Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-07
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1--we always been such a book
worm" = 81"
We'll have to teach you. Bridge
is half the fun of life" Juanita had
become patronizing, and she glanced
disrespectfu'ly at Carols golden sash,
which she had previously admired.
Harry Haydock said politely, "How
do YOU think you're going to like the
old burg?"
I'm sure 1 shall like it tremendous
~"
Best people on earth here. Great
hustlers, too. Course I've had lots
of chances to go live in Minneapolis,
but we like it here. Real he-town.
Did you know that Percy Bresnahan
came from here?"' ss.a,
Carol perceived that she had been
weakened in the bio osical struggle
by disclosing her lack OF bridge.
Reused to v desire to regain
her position she turned on DIR. Terry
Gould, the young and pool-playing
competitor of her husband. Her eyes
]coquetted with him while s~hetgushe.l:
I'll learn bridge. But what I re-
ally love. most is the outdoors. Can't
we all get up a boating party. and fish
or whatever you do. and have a pic
mic supper. afterwards?"
"Now you're talking! DR.. Gould
affirmed. He looked rather too OBJ
violis'y at the cream-smooth slope Of
her shoulder. Like fishing? Fishing
is my middle name. I'll teach you
bridge. Like cards at all?"
r used to be rather good at be-
z,que.' q
spShe knew that bezique was a game
ne ~ vHO-L-N~ - - nf oNvpnSHty,
else. Roulette, possibly. But fher
lie was a triumph, Juanita's hand
some. high-colored. horsey face
showed doubt. Harry stroked his
nose and said humhiy. "Bezique? Used
to be a, great gambling game, wasn't
it,"
While others drifted to her. group
Carol snatched up the conversation,
She laughed and was frivolous and
rather brittle. She could not distin.
guish their eyes. They were a blurry
seif-consciously enacted the comedy
of being the Clever Little Bride OF
Doc Kennicott:
These here celebrated Open
Spaces, that's what I'm going out for
I'll never read anything but the, sport.
ing-page again. WIN converted me
on our Clorado trip. There were &C
many mousey tourists who were afraid
to get out of the motor bus that I de-
cided to be Annie Oakley. the WHO
Western Vampire, ana bought Oh
a v~ociferous skirt whicll-revealed WY
perfectly nice ankles to the Presbyter.
ian glare Of all the Ioway school,
ma'ams, and I leaped from peak tt
peak like the nimhle chamoyss and
- You may think that Herr Doctor
Kennicott is a Nimrod, but you ought
to have seen me daring him tosstriE
to his e. ", DIS AMI go swimming ir
an ICY mountain brook"
She knew that they were thinking
of becoming shocked. but Juanits
Haydock was admiring, at least. She
swaggereiNo on:
I'm ure I'm going to ruin Will q.
a respectable practihoner---- Is he :
good doctor. DR.. Gould 2"
Kennicott's rival gasped at this in.
suit to. professional ethics, and h.
took an ~appreciable second before hi
recovered his social manner "II
tell you, Mrs. Kennicott." He smiled
at Kennicott. to imply that whatever
he might gay in the stregs Of beint
witty was not to count against him II
the cofnmercio-medicai warfare
"There's some people IN town that ga.
the doc Is a fair to mtAdlin' diagnos
ISs0 enS SAACI' puL lc
me whisper this 10 lsyou-but 70,
heavens sake don't tell him I said *
don't you ever gA to him for any
thing o serious than q pendec
tony OF the left a or u stra bisYnul
OF the cardiograph.'
No ono save Kennicott knew exact
1y what this meant, but they laughed
1 and Sam Clask's party assumed !,
glittering lemon-yellow color of bro
cadea panels and champagne and tut,
!, and crystal chandeliers and sporttni
duchessas. Carol saw that George Ed.
I wi Mott and the blanc;ted Mr.. ent
Mrs. Dawson were not yet hypnotised
They looked as though they d,sap
proved. Shs concentrated, on them:
But know whom woulan,
\ have dared to 20 to Colorado with
Mr.. Dawson there! I'm s1,ra he's .
regular heart-breaker. When ",
were introduced he held my hand arf
squeezed 1t frghtfully."s
Flaw! Haw! HawlH The entir,
company applaudad. Mr.. Dawso,
was beatifled. He Had been calie.
many things-loan-shark. skiifIint
tightwad. puSayfoot-but he had neve,
before been called q fiirt.a
HE In wicked, Isn't he, Mrs. Daw
fson? Don't your have to lock Mn
Oh no. but mayS. ! better" 4.