Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-09
EVENING EDITION.

about her fathers income, about hers
theology, and about the reason why
she had not put on her rubbersEwhen
she had gone across the street. For
fussy discussion they had, a rich, full
genius, and their example DEVELOPED
form of affectionate flaying.
If Carol was SO indiscreet as to
murmur that she had a small head
ache, instantly the two Smails and
Kennicott were at it. Every five min
utes, every time she sat down or rose
or. spoke to Oscarina, they. .twanged..
us your head better now? Where
does it hurt? Don't you keep .harts-
horn in the house? Didn't, you walk
hartshorn? Don't you keep some in
the house so it will be handy? Does
it feel better now? How does it feel?
DO your eyes hurt, too? What time
do you usua ly get to bed? As late
as that? Well! How does it feel now?"
In her presence Uncle Whittier
snorted at K%ennicott, "Carol get these
headaches often? Huh? Be better
for her she Didn't go gadding,
ties, and took some care Of herself
once in a. while!'" g..
They kept it up, COMMENTING
questioning. commenting, questioning.
till her determination broke and She
bleated, For heavens sake, don't
discuss it! My head IS all rightt~
She listened to- the Sinai S and Ksn,
nicott trying to determine by dialectioD
whether the copy Of the Dauntless,
which Aunt Bessie wanted to send to
her sister in Alberta, ought to have
two or our cents postage on it, Carol
would have taken it to the drug store
and weighed it, but then She was q
dreamer, while they were practical
people .(as they frequently ADMITTEDLY
So they sought to evolve h postal
rate from their inner consciousness,
! which, combined with entire rank
ness in thinking aloud, was their
method of settling all problems.
The Sinai s did not believe in all
this nonsense about privacy ana ret
icence. When Carol left a letter from
her sister on the table, she was as
tonished to hear from Uncle Whittier.
81 see you sister says her husband
is doing fine. You ought. to go see
her oftener. I asked Will and he says
you don't 60 to see her very often.
My! You ought to go see her %oftener!!"
II Carol was writing a letter to a
classrnate, or planning the weeks
menus, she could be certain that Aunt
Bessie would pop in and litter. "Now
don't let me disturb you, I>just want
ed to see where you were, y don't
stop, I'm not going tc stay only a Sec
ond. L just wondered If you could,
possibly have thought that I didn't
eat the onions this noon because 1
didn't think they were properly cook
ed. but that wasn't the reason at all
it wasn't because I didn't think they
were we'll cooked, I'm sure that ev-
erything in your house is always very
dainty and nice, though l do think
that Oscarina is careless about some
things, she doesn't appreciate the big
wages you pay her, and she is so
cranky, all these Swedes are SO cram
: ky, 1 don really see why you have
;. a Swede, but But that wasn't it.
I didn't eat them not ~because"I didn't
: think they weren't cooked proper, it
y was just find that onions don't
l agree with me, it's very strange, ever
. since l had an attack of b~iliousness
i. one time, I have, found that onions.
:. either fried onions or raw ones, and
r Whittier does love raw onions with
Il vinegar M sugar on them,
. 1t was pure affection.
u Carol was discovering that one
e thing that can be more disconcerting
: than intelligent hatred is demanding
a love. "2msN .
She supposed that she was being
;. gracefully dull and standardized in
u the Smails' presence, but they scent
ed the hereto, and with forward
> STOPPING delight they sat and tried to
- drag out her ludricrous concepts for
;. their Amusement. They were like the
y Sunday afternoon mob starting at
, ~ monkeys in the Zoo, poking fingers
L. and making faces and giggling at the
q resentment of the more dignified race.
u With a loose-lipped, superior, vil-
; lage smile Uncle Whittier limited.
- Whats this I e about your think
u ing Gopher Prairie ought to be all
" tore down and rebuilt, Carrie?
don't know where folks get these new.
r.. tangled ideas. Lots of farmers in Da'
y kota getting 'em these days. About
cooperation. Think they can rur
le stores better n storekeepers! Huh"
l. Whit and 1 didn't need no coop.
Grafton as long as We was farming!'
triumphed unit Bessie. Carrie, tel
~ your old auntie now: don't you evel
~ go to church on Sunday? You do e
sometimes? But you ought to go ev
cry Sunday! When you're as old a
az l am. you'll learn that no matter hop
smart folks think they are. Coz
W knows a whole lot more than they do
and then you'll realize and be glas
~ to go and listen to your pastor!"
Continued Tomorrow Evening.