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

Ever so pleased, thai aiternoon,I
made our old-fashioned dining room
o o as pretty as possible with Da.vid's
tulips and narclssus, and l. got ready
a real Carnarvonshire sort. of tea. But
ter from home, homemade bread and
fish paste and a jar Of lemon-cheese.
Best of all. there were the ,light-cakcs
made by Margaret iwho was in a reg
uiar %fluiter. OF Joy at having com
pany'; strangers, too! to teal. Piles
of the proper Welsh, light-cakes fat,
hot, rich!.~ Golden and ta~wny-brown
as the clumps of wall-flower that grow
out of .Carnarvon town-walls! scented
Just l k those wall-flowers when the
hot spring sun Tnelts the snow from
our mountain-ranEe!
Oh. ]. thought it would ,be. such a
lovely tea and everybody would be
. sure TO- enjoy themselves. At four
! o'clock, when Mabel and her party
arrived, l was as. pleased as, If they'd
never had. With their bright faces
and clear gay voices they seemed to
me. as they trooped into our drawing
room ;.:like a big burst Of sunlight
shining out over a bleak Landscape.
or, am. ] exaggerating IS usual?
Anyhow. they came. AMI when
they went J thought it had been SUCH
i lovely. CHEEKY, amusing. friendly.
jcll::' sort Of visit-such a really She
cessful little afternoon:
|. Five minutes after they'd an zone
again I realized that this was quite
wrong and that I'd made a iea.rful
mistake. @
Tor here follow a few extracts from
the conversation that tool place in
the drawing-room, after 7, flushed
and exhausted but quite happy. had
run upstairs again.
First ' '."'
Grannie. I thought, dear!e, that
you had only asked two people to
tea? How was it that this Miss
l. Henshawe's brothers .ioi1ed the
party unlimited, Julia Tear?
Myself (apologetically). Oh Gran
ME. you see, it was only just be-
>. they had hat. minute been
!. e.demobilized n come home: l.
T. thought it was rather nice Of her
to bring them too! Nicer than mo-
coming herself sc as to stay with
[. them?
Gnnnie (kniting). HIN. l. think
they took things just. little for
granted by coming to a. house
where they were not known. dear
child?
Myself. They'd been serving four
years, Grannie! And-and surely
Germans billetted in our houses
would have taken things much
more for granted! l mean-I
mean If people like Mabers broth
ers and all those young men
|. hadn't been there. to fight them
Oft?
David. Oh, no doubt. All these
young fellows have done splendid
ly. Everybody admits that. Only
What do those two, now, in
tend to do now hat they are out
Of the Army? They didn't seem
to hav much idea nor. to be very
keen on finding any work. for a
month!
Myself. suppose some people
would hin all soldiers had de-
served a holiday
David. Very different from a young
man I q hearing of the other
day at my Club. A big railway
ma I. know al talking about
this young fellow. Now he. wal a
soldier; too. Royal Air Force, l
believe. But the minute he was
his job. And most splendid wor.
he's been doing on the Great In
rtermediate Railways. Why. the
other night when there was some
disturbance. anong the troops II
the Terminus. this young railway
official. this young fellow, this:
~.3' mere boy of twenty-one. took
hold and. practically singiehand-
ed, stopped what looked like go-
ing to be . riot. They were talk
ing of. 1t, all over. the Company.
That'sL the way to get on. now,
now wasn't that a fine thing?
assAySelf (dreadfully uninteFested in
this young railway Official that ia
never seen). Yes splendid,
David. Rut@this red haired young
Henshawe, Just preparing to- do
nothing whatsoever for weeks!
Now. I don't think that's the
Spirit Surely there's something
IVA useful he could DO for his. country,
not just gaddinH about7
stGr0nnie. And whats This Jazx-roli,
,9,ss they were talking about, Juiia? 4
" -, cOuldn.tS make :out ;tt II 3
tssyc something to ct or Hornethins
they do Q Such verysiodd things
si.stihey seem to have IN the way or
amusement nowadays
David. Yes, what, exactly, is q
JAxz-roIl? And about the band
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