Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
MY name IS Biornstam. 'Th

MY name 8 Bjornstam. The Red
Swede' they call me. Remember?
Always thought I'd kind of like to say
howdy to YOU again,
"Ye-yes- I've been exploring
the outskirts of town" :
"Yump. Fine mess. No sewage
no street cleaning, and the Lutheran
minister and the priest represent the
arts and sciences. Well. thunder. we
submerged tenth down here in Swede
Hollow are no worse off than you
folks. Thank God. we don't have
to go and purr at Juanity Haydock
at the jolly Old Seventeen"
The Carol. who regarded herself as
| completely adaptable was uncomfort-
able at being chosen as comrade by
g Pfpe-reeking odd-job man., Probably
he was one of her husbands patients.
But, she must keep her dignity.
Yes, eve the Jolly Seventeen isn't
always ssaFexciting. It's very cold
again today, isn't it. we'll" 3,
H~Jorns,aln was not respectfully val
1 edictory;A He showed no signs of pull
ing q forelock. His eyebrows moved
as though they had a life OF their
own. With a ssubgrin he went on:
Maybe ] hadn't ought to talk about
Mrs. .HaSdock and her Solemcholy
Seventeen in that fresh way. sup
s I'd be tickled to death if 1 was
invited to sit in with that gang. I'm
what they call a pariah, 1 guess. I'm
the town badman, Mrs. Kennicott:
town atheist. and I suppose. I must
be an anarchist. too. Everybody who
doesn't love the bankers and the
Grand Old Republican Party is an
anarchist"
Carol had unconsciously slipped
from her attitude of departure into
an attitude of listening, her face full
toward him, her muff lowered. She
fumbled:,
Yes. I suppose so." Her own
srudges came in a. flood. II don't
see why you shouldn't criticize the
Jolly Seventeen if you want to. They
aren't scared"
"Oh yes. they are! The dollar-sign
mas chased the crucifix clean of the
map. But then. I've got no kick. ]
90 what / please, and L suppose I
ought to let them do the same.a'
what do you mean by saying
you're a, pariah?" .,.r :
I'm poor, and yet I don't decent.
~ envy the RICH I'm an old bach
make enough money for a stake
and then sit around by. mvself' and
shake hands with myself, and have )
smoke. and read history. and / dom
contribute to the wealth of Brothe,
Elder or Daddy Cass."
'sYou-- fancy you read a gooc
dea1.".tt G>
Yep: In, hit-or-a-miss way. ~
tell You: I'm a lone wolf I trad.
horses. and saw wood. n work il
Iumbcr-camps-T'm a first-ratt
swamper. Always wished 1 could e
TO college. Though ! s'posc I'd fin,
It pretty slow, and they'd probabl,
You really arc a curious person
~"Bjornstam. Miles Bjornstam
Hal Yank and half Swede. Usual,
known as that damn lazy .big-mouth
ed calamity-howIer that amt salts
fled with the way we run thing, No
I amt curiols-whatever Won mea,
by that! I'm just a .bookworm
Probably too much reading for tn,
amount of digestion I've got. Prob
ably half-baked I'm going to get /,
half baked, first. and beat you to II
because it's deal sure to be hande,
to a. radical that wears jeans!" -
handed: -.
You say that the Jol'y seyentee,
i s. ?": - .ssr enh'
oh. trust III borcrs.jnto the foun
7 dation to- know about your leisur
{ class. Fact Mrs. k%enn.cott. I'll "a,
3 tnat Tar as 1 a make out. the onI,
people In this mans town that do haw
= brains-I don't mean ledger
: keeping brains or duck -hunfin
brains or baby-spanking brains ~,
] real imaginative brains-are Won An,
! me and Guy Pollock and the forema,
at the flOur-miIl.7 He's q. sociaHs,
!; the foreman. Don't tell Lym' ca
: that! Lynn would fire a sociaiis
uuicxer than he would Ii horse
Indeed no. 4 sha.n.t tel him..
This foreman, and i have son1
great 7set-tois. He's "a regular oid-Iin
party-nnember. Too dosnatic. M
pscts to reform feycrythins from. az
I f~orestration to nosebleed by sayin
phrases like surplus value. I.ik,
reading the rayer-book. Hut q
time. he's q Pl4ta Aristotle com
pared with peopisssIik Ezrya Stow
body .ore Professor Mott sor sJuiia,
: FltckefbA ugff.y aaasS .sT
9 Jt.s tntsEssttrs a. hsatysaSent linn.
scho6lboy. 5sftsts. Ton mean Il tai
too much. We'll. ! do, when / "a
: hold sof soMebody.a like You. 70
. probably want to run along and kee
your n0ss from freezing. ~
TIES must go, suppnsc. BIZ
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