Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-15

knowingly.
.Yes He probably would make
. woman fall in love with him. But
It wouldn't last a week. I'd get tired
of his COMPOUNDED ,buoyancy HIS
hypocrisy. He's a spiritual bully. he
makes me rude tothlm in self!defense
on YES. he Is glad to be here, He
does like us. He's SO good an actor
that he convinces his wi self
I'd hate him in Boston. He'd havs
cuisines. Discreet evening-clothes. Or
der a clever dinner at a smart res
taurant. Drawing-room decorated by
the, best firm-but the pictures CIV
ing him away. I'd rather talk to
Guy Pollock in his dusty Office. ..
How 1 lie! His urn coaxedd my
shoulder and his eyes not
to admire him. I'd be afraid OF MN.
| hate him On ~ ,o ,ne =, wom-
emf All this stew OF analysis about
a man, a good, decent friendlS, eff
cient man, because he was kind TO
me, as WHY'S wife, At.s
The Kennicotts, the Elders. the
| Clarks, and .Bresnalan. went. fishing
at Red Squaw Lake. They drove ror-
ty miles to the lake in Elders new
Cadillac. There was much. laughter
and hustle at the start, much storing
OF lunch-baskets and joined poles.
much inquiry as to whether it; Would
really boliler Carol to- sit with her
feet up on a roll of shawls. When
! they were ready to go Mrs. Clark Ia
Zine and Bresnahan bullicd. f4Come
on now, if you women think you're
going to be literary, you can't go
, with us tough guys!" Every one
laughed a great deal, and as they
drove on Mrs. Clark explained that
though probably she would. no have
! read it. still. she might have wanted
to, while the other girls had a nap
in the afternoon. and. SHE was right
in the middle of n serialLit was an
awfully exciting story-itF seems that
this girl was a Turkish dancer (onIy
| she was really the daughter of an
American lady and a Russian prince)
and men kept running after her, just
~disgustingly. but she remained pure,
n there was a scene
While The men floated on the lake,
pared lunch and yawned. Carol was
a. little r%resentful of the manner In
which the men assumed that they did
not care to fish. II don't want to go
| with them, but 1 would like the priv
ilegc of refusing" VI,
The lunch was long and pleasant.
1t vas a background for. the talk OF
the great man come home, hints Of
cities and large imperative affairs and
missions that, yes, their friend Perce
was doing about as well sas most Of
these Boston swells that think so
much of themselves because they
come from rich old families and went
to college n everything. Believe
me, it's us new business: men that are
running Beantown today, and not q
lot OF fussy ! bucks ssnoozing I'm
their clubs!" = ai.r, 1879
Carol. realized that he. was not one
! of the son of Gopher Prairie who.
if they do not actually starve.sin the
East, are invariably spoken -sof as
highly successful; and she - found
behind his too ~incessant flattery a
genuine affection for his mates. 1t
was in the matter OF the war that he
most favored and thrilled them: Drop
ping his voice while they bent%nearer
s(therc was no n within two miles
to overhear), he disclosed the fact
that in both Boston and Washington
he'd been getting atlot Of inside 'stAd
on the war-right straight = from
headquarters-he was In touch with
some men-couldn't lame them but
they were darn high up in both the
War and State*DepartmentsE1Ani he
would say-only for Pete's sake they
was strictly onHthe LIT and not gen
orally known outside of Washington
/ but just between ,"ourselves-and
they could take this for gospeT1Spain
had finally decided to join the En-
tente allies in the Grand Scrap. Yes,
sir, there'd be two million fully equip
ped Spanish soldiers fighting with us
in France in one month now. Some
4 surprise for Germany, all right! -
How about the prospects for rev.
%olution in Germany ~reverently asked
Kennicott.
The authority. grunted, Nothing to
it. The one thing you can bet on is
that no matter what happens to the
German people, win or lose, they'll
+stick by the Kaiser till hell freezes
over. / got that absolutely straight,
from a fellow who's on the inside OF
the inside in Washington. No. Sir! T.
don't pretend to know much iIabout
international affairs but one thing you
can put down as settled is that Ger
many will be a Hohenzollern empire
for the next forty years. At that, I
don't know as it's SO bad. The Kais-
er and the Junkers keep a firm hand
on a lot of these red agitators who'd
be worse than a king if they could
get control.'s %
I'm terribly interested in this up
rising that overthrow the Car in Rus
STA suggested Carol. She had final
ly been conquered by the mans wiz
ard knowledge of affairs.
Kennicott a~pologized for her: "CarA
rie's nuts about this Russian revoIp.
ton. Is there much tt it, Perce?"-
Continued Tomorrow Evening.
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