The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-05
b(opyriqht 1921 by the Bell Sqnd1cote. Inc.

hear the last of il. However, on &C
count of the life of blackmail ant
slavery now led by the members o
the old regime. the Orioles extinction
was far less painful to Herbert thar
his father supposed; and the latter
wasted a great deal of severity, in
sisting that the printing press should
be returned that very night to Uncle
Joseph. Herbert's heartiest RETROSPECT
tive wish was that the ole printing
press had been returned to Uncle 10
seph long ago.
IF you can find him to give it tor
Aunt Harriet suggested. Nobody
knows where he goes when he gets
the way he did this afternoon when
we were discussing it all with him.
/ only hope he'll be back tonight"
HE can't stay away forever" Aunt
Fanny remarked. "That garage is
charging him five dollars an hour for
the automobile he's in, and surely even
Joseph will decide there's a limit to
wildness some time !"
Il don't care when he comes back"
Herbert's father declared grimly.
whenever he does he's got to take
that printing press back-and Herbert
will be let out of the house long
enough to carry it over. His mother
or l will go with him."
Herbert bore much more than this /;
he had seated himself on the third
step of the stairway in the hall, and
maintained as much logged silence as
he could. Once, however, they got a
yelp of anguish out of him. 1t was
when Cousin Virginia said:
"Oh, Herbert, HERBERT How could
you make up that terrible %falsehood
about Mr.. Crum? And, think of it;
right on the same page with your
cousin Florence's pure little poem!"
Herbert uttered some sounds, totally
incoherent but loud, and expressive of
a supreme revulsion. The shocked
audience readily understood that he
liked neither Cousin Virginia's Gliding
nor Cousin Florence's poem.
Shame I" said his father.
I16IDtIL COAlIOllcu hAlnoCll -
could be seer that his spirit was not
broken, even when Aunt Fanny
mourned, shaking her head at him,
smiling ruefully:
"Oh, if boys could only be girls"
Herbert just looked at her.
1.-THE worst thing" said his father
that is, if there's any part of it
that's worse than another-the worst
thing about it is this about Noble
Dill"
"What about that poor thing?"
Aunt Harriet asked. "We haven't
heard"
"Why, l walked up from downtown
with old man DILL said GIr. Atwater,
"and the Dill family are all very much
worried. 1t seems that Noble started
downtown after lunch, as usual, and
pretty soon he came back to the house
and he had a copy of this awful paper
that little Florence had given him"
"Who gave it to him?" Aunt Fanny
asked. "Who?"
Little Florence"
why, that's curious" Cousin Virgil
mia murmured. Il must telephone and
ask her mother about that"
The brooding Herbert looked up,
and there was a CLEAN in his logged
eye; but he said nothing.
go on Aunt Harriet urged. "What
did Noble do?"
"Why, his mother said he just went
up to his room and changed his shoes
and tie"
81 thought So" Aunt Fanny whis-
pered, hurriedly, but solemnly.
Cray"
"And then" Mr.. Atwater continued,
"he left the house, and she supposed
he'd gone down to the office but she
was uneasy, and telephoned' his fa-
Their. Noble hadn't m He didn't
come, all afternoon, and he didn't go
back to the house; and they tele-
phoned around to every place he could
60, that they know of-and they
couldn't find him or hear anything
about him. Mr.. Atwater coughed, and
paused.
but what" Aunt Harriet cried,
what do they thinks become of himT'
"Old a Dill said they we're all
pretty anxious" said Mr.. Atwater.
They're afraid Noble bas-disap-
peared."
Aunt Fanny screamed.
Then, in perfect accord, they all
turned to look at Herbert, who rose
and would have retired upstairs had
he been able.
AS that perturbing evening wore on,
word gradually reached the most out
wing members of the Atwater family
connection that Noble Dill was miss
ing. Ordinarily, this bit of news
would have caused them no evere
Mobiles person and intellect
we're so OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
vas the term usually preferred in his
circle-that he was considered to
)e as nearly negligible as it is charita-
Die to consider a fellow being. True.
was one thing that set him
apart; he was found worthy of a SUI