Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-12

they'd Of been 50 darn lovey-dovey
.-----
sam Clark interrupted. rats, they
never even thought about making
love. Just talking books n all that
junk. ! tell you. Carrie Kennicott's
q ssnar woman. and these smart edu-
Gated women all get funny ideas, but
they get over EN- after they've had
three or four ktd You'll see her
settled down one of these DAYS and
teaching Sunday School and helping
IT sociables and behaving herselk, and
n trying to butt into business 9nd
politics SureH!"
After only fifteen minutes of con-
Terence on her stockings, her son, her
separate bedroom. her music, her
ancient interest In Guy Pollock. her
every remark which she was known to
nave made since her return. tho SUI
preme council decided that they would
permit Carol Kennicott to live. and
they passed on to q consideration of
Nat Hicks New One about theStrav-
cling salesman and the old maid
Nv.
For some reason. which was totally
mysterious to Carol. Maud Dyer SEEM
Cd to resent her return: At the jolly
Maud g1ggled n~ervously.
Well, suppose you found war-work
atgood excuse to : away nj have a
swell time. Juanita! Don't you think
We ought to max Carrie tell US about
the officers h met In washington"
Iheyr ustied and stared. Carol ok-
60 at them. Their curiosity seemed
natural and uninportant.
oh yes, yes indeed. have to do that
some day." h yawned.
she no longer took Aunt Bessie
Small ERFiOu0lv enough In QtFIrUln for
Independence. She saw that Aunt
Bessie did not mean to intrude; that
she wanted TO- do things for all the
kennootts. Thas Carol hit upon the
Tragedy OF Old age, which Is not that ii
ls less vigorous than youth, but that 1t
IL not needed by youth; that It's love
ana prosy sageness. so important a
Few years ago, 80 g.adly offered now,
are rejected with laughter. h d.
Vlned That when Aunt Bessie came in
Win a jar OF Wiid-srape Jelly she Was
n recipe. Alter Via she could be
lrrAtated put n could not be de-
pressed by Aunt Bessie's simoom of
questioning.
She wasn't depressed even when
! n heard Mrs. Bogart observe, "Now
we've got prohibition it seems to me
that the netx problem OF the country
Ia
It'll $ to make folks, observe the Sab
path and arrest these law-breakers
that play baseball and go to the NOV
les and all on the Lords Day
Only one thing bruised Carols van
NY. rev people asked her abou'
washington. Ihey n had admir-,
lngly begged Percy bresnahan for his
opinions were least interested in hel
facts. n aughed at herself wher
| IN . n 2 n q n - 0d Nnnfa IN In ~
once a hereto and Il returned hero
she was very reasonable and merry
about it; and it hurt just as much a.
ever.
V.
Her oaby, porn IN August, was {
girl. Carol could not decide whethel
she was to become a feminist leader
or marry q or both. U dc
settle on iVassar and a ~trlcolette sui
VITA a small black hat for her Fresh
man year.
vi.
Hugh was ~loquaclous at breakfast
He desired to give his Impressions o
owls and f Street.
Don't. make so much noise. You
talk too much" growled Kennicott
Carols lared. Don't speak to hin
that way! Why don't you listen II
him? lie has some very interesting
tAi!tI6s ~ teA!.
Whats the idea? Mean to ga!
you expect me to spend all my tim'
listening to his chatter"'
Why not?"
For one thing, he's got to learl
a little discipline. Time for him t.
start getting educated
1--WE learned much more discipline
I've had much more education. from
him than he a from me-
What's this? Some new-fangle'
idea of raising kids you got in Wash
ington?"
Perhaps. Did you ever realiz
that children are people,"
That's all right. I'm not going t
have him monopolizing the cons ersa
ton" ..
. mo, of course. We have u rights
too. But I'm going to bring him VI
as a human being. He has just a
many thoughts as we have, and I wan
), him to develop them. not take Gophe
Prairie's version of them. That'sl m,
biggest work now-keeping myself
keeping you, from educating him.
Kennicott had forgotten it III tel
minutes; and she forgot it-this time
, VII.
The Kennicotts and Sam Clark ha'
driven north to a duck-pass betwee,