Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-03
CHApTER XIII-Cntinnrd.

opened his mouth to say, "Ah, how
do you do-pleased to meet YOU" with
emphasis on the meet" Well! All
I can say Is that if that were Slight
one wouldn't be able to understand
a syllable OF what a strong Cana
dian accent said! You might as well
say that David Lewis's C~arnavonshire
accent was slight" Or
Or am l becoming horribly captious
and fauit-finding about q young man
who was certainly nicer to look Al
than anything we've had in the house
since the Mabel party fiasco? A
pleasant young man.; and, what I've
been thinking sc important, a young
man!
Twenty-four, he told us he was.
At least Twenty-four couldn't have
held one at the font. Twenty-four had
had that "not-so-long -grown-up"
look about the skin and hair and eyes
and smile and movements. Twenty
four could chatter away about all sorts
Of silly things that one can't help be-
ing amused at. It's the plain truth
for being twenty-four.
Am / ridiculous?
Or is it no more, ridiculous than
Grarlnie who took this enormous fancy
to him use she sees him like this
Perfect Stranger who Was t~wenty-four
in Eighteen Hundred and Goodness
Knows?
(Later.) .
Grannie. you know-well, ! am sur
prised at her. I'm sure David Lewis
would be more than surprised at the
way in which she accepted at once
this young mans invitation to take us
both to tea at Rumpelmayers. his
first free afternoon! (FIe told lis that
his work was on the railways and
that very often he went at night, leay-
ing most Of the day free.) What's
being as grand" Us possible to go.
I've never seen her make such d IA
vorite of anyone as she does Of this
Mr.. Grantham. Poor David Lewis s
nose is completely out OF joint as far
as she is concerned. She scarcely
mentions him now or how we miss his
coming In in the evening. What it Il
Love OF Long Ago! All she says il.
Has Margaret got a bit OF nice cake
in the house. dearie? I have = sort
of feeling that young Mr.. Grantham
may IN today to ask about that
ctSarette-case he left on the top Of the
piano"---or something like that
You know, a i look back over tn,
last fortnight or 90, I can't help real.
izing that we've been seeing Z great
deal Of Mr.. GranthAm.
Or Is It because We haven't been
seeing anybody else?
No; what with fetching " out to
tea, and then bringing those fotes for
Grannie, ands then calling for tho for
gotten ciEarstte-oase, and then with
the box Of extta-speciAl ''esf1dieB'
that his mother sent from Canad1 and
that he thought ia like, and then be-
cause 1t was sunday (Which he told
me war 1.-THE, Frozen Limit. in Lon
donl-weil 1t has BEEN quito often
hasn't 1t?
And I suppose Grannie and l ought
to look upon It ~ rather q c0mpli-
nnent. For 1t isn'tsas II he were one
of these overseas men who r strand
ed In London at = loose snd with M
frtendS houses to visit. Mr.. Grenth-
am knows crowds Of people I'VE here;
he talks about places In Scotland
where he was asked to stay, and
friends In London who 30 to such-and-
such dances, and all that sort of thing
Yet he likes coming here. He says
It's such q change" and that we
don't know how much It's meant to.
him, knowing Grannie and me-: jua
now. He Ii only afraid that one Of
these days Mrs. Parry Will get plum
sick Of seeing him sitting around hers