Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-26
SYNOPSIS.

Juila farrE. aged ~, typlst IN a Lon
don office. becomes engaged to her en-
ployer. Mr.. Lewis. an old friend Of the
family. She has nc other men friends in
London. While OF her way to work. she
often passes a young man, Jack Smith:
by name, and thougli-they do not meet.
other.
Jack has, 10 friends, either men or
women, in London, but his buddy"
Slim. seems to know many girls. and lie
takes Jack to a dancing class. There
Jack meets Phyllis Carteret. wlom Slim
has PROGRESSED to be keen about. Jack
for good judgment in handling ten thou
sand troops who arrive unexpectedly.
He hecomes engaged to Phyllis
CHAPTER .xV.-ontinued.
Here Grannie lifted her neat grey
head from her knitting and looked
at me from the other side of The
hearthrus. But. Julia. my dear
child she put in, you wouldn't
any sort without David: would you,
dearie?" Mr':".
She said it quite gently, but at the
same time there vas q dash If shock
ed reproach in her voice. l saw that
she had suddenly been faced with an
idea that was perfectly terrible to her.
For an engaged. girl to think of going
anywhere. unaccompanied by the la
to whom She was engaged! Mabel
often committed this crime, ( knew,
before her. fiance got demobilized,
Mabel said that he himself said there
was no reason that. just because he
was kept kicking his heels in France,
his girl should get her to a nunnery
as far as dances and theate1s and
things went. And that he preferred
getting CHEEKY letters about which
were III best shows on in town tina
they. could 60 to together. afterwards
Ito melancholy notes about how dull
she was without him.. OF course the
ideas of Mabel and her set always
seem rather unconventional to me-, but
Grannie's views are at the opposite
pole. I'm sure hat Sin Queen Vic
toria's golden days she no more
thought she could go anywhere with
out Grandpapa n the chaperon
than that engaged people would ever
say. fly from Hendon to Paris to-
gether for an outing. AS for poor
Edwin" David's father, l expect he
would have tainted AWAY into one
crumple of peg-top trousers and side
like Mabel's fiance to poor dear Nes-
ta," who was far above rubies and
whose own beautiful rubies. r was
wearing on my engagement finger al
that very minute. To Grannie these
people were still much more real and
alive n grown-up than her little
Julia" who was engaged % "Nesta's
boy" 6. Only some
how it made ME feel all shut
up, and shut in-by churchyard wallis
with big slate grave -slabs on every
side Of me.
Or was I morbid?
cnIy So{1 .sA(Nh ,n I've, re
David won't-if David doesn't care to
come, of course I can explain to Ma
bel. ~ ~
But here David slipped one hand in
to my arm as I sat on the fender-stool
near his chair. and with the other
hand turned up my chin to make me
look into his face. did the little girl
want SO much to go to the party?''
he said in his kindes. voice. well,
now, look here; let US see what is to
be done about it. You don't think
Ia want to stop any pleasure Of yours,
Grannie put in. still reproachfully,
II am sure David, that nobody in this
world could ever think that" Z
Nothing I'd like more than to see
you enjoying yourself. went or David,
squeezing my arm !. The only thing
is I want you to be with nice people
always; the right sort Of people for
my little girl, Ell ? Now, who are these
people that are giving this, 'pary?',..
I said, Why. David. you know Ma
bel antte well! Mabel Henshawe at
the, Office" :,
IIlaHiH murmured that knowing a
GIRL at the office was hardly the am
thing q being on friendly terms with
her in her W home and with her
family. What was her family.
Miss Henshave; yes. rather Gig
ely at times dressed q little
showtly, didn't she? still, no doubt
she was,a nice Girl enough in her way.
And then David made . suggestion.
i, MOI ask this Miss yHenahawe
and her nance to tea here, In Mrs.
Parry's house. before committing our
selves to going to the Henshawes7
Have q. look at them first from the,
point OF view OF social intercourse?
,.a l,eT more satisfactory. David
thought! 90 iss s6-l
Grannie thought - too. !
80 1 wrote. Mabel answ eftd that
b Ind "Roderick" weuM be delight
ed to Como.