Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-18
CHAPTER TX.

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David THAN. arrived At the end OF
his journey. seated himself on the
second stile from the road, threw
away his cigar and looked facts in the
face. He who had run the gamut OF
earlier days had relied almost upon
chance for a, meal, who had stood
the tests Of huge successes as we'll as
the anxieties OF possible failures
without visible emotion-in such q
fashion, even. that his closest friends
could scarcely tell whether he were
winning or losing-found himself
now, without any crisis before him,
and engaged in the most ordinary un-
dertaking of a stroll from the station
across a few fields, suddenly the VIC
tim Of sensations and weaknesses
which dehed analysis and Knocked at
restraint It was the England Of his
boyhood, this. the sudden almost
oSerpowerins realization of those
dreams which had grown fainter and
fainter during his many years OF
struggle in a very different atn1os-
phere.. Birds were singing in the
Yong grove which, behind the high,
gZey-stone wall, frinsed the road fol
miles. Rooks-real English rocks
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evening breeze was bending the
meadow grass of the field which his
|footpath had cloven. and from the
hedge by his side came the faint per.
lfume Of hawthorn blossom. Before
him was the park with its splendors
OF giant oaks, with deer resting be.
meath the trees. and in the distance
1.-The grey, irregular outline of Man
|deleys Abbey. He had played cricket,
when he was a boy, in the very field
through which he was passing. Some
time in that dim past, he had stood
with his uncle. whilst he had issued
with the beaters from that long strip
|of plantation, watching with all a
boys fervid admiration the careless
ease with which the Lord Of Man
|deleys was bringing the pheasants
down from the Sky. He had skated
on the lake there, had watched at a.
respectful distance the antics of the
ladies Letitia and Margaret, anxious.
to escape from their retinue Of serv-
vision came before him at that mo.
rent of Lady Letitia hobbling to-.
wards him upon the ice, with one
skate u~nbuckled. and a firm but
gracious entreaty that the little boy
The vas a least a head taller than
lshe-would fasten it for her. Strange
little flashes Of, memory had come to
him now and then in that new world
where he had carved his way to sue
cess. memories * indistinct that they
brought with them no thrills. scarcely
even any longing. And NOW all his
strength and hardness. qualities so
necessary to him throughout his
strenuous life. seemed to have. passed
away. He was a child again. breath
ting in all these simple sights and
! perfumes, his memory taking him
even further hack to the days when.
}he sat in the meadow. In tho hot sur.
picking daisies and buttAreupx. and
Watching for the ash that sometimes
Jumped fran the. craanA Il was IN
Whom onea more he strobe along sthA
footpath. he felt Z different man. He
had lost his slight touch OF assurance.
looked about him eagerly, almost
appealingly. He was ashamed 20 COM
Tess even to himself that he had the
feeling Of . wanderer who has come
home. 80. -
He CROSSED the last stile and WA
NOW. in the park proper. Several viI-
3lagers were strollinS about under the
trees. and they looked at this new.
conner. with his ~darkSeolored clothes
and strangety-shsped hat. with sorne
surprise. Nevertheless. he held unin-
terruptedly on his way until he
reached the broad drive which led to
the Abbey. He walked ON the turf
By the ode of 4. over the brsdse
which crossed the stream, through
the village psopls wers lot allowed to
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