Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-01

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wastrels and Jezebels. Ay, and
there's the garden gate. Marcia, and
my hearts Is hard as a hint, ven
though the tears are in your eyes and
you look at me as your mother used
to look. It's no such tears as you're
shedding ASH bring you back into my
heart. Your very prosperity's an Of
fence. You carry the price of your
shame on our back and in your
smooth speech and in this false like
ness of yours to the world you don't
belong to. II it's duty that's brought
you here. you'd better not have
come"
Marcia - to her feet.
You're very hard, father" she
said simply.
The way Of the transgressors are
hard" he replied. pointing still to-
wards the gate. IF you'd come here
in shame and humiliation. if you'd
come here as n as had learnt. the
truth. you'd have found me all that
you sought. But you come here a
livery ignorant woman, Marcia, and
:! you leave me a little harder than ever
before, and you leave the curses that
choke ny throat a little hotter, a lit
sSS w NII Ou6s
His c1enched fist was pointing to-
wards Mandeleys, his face was like
granite. Marcia turned and left him
without a word, opened the gate,
walked across the little strip of turf,
and half shrank from, half chung to
the hand which helped her up into
the car.
|. Get away quickly. please" she
implored him. Don't talk to me,
James. Outside the gates as quickly
as you can go!"
He started his engine, and they
drove OF, through the lodge gates into
the country lane, where the hedges
were beautiful with fresh green foli-
age and fragrant with early honey
suckle. :
ITO London" she begged. Don't
stop-anywhere yet"
He nodded and drove a little fast
err, his eyes always upon the road. 1t
was not until they had reached. the
health country and the great open
spaces around Newmarket that a lit
tie color came back into her cheeks,
1T wasn't a success, James" she
said quietly.
II was afraid it mightn't be-" he
admitted.
Nothing but a Drury Lane heroine
would have moved him." she went on
with an uneasy little laugh. III 1
could have gone back in rags. in a
snowstorm. with a child in my arms.
he'd have forgiven. me. AS l am
now, l am an offense to all that he
holds, right, and his ideas are like
steel cables---you can't twist or bend
Them" -
Borden nodded. He relaxed hi.
speed a little and glanced towards his
companion.
You know what our friend said in
tnat Russian manuscript i lent YOU
he reminded her: 1.-The prtmitive
laws are for the primitive world. q"
But what do we learn, Jim 2" she
asked him TREMENDOUSLY. what il its
value? Is it sophistry or knowledge?
lived in that little cottage once.
have smiled at the memory OF those
days 80 often. / did homely tasks
dreamed Of books and learning.
To me 1t seerns although my fingers
are bleeding. that ~ have climbed.
|And.to him-and he looked Just like
somethtng out Of the Bible, Jim-l
am nothing more,
Don't" he interrupted. HE Ii 81
his world and you Of yours. You
can't work ont55fthe sum you are try.
Ing to solve. there Isn't any commo
denomtnator,""h
~ don't know" she answered, = iit;
tile ptttfully. There was - sinsls
second. ~ nv him sitting there
With his Bible on his knee and Is.
Imembered that a vas clean. wen.
living. h0nest nan when my hear
nesan 20 aha re: remembered TIN,