Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-11
VI.-Continuc1l.

CaAFTER vI.-Continncd.
MRS gar was not the ACID type
damp. fat. signing. indigestive, cling
ing. melancholy ~depressingly hope.
ful kind There are in every large
chicken-yard a number of Old and in.
dignant hens who resemble Mrs. 30.
CART, and when they are served Ia
Sunday noon dinner, as ~fricasseeC
chicken with thick dumplings, the,
keep up the resemblance.
Carol had noted hat Mrs. Bogar1
from her side window kept an eye
upon the house. The Kennicotts anc
Mrs. Bogart did not move in the same
meant precisely the same
in Gopher Prairie as it did on Fifth
avenue or in Mayfair. But the gooG
widow came calling.
n wheezed in. sighed. gave Caro-
a pu]py hand. sighed, glanced sharply
at the revelation of, ankles as Caro-
crossed her legs, sighed, inspected the
new blue chairs. smiled with a COY
signing sound. and gave voice:
I've wanted to call on oyu so long
dearie, 0 know we're n%eighbors, bul
l thought I'd wait til! you got set
tied. o must run in n see me, how
much did that big chair cost ?"
'Seventy-seven dollars!"
Sew Sakes alive! Well, I SUD.
pose It's all right for them that car
afford it, though I do sometimes think
--O OF course as our pastor said once
at Baptist church. BY the way
we haven't seen you there yet, and Of
course your husband was raised UP a
Baptist: and I do hope he won't drift,
away from the fold, Of course we al
know there isn't anything. not clever.
ness or gifts of gold or anything, thai
a make up for humility and the in.
ward grace and they can say VIVA,
they want to about the P. E. church
but Of course there's no church thai
has more history or has stayed by the
true principles Of Christianity bette,
than the Baptist church and In
what church were you raised, Mrs
Kennicott?
"W-why. I went to Congregational
was Universalist."
"Well- But of course as the
Bible says. is it the Bible, at least
know I have heard it in church and
everybody admits it. it's proper for the
little bride to take her husbands YES.
sci of faith, 80 we all hope we shall
see you at the Baptist church and
- AS I was saying, of course
agree with Reverend Zitterel in
thinking that the great trouble with
this nation today is lack Of spiritual
faith--so few going to church, and
people automobiling on Sunday and
heaven knows what all. But still !
do think that one trouble is this ter
rible waste of money, people feelinc
that they've got to have bath-tubs
and telephones in their houses
heard you were selling the old furni-
ture cheap"
"Yes!"
"W-eIl-of course you know your
own mind. but I can't help thinking,
when. Wills ma was down here keep
ing house for him-she used to run
! INTO see me. real often!-it was COCO
enough furniture for her. But there.
I mustn't croak, ! just wanted to ct
you know that when you find You
can't depend on a lot Of these CAD
ding young folks like the Haydocke
and the Dyers-and heaven only
knows how much money ,Juanita Hav-
dock blows in In a year-why Their
you may be gladHto know that slow.
old Aunty Bogart Is always RICH
there, and heaven knows-'A Dol.
tentous sigh. - hope you and your
husband won't have any Of the trou-
bles. with sickness and quarreling and
wasting money and all that SO NAM
" 1H.sS youHs cVuPA 10 nave and
- But I must be running alone
now, dearie. It's been such a pleas
ure and Just run in and see me
any time. / hope Will is well? I
thought he looked a wee mite peak
ed" ~
It Was twenty minutes later when
Mrs. Bogaft finally oozed out OF the
front door. Carol a back into the
living room and .jerked open the win
dows. That woman has left damp
finger-prints In the air." she said.
TT.
Carol was e~xtravagant.S bnt at least
= did not try to clear herself ~
blame by going about whimperins. ~
KNOW I'm terribly extravagsnt but /
don,t seem to- be able to help It..