Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-18

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dummy. She eagerly admired HIS air -so
pleasant. SO afniAhle, yet assured; beAriiig
himself toward the world with q smile, yet.
with poise, and with that effect of alert. Wig.
orous capability. He was a big man. NOV
ing at ease in, big arafrsl
She was by. no means above n certain
invidious pleasure which his, compnnionship
conferred upon her. For example; she waA
abuhdantly willing to let other Slow River
ladies, young and old, see her sitting beside
him in the long. shiny car. Here ana there
one Of these ladies had been inclined to look
dow upon the shabby ger1teel Maldens!
She had a very sincere, warm hearted admi-
ration and regard for this rather splendid
visitor from Chicago
But Of late there had been d troublesome
Interrogation mark in the back Of her head.
She could account for Harwood on the
ground that he was coming ub. there. on
business: he, found her good company; he
was old enough to be her father; he liked
to visit and run around with her. But Of
late-well, she seemed to feel a tempera.
ture above mere friendship; an ardor behind
this pleasant cotnpahionship. Was she pos.
sibly going to be asked a. momentous ques.
ton? : ~
OF late there q been such an interroea.
ton point in the back Of her head. But this
offer of the secretaryship seemed to erase
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perfectly matter Of fact professional fela-
tionship; and: a wonderful opening Tor her
In a business way! She was unreservedly
happy over that. She was to 10 to Chicago
d week from the following Monday.
Her last Saturday in Slow River Three
O'Clock in the afternoon. Judge Liscofnb
returned to the Office from this courtiouse
where he had gone to look up a clients
!" ltaxes--notihg the time, as he came incl a.
massive. old. fashioned silver watclhgs1A
glazed brown straw hat, whose age nobody,
knew, was pushed to the back Of his bald,
perspiring head. alpaca. Jacket dangled
from his lean shoulders, /: the left sleeve
empty--since Shiloh. His Grand Army but
ton was III the lapel of the jacket. ,4sHe
seemed to Bess a kind Of beloved ghost
more than ever gllostly since the country
was full of smooth checked veterans OF. an.
other war.
Proper hot" he confessed, as he replaced
the watch, and wiped his forehead With. d
hand that Yaad long done the work Of two.
nose. Wrinkfed deeply in a smile which con,
fessedssthe joke OF its being 30 hot In Sep
teihber. Ee retained some OF the smile as
he added with Acasual air: 81 :
you'll be having errands. No, use your
staying here any longer. ThereIl be moth.
Ing. for You to do" The stump Of his. left
arm Hoped In the empty sleeve. When he
q kuSASOub LAG STUMP uVpQCO LQaL way.
His. speech meantythat her employment In
his Office was ended: -.
She knew well enough that Judge Liscornb
was no longer the leading lawyer Of Slow
River, nor by any means the most prosper-
GUS. This office was old and shabby. But
1t had been q haven. The old man, with
his. empty sleeve and Grand Army button.
loved her; she had a port Of cali in his heart.
She wanted to catch him in her arms and
hug him. she wanted to kiss him. But his
lifelong, pfim Yankee decorum would have
been vastly Disconnected at either demon.
s~tratioh. ..ta z. @
or COURSE, I'll run around tomorrow to
say good-by," she assured him.
I'll Yet this was the: real leave taking. Mon.
day the stout Harrington girl. who chewed
gum, would be his stenographer.i With a
bright nod and smile she went out--and
paused q moment in the dihgy hall to bite o
corner of her lip and wink her eyes rapidly.
When the door closed, on her bright nod
and smile the judge stared at. it a moment
very thoughtfnliy. Sort Of ,ghostly, for he
had reached that old age when a loved face
that disappears behind a door may never
be seen again, It tuaged at his heart. Then,
with a vague smile under his white fnustAche,
he sat down at his desk, took OH hts glazed
straw hat. and began writing out a memo.
randum OF the tax matter.
She; had another good by to say and Wa
II presently approaching L1c SQuut Or1Ck OHSNRt
factory. The street Mhichsit fronted had been
7 but little used since the basket enterprise
failed; grass and weeds grew IN the roadway;
slhb cement sidewalk was broken here and
there, grass sticking through the cracks.S
Nearing the factory she heard high. angry
words from within. Their q hatless, ganglinE
old man came fylng out pf the open door.
evidently projected by some powerful force,
and reeled across the broken cement walk
1 and fell sptaw,tng in tho weeds beyond
Ha was irnmediately followed by Peter
Green, also ihatless, and An: high wrath. Peter
uttered some uuprintable, words as ne ia.
gyanced uupn the prostrate man, who folled
over to get out OF the a tas3s
= Then 4 largeasyoung man, ii q cap ana
loose fiaDnel Jacket, ran out Of the bhice.
Peter had already drawn his foot back to
kick The man in the weeds. The young MAI
seized his arm. with q Jerk to spoil tiB kiek,
saying "Here. Nere!!,' He was frownins,
vet he sseMed notsvefy angry.
Peter sKung sHrpplidy ID bit, and drew hack
t4fheep5 arm .t6rssA blyw. The next ihStant
b was N his backsan the weeds and Elisa.
Ssbsths was looking ct the young man with 5de,
cided and adniiralxy tpterest. The slddeh,trip
q TINT rent Peter 6n shis back war q mkster:
plece. IL took & good man to do that s
Al Ann Arbor her lively interest Il. athlet,
les had led her to study the best men crit'
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