The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-10
Alabaster
Lamps
BY Margaret Turnbul
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Copyright, 1875. BY Margaret Tufobull
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CHAPTER with stranger.
whom he Introduces as his nephew.
Ned Carter, Claude Melhotte Dabbs
returns from New York to his gen
erGl grocery at Peace Valley IA.
To Aunt l.yddy." his housekeeper.
he explains that Carter Is q chAnce
Acquaintance, veteran OF the World
war. whom he had met and taken \
liking TO.
tits q queer thing" Mr.. Dabbs
answered Unexpectedly. "hOw this
place takes all the spunk out of
some people and makes them 80
mild and ladyllke there's no stirring
them up to any sort Of decent am
billion. You'll soon see that the
folks brought up around here are
terrible hard to rouse. I've felt
that way often myself Then some
times there are days when suddenly
the very peace OF 1t gets on your
nerves. sorta slaps you IN the face.
I've felt that. too. But when I 70
away from here. ! want to come
back. and It's the d-dest. hardest
place to leave that ! ever knew"
lie slapped Jenny lightly with the
whip. III II was anyone else I was
talking to. they'd think ! talked like
fool about my own place. But
you get me. don't you:'
ut doesn't sound foolish to me.
I think l feel its charm already"
And yet. when l was your age.
Ned. how I kicked ut being kept
here. tied TO u country store" He
pointed his whip to group of
buildings mt the foot Of the gentle
incline before them.
That's Glover Hollow. What do
you think Of it?''
Ned saw several detached houses.
most Of them built Of stone, more
or less elaborate In design. except
where they were merely the origi-
nal farmhouse. or labOrer's cottage.
remOdeled and enlarged hut retain
Ing some Of the original simplicity
OF form. They were set In the
midst Of gardens and lawns, some
Of them quite extensive.
Attractive looking spot. But
what is IT."
ITS joke on the man that
built It," Claude said thoughtful
land I ought to know because I'm
his agent. You see. he thought out
this scheme for bringing q good
class Of people into the neiyhb"r-
hood, and by SO doing boost his na.
tive village, financially and other
wise. And this Is what he GOT
ITS kind Of collection OF good.
natured cranks," Dabbs resumed.
after waiting for comment, which
did not come. "They call 1t com
munity, and they call themselves
workers. thinkers, writer's. artists.
leaders OF the new revolt. and Il
lot Of other names. Everything ex-
cept plain American citizen lives
there. But there's no harm In ans
Of 'em. They are just people with
money enough not to work, and vet
4 burning desire to do something
for living that won't hamper 'em
nOne."
He laughed. TITS funny. Ned.
how nowadays people feel they
have to have some excuse besides
their money for living. Money was
enough when was young. It isn't
any more"
He chuckled at the thought. "The
way I reason 1t, is that people who
are just q little OF on some one
thing become SO much Of a darned
nuisance that ordinary people ei-
Their laugh at them or try to run
away. This makes them band to-
gether so as to get an audience
somehow. At Clover Hollow they
can have meetings and argue as
often as they Ike. II one man does
all the talking one day, he knows
he's got to listen the next.
.Take this house we're coming to
now. It's called q cottage, but II
takes five servants to run It. Pro-
lessor O'ToOle. who lives there.
drinks something a good deal
stronger than tea. He told me that
the purity of his Gaelic depended
on diet OF new potatoes. cream
and whisky. Don't know where he
gets his stuff. nor how he gets It
past the revenue officers. but his
cellars full. He's against every
thing on Gods green earth except
the Irish republic. can't help
hoping Ireland never is a republic.
for II It IL. Professor O'ToOle will
be terribly disappointed man.
He'll have nothing left to live for,
or talk about.
Course. he don't work for his