Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-09
|SWEETHEARTS UNMET
BY BERTA.RUcK.
Author OF "His OAdal Ffanoee" "Iu Anothe- Gtrr. sa,o..r
$ the life l should ever want
BY BERTA.RUCK,

us the lie l should ever want" 4.
You don't know that" put in Slim
Grantham quickly but q little blanH-
~. lots and lots of girls from this
country have been coming over to us
= How many thousand was it, the
other day? They settle down and get
used to 1t. again. Get to feel it's
Home. after a while"
7 never should"
See here Don't you think said
Slim, p~ersuasively. that what makes
you feel a place is Home is just who
you happen to be with?"
Yes. l do feel that said I, sincere
ly. For 1 knew that the bottom of a
coal-mine would be made to feel
Home to me If l rel there with the
Silver Badger. But I saw a brighter
o suddenly cross the face of Slim
LGrantham. and l knew that l must
mot allow that to be.
So before he could speak. / said
hastil but quite firmly You see
would maxi it feel HON to me-" s
Pause tor a momenty -
Then Slim asked. with a sort of
h~alf-twinkle in his eyes, Nobody"
mo, Slim"
The twinkle vanished. Another
pause. Slim. looking grave, surprised,
and rather unbelieving. said. why,
I'm sorry you feel hat way .
I'm sorr; / do" said 1, very friend
~. but quite convincingly. But no
nody can help these sort Of feelings
and it is a mistake to pretend they
aren't there if they are
Sure" said Slim, slowly.
Yet another long pause. in which
l felt awful. Then Slim cleared his
throat, lifted his head and said in a
much brisker voice. ''Still, there isn't
any real rush. to say goodbye RICH,
here and now, I e That walk of
ours still stands, l hopper"
I'd forgotten that walk.
1t had been an arrangement of
Sims some days before. I'd said
how ! had been longing to go into the
country for a lovely long tramp now
that spring had come at last. OF
course I'd been thinking of the roads
an Wales. winding between our moors
with all the glory of the gorse. On
every step slope now there would be
crowded the cushions Of bloom, daz-
zhng-gold against the rich blue sky
and SO full of scent that it takes ones
breath away. I longed to be walking
there all among the plovers and pee
wits and tiny white Welsh lambs.
And Slim had talked about taking me
out n Surrey somewhere and hav-
ing a long walk on his first off.day.
II wa for tomorrow" he remind
ed mesnow. You were to meet me
At Waterloo at one O'clock. Don't say
that's OF too. I'd been looking for
ward to it; I certainly had"
He sounded 80 dashed and diaa1,-
pointed that l could not help feeling
rather a little beast. I realized that
he a been counting on me. He'd
thought l would be glad to go witt,
him not only to Surrey. but ava.
from our dear Old World. overseas
snywhsre ! must have given
did he sound dashed. but also SO very
surprised, puzzled. hurt. There was
a look in his eye az if-as II someone
on whom he'd put every trust had let
him down. 4
He said. quite lately. that women
didn't take apauch stock In him."
Now I'd shown him that his was quite
true as far as I a concerned. And
he thought he could count on me.
world.
Full Of things that are such q pity!
! wished | could have done some
thing to help this. Go to
Canada with him I never could, Well.
I'd made him understand that. Now
was there any reason why ! shouldn't
go into Surrey with him, for just one
N1I 2IIeF0o0n tO&0Iner! NO.
OF course it's still amazing to think
that Grannte is now quite willing to
let me 30 out for the whole afternoon
to Surrey or Nova Scotia with q younE
man, provided that young man is Mi.
Slim Grantham. Personally Iwouldl
rather wander out quite alone intol
tho country under tho freshly green
trees, where I could have woven myl
day dreams about my silver Badger.
But there's no need to grow selfish
and ridiculous even II inc is going to
be an old maid. One will have toll
think Of other people; and I could secl
by his face that ! had hurt and joltedt
this young man who. after all had paid
q big compliment
80, a. nicely ~ ! could, I said. .Ohll
~ ,youW take me. OF course that ap-
Oolntrnent stands. Well go tomorrow:i
I've been looking forward to It too"
..Fine!" said slim, b~risking>up once
and making mo feel Just I little
frightened. How difficult menS arc
wi1sp ons's trying to make them take
NO for an answer! Was Slim ukel
David Lcwisdn thinning ] didn't know
my owp mind7 Do all men think
that of all women WIN won't live |