Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-18
EVENING EDITION.
sought. me pu,h-bntton invited sI', Ind

sought. The push-bntton invited; Ina
his forefinEer born upon II .s
Then he waited. monentarly sex.
SpectingS . whIte-capDedsnAA 70 ssxfn~
open the timer door tor His admit
lance. But the only Answer TO- his
ring was q nervouSg Clicking Of the.
door-latch, wmles&hIHAoo itself stood
f~orbiddingiy closed before him. kxain
he pushed the button, And AgaiH the
clicked. long and spcrpiStently
this dine: soFsiong. tmdeed thatikSink-
unnecessarily to turn the. knob from
within, he volunteered ASSISTANCE, to
ind himself admitted 70 An empty
hallway, 1t the foot OF IN ascending
fight OF r~ed-carpeted Btatr1.
What for IN instant bad scented. .
miracle hts reason now. cleared It
was his irst experience with the cleo
trio latch-lifter; and a4 he climbed
Ito the upper floor the novelty Of the
mechanism was uppermost in This
Thoughts. sa;8
The white-capped.m aid that he had
Expected below stairAS nnef him IA re-
lsponse to his ring ct the door Of the
; Mumford apartment, and showed him.
in through the tiny, box-like hall Of
the fiat to a miniature and somewhat
l HdI xoIty q LUX 1tAOx4OWt n !" 4Ae6 ~ IUUIAA
which looked upon the street. ~
Brooke, with q sense OF unrequit-
ing hospitality should he stare with
rudely critical eyes at the inhar
monious furniture and decorations,
strobe over to a window and gave his
%attention to the houses opposite. He
was thus engaged when q rustic of
silk in the passage announced the
looming of his hostess. and. not with
out some misgiving- lest his deception
be detected-for It wN just possible
that the real John Moore val known
to the lady, by sight,. 1t least-he
turned to face her.
The tableaux which confronted him
he compared involntarily TO an Oahu
sunset. Mrs. Mumford stood in the
doorway, between tinsel threaded
portieres Of vivid crimson. Her hair
and there were fluffy quantities OF
Iit-held the dazzling glow Of burrish-
ed copper; her face. III: spite OF an
brilliantly iorid,N and her generous
I figure, clad in shimmering1 pale Law
lender satin, supplied. sembiance 70
that effective contrast which Natnre
provides for her s~pectacles by means
of prismatic clouds. &
But only for an instant did the
visitor hold this ungracious COMPARE
son in mind. for.a as she stepped for
ward with outstretched jeweled hand
welcome, was sufficiently winning to
dispel, mQmentarily at least, anything
approaching unkird criticism.
iN1If Mrs. Mumford's appearance had
been for the instant :disillusioning, her
voice, rich, full and ..d~eliciously. .inelo-
fdious, coupled with the charm .
well-bred English intonation and &C
cent, was sufficient to- cause her caller
to forget his first d~isaparaetne. Inn
preston.
This is SO good of you, Mr.
Moore" she was saving. s awfuily
good Of. you; for. after all. We are
are Chicago people, and we make 1t q
h point to keep open house here for
llChicagoans when they on. to New
York"
.The obligation, it seems to me"
Brooke returned, CALAMITY, "is,aii Yn
my side. 1t is awfully good OF YOU to
entertain me, a stranger. Mrs ID Mum
s>,fprd." Vi #r-,a-S s~.S .a
q. She smiled. and he noted that her
teeth. We're one Of her best features.
"oh, We don't ask everybody" she
something of you, Mr.. Moore. As ]
wrote you, / think we have mutual
friends" ~
She placed p giided chair for. hin.
and as he. stood beside it she chose
a place for herself on an$old rose and
gold eunholstereds sofa at his right
= hand. -s3s
"You could, v fancy, / suppose,
who those mutual friends are?" she
fpropounded. t-gsfswssa s-:s,s-sEs;t + 4
Brooke realized now that he must
move with the utmost caution. The
whole saffair.was very much of q puz-
z1e to him.. He knew he was not the
John Moore who was expected.
Continued in Monday
Evenings Herald.
The appropriations asked by many
OF the state normals would really not
! he normal annrnnriation6.