Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-23
Clarence. glad to talk Of it, had not
mentioned his wife.

Clarence. glad to talk Of it, had not
mentioned his wife.
ut was before my father died; we
were up in the old Maine place." he
had said. Gosh, Bill was cute that
day! We vent on a drive-no motor
cars then-and took our lunch. and
after lunch the kid comes and settles
please! Say, ~look-a-hcre.' I said.
what do you think 1 ann Putnam
l wanted a smoke. by George! She
wasn't two. you know. Her fat little
legs were bare, we'd put her into
socks, ana her face was flushed, and
she just looked up at me through her
hair and said, 'Hinst!' Well, it was
goodbye smoke for me! I sang all
right, and she cuddled down as
pleased as q kitten, and off she vent"
Today Rachaers Eyes wandered
She tried to study it dispassionately,
but. still shaken by their recent con-
'v%ersation. and sitting there. as she
knew she was sitting there, merely to
prove that 1t had had no effect upon.
her. she felt this to be a little diff
cult.
What sort Of a little boy had he
been? A fat little boy, Of course. She
disliked fat little boys. A spoiled lit
tie boy, never crossed in any way. His
mother made him go to Sunday school,
and dancing school, and 10 Miss
Nesmith's private academy. where he
was coaxed and praised and INDUCED
even more than al home. And old
Fanny. who was still with Florence,
superintendent his baths and took care
OF his clothes, and ran her finger over
the bristles of his toothbrush every
morning, to see If he had told her the
truth. He rarely did; they used to
laugh as violently as the. old
when h accused him Of occasional
kicking and biting.
Other boys cane in to play with
him. Was 1t because of his magic
lantern and his velocipede. his un-
endinx supply OF cream puffs and
licortce sticks. or because they liked
him? Rachael knew only .. detail
here and there: that he had danced a
fancy dance with Anna Vanderwall
when he was = fat sixteen. at q Kerr
mess. and that he had given a stag
dinner to twenty youths of his own
age a few days before he went or to
college. and that they had drunk a
hundred and fifty dollars worth of
champagne. She knew that his al
at college was three hundred
dollars a month. n that he never
stayed within 1t. and it was old Fan
[nys boast that every stitch the boy
ever wor from the day he was born
came from London or Paris. His nm
derWe4r was. as dainty as a brides.
he had his first dress suit at fifteen.
at college he had his suite Of threw
big rooms furnished like showrooma,
his monosrammed cigarettes, his
boat. and his horse.
The thought Of all these things
used to distress his mother when shc
vas old and much alone. She at
|C1arence's boyhood. She told Rachae
that he was treated Just as the other
boys were. Her conscience was never
quite easy about his upbrinSing.
"You can't hold 4 boy too tight. Won
know. Or else he'll break away alto.
Eether." SNold lady Breckenridge woSid
eay TO Rachael sitting before a coal
nEe ~ b gloomy magni6cence Of her
.o~ld-fash1oned drawing room and.
pressing the white fingers Of one hand
aSatnae b asonized joints Of the
other. = was oftsn sever with Clar.
cot with other boys; he was siw.ws
loytnt to me. Me never should Says
married Paula Verlaine," ne wc,,,S
add fretfully. "a good woman u,oriiSS
have ovetlouked his faults and m.ds
2 man OF him but che was Az
xsys q e1npty.hssded little thing!
would Sigh - she drew hsr f,,Sv
shawl about her shoulder-"I cannot
blame nyselE that's my xreat en-
oelst.os nov. Raehasl, when I think
account. I have been hesviiv sr5,s ~
.ed. but I an not the nrst God.fearinr
woman who has been visited III
so1row thsoush her ch!laneni"
an IN the weeks that precedeN ~.
death. but she did not take much
heed Of his somewhat embarr...sa
presence. 9 70 Rachael's surprise.
those heroic joys that are smnnns =.
TIE reward Of long SUFFERING ana
virtue. An unexpreGsed terror .asna
e y = ,snf ts Y. her s,ekroom, indeed to.
- 1890 as. noIe MOUSE; the Invalid