Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-01
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: they pleased, and in his brown lioa,;s
CaroI absorbed Balzac and Raoein -
AMI Thoreau and Max Muller. ~
gravelv taught them the letters oh i.
backs of the encyclopedias, n WEI VIE
polite visitors asked about the .hav
of the little ones snen
were mortified to hear the ci 1 A,,a
earnestly repeating A-Ano'
IBIS, Bis-Cal, Cal-Cna. ,yas
Carols mother died when she was
i, nine. Her father retired iroi' |"'
Observation-Disclosures 49,,
judiciary when she was eleven, anu
took the family to Minneapolis iheie
he died. two years after. her sist.i,
a busy proper advisory soul, oiue.
than herself, had become a strahsea
to her even when they lived IN ti'
same house. ,o-
From those early brown and sllVer
DAYS and from her Independents "
relatives Carol retained a Willingness
to be different from brisk enlclent
book-ignoring people; n instinct ~
observe and wonder at their nustte
even when she was taking part III A.
But, she felt approvingly, as sne Gus
covered her career OF toWn-planIl!s,
she was now reused to pelns pr'eA
and efficient herself.
w.
In q month Carols ambition a
clouded. Her hesitancy about becom-
ing q teacher had returned. she was
not, she worried, strong enough to en-
dure the routine, and she could not
picture herself standing. before grim
ming children n pretending to pc
wise and decisive. But the desire 1or
the creation of a beautiful town re-
manned. When she encountered an
item about small-town womens CLUBS
Or g. photograph of a struggling Main
Street. she was homesick for it. she
felt robbed Of her work.
It was the advice OF thep rofessor
of English which led her to study pro-
fessional ltbrary-work in a Chicago
Her imagination carved and
colored the new plan. She saw her
self persuading children to read
charming fairy tales, helping young
men to find books IN mechanics. be-
ing ever so courteous to old men who
were hunting for newspapers-the
light of the library, an authority on
books, invited to dinners with poets
and explorers. reading a paper to an
association Of distinguished scholars.
v.
The last faculty reception before
commencement. In five days they
would be In the cyclone of final exam
nations.
The house of the president had been
massed with palms suggestive of po-
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t"nain H 70" pn.n.
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~ aa+ w." .oon,i Hne 80 w. iHIe saaeo
" ses acqualnteo, aHo tne nan dozen
young men VINO were ready to fall IN
Rut ~ noe s+.uor4 o,,
81 ~ VS. te%a nnyoer WHOM
than the others: he was an
Nd s ct a ut1"u me als new Ieaay-
She sat WITH him ,pd viii .S,o avns
of coffee and a, chicken natfv ,1nan
a. ni,a -, 0 nrasdantia1 passy, upon
the coat-closet under the stairs ana
las the thin music seemed IN stewnr "
whispered:
Il can't stand it, this breaking I'm
after four years! The happiest Years
of lite"
She believed it. "Oh, I know! To
think that in just a few days we'll be
parting. and We'll I'VE see some Of
the bunch again!"
'Curol, you got to listen to me!
lou always duck wnen i try, to talk
seriously TO you, but you got to. listen
10 me I'm gong 10 be a big lawyer,
n4yoe q Juoge' n l need you, and
~ proIect YOU
Tha 80. nv DoaAlHu ner snouloers.
du music GRAINED her in
..1venS Ne: ene salo mournfully,
+o,,ch.d III ~. hnnd care OIL ne: She
e ouSneo MS mana. 1t was warm,
eo..1
Lord We'd ~ bave ~I bu1i, Wed have
+on no ~ oully tunes IN 1ank-
/. "But T want 81 de " set,le|
life" something WIN
whats better tbo, .
comfy home and hr;a~ inaAihs a
cute kids and lnovin~ W some
people? ," "Aoo AoAaey
IT was the immeno,,.,
to the rest less woman naale reply
young Sappho snake tha 49, ~ INC
dera. thna IN. rsnt,,a n
and ins The dsnn IAN 10 Aenooia:
bones the hairy suitor .h" Ver snawea
to the w,nuan sualor mus protested
In the diaIac+ ~ $780, - L~,atrlarchy.
with the voice ~ soasI Sollege out
answer: p"o was Carofs
"Of course T l,ou
th So1A19. l Know. suppose
dran~ o.. Lono.,y, l 40 o chill
NASA' ouS IIAcI0 q lOLS OIL women that