Grand Forks herald., 1921-12-17
EVENING EDITION oN.

osener., whose soft gray metal hahdie
wns twisted from some ancient effQrt
! Io Dry obeH a window. was mpre psr-
5ltinent TO her than all the cat thAdrala'
In Europe; and more: siensticant atnan$
i the future Of sAAia was the neyer-set-s
4 tied weekly question as I'd whether
] Inc small kitchen knife with the uli-
painted handle or the second -best3
/ buck khornss 4 caFxing. knife was better
4 for cutting mp cold chicken Tor HlA-a
day supper.i,
shes wAa -lgnqsed by the males till :
midnight Il hsf hSsDana eAnea p
riefs Al ske 6a ssetl G through the din- y
/. ing room the men smiled on Her belly
! smiles Niche OF Them noticed her
while she was sSAserving the crackers
| and cheese and sar,iines and beer.
| They were determining the exact
psychology OF Dave Dyer In standing
pat. two hours before.
i when they were gone she said to
4 Kennicott, Your friends have the
! manners OF 4 barroom. They expect
4 me to wait on them like q servant.
They're not SO much interested In me
as they would be In waiter, because
they don't have TO tip me. Unfor-
tvnately! Well, good night -
So rarely did she nag in this petty,
4 hot weather fashion that he was rs
! toiished rather than angry. Hey!
4 Wait! What's the idea? 1 must say
4 don't set you. The boys Bar
room? Why, Perce Rresnahans was
saying there Isn't finer bunch OF
royal good Fellows anywhere than
Just the crowd that were here to-
! night!' Ess S,5[
! They stood in the lower hall. He
was too shocked to go ona with his
Eduties OF locking the front door and
winding his watch and the clock.
"Bresnahan! I'm sick Of hint" She
meant NOTHING in particular.
t.W'hy, Carrie. he's one Of the big
gest men in the country! Boston
just eats cut OF his hand!' ..t ,s S
II wonder II it does? How do we
know but that in Boston, among we'll
bred people. he may be regardedsf Us
AN absolute iout! The way heseaiis
women Sister: and the way--''''5 - s..
course I"know you don't mean it.
1 you're simply hot and tired, and try-
ing to work or your peeve ON me.
But just the same, / won't stand your
jumping on Perce. You It's
just like your attitude toward the
war darn afraid that America
Will become militaristic-"
!. "But you are the pure patriot!''
BY God. I Am!"
Yes. heard you talking to Sam
Clark tonight about ways. Of avoid
ing the income tax!"a s.,a,4x j. 4s$fs
He had recovered enough to lock
the door: he clumped' upstairs ahead
what you're talking about. I'm per-
fectly willing to pay my full tax
fact I'm in favor Of the income tan
even though do think it's Pen-
atty on frusAlity and enterprise-fact.
it's an 9unjuat, darn-fool tar. But just
the same, IN pay II: Only, I'm not
idiot enough to pay more than the
: government makes me pay, and San
! and were just figuring out whether
all automobile expenses oughtn't to
be exemptions. I'll take a lot or you
Carrie, but I don't proposea for one
: second to stand your RaJingyEzn not
: patriotic. You know mighty il L well
e and good that I've tried, to- .s9at@Away
and Join the army. And. at the. be-
= ginning of the whole fracas said
. I've said right along-that We ought
: TO have entered the war the minute
: Germany invaded Belgium. You
! don't get me at all. You can't appre-
): ciate mans work. You're abnor-
i NAL You're fused 30 much with
. this highbrow junk-7- You like to
: aFgue!" &
: It ended, quarter OF an hour la
4 ter. in his calling her "neurotic''
: before he t1rnede away ana pretended
= = to sleep.
For the first time-they had failed
to make peace. a4
. There are two races of people,
Z only two, and they live side by side.
q His calls mine 'neurotfc'; mine calls
: his stupid Well never understand
each other, never; and It's madness
Efor us to sdebate-to lie together in Q
E. hotsased IN a creepy room-enemies.
= Il, I & E ~ IN III.
II n,aca Clarified ~ sar in her the longing for
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