Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-06
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Carol Milford. after finishing college,
spending a year in Chicago, and three
Years as a librarian in st. Paul, marries
Dr. VIII kennicett, OF Gopher Prairie.
Through college, and her years in the
library she has been ambitious. to live
in a smaller community, where she
might be an influence for culture. She
mos Gopher Prairie the usual small
town. with its people very much salts
fed. and che realizes before long that
lney are not approving OF her. Any
movement for "uplift" work which she
inaugurates, invariably fail. Vida Sher-
win. village school teacher, tells Carol
she is a dreamer, and not practical.
A. son Is born to Carol, and for three
or four years she devotes all of her
time caring for him. War is declared.
and Vida and Raymie Wutherspoon,
town hero, and song,bird are married.
lie sues into service. -.
Carol retains her friendship for Bea
SoSenson, a Norwegian housemaid whom
she had in her home for some time. Bea
marries Miles Bjornstam. a village char
acter. When Bea and her son Olaf are
stricken with typhoid, Carol nurses
Erik Nalborg, a dapper tailor, whom
:her village christens Elizabeth" comes
to Gopher Prairie. He interests Carol.
SO does a young school teacher. Fern
Mullins.
Erik develops a lovcrlike interest in
Carol. and she encourages him, though
at the same line trying to repel him.
VIDA tells Carol that the Eossips Of the
3lllage are linking her name and ETik's.
The pieus MRS. Bogart succeeds in
arousins the town over Fern Mullins
atiesen imAioraii'S Wheh sAe goes 10
's1r.r 49, ~I.H sor,e - h'eAf'' anu 'ne
rern 10 tirad ~ Inc .schna, in enite of
Carols effort TO prevent it. Carol ad-
Its 10 herself that sne loves Erik.
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CHAPTER XXXilI.-COntinued.
kennico;t rosa onickly. sat ok tho
couch, look bdth her hands. ..s,,,,,n.y.
he 1ails-as he win. suppose he goes
pack to tailoring. and yol,re his vie
rs thaI going =" ha this arti..;, 1ifo
you've been tninkinr a,o1,t9 He's
N some hum shacE nraasiny nan
all day, or tooped over sewing. and
having to he polite 10 anv proucn thai
blows in and jams a dirty sinking old
suit in his face and says, Here YOU,
fix this, and be blame quick about it,
He won't even have. enough savyy to
get him a big shop. He'll pike along
doing his own work-unless you, his
wife, go .:lelp him, go help him IN the
shop. and stand over a table all day,
pushing a big heavy iron. Your com
plexion will look fin. after about fif-
ieen years of baking that way, won't
it! And you'll be numped over like
an old bag. And probably you'ii i've
in one room back Of the shop. And
then at nignt--oh, you'll have YOU
'artist-sure! He'll come in stinkins
Of. gasoline, and cranky from hard
WORK, and limiting around that IT,, it
hadn't been for you he'd OF gone East
and been a great artist Sure! And
yoil'll lie entertaining his relatives
Talk about Uncle Whit! Youth be
having some old Axei Axelhars com
ing in with n on his boots and
sitting dow to supper in his socks
and yelling at YOU. Hurry up now
you yimmin make me sick!: Yes. and
you'll have a 'suualing brat every
year. tugging at you while you press
clothes, and you wont love 'em like
you do Hugh upstairs, all downy and
asleep--"
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Har TO- 80. ~ bic ,i,neo
He hent 10 biss her necl 81 don.+
want to be unfair. l e love is a
kreat tnlhs., al risht. but tnsnA y
Wos.a s,ahu .luch o. ma ksno Q.
s.un IN. one An ! SO bae! Cant
YOU nke me a. al: lve-Ive peen
80 aoho o., YOU:
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klsssa ~, TIesently sne sopoeo !
mon, 4 T Txer re ,,v nm Ia aan -, ea ~
tailor shop I don't love him