Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-30
EVENING EDITION.

| glanced IN a IFlenuly way at the
grained pine cupboard. the framed
Lutheran K~onfirmations Attest, tina
traces OF fried eggs n sausages on
the dining table against the wall, and
a jewel AMONG calendars, presenfinp
not only a photographic young woman
with cherry lips, ami a Swedish ad-
vertisement Of Axel eEgge's grocery.
but also a thermometer and a. match.
holder.
She saw that a boy of four or five
was staring at her from the hall; a
boy In Bingham shirt and faded cor
duroy trousers. but large-eyed, firm
mouthed. wtde-browed: He vanished,
then peeped. in again, biting his
knuckles, turning his shoulders to-
ward her in shyness.
Didn't she remember-what, was
Fort Smelling. urging, "See how
scared that baby is. Needs some
woman like you"
Magic had fluttered about her then
magic Of sunset and cool air and
the curiosity of lovers., She held out
her hands rs much to hat ,sanctity
as to the boy.
He edged into the room, doubtfully
sucking his thumb.
Hello" she said. Whats your
name?"
"IIee, hee, heel"
you're quite right. I agree with \
you. Silly people like me always ask
children their names" ~
"Hee. hee. heel"
Come here and TIL tell you. the
story of-we'L, / don't know what it
will be about, but it will have a sim
heroine and q Prince Charming"
He stood stoically while she spun
I, nonsense. His giggling ceased. She
was winning him. Then the tele-
phone bell-two long rings, one short.
Mrs. Erdstrom galloped into the
We'll? Yes, yes, dis is Erdstrom's
place! Heb? oh, You want de doc
tor"
Kennicott appeared. growled into
the telephones:
We'll, what do you want? Oh.
hello Dave: what do YOU want?
Which M~orgenroth's: .Adoph's? All
Dave. get Gus to harness up and take
my Surgical kit down there--and
have him take some chloroform. I'll
go straight down from here. May
not get home tonight. You can get
me at Adolph's. Huh? No. Carrie
can give the anesthetic, I guess.
G'-hy. Huh? No; tell me about that
tomorrow-too damn many people
always listening in on this farmers
line"
He turned to Carol. "Adolph Nor
genroth, farmer ten miles southwest
of town. got- his arm crushed-fixing
his cow-Shed and a post caved in on
him-smashed him Up pretty bad
may have to amputate, Dave. Dyer
says. Afraid we'll have to 20 right
from here. Darn sorry to drag you
clear down there with me-"
please do. Don't mimi me 4
Bit
Think you could give the anes-
thetic? Usually have my driver do
If you'll tell me how
A right. Say. did you hear me
putting one over on these goats that
are always rubbering In on party
wires? I hope they heard. me! Well,
Now. Bessie, don't you wor-
ry about Nels. He's getting along all
flght. tomorrow you OF one Of the
netghbors drive in and get this pre-
scription filled at Dyer's. Give him a
~teaspoonful every four hours. Good
- Hel-lo! Here's the little fellow!
N.Y. Lord. Bessie, it amt possible this
Is the fellow that used atogsbe so sick
ly? Why, say. he's q great big strap
fpins svenska now-going to. be. big
ger n hisfn5daddy!" q W.
Kennieott's bluffness made the
child squirnl with a delight which
Carol could not evoke. 1t was a
humble wife who followed the busy
doctor out to the carriage, and her
ambition was not to pay Rachmanin-
OF better, mol, to build town halls but
to chuckle at babies.
The sunset was merely a flush Of
rose on a dome#of silver, with OAK
twtgs and thin poplar branches against
IT. but a silo on the. horizon changed
from a red tank to a tower Of violet
Hlsted over with gray. The purple
road vanished. and without lights, in
the of a world destroyed,
they sWayed on--toward nothing.
4 continued Tomorrow Evening.
, BEAVERS WANT OWN HOUSES.
New York, NOV. 30.-Beavers at
the Bronx Zoo have no use for houses
made for them by q They want
the homemade variety.
decided recently that
the beaver house in one of the lakes
at the park not only was Inadequate
but inartistic. So the like was
drained. the house torn down, and a
new structure, pleaaing to the human
eye. erected. |
The water was then let back into
the lake and the beavers, who in the
meantime had been confined to mar
wow quarters, swan out to look over
their new domicile. It was evident
that they unantn ously condemned the
affair. for without even taking a peek
within. they started to demolish 1t. A
home OF their own notion soon ap-
peared and everybody seemed happy,
except the discounted keepers and,
carpenters.
The beavers did not like the dam
the keepers had erected either, 50
after they had plastered up their
house with mud n made prepara-
tions for a hard winter, they changed
the level of the water in the lake.
ELKS INITIATED.
Bismarck, NJ D., Nov. S0.--With
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