Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-28

n me0lt&RlOH. ny A"sttS. s.
did feel superior to ordinary gpeoplAs.
we'll, he vast And the MtnHesotE
valley I used to sit there on The
cliffs above Mankato for hours&sax IA
time. my chin In my hand, looking
way down the valley, wanting to lwriiAS
poems. The shiny tilted roofs below
me, and the river, and beyond 4t.SttiGss
level fields In the mist, End the nm
of palisades across" II heleA my
thoughts in. I lived, in the valley.
But the prairie-all my Thoughts 4 q
flying OF INTO the big space. Do you
think it might be that 81
'Um, well, maybe, but Carrie,
you always talk so much about get.
ting all you can out OF. life, and NOT
letting the yearssslip by, and here you
deliberately go and deprive yourself
Of a lot OF real good home pleasure
by not enjoying people unless they.
wear frock coats and trot OUT :
Didn't mean t. interrupt you."1SS y =
TO a lot of tea-parties. Take
Jack Elder. You think Jack hasn't
got any ideas about anything but man-
u%facturing and the tariff on lumber.
But do you know that Jack is nutty
about music? He'll put q grand-opera
record on the phonograph and sit and
listen to 1t and close his eyes---T-O Or
you take Lyn Cass. Ever realise what
a well-informed man he ISL"
But is he? Gopher Prairie calls
anybody 'well-inforlned' who's been
through the State Capitol and heard
about Gladstone"
"Now I'm telling you! Lyn reads
a lot-solid stuff-history. Or talks
Mart Mahoney, the. garagemarr He's
got a lot Of Perry prints Of famous,
pictures in his office. Or old Bling
ham Playfair,, that died here bout "a!
year ago-lived seven miles out. III
was a captain in the Civil War, and,
knew General Sherman, and they Say.
he was a miner in Nevada right along
side of Mark Twain. You'll find these.
characters in all these small towns,
and + pile Of savvy in. every single,
one of them, if you just dig for it,
II know. And I do love them. Els
pecially people like Champ Parry.
But 1 can't be. SO very enthusiastic,
over the Snug cts like Jack Elder "a.
Then I'm a SNUG cit, too, whatever
that ISL sEs.us,.S
mo, you're a scientist. oh, l. wall
try and get the music out Of Mr.. ED
er. Only, why can't he let it com
out, instead of being ashamed oft.
and Always talking about z. hunting
dogs?NsBut I will try. Is it all right
now z! +l q 80 go X - 49, E%sffTf III
Sure. Burt there's one, other thing.
You might give me some attention.
too!' s.
That's unjust! You have every
thing I ami" H+sia7 sssfIt
mo, I haven't. You think. yor tfsS
spect me-you always hand outasome
spiel about my being SO 'nseful..'5B
You never think Of me as having ann
billions, just as much as you have ep5
Perhaps not. I think of you III
being perfectly satisfied" ~ Tt
"Weli I'm not. not by along shott
I don't want to be a plug general
practitioner all my life, like vast.
lake, and die in harness because
can't get out Of 1t, and have EN- say,
He was a good fellow, but he coufdn't
save q cent. Not that r. cate q
whoop what they say, after rye kick
ed in and can't hear 'em, butaI.Wont
to put enough money. away ypu
and I can be Independent sonaes day,
and not have to work unless 4esl
ike It, and / want to have a good
house-by golly. I'll have as goodEa
house as anybody in this town!--and
II we wan to travel and see your
Tormina or whatever it is, why&$we
can do 1t, with enough money in our
jeans so we won't have to take any.
thing or anybody, or fret about gu,
ou age 4 on never worry abOUtSWhat
might happen If we got sckh and
didn't have a good fat wad salteu
away, do you!" SIS. ! =,
Il don't. suppose I do"
II. Wei them I have to do IL for y Il
And II you think for n moment /
want to be stuck IN this burg ali nv
life, and not have a chance to traye]
and see the different points of Interest
aTu all that, then you simply don'i
get ME: II want to have a suuint a,
the. world. much's you do. Only, I'm
practical about it. First place, TN
going to9fmake the money-I'm in.
vesting IN good safe farmlands. D.
You understand why now?"
Eyes" 80
will you'try and see If you cant
think of n as something more thar
Just q dollar-chasing roughneck ~
"Oh. my dear. 1 haven't been Just
am dinicile. And I won't call on thu
DiNons: 4 And II Dr.. Dillon is work.
ing for Westlake and McGanum,
hate HIM" saa !
Continued Tomorrow Evcntfe.
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