Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-04

Ezra Stowbody, the Reverend Mr.. Ut
terct or any other member of the
school-board.
Afterward SHE wondered whether
Mr.. Zitterel could nave been refer
ring to herself when he observed,
places in this town. though, and the
wages OF sin is dea,h-or anyway,
bein' fired" The holy leer with
which the priest said it remained In
her mind.
She vas at the hotel before, eight
next morning. Fern longed to so to
school, to face the tittering. but she
was too shaky. Carol read to her all
day and. by ~reassuring her, convinced
would be just. She was less sure of
It that evening when, at the motion
pictures, she heard Mrs. Gourgerling
exclain1 to Mrs. Rowland She may
be so innocent and all, and I suppose.
she probably is, but still, if she drank
a whole bottle of whisky at that
dance. the way everybody says she
did h may have forgotten she was
SO innocent! Hee, hee, heel" Maud
Dyer. leaning back from her seat. put
in, That's what I've said all along.
I don't wan to roast anybody, but
have o noticed the "a she looks
at men?"
When will they have me on the
scafold?" Carol speculated.
Nat Hicks stopped the Kennicotu
on their. way home. Carol hated
him for his manner of assuming that
they two had a mysterious under
standing. Without quite winking he
seemed to wink at her as he gurgled.
What do you folks think about this
Mullire woman? I'm not strait laced,
but l tell you We got to have decent
women in our schools. D. you know
what I heard? They say whatever
she may of done afterwards, this Null
ms dame took two quarts Of whisky
before Cy did! Some tank, hat wren!
Ha- ha, hal"
"Rats ] don't believe it," Kenni-
colt muttered.
He got Carol away before she was
able to speak.
She saw Erik passing the house,
late, alone, and she starod after him,
longing for the IfSely bitterness of
the things he would say about the
town. Kennicott had nothing for her
but "Oh. course, ev'body likes a juicy
story, but they don't intend to be
! mean"
She went up to bed proving to her
self that the members Of the school
board were superior men.
1t was Tuesday afternoon before she
learned that the board had met at ten
in the morning and voted to accept
Miss Fern Mullins's resignation Sam
Clark teIephoned the news to her.
We're not making any charges.
We're just letting her resign. Would
you like to drop over to the hotel and
ask her to write the resignation, now
we've accepted it? Glad 1 could get
the board ito put il that way. It's
thanks. to you"
But can't you see that the town
Will take this as proof of the
charges?"
"We're-not-making-no charges
-~whatvver!" Sam was obviously find
ing it hard to be patient.
Fern left town that evening.
Carol went with her to the train.
The two girls elbowed through O 81
lent l~ip-licking crowd. Carol tried to
stare them down but in face of the
impishness of the boys and the boz
barrassed. Fern did o glance at
them. Carol felt her arm tre1nhh,
though she was fearless, ~listless, plod-
ding. She squeezed Carols hand, said
something unintelligible. stumbled up
into the vestibule. =
Carol remembered that Miles
Biornstam had ALSO taken a train.
W1dt WCulu De the scene at the sta
ton when she herself took departure?
She walked uptown behind two.
strangers.
One Of them was gigglins, "see, tina.
good-looking wench that,sot on here?
The swell kid with the small black
hat? She's some chartner! was
here yesterday. before my jump to
Ojibway Falls, and, I heard Ill about
her. Seems she was a teacher, but
she certainly was a high-rolle-O
boy!-high, wide, md fancy! Her
and couple Of other skirts bought a
whole Ease OF whisky and went on a
tear, and n night. darnsd IL this
bunch Of cradle-robbers didn't &c:
hold of some young kids. just small
boys, and they all got lit up like a
White Way, and went out to q rough.
neck dance. and they say----
The narrator turned, NV 4 woman
near and. not being a common person
nor a coarse workman but q clever
salesman and q householder, lowered
his voice for the rest Of the tale. Dur
ing It the other man laughed hoarse-
~.
Carol TUNED OF on q a~de-street.
She passed CT Bogart. He was nu-
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