Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-25


EDITION.
new eloalesa.srs lying Oh aaonair, and
when sErnsstane shoyyrsd thelnSto MN
he ave = rim gufkaw. such una
nnsryass that! They'd both look Nike
circus-riderA He'da rood mind 3
70 % - III. sWhsr.upons Ernestine.
sent him srathinG look, the tragedy
Of which vas not decreased by Inc
sudden d~stachrnsnt OF hsr hastily
pinned-up hair. $1dra.sNArrAnder ~.
q perfect afgel, ana he ought to beJ
AShanssd Of himself. Instead Of feel-.
Ing grAte1u1 70 hAr. he carried onSlika
this. They had often had their quar-
rels, and they we're o the verge az.
one now. Shame Of having Mariaa,
overhear them IL they lost their tern-i
p0rs alone curbsd, Ernestine.s q
militant sallies. "A little 9of the praia.
that she show4red on Marian, ~,
brother had already heard, but nov,
the full tide OF It that flowed from
her woke In him the most hostile
prejudice. Sc
He had passed ! very -unplea.ant
afternoon. either roaming the streeta
or calling . certain old OF younr
men formerly resident In stratton.
All these appeared to him in a new
light. This huge, inpertous, tndif.
ferent city had stamped them with itst
IrepAlling hallmark. Once or twice
he had suspected that he was being
made fun OF. They all seemed to
him AIRY. The entire metropolis
Addressed him In terms Of "airineas.,
HIS pride Of purse had grown %.
oyer-weening that he /. craved obeis-
ance, even servility. He totally failed
to understand that his uncouthness
made the very fact Of his enormous
wealth ridiculous. He had yet to
that he had arrived in 4 place
where Thousands Of well-bred people
would refuse him their acouaintance-
ship while his manners ren1ainedtt thus
piteously unmended. Then, too, the
sweet, reproachful face Of Annie shei.
ton kept haunting heart and brain.
Severance from her had set his con-
science 5palpitating with peniteat
throbs; and yet, while he longed to
write her and confess how every wells
garbed young woman whom he mat
appealed to him only as q mockery,o f
her own denaure, native simplicity,
the h~igh-falutin self esteem in which
he was steeped kept vetoing 50 hum
BILE an overture.
Presently Lola, all vainslory ana
ecstasy, came dancing into the room.
isn't It 0 % perfectly elegant" she
cried, whtrline herself about, first be-
fore one mirror, then before another.
She had always been pretty. but she
had till now seemed pretty in "a
patrictan way. It was wonderful how
her colortng, like that OF some plump
divinity in . fresco, suited its pink
J ness and pearltness to this unwonted
lifting, cotlins and pufing Of her
bright .tresses. S.
Ernestine assured her that she was
magnificent, and at nee rushed of to
be beautiful. II possible, in q like
manner by Marian's nimble fingers.
But the stolid,. %irreverent look OF
fLeAnder followed: her; and she felt
that Lola was destined to take up her
own dropped, cudgels, and WELD them
against her brother with lese restraint
than she herself had shown.
While Marian was at work once
again, .Ernestine thought it best to be
pleasant things about her brother,
and yet explained that he took strong
dislikes, very often at "a moments
notice. Then she dwelt on his aver
SION to her own and Lola's change Of
attire. Hes never impolite to ladies,
Mrs. WArrender." she rave assurance.
"He was, always thought gallant and
good.nAtured with 'em at StrAtton.
But you n1ustn,ttbe surprised if,h4 5be-
hAves little queer and rsulky at; din
ner." And. after; this, Ernestine ven
tured on q few revelations concerning
Annie Shelton.