Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-03

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Carol, and she encourages him, though
at the same time trying to repel him.
Vida tells Carol that the gossips OF the
village are linking her name and Erik's.
CHAPTER XXXII.-Continued.
Carol was very sick at this version
OF Ferns eager youtH but she was
sicker as Mrs. Bogart limited that
no one could tell what had happened
between Fern and t-:y before the drive
home. Without exactly describing the
scene, by her4power of lustful inlagin-
alton the woman suggested dark coun-
try places apart from the lanterns and
rude Kidding and banging dance-steps
in the barn, then madness and harsh
hateful conquest. Carol was too sick
to interrupt. 1t was kennicott who
cried, "Oh, for Gods sake quit it!
You haven't any idea what happened.
You haven't given us a single proof
yet that Fern is anything but q rattle
Drained youngster."
Il haven't, Ell? Well, what do you
say to this? l come straight out and
l says to her, Did you or did you no.
taste the whisky Cy ,lad?' and she
says. I think l did take ono sip-Cy
made me- she said. She owned up tc
that much, SO you can imagine-"
Does that prove her a prostitute? 2"
Carrie! Don't you never use
a world like that again!" walled Tho
outraged Puritan.
Well, does it prove her to be a bad
woman, that she took a taste Of whis.
ky? I've done it myself"
That's different. Not that I ap-
prove you doing it. What DO the
Scriptures tell us? Strong drink Is u
mocker'! But that's entirely different
from a teacher drinking with one OF
her pupils"
Yes, it does sound bad. Fern was
silly, undoubtedly. But az a matter
of fact she's only q year OF two older
than Cy, and probably q good many
years younger in experience Of vice.
.-Thats-not-truc! She Is plenty
old enough to corrupt hinn!"
1.-The JOB Of corrupting Cy wal done
by your sinless town. five years ago!'
Mrs. Bogart did mot rage in return
Suddenly she al hopeless. Her head
gloves. picked at a thread of her fad
ed brown skirt, and sighed, Hes /
good boy, and awful affectionAte II
you treat him right Some thinks
he's terrible Yild, but that's because
he's young. And he's 50 brave and
truthful-why, he was one OK the
first in town that wanted TO enlist
FOR the war, and l had 70 speak real
sharp to him to keep from running
away. 1 didn't want him to get into
no bad influences round these camps
and then" Mrs. Boeart rose from
her pitifulness, recovered her pace,
then / go and bring into my wi
house a woman that's worse, when
all's said and done, than any bad
woman he could nave met. You say
this Mullins woman is too young and
Inexperienced to corrupt Cy., Well
then, she's too young and ~inexpert-
ienced to teach him, too, N or t'other,
you can't have your cake and eat It'll
So 1t don't make no difference which
reason they fire her for, and that's
practically almost what I said to the
school-board."
Have you been telling. this story
to the members OF the school-board4''
II certainly have! Every one Of 'em!
And their wives. i say to them,
: Tint my affair to decide what you
should or should not do with your
teachers I says. and / amt presume
Ing to dictate in any way, AhApe, mavn.
ner, or form. + Just want to know
/ SAYS, whether you're 6oins to 70 ON
record as keeping here in our schools,
among a lot~-of innocent boys and
girls, a woman that drinks, smokes,
curses, uses bad language, and doee
such dreadful things ~ I wouldn't
lay tongue 70 but you know what I
mean I sAys. and IL q, TIL just sse
to It that the town learns about IT,