Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
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work mt insurance ana OlO-aSe PEN
sion is simply p~oppcock.. Enfeebles a
a lot Of honest profit. The halifax
ed thinker that isn't dry behind the
airs yet, and these suffragettes and
God knows what all buttinskis there
r that are trying to tell a business
man how to run his business, and
some Of these college professors are
just about as bad, the whole kit and
bi in of 'em are nothing in Gods
world but socialism in disguise! And
it's my bounien duty as a producer
to resist every attack on the integrity
Yes-SIR!" :
Mr.. ElderNwiped his brow.
Dave Dyer added, Sure! You bet!
What they ought to do is simply to
hang every one of these agitators, ana
that would settle the whole thing
right oil. Don't you think SO, doc?"
You bet" agreed Kennicott.
The conversation was at last reliev.
ed Of the plague of Carols in,rusions
and they settled down to the question
of whether the justice OF the peace
had sent that hobo drunk to Jail for
ten days or twelve. 1t was a matter
o readily determined. Then Dave
Dyer communicated his carefree ad-
VCASuAS GO OAA LAG 6APOy Skd1A. -r."...
Yep. I get good time oUt of the
fivver. ! Bout a week ago I motorei
down to New W~urttemberg. That's
forty-three- No, let's sec: It's
seventeen miles to Gelldale, and bout
six and three-quartcrs, call it seven,
to ~Torgenquist, and it's a good nine
teen miles from there to New Wurt-
temberg-seventeen and seven and
nineteen, that makes, uh, let me see:
seventeen and seven s twenty-four,
plus nineteen, we'll say plus twenty.
that makes forty-four, we'll anyway,
say about forty-three or four. males
from here to New Wurttemberg. We
got started about seven-fifteen. prob
'ly seven-twenty, because I had to
stop and fill the radiator, and we ran
along. just keeping up a good steady
g2it-'
MI. Dyer did finally, for reasons
and purposes admitted and justified
attain to New Wurttemberg.
Once-only once-the presence OF
the alien Carol WAS recognized. Chet
Dashaway leaned over and said
automatically, Say. uh. have you
been reading this. serial Two Out in
Tingling Tales? Corking yarn! Gosh
the fellow that wrote it certainly car
sling baseball slanE!"
| The others tried to look literary
Harry Haydock offered, "Juanita is q
great hand for reading. high class
stuff, like Mid the Magnolias' by this
Sera Hetwisgin Butts, and Riders OF
he glanced about Importantly, as one
convinced that no other hero had evel
been in so strange \ plight, I'm Sc
darn busy I dom rave much time tc
read."t
II never read anything T cam
check. against" said Sam Clark.
Thus ended the literary portion Of
the conversation, and for even min.
utes Jackson Elder outlined reason,
for believing that the pike-fisaline
was better on the west shore OF LAX.
though 1t was indeed quite true tina
on the east shore Nat Hicks ha6
caught q pike altogether admirable.
The talk went IN. It did go on
Their voices were inonotonous, thick
emphatic. They were harshly pom
pous. like men in the smoking-com
partKaents OF Pullman cars. They die
not bore Carol. They frightened her
She painted, They will be cordial t,
me, because my man belongs to thei,
tribe. God help me il I were an out
siderE!!"
Smiling AZ changelessly az an ivor.
figurtne she sat ~quiescent. avoiding
thought, glancing aboat the living
room and hall, noting their betraya
of unimaginative commercial prosper
ity. Kenntcott said, Dandy interior
Ell? My idea OF how a place ough
to be furnished. Modern St,,
looked polite, and observed the oiles
floors, hardwood staircase. unuset
fireplace with tiles which resembie4
brown ino!eum. cut-glaas vase
standing upon doilies. and the barred
shut, f%orbiddIng unit bookcases tina
were half filled with swaehbuckle9
novels and unread-looking sets o
Dickens Kpling, o. Henry, and Ell
bert Hubbard.
she perceived tint oven PERSONAL
ties were failing ID hold the party
Tho filkd with hesltancy q
with fog. People cleared thei
throa46 tried to chke down yarns. III,
men shot their GUNS and the wome,
stuck their combs more firmly Int,
their back hair.
Then q rattle, asdarfnE hope In ev
cry eye, the swinging Of q door. tn,
smell OF strong coffee, Dave Dyer
mewing voice In A. triumphant, 9TH,
aats!" They began to chatter. The,
had Something to do. They coul,
escape from themselves, They fel
upon the food-chfcken sandwiches
maple cake drugstore ics cream