Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-10
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nnas that he Is egtFsnEed from human
sels exception Of III Lady Mona Nena T Sisa ' an
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pei. fails TO understand her husbands
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Sabre, ana q promised partnesshiip is df-
yerted from him to TWyning. At this
pee,nt, Nena,s Ifs, with ,Tybar ts iintolsr-
s ~ w War rs Is d ssfs aa Pa s s. sst fsps sss
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FOR = commission on account Of heart
E:ffio Bright, for the mather a. ? friend
Of bis who has Joined the army.
Sabre again offSreg himself for enlist
mcnt ana vas rsjects4A. Writes Mona.
GO ON WITH THE STORY
Mona had written Of it1in ringing
words. She flushed in beautiful arr
dor Of the enthusiasm she joined
with Sabre's at his opening words
of their meeting, but she ended with
9 sad little laugh. And them" she.
What do you mean. Mona, And
then'?" -
She took q letter from her bag. II
only gat this this m9rning Just Is I
ne Tas o ssai | wt aWsx him IL, abou 1T f ris y. e. e.
Oh. Marko, SO splendid, So utte.ly
splendid IS he Is, and then to be like
this. Look, he says he's just got
leave and he's going to spend it in
Paris! One Of his women is there.
That Mrs. Winfred. He's taken up
withHher again. He says, Poor thing.
She's all alone in Paris. know. how
sorry You will feel for her, and l feel
r ought ~ o. or1 lr~lr tof<o. 49,, ,
knoE You will agree with me I'll tell
her YOU ent me. That VIII amuse
and please her so.'"
handkerchief. ut rather hurts, Mar
ko. It's NOT that l mind his going,
It's just what he would do. But it's
the way he tells me. He just says 1t
like that deliberately because he
knows it will hurt. So utterly SPLEEN
did, Marko, and SO utterly grace
ssdness s sss gave "n 1ts 1st''s sp ne.s 81 !!
Look, this is all he says about his
Y. G.. Isn't this fine and isn't it like
him: He says p. s. Yes, that V. C..
business. You know why I got It,
don't you? 1t stands for Very eau
tious, you know.'
They laughed together. Yes, like
him! Iybar exactly! Sabre could
see him writing the letter. Delight
ing in saying words that would hurt;
that would amuse Splendid; airy,
untouched by fear; untouched by
thought: fearless, faithless. needless,
graceless. Fortunes darling; invest.
ed in her robe of 'mockery.
Nona's laughter ended in a little
catch at her breath. He touched her
arm. Lets walk. Mona"
III.
He thought she was looking thin
drawn look, its soft roundness gone.
He thought she W. had looked so
beautiful to him. She spoke to him
of what she had tried to say in her
letters of his disappointments in
offering himself for service. Never
had her sweet voice sounded so ex.
quisitely tender to him. They spoke
Of the war. Never, but in their let
tiers. had he been able thus to give
his feelings and receive them. touch
ed with the same perceptiens, kindled
and enlarged, back into his sympa-
thies again. q
He shook his head, not trusting
you. Not l. Anyone can know the
right thing. But strength to do it.
Strength flows out 0f YOU to- me-. It
always has. / a it more and
more. l shall want it. Things are
difficult. Sometimes I've a 'frightfpl
feeling that things are closing in on
me. There's Shelley's lode to tho
| West Wind" 1t makes mel don't
know-wrought up. And sometimes
I've the feeling that I'm being ear
ried along like that and towards that
frightful cry at the end, . Wind, il
! winter comes"
He stopped. He said, "Give me