Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-01

about a farmhouse were ag1tated BY
tho rising wind. and the patches Of
bare wood where the bark had peeled
away were white as the flesh of a
leper. The snowy slews were of a
harsh flatness. The whole land was
cruel, and a climbing cloud of slate
edged blackness dominated the sky.
Guess we're about in for a bliZ-
zard," s]peculatcd Kennicott. 1--WE
can make Ben McGonegal's, anyway"
Blizzard? Really? Why But
still We used to think they were fun
when | was a girl. Daddy had to stay
home from court, and we'd sLand al
the window and watch the snow"
Not much fun on the prairie. Get
lost. Freeze to death. Take no
chances He chirruped at the horses.
They were flying now, the carriage
rocking on the hard ruts.
The whole air NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Into large damp flakes. The horses
and the buffalo robe were covered
with snow; her face was wet; the thin
butt of the whip held a white ridge.
The air became colder. The snow
flakes were harder; they shot in Level
lines, c1awing at her face. ~
She could not see a hundred feet
ahead.
Kennicott was stern. He bent for
ward, the reins firm in his coonskin
%gauntlets. She was certain that he
would get through. He always got
through things.
Save for his presence, the world
and all normal living disappeared
They We're lost in the boiling snow,
He leaned close to bawl, Letting the
horses have their heads. They'll sc,
US home"
With a terrifying bump they were
on the road, slanting with two wheels
in the ditch, but instantly they were
1erked back as the horses fled on
She gasped. She tried to. and did not
feel brave as she pulled the wooden
robe up about her chin.
They were passing something like a
dark wall on the right II know
tna1< oarn!' he yelped. He pulled a;
the reins. Peeping from the covers
she saw his teeth pinch his lower Nv
saw him scowl as he slackened and
sawed and jerked sharply again al
the racing horses.
They stopped.
Farmhouse there. Put robe
around YOU and come on" he cried.
IT was like diving into icy water r.
climb out of the carriage. but on thr
ground she smiled al him, her face
little and childish and pink above the
bunalo robe e her shoulders ~
q swirl of flakes which scratched n,
their eyes like a maniac darkness hr
unbuckled the harness. He tuTnad
and plodded back, a ponderous fnrs
Ilsure, holding the horses hr;dIas
Carols hand. dragging at his sleeve
IheS came to the cloudy bulk Of =
Darn whose outer wall was directly
upon the Dad. Feeling along it, he
round a gate, led them into =. ward
INTO the barn. The interior wa,
yarn. IL stunned them with its Ian
stalls. "ofses into
Her toes we're Goals Of mai, ar .,.
Cant. Not vel. Mirht sa ns,
It. Might get lost ten feet III III.
from 1t. Sit over in this stall. NC
Inc horses. Well rush for the, hn,a'
wne the blizzard lifts"
I'm 50 stiff. 7 can't walk,"
ne carried her into the stall s+r;,
peg on her overshoes and boots, stop
ping to blow on his purple fiurers =,
ne m at her laces. He yhhss
her feet. and covered her w,tt .s'
nunalo robe and horse blankets rr nr'
me PILE on the feed-box. she wa!
She sighed: STORM
You're 50 strong and vet 50 .r;,,
lul and not afraid OF blood or sou
Or" ~ storH
Used to.it. Only thing that. ho.,
ered me was the chance tha sthn
fumes might explode. last etne
u don't understand" 'sht.
Why. Dave, the darn fool. sen
I Il" told d'q him. ' and 40, Of chloroform lik,
are mighty inflammable, ns sum ,e
with that lamp right by tha. c :,
But I had to operate, Of eon .aDle
that way" lo filtl
You knew all the time that
Both you and / might haya -
blown up? You knew It while pee ve,
the matter?" Wy Wnat'