to the gas
hours of instruction ending with . q
practical Illustration Of the gas mask
and a good dose of a {. 1t helped to
put his mind on%the great business Of
war which was to be his ,Only4. bust
ness now until liz Or he ihBAressAhded.
Eg set his, lips gfinly and Went about
his work vigorously. What did it
matter, anyway. what she. thought of
him He need never answer another
letter, even il she wrote. He need
accept the package from the post
office. He. could, let themLsend It,
back-refuse it n let them send it
back, that was what he couqd do,a
Then she might think what she liked.
Perhaps she would suppose him al
ready gone to France Anyhow, he
would forget her! 1t was the only
sensibleN thing to do.N
Meanwhile the letter had nown on
Its way with more than ordinary
swiftness, as if it had known that 8
: was seeking TO bring 1t back
again Tho Y. NC a. 5lnanswas carr
,rieH At high speed in III automobile.
to .the nearest -statfop to the camp.
and arrived in time 70 catch the BAL
tim train Just stopping. Tn the
baltimore station he went TO rnailIthe
letter just as the. letter gatherer ar
rived with his keys to open the box.
SO the letter lost no time but was
sorted ~ started Snorthward before,
midutght, and by-some happy chance
arrived at its destination II time to
be laid by Ruth Macdonald,k plate IT
lunch time the next day.
Some quick sense must have warn.
ed Ruth, for she gathered her mail
up and slipped it u~nobtrnsivejy5 into
he'll Docket Of her skirt before 1t could.
be noticed. mftie @Wetherill had,
ccme hof1e5with, her Tor lunch and
the bright red Y. NJ. CA. triangle on
envelope was * conspicuous.
Dottie was.crazy over soldiers and all
things military. She would be sure
70 exclaim n 8 questions. She was
OF those people who always found
Out everything about YOU that you.
did not keep under absolute lock and
key.fs
Every day since ,h. had written
her letter to Cameron, Ruth had
watched for an answer, her cheeks
glowing sometimes with the sleast Sit
of modification that she should have
at all to have received this
rebun. Had he, after all, misunder.
stood her? Or had the letter zone
astray. PS the NAH gone to the, fronto
sne Amos given up expecting an
answer 1owssafter sot many weeks.
and the nice warm olive-drab sweat.
er a~ndRneatlys knitted socks with extra
long lega and bright lines 81 color n,
the top. with the wristlets and mum
Tier lay wrAppedstn ttagUe papAr 1t the
very bottom of drawer In the chif-
Ionier Where She would seldom see It
and where no one else would ever
yln It md Question her. Pfobablysby
IND ~ When 6hea caored draffees
out and carry thetn down TO the
headquarters ID be given tp some
needy man. She feitshumtltated ana
wa beginning to tell herself that IL
vas az her 2qWn. fault and 4 gold ,l1s-
TO 30 Ind sAeSI Johd .Camerpn.s
mother a.sains lest Il 1T, too. Tnisht Be
!.ya7It SEEMED that the
frank true instincts oG her own hart
whss BE jnstsysdsssrysS - d ssa.ins
tns from Aunt Rh6da,s strictly con-
EYenkionA code. 49, -
Nevertheless, TIE Is 6srs ~ M
pocket which she mad, not been i
Itoalook 1t carefulIy enOuafsxos 81 m.
u she knew the writing, crackie6 md
Irust!ed and cot hsr heart beatiinr m
|cltediy. 2 her mind % wondcrine
~. =, niEnt pes shSsenasNered sDof!g
Y. chattsr with5dtstrAuatt
noping that DDttis would IN n 1sns:s
|safy 20 @ home soon after anneli.
Bwf + presently bscain1 risinSfhaf
sD0ttte had AAnoH-tatenflxn of 1nin~