Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-02
CHAPTER xyI.-Continued.

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He kept the loading-tools he had
shells, a mold for lead bullets. When
once, in a housewifcly frenzy for get
ting rid Of things. she raged~'Why
don't you give these away" he SOL
EMMY defended them, We'll, you
can't tell; they might come in handy
some day"
She flushed. She wondered if he
was thinking of the child they would
have when, as he put it, they were
sure they could afford one
Mysteriously aching. nebulously sad,
she s tipped away, 'h~ali-convinced but
only half-convinced that it was hor-
rible and unnatural, this postpone
ment of. release Of mother-affection.
this sacrifice to her ~opinionation and
to his cautious desire for prosperity.
But it would be worse if he were
like Sam .Clark-iaslsted OF having
Children he' cons4dered: then, III
Will were the Prince, wouldn't l de-
mand his child?" f}@t
Kennicott's land-deals were both
financial advancement and favorite
game, Driving through the country,
he noticed which farms had good
crops; he heard the news about the
rest ess farmer who was thinking
about selling out here and pulling his
1lc46Ll LUZ AADSILd. ne dSkcO the
veterinarian about the value Of diff
ferent breeds of stock; he inquired
of Lyman Cass whether or not Einar
Gyselison really had had a yield Of
forty bushels Of wheat to the acre.
He was always consulting julius
Flickerbaugh. who handled more real
estate than law, and more law than
justice. He studied township maps,
mi read notices Of auctions.
rrbJ,r 1,o mo ,h1n ~ L,,,,
section of land for one hundred and
fifty dollars an acre. and to sell it in
a year or two, after installing q. &C.
n1ent floor in the barn and running
water in the house, for one hundred
and eighty or cven two hundred.
He spoke Of these details to Sam
Clark rather often.
In all his games, cars and guns
and land, he expected Carol to take
an interest. But he did not give :,er
the facts which might have created
Interest. He talkel only Of the OBJ
vious and tedious aspects; never of
his aspirations in finance, nor of the
mechanical principles of motors.
This month Of romance she was
eager to understand his hobbies. She
shivered in the garage while he spent
half an hour in deciding whether to
put alcohol or patent non-freezins
AA4NiN INV lIo dNl0lD Ut 10 GRAIN
out the water entirely. or no, then
wouldn't want to take her out il it
turned warm-still. OF. course. T could
fill the radiator again2-wouldn't tax,
SO awful long-just take a few pals
Of water-still If it turned cold on
me again before I drained it
Course there's some people that pu,
in kerosene. but they say it rots the
hose-connections and Where did
l put that lug-wrench? 2"
1t was at this point that she gave
up being q motOriSt and retired 10
the house.
In the!r new intimacy he was more
communicative about his practice: he
informed her, with the invariablo
warning not to tel. that Mrs. Sunder- ,
quist had another baby coming, that Z
the hired girl at Howland's was in
trouble. But when she asked tech 6
meal questions he lid not isHow how
TO answer when she inquired. Ely n
actly what is the method OF takine y
out the tons'ls?" he yawned. ."Ton, p
silectomy? Why you just II
there's pus. you operate Just take n
EN- out. Seen the newspaper? What
the devil did Bea do with IT." >,
She did not try again. h
III. =,
Iney had gone to he movies " a,
Inc movies were almost as vital m ri
hcnnicott AMI the other solid citizens ~
~ "opner ira1rie as la~nd-specula-
tlon and guns and automobiles ~
The feature film portrayed q bra 70 "
young Yankee who connuerad IN
south American republic. He turred 49,
me natives from their barbarous hab-i H.
',s OF singing and laughing To the Wig "
oious sanity, the Pep and Punch and
20, OF the North: hr taught them IN a.,
work in factories. 10 wear Klassv ~.
hoiiese klothes, and to shout. Oh. he