Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-24
EVENING EDITION.

invested in an elevator. They 4
given up their beloved ysll.Ws Ds,cs
over a stone. which We're the GUpher
Prairie equivalent. Of a flat. broad
stairway led from the street to the
mnper hall. along which were the
doors Of a lawyers office, a dentists
q photographer's studio" q lodge
rooms Of the AFFILIATED rderso Of.
gtans and, at the back, h g Perrys
apartment. -.
in a month"; with aged fluttering ten
derness. Mrs. Perry confided, MY,
it's a shame we got to entertain you
In such'a crampedt place. And there
amt any water except that ole iron
sink outside in the hall, but still, as
/ say to Champ. beggars cant be
choosers. Sides, the brick house was
too big for me to sweep. and 1t was
way. out, and it's nice to- bee living
down here anon folks. Yes. were
glad to be here. But Some day,
! maybe we can have a house Of u
own again. We're saving up On.
dear. if we could have our " home!
But these rooms are. real nice, amt
they!' 81
AS old people will, the world over,
| they had moved as much as ponnahbo
| OI JlIClEa lAIIlAhlttlr LII bltolS 4. law sssND
small space. Carol had none of the
superiority she felt toward Mrs. IsTy-
mam Cass's plutocratic parlor. She
was at home here. She noted with
tenderness oil the makeslifts: the
darnedl chair-arms, the patent, rocker
covered with sleazy cretonne, the past
ed strips ofrpaper mending the birch-
bark napkin rings labeled Papa" and
4 Mama"
She limited of her new enthusiasm.
ITO find one of the young folks who
took them seriously, heartened the
Perrys, and she easily drew from
1them the principles ly which Gopher
Prairie should be born again-should
again become amusing to 1.-Two in.
This was their philosophy com.
, planes and syndicalism:
i The Baptist church fand, somewhat
less, the Methodist. Congregational,
and Presbyterian churches) is the
perfect, the divinely ordained stand
ard in music, oratory.. philanthropy.
and ethics. we don't need all this
new-fangled science. or this terrible
st,Higher Criticism that's running u
need is to get back to the true Word
of God, and a good sound belief in
hell. like we used to have it preached
to us"
Tho, Republican Party, the Grand
Old Party of Blaine and Mckinley.
is the agent of the Lord and Fofs the
Baptist church in temporal affairs.
All socialists ought to be hanged.
aHaro'd Bell WrightI Ia a. lovely
writer. In he teaches such good
morals in his novels, and folks say
he's made. prett' nea a million dol
lars out Of 'em."
People who make more than ten
thousand a yea or less than eight
hundred are wicked.
Europeans arc still w%ickeder.
It doesn't hurt n to drink a glass
of beer on a warm day. but anybody
who touches wine is headed straight
for hell. .Fs.g.
Virgins arc.,not 50 virginia. as they
= used to be-
Nobody needs drugstore ice cream;
: pie is good enough for anybody.
The farmers want too much for
their wheat.
The owners OF the eloxator company
! expect too much'for the salaries they
! pay.
4 There would be. no more trouble o,
: discomfort in the world if e%verybod,
. worked as hard as Pa did when he
I cleared u first farm.
{. Carols hero-worship dwindled tc
II Po14IS IiOuuii16,SdIlu LIE IOuU1TE uWll'
s died to a desire to escape, and she
went home with a headache.
Next day she saw Miles Bjornstan
9 on the street.
Just back from Montana. Grea'
summer: Pumped my lungs, chuck,
: full Of Rocky Mountain air. Now fo1
another whirl as sassing the bosses O.
Gopher Prairie" She smiled at him
and the Perrys faded. the pioneer.
9 faded, till they were But daguerreo.
: types in a back walnut cupboard.