Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-07
=.--a,v = Mar Anthonlyy's

Ma Hicks parody on
funeral Grafton. ~ ro,$ "a to
Turing the winter Caro.%
nave Dyer's h~enIcatohins "a
"..at;or seven times, An Old
persoM saart Of Mine nine times, q
owee ns story and the funeral otation
JeMasA MT now she was aroent Ano,}
t"lo., she did 80 want to ne napPy
Decau =, VILE hearted, she was as dis-
annointed as the others Wneh lle
s4nnts were finished, ana " parry parry
instantly sank BACK an.o - xa.+n..
They gave UP trying - ssths
the began to talk natafh hng,as
aiG M a. men and women divided, as
an1 nod heen tending to do AL eve
u Carol was deserted by y men,
int. r. n group of matrons Wno s1tead -
;isH a.. altered Of children, sickness. n
4.s PpsMtheir own snop-taik. she was
eoohs che remembered visions {
p nif az n smart married woman
-, a drawing-room. fencing with clev.
~ men Her detection was renewed
nv s%neculation as to what tne men
wore discussing, in the corner
tha nfano and the phonograpn. ma
they rise from these houseWiIely POT
sonalities to a larger woiiu
tt - HHN llo4Ah L .hEt 49,
She made her best curtsy to Mira.
nawscn: She %twittered, II won't have
NV husband leaving me 80 I'M
aoinp over and pull the wretch's ears"
/ Che rose with a jeune file Dow. Sho
r.as salf-absorbed and self approving
,h 100 she had attained that quality
NJ sentimentality. She proudly dip-
nod across the room and, to the inter-
ast and commentator Of all behold
ers sat on the arm OF kennlcoct'a 8.
chair. >,
Luke Dawson, Jackson Elder OF the
planing-min, Chef Dashaway, Dave
Dyer, Harry Haydock, and Ezra SLOW
Ezra Stowbody was a troglodyte.
He had come to Gopher Prairie in
1868. He was a distinguished bird OF
prey-swooping thin nose, turtle
mouth, thick brows, port-wine checks,
floss Of white halr, contemptuous
eyes. He was not happy in The social
changes OF thirty years. Three de-
cades ago, DR.. Westlake, Julius Mick-
erbaugh the lawyer, Merriam. Peedy
the Congregational pastor and himself
had Deer the arbiters. That was as it
should be; the fine arts-medtcine,
law. religion, and finance-recognized
as arltSOCEaLlC, lOui 1d1ihSCo NCAAlO'
cratica'ly chatting with ruling the
Orleans and Illini and Swedes and
Germans who had ventured to follow
them. But Westlake was old, almost
retired; Julius Flickerbaugh had los
much Of his practice to ltvelier attor.
neys; Reverend (not The Reverend)
Peedy was dead; and nobody was i'm
pressed in this rotten age OF Automo'
biles by the spanking grays' which
Ezra still drove. The town was q.
heterogeneous as Chicago. Norweg
ians and Germans owned stores. Thu
social leaders were common mer
chants. Selling nails was considered
az sacred as banking These upstartI
the Clarks, the Iiaydocks-had NJ
: dignity. They were sound and con
SENTATIVE in politics. but. they talket
. about motor cars and pump-guns ant
=, heaven only knew what new-fangle'
: fads. Mr.. Stowbody Ie't out of plac
with them. Blu his brick house wit
= the mansard roof was still the larg
est residence in town, and he hel,
> his position as squire by occasionally
|. appearing among the younger me
and reminding them by a wintry ey
that without the banker. none q
them could carry on their vulga
businesses.
Continued Tomorrow Evening.