Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-02
SYXoPSIS,

~, Carol Milford, after nnishing eollese.
spsnai' a year IN Chicago: and three
Pr. VIII Ketnicott, OF Gopher Prairie.
Through college. n her years in the
library she has been ambitious to live
m hight : s 6s an in fGmmsn fcr ev Thsfs s she
tnds Gopher Prairie the usual small
fed. and she realizes before long that
movement for H euplift" wo o. n Which H shs
i~nhugurates. invariably fail. Vida Sher-
WIN. village school teacher, tells Carol
she is = dreamer, and not practical.
or four years she devotes all OF her
time caring for him. War is declared,
and Vida and Raymie sWutherspoon,
own hero, and sone-bird are married.
He goes into service. ~
Carol retains her friendship for Bea
Soienson, a:Norwegian housarpAid whom
she mad in her homo for sometime. Bea
acter: When BeA and her son Olaf are
stricken with typhoid, Carol nurses
Erik yalbors, a dapper tailor, whom
to Gopher Prairie. He interests Carol.
50 does a young school teacher, Fern
Mullins.
CHAPTER XXXI.-Continued.
mo, you don't. I'm going to tell
49, W hSSc IOlN d lktlik8
soul, not even Ray" The dam Of re-
pressed imagination which Vida had
builded for years. which now, with
Raymie off at the var she was build
ing again, ave way II was-I liked
VIII terribly we'll. One time a
party-on, before he met you, OF
course--but We held hands, and. we
were SO happy. But 1 didn't feel i
was really suited TO him. I lei, him
Hn p1oN 30 3Artt tk;~ly r n%3l1t 1A.-
him! | see now that Ray was pre-
destined to be my mate. But because
| liked him,>1 know how sincere and
pure and noble Will Is, and his
thoughts never straying from the path
OF rectitude, and II / gave him
up to YOU. at least you've got to ap-
preciate him! We danced together
and laughed 50. and I gave him up,
but This is my affair! I'm nos
intruding! see the whole thing as
he does, because of all I've told you.
Maybe it's shameless to bare my hear;
this way, but l do it for him-for him
and you!'
Carol understood that Vida believed
herself to have recited infinitely and
~brazenly a story Of intimate loves I'M
derstood that. in alarm, she was-try-
ing to Y her shame as she strug-
gled on, Liked him in the most hon
t""S v 1ASAP lIs4k J.
still see things through his eyer--4
II l gave him up. l certainly am not
beyond my rights in demanding that
you take care to avoid even the app
pearance of evil and She was
weeping; an insignificant. flushed, I'M
gracefully weeping woman.
Carol could not endure it. She a
to Vida kissed her forehead. ON
forted her with a mur1nur Of dove
like RNnnd0 EnJOht IA ~ H1~
with worn and hastily assembled gifts
of words: "Oh, I appreciate 1t 80
much" and You are 80 fine and
splendid" and "Let me assure you
there isn't a thing to whnt you've
heard" and oh, indeed. I do know
how sincere Will 10, and aS you nay,
500 sincere"
planned many deep and devious mat
tiers. She came out Of her nyster1a
like a sparrow shaking off rain-drops..
She Eat up. and tool advantage Of
her victory,
Il don't want to rub IT in. but fou
can see for yourself now, this 10 III 4
result Of your being 80 disseminated
and not a~ppreciating the dear good
people here. And another thing: Peo-
pie like you and me, who Naant to re-.
form things. have TO be particularly
careful about. appearances. Tfink
how much better you AN criticize
conventional customs IL you yourself
live up to them. scrupulonsly. Then
people can't say you're attacking
then to exclse YOUR wi i~nfractioIts.'
TO Carol RAJ kivet1 Z sudden great
philosophical Understanding, an en-
plantation OF half the cautious reforms
In history. Eyes. i've heard that
plea. It's a good one. II sets revolts
aside to cool It keeps strays IN the
flock. To word It differently: YOU
must live UP to the popuiar code Il
you believe in 1t; but II you DON'T be-
lieve IN It, then Q must Ave up to
IT,"
4 don't think Is at az" slid vida
vaguely. She began to look hurt.
and Carol let her BE ofacuiar.
Vida had done her 4 services: had
made all asonizing sssn1 % faruoUs
that she ceased wrtthiiyg and saw that
her whole problem was simple As NUT
ton: she waS interested IN Erik,s a.
ipiration; interest gave her 4 hesftat.l
Ing fondne6s for him; and the IN.
ture would take cure OF the event.
But At night thinking IN 6a6
she protested. I'm not a falsely ac.i
cused innocent. thought! II It wsrss