Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-09

.he told him her great news Theirs
were TO be little feet FQpRing Apouk'
t4anae d and q litflA valce echo
inc through the new home, shall
vel be- glad, Gregg she Asksd. With
tears In her eyes; ~ you % 5usI
a little jealous?" aSs-
"Raehael!" he said in g1iek,
tense whisper, AFRAID 70 peaeyS saer.
And Rlachael., cansht go
vet lashss, felt q triumph 2 son
(Rdence rise within her. and a1kl1ltous
lcontent that It wss 50.
When the happy SUSPICION va
happy Certainty she told has motnel:
and entered at once into the word
81 advice and reinsurance, planning
and speculation that belongs to WON
en- alone. Mrs. Valentine was also
1fall of eager interest and ounsel ana
afection as she had enjoyed rev
Ithinss in life. This was Perfertly
natural symptom, that. was 2 peEaeet-
lly natural phase, she neust do thae
Ithing, get that, and avoid q third.
The fact that she was not quite:
herself in soul or body, that she must
ha careful, must be guarded and
saved, was q source OF strange and
mysterious Subtraction % her - m
quick months slipped by. Her in
~creasing helpleesness shut her. aqlIs,
tanned only her husband ana herself,
and a few intimate friends, and, AA-
chael found Ehis absolutely sstisfyinsF
and did not miss the soeial WoFla that
lhummed On as huaily, and Esyly a.
feyer, without her. 49,
Her baby Was born In March. q
beautiful boy, like his father sven Ia
the first few moments Of his life, ~
chael. whose experience had been, ia
placeHtly by physician and nurses a.
perfectly normal" was slow to re-
cover from the experience, in hodys
perhaps nev. quite recovered In SOUL
1t changed all her values of ufeT7this
knowledge of what the coming Of a
child costs; she told Alice that she
was glad of the change.
shadows" she slid. This is the
reality! This counts, as 1t seems to
me that nothing else I ever did in my
life counts" g N
She felt nearer than-eyer to War
rem now, and more dependent UPON
him. But q new dignity came into
her relationship with him: husband
and wife, father and mother, they
wore the great titles of the world.
now!
He found her more beautiful than
of her universe. and all her hopes and
fears and thoughts for the child, the
old bridal, attitude toward. him van
1shed forever, and she was the more
fascinating for that. His love for her
rese like a great fame, and the pas
sionate devotion for which she had
been wistfully q waiting for months
enveleped her now, when, shaken ia
body and soul, she wished only to de-
vote herself to the miracle that was
her child.
When he was hut six weeks old
James Warren Gregory Third terrified
the little circle of his family and
friends with. a severe touch of sun
mer sickness. The weather, in late
April, was untimely-hot and humid
land the baby seemed to suffer from
it, even in his airy nursery. There
were two hideous days in which ie
chael heard nothing hut the littl6
waiting voice through the lohs hours.
All night she sat beside him. hearing
Warren's affectionate protests as lit
tile as she heard the dignified remon-
STRANGE ofythe nurse. When day came
she was haggard and exhausted, but
!, still she would net leave hsr baby.
: She knelt at the crib. impressing the
, tiny c~euntenance upen mind and
! heaft-her first-born baby, upon
: whose. little features the ,wisdom Of
another world still fingered like a
! light!
a. Continued In Monilye !.
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succeed NJ. ka~logeropolous.