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

his head and shoulders, fore-shorten-
cd. But it wasn't David.
1t was a quite young man, with
very quick movements, and tall. He
helped Grannie out, ran up the steps.
rang the bell for her, and presently
got back into the cab without my
having seen his face.
Grannie's face. when she came into
my room again, was enough, Of a. sur
She was pale from the heat of that
blazing afternoon; and her nauve and
black toque was crooked and there
was a wlsp Of her usually neat grey
hair struggling beneath her hair-net
across one ear. But her eyes shone.
And all over her there was something
:. . a something as rosy and ir-
radtating and indescrfbable as the aft
erglow of. inset over Snowdon on a
December afternoon. It. vast quite
obviously was the look of a woman
who has been thoroughly enjoying
herself.
Wei, dearie," she said, sitting
down on my bed. did you see me
drive up in state. just now? And the
gentleman who brought me :lome?"
Il did indeed, Gannie. Where did
you-1 mean. who was he?"
"a pity he couldn't come in and
have a cup Of tea with u.s." This from
Grannle! But he said he had to dash
on. Very kind he "a to me, really.
They keep on writing to the Sunday
papers about the horrible manners
OF the young people Of today. and I
suppose o of them do seem very
casual and b%oisterous."
feared she was thinking Of poor
Mabel and her brothers.!
but this young man." went
on Grannie, was certainly an excep-
ton. Most beautiful manners he had,
| must say. II I had been the Queen
herself. he could not have taken bet
ter care of me! Indeed he made me
feel as If ! were a duchess at least"
But, Grannie dear, do tell me; who
was hep
Grannie's bright eyes were looking
night beyond me. sit may have been
a little unconventional she said,
,dreamily. "But when one is my age
Besides, one saw at once that
ne was a gentleman. And how I should
have got home without him lido not
know!"
And by slow degrees it came out,
how the baking pavements and the
crowds Of Oxford street in May had
been really too nnuch for Grannie,
and how the poor old darling had SUD
denly begun to feel quite faint! She
mad struggled to get into the bus to
come home; impossible, of course
you know what It's like just now!
Then she had hailed the nearest taxi
~ seeing that there was someone
in 1t. (That is one Of Grannie's little
ways; she's so -s~hort.sighted that she
is always hailing either a magnificent
private car or else a. taxi that's cram
full OF people ~already.) The person
in this taxi stopped the driver at once
and ordered him to stop and pick
that lady UP" (GrannieJ and then
he 1.-THE gentleman in the taxi) had
Gin the most charming way imagina-
Bile, Julia my love!'). "Oh, may / have
the pleasure Of giving you a mt,
ma;am? Wherein L tell him to
drive ?"
I interrupted, pretending to be
d~readfully shocked. Ceramic! A
perfect stranger! You let rim drive
you. alone, from Oxford street here q"
Up went Grannie's dear little old
head in the crooked toque, 1T would
have been hardly a thing you could
have accepted, Julia. L am aware OF
that. Girls cannot do these things.
They lack the worldly wisdom and
the experience Of men that would en-
able them to Judge which Young men
are which. with a queenly ges,
ture Of her little blatk-gloved hand
Should not make q mistake. Exceed
ingly nice, the way in which that gen.
tlenhan allowed me TO pay him the ex-
c sum which I owed for my shar re
o fthe drive. His whole appearance,
too! short-sishted I may be, but"
"Oh, Grannie darling, I was only
teasing youl OF course. I know you
could never hsye made = mistake,
What a mercy .you did hail that taxi!
! am y : he was DELIGHTFUL young
man" -
Grannie's stateliness softened 1t
She aid. Eyes. my dear, Ne
was. ] hope YOU viii like him"
Hooked up at her surprised, over
the tea that had just been brought
in. Like him7 I? But Grannio,
when shall ever see him Z.
Next Sunday at four o'clock" mid
Grannie, with quite q defiant little
smile. II asked him Yes! 1t wa
the least I could do--if he could not
come another day, and take tea with
me and allow me TO thank him at leis-
IRE for his great courtesy. He said
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