Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06

"A asasseAs. oh. In, sorry" I said,
au; suasssaw OF other I felt-out of
he ataaeSTaasrs, CIT OF the look on
AIRS Ca-es>Ss>s lace. somehow
,aa, 81 eNcus had been made for
i'hyiiiS rus - see ME, AMI l felt sore
about :hs., 4 hi OF the soreness got
i3;o 7:y ve.es as / stood there, look-
ins dow ~ her mother. and said,
oaeS :lad these headaches gather
often lately"
Mrs G-ts.st looked quickly up at
lie and said II her gentle voice, "I>s,
Yes You aaow Phil does set them
l.. Poor child. Shes
had them badly since thai very SHARP
SO Q. influenza carry this year. You
TO u her hair off"
i didn't know she'd ever been sc
Ill that you had ; o cut her hair off
! thought she'd jus, b0bbcd IT." ! said
She never told ne. There are lots
O. things shes never told me-" l said
thinking OF her reproach the other
day.
phylis's mother still looked very
gently and steadily up into my face
Then she moved a little ON the couch
and patted it
Sit by me for a minute, Jack, she
said. You haven: any special time
when Sou must be with these friends
OF our nave you" No? Then you
can spare me a minute. That's right
! wanted a little talk with you-'
Well. We had the little talk; funny
Row it made me feel more sort O
smoothedS down ard quietly happ,
anc content TO carry On as bes. / could
- { II ~ & 20 yi,SI 10 - n - =: : $50, No.,
pie who car make DINER people fee
like that. Didn't say much either
just began about whether we'd haC
any little tiff, Phyllis and !? and wher
l told her not today, but how l wal
afraid ! did seem rather to get or
Phyllis's nerves, she. Mrs. Carteret
held my hand and begged me to be
liese one thing: Phyllis thought
great. great deal of me. She knev
INA. Phyllis knew her best chance o
happiness was with d n like me
loyal ard true and-oh, things tina
brought a big lump into my throat ane
made me feel an ass and yet rathe,
pleased with myself at the same time
Phil has that airy daring way o
talking. What does it mean? So lit
tie, so ltile:" said Phyllis's mother
The child loves to try and shock PEG
fAS ~'AS - O. Alllt Ll1SO Ol-tE--IfY
ing it on me-" said this gentle lady
with quite a schoolgirls twinkle i,
he grey eyes, but I've seer YOU rise
to it. JACK: often: Making her worse!'
laughed.
"IhaIs better said Ihyllis's moth
e.. /for do you know, dearest boy
think would rather anything hap
peHed now than nat anything shout.
come petwesn Phil and YOU"
sweet OF you I rnu,tered. We'll
nothing Shall
It's my great wish that you Shout,
be married Soon" she went on Bet
ter for Phil. Fo. both of you: AM
-d'Jou know, perhaps I'm going to ls
out a secret before l should. =
But shall I tel! you? Yes. You know
| came in for q legacy the other day
I'm going to use i. to make Phil al
allowance "hich-with what her faith
eF can give her-will make it uui.,
possible for you to get married. with
waiting. What do you think q
that" 1850 =
/, vas go confoundedly touched b,
mel sweetness and by her wanting M
1cr her son-in-law at all, and BY tn
way she spoke to and looked at M
mat couldn't say a word; L tus
up both her hands and kisse,
them; and she kissed me first tim
She evar done it, on the hair.
SO that's all settled" she told me
VITA csr dear eyes bright. "It's moth
ins to thank me for, Jack. l shoulun.
Van to 30 it II I didn't feel you wer
q mar to make a girl happy"
mrs Carteret,1I said, All huskil3
q you aren't shocked at anything
can just tell you that l hope youJ
oe able 10 say OF me what they put OF
the cowboys epitaph: