Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-16

est-headed country practitioners I've
ever met. Eth ?" @a
of reality"
Come .again? Um. Yes All of
that, whatever that is. Say,
child, you don't care a. whole lot for
Gopher Prairie. if I'm not mistaken"
There's where you're, missing q. big
chance. There's nothing to these cit
les. Believe me, l know! This is a
good town, as they go. You're lucky
to be here. I wish l could stay on!"
Very we'll, why don't you /"
Huh? Why-Lord-can't get
away fr-A-"
you don't have to stay. 1 do. SO
want to change it. Do you know
that men like you, prominent men, do
quite q reasonable amount OF harm
and native 3states are perfect? It's
you who encourage the .ienizens not
to change. They quote you. and go
on believing that they live in para
disc, and" She clenched her. fist.
The incredible dullness OF it,"
Suppose you were right Even
SO, don't you think you waste 9. lOy
OF numbering on one poor scared lit
tie town? Kind of meant"
! lSAA yOu H. uull. Oull! .. ..
The folks don't find it dull. These
couples like the Haydocks have a high
old time; dances and cards
They don't They're bored. Al
most every one hero is. vacuousness
and bad manners and spitefui gossip
that's what I hate"
Those things-course they're here.
SO are they In Boston. And every;
place else! Why. the faults you find
in his town are simply human nature,
and neve will be changed"
Perhaps. But in a Boston all the
good Carols (Iu admit l have no
faults) can find one another and play.
But here-I'm alone, IN a stale pool
EXCEPT as it's stirred by the great
Mr.. Bresnahan!"
my Lord, to hear you teIl>it, a fel-
low ID think that all tho denizens. as
you impolitely call 'em, are SO con-
foundedly unhappy that it's a wonder
they don't all up ard commit suicide.
But they seem to struggle along fsom1eS
They. don't know what they m miss.
And anybody can endure anythinr.y
Look at men in mines and in prisons.n
He rev up on the south shore of
Lake Minniemashie. He glanced
across the reeds reflected on the wa
ter, the culver of wavelets like crum.
Piled tinfoil,: the distant shores patched
with dark woods, silvery oats and
deep yellow wheat. He patted her
hand. Sis Carol, you're a dar-
ling girl, but you're difficult. Know
what I think ?"
"Yea."
"Humph. Maybe you do. butt
Ny humble (not too humble )opinion
is that you like to- be different. You
like to think you're peculiar. whv
IT you knew how many tens o{-thou-
sands OF women, especially in New
York, a Just what you do, you'd lose
all the fun OF thinking you're q lone
genius and you'd be on the band
wagon whooping it up for Gopher
F'rairte and a good decent family life.
There's always about million young
women just-out OF college who want
to teach their grandmothers how to
suck eggs 81.
"Tiow proud you are Of that home
Nv rustic metaphor! You use It at
'banquets' and directors meetings
and boast OF yaur climb from q hum
BILE homestead"
Huh! Yon may have my number.
I'm not telling. But look here. You're
50 prejudtced against Gopher Prairie
that you o%vershoot the mark; you
antagonist those who might be. in
fclined to agree with you in some par
ticulars but Great guns, the town
can't be oil wrong!" 4
mo, It isn't. But it could be. I.et
me tell you a fable. Imagine q cav
woman complaining to her mate. S,le
doesn't like one single thing: she
hates the damp cave, the rats running
over her bare legs, the stiff garments,
the eating Of half-raw meat her Nus,
bands bustty face, the constant baf.
tics. and the worship OF the spirits
how'll hoodoo her unless-sho gives
the priests her best claw necklaces.
Her man protests, But It can't all be
wrong!' and he thinks he has reduced
her to absurdity. Now you assume
that q world which produces Percy
B~resnahan and n Velvet Motor Com
pany must be civilized. II ii? Aren't
We only about hallway along IN bar
bartsxn / suggest Mrs. BogArt al q
test. And YELL continue IN barbxr-
ism just nj long as people AZ nearly
Intelligent rs you continue 10 defend
|things as they are because they are.,
You're Q fair spieler, cfild. But.
by golly, I'd like To sce you try 10 de-
sign new manifold, al run 4 factory
and keep lot 5ot pour Sfell0w reds
fro n, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lkn0wdwheriA on the jobf Yousd drop
your theories 10 derns quick I'm
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