The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-12

I lOu d ndfC ulllltI Will lit
$ you var to?-and stay till ten o'cloc
if you want to? Watt" she SAID
and jumped up and ran out of tn
+ room.
She came back n called softly I
him from the doorway, half an hou
later; and he followed her to the din
ing-room. ut isn't much of a dinner
Noble" she said a little TREMENDOUSLY be
ing for once (though strictly as a cook.
genuinely apologetic-but the scram
bled eggs, cold lamb, salad and cot
fee were quite as much of a dinner
as Noble wanted. To him everything
on the table was hallowed, yet shred.
ded through and through with an ex
cruciating melancholy.
"Now we'll talk - said Julia. when
she had brought him back to the fire
again. and they were seated before 1t.
Don't you want to smoker he
shook his head dismally, having no
heart for what she proposed. swell,
then" she said briskly, but a little rue
fully, Tets get to the bottom of things.
Just what did you mean you had in
black and white in your pocket?'
Slowly Noble drew forth the his
toric copy of the North End Daily Or
iole and with face averted. placed it
In her extended hand.
what in the world !" she exclaimed,
unfolding 1t and then as it's title and
statement of ownership came into
/ NyIny- 4tOh~ VIC I caa ,& Oo~xla
wrote me that Uncle Joseph had given
Herbert a printing press. 1 suppose
Herbert's the editor7"
And that Rooter boy Noble said
sadly. II think maybe your little niece,
Florence, has something to do with 1t,
too
S0meth1ng to do with It? She
usually has all to do with anything she
gets hold of! But what's it got to do
with me?"
You'll see" he prophesied accu-
rately.
She began to read, laughing at some
of the items as she went along then
she suddenly became rigid, holding the
small journal before her in a trans
fixed hand.
"Oh!" she cried. "Oh. oh Z"
"Thats-that's WHAT meant"
Noble explained.
Julia's eyes grew dangerous. 1.-THE
little iends!" she cried. oh, really, |
this is a long-suffering family, but it's
time these outrages were stopped"
She jumped up. isn't it frightful?'
she demanded of Noble.
yes, it is" he said, with a dismal
fervor. Nobody knows that better
than I do, Julia p
II mean this!' she cried. extending
the Oriole toward him with a fine
sweep of gesture. II mean this dread
full story about poor Mr.. Crum!"
But it's true, though he said.
That's what hurts me, Juliaw
Noble Dilll'
Julia p
do you dare to say you believed
tn"
He sprang up. 1T isn't true?'
Not n word of 1t! | told you
fr. Crum is only t%wenty-six. He's
ot been out of college more than
hree or four years, and it's the most
errible SANDER to say he's ever been
larried at all !"
Noble dropped back into his chair of
Misery. Il thought you meant 1t
asn't true"
I've just told you there isn't one
ord of tr-"
But Interchangeable him.
oble gulped. You're engaged to
IN, Julia !"
She appeared not to hear him. g"
oppose 1t can be lived down." she
id. ITO think of Uncle Joseph put |
ng such a thing into the hands of
yose awful children ~ |
But, Julia, you are eng"
Noble J" she said sharply. 7
We'll, you are eng
Julia drew herself up. Different
mean different things by that >
she said with severity, like an =
lnoyed ~instructress. There are any q
lmber of shades of meaning TO IL
Va VIC ~ II L uStQ Tie WOTQ YOU
ention in writing home to the family
may have used a certain shade and IN
ey may have thought l intended an al
az
But, Julia uI
Mr.. Crum is a charming u =,
in," she continued, with the same W
imness. II liked him very much. 1 no
ed him very much indeed. | liked "
n very, very much. l liked him
ry-" VI
L understand he interrupted 10
ont say 1t any more, Julia" So
No; you don't understand. At first 90
liked him very much-in fact I still 20
of course-I'm sure he's n of the o'
It and most attractive young men In &C.
world. l think he's a man any girl 20,
sht to be happy with, If he were ~
y to be considered by himself. -
IT deny that | liked him very much ~
eed, and ! don't deny that for sew
! days after he-after he proposed