Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-12
EVENING EDITION.

II fnniCOtt puL W. "a" -
1904 inside the bedrooms andAbeg-
aaT him not to swallow the screws.
s,,h;ch no held in his mouth like an
Extraordinary set of external false
RI universal sign Of. winter was
+ha town handyman--Miles Biorn-
s,am. a tall, thick, red-mustached
bachelor, ~opinionated atheist. gener-
al-store arguer, cynical santa Claus.
ennv from work to tell them tmprob-
ahae stories OF sea-faring and silorsc-
trailing and bears. The 'ichildren's
narents either laughed at him or hated
him HI was the one democrat IN
town He called both Lyman Cas-
the miller and the Finn homesteader
from Lost Lake by their first .a,an1es
Hc- was known as "Ine tteu S~ede,
and considered slightly insane.
Hiornstam coula' do anyth ng with
! his hands-solder a.pan, weld an au.
tomobile spring, soothe q frightened
filly, tinker q clock. carve, a Glouces-
tor schooner which, n1agtcally went
; into a. bottle. Now. for a week. he
u1aa commissioner general Of Gopher
prairie. He was the only person be-
! sides the repairman at sam Clark's
who understood plumbing. Every.
body begged him to look over the fur
! mace anu Liz AES sA| " ASoAl
cd from house to house till alter bed
time--ten o'clock. 1cicles from burst
water pipes hung along the skirt OF
his brown dogskin overcoat; his, plush
cap, which he never look off In the
! house, was a pulp of ice and coal
dust; his red hands were cracked to
wne he chewed the stub of a ci-
gar. %
But he was cour.ly to Carol. H
tsD p,ipn tfo f1irnoNn f1,Sous
he Strengthened, glanced down at hee.
and hemmed, ''Got to fix your fur
mace, no matter what else I do"
The poorer houses Of Gopher Pra-
irie, where the services of Miles Born
STAN were a luxury-which included
the shanty Of Miles Bjornstam-wers
banked to the lower windows with
earth and manure. Along The railroad
the sections of snow fence, which had
been stacked all summer in romantic
wooden tents occupied by rowing small
boys, were set up to prevent drifts
from covering the track.
The Farmers came into town in
homemade sleighs, With bed quilts
and hay piled in the rough boxes.
Fur coats. fur caps, fur mittens,
overshoes buckling almost to the
knees. gray Knitted scarfs ten feet
long. thick wooden socks, Inv jack
' lic WILL l1uAly yGlAoN WOOl. llhc
the plumage Of ducklings,' moccasins,
red flannel wristlets for the blazing
chapped wrists Of boys-these protec-
tons against winter were busily dug
out Of moth-ball-sprinkled drawers
and tar-bags in closets. and all over
town small boys were squealing. "Oh,
there's my mittens!!' or Look at my
shoe-packs!' There is SO sharp a d.
vision between the painting SUMMER
and fhn cfir Wv ,{~iA 80 tAnH 4,$ I,
ern plains that they redfscovered with
surprise n a feeling OF heroism this
m Of an Arctic explorer.
Winter garments surpassed even
personal gossip as the topic at parties.
: 1t was good form to ask, Put or
your heavies yet?" There were az
E many distinctions in wraps as in mo.
|, tor cars. Tho lesser sort appeared in
E yellow n black dogshn coats, bu,
! kennicott was lordiy in, a long rae
coon ulster and a new seal cap. When
: the snow was too deep for his moto,
he went OF on country calls in
, shiny, floral, steel-tipped cutter, only
!, his ruddy nose and his cigar emers
l ing from the fur.
Carol herself stirred Main Stree
. by q loose coat Of nutria. Her finger.
l tips loved the slken fur.
her Hveliest activity now was or
Z 1900 ASPSA - III IN 'lNOLOI
: paralyzed town. ~ .
e The automobile and bridge-whis
j had not only made more evident tn,
g social diversions in Gopher 'PraIrf
I but they had also enfeebIed the 10y
OF activity. It. was 80 rich-iookin,
It to st and drive-and SO. a Skim
: and sliding. were "stupid" and .'old
: fashioned" In fact, the village longe.
Tor the elegance OF city recreation
Z almost as much as the cities ,longa,
Tor village sports; and. Gopher Iorairi
took as much pride in neglectin,
e. coasting as St. Pau--or New York
r IN going coasting. Caroi did inspir
a successful skating-party in n,id-No
e vember. ,Plover Lake slistened Il
clear sweeps OF gray-Green ice, ringin
to the skates. On shore the ice-tip
: ped reeds clattered in the wind, an,
oak twigs with stubborn last leave
hung against a milky sky. Harr
Haydock did figure Fights, and Care
F.? was certain that she had found tn
perfect life. But when snow had end
ed the skating and she tried to get u
t a moonlight sliding party, the matron
o hesitated to stir away from their RI
diators and their daily bridge-whi;
mutations of the city, hcihad to ma
them. They scooted down a. Ion
n hin on 4 bob-sled, they upset. and &c
snow down their necks, they shrieke
e ana1 they would do 1t again immedi
ately- and they did not do it aagai
d At all.
Continued Monday Evening.