Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-10

/ will say I've got to depepd on you.
Never thought Of that complication,
did you, in this off to BehdiniA. and
express yourself. ard tree love, and
live our own life stuff!"
You have a, right to, me If you can
keep me. Can lou?"
He moved %uneasily. s
II. w
For a month they discussed It.
They hurt each other very much. and
sometimes they were close to weep-
ing, and invariably he used banal
phrases about her duties and she used
phrases quite as banal about freedom.
and through it all. her discovery tina,
she really could get away from Main
Street was as sweet as the discovery
definitely. At most he agreed to 2
public theory that she was going to
take a short trip and see what the
East was like In wartime"
She set out for Washington in Oc-
tober-just before the war ended.
She had determined on Washington
because it was less illuminating than
the obvious New York. because she
hoped to find streets In which Hugh
could play, and because in the stress
of war-work. with It's demand for
thousands Of temporary clerks, she
could be initiated into the world OF
offices.
Hugh was to &c With Her, despite
the walls and rather extensive COM
ments of Aunt Bessie.
h wondered if she might net en-
counter Erik in the East, but it was
a chance thought, . forgotten.
III. -
Tho 1oct fhiro clio c~-, 49, ~ - e
ton platform was Kennicott, faithful
ly waving his hand. his face so full
of uncomprehending loneliness that
ne could not smile but only twitch up
his lips. She waved to him as long
as she could, and when he was lost
she wanted to leap from the vestibul0
and run back to him. She thought
of a hundred tendcrnesses she. had
neglected.
She had her freedom. and it was
empty. The moment was not the
highest of her life, but the lowest and
most dcsolate. which vas altogether
excellent for instead Of slipping down
ward she began to climb.
She sighed, II couldn't do this il it
weren't for Wilrs kindness. his giving
me money" But a second after: II
wonder how many women would al
ways stay home il they had the
money!"
Hugh complained, "Notice me,
mummy" He was beside her on the
red plush seat Of the day.eoach; a
boy OF three and a half. I'm tired
or playing train. Let's play some
thing else. Let's e see Aunt Bo-
CART"
"oh, no! Do you really like Mrs.
Bogart?"
Yes She gives me cookies and
she tells me about the Dear Lord.
o never tell me about the Dear
Lord. Why don't you tell me about
the Dear Lord? Auntie Bogart says
In going to be a preacher. Can I be
a preacher? Can I preach about the
Dear Lord 2"
oh, please wait till my generation
mas, stopped rebeliing before yours
what's a sensration,o
It's a a in the illumination Of
That's foolish" He WAS 4 seriou.
and literal person. and rather humor-
less. She kissed his frown. and mar,
veled: -
= am running away from my hus-
oand, after liking a Swedish ne'er-do-
wen and expressing immoral opin-
IONS. just - In q romantic story. And
my own son reproves me becanse I
haven't given him religious instruc-
1ion. But the story doesn't 20 rixht.
IN neither sroaning nor being dn-
matlcally saved. I keep on running
away and l enjoy 1t. I'm mad With
10Y over it. Gopher Prairie Il lost
pack there in the dust ana stubble.
ana I look forward -.
She continued it to Hugh: Darling.
oo you know what mother ana YOU
! are going to find beyond the blue hor-
lion RIM"
What" fatty.
..We're going to find alephants WITH
golden howdahs from which peep
young m~aharanees with necklaces of
tubies, and = dawn sea colorsd IKE
.ne breast Of a dove. and 4 White aysd
green house filled with books ana sil-
YER tea-sets.s
and cookies,"
Cookies? oh. most deeSdadly
cookies. We've had enough az breail
n porrjdge. Wed ret Mck n ton
many cookies, hut, eyer 90 much scL.
&c on no cookies At ALL a
That's foolish"
IT -. O male Kennicott!"
HUH" said Kennlcott II. ana want
% s1eep on her shoulder.
Continued Tomorrow Ev6nlne.
TRUST oRaAN1zED.