The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-10-20
GIRa4, IN THE FAMILY~

One OF Two nights Q week he
stayed out for dinner, and the fam
lily knew that he spent those eve
nings with Z widow who was one o.
his clients Mr.. Ada Hopper. His
ONCE was far downtown near the
High Level Bridge, and he left the
house 1t half past nine sharp every
morning like . man with . large
and important business 70 look
after.
He could never be reached 1t his
once after one o'clock and he made
no secret Of the fact that he usually
lunched Ut his club, the Hermit
Club, and spent the rest Of the af-
teEnoon each day playing bridge
there with his cronies. Contact
with people-that's the thing that
counts Ia the business and profes-
sional world" he often said to John.
Fnendship with people. That's
what brings IN the business" He
had practically no business at Ill.
Not even enough to pay Q stenog-
rapher's wages in his little cubby
hole Of m Office.
John Was nothing like him. He
and Susan both looked like their
dead mother, whose name had been
Susan Cullen before her marriage
TO their father. She had died when
they were children, and it had been
their lot to grow up in . household
Of middle-aged people who knew
very little about children.
They had been reared On
"Don'ts" mainly.
Don't raise your butter knife
more than . half inch from the
plate when you're using It, su.
san"
Don't bring any boys here to
play baseball. John. You'll break
Don't make 80 much noise, chill
dren. Ny heads splitting"
who was the man that Dad and
! met just outside the house . min
ute ago?" John asked Is they al
sat down ct the large round table
In the middle Of the dining room.
THAT must have been our new
roomer." Susan shook out the folds
Of her napkin Is she spoke. Aunt
Edna still insisted that they al
have clean napkins ct every meal
just Is they had had them in the
palmy days when there had been .
resident laundress in the house, and
Susan often spent m entire morn.
ing standing at the board il the
basement, ironing piece after piece
Of worn damask linen.
We've just rented Grandfather
Broderick's room to = man." she
added.
ITO . paying guest-a man who
won't be . bit Of trouble, I'm sure"
said Lutte, smiling across the table
with her air Of determined cheer.
fulness. Lets not say 'roomer.'
susan: It sounds just like Pigtail
Alley" She stopped abruptly o
Anna came in for the empty soup
plates. The family never discussed
their private affairs before Anna.
but she managed TO know every.
thing that was going on in the house
nevertheless.
She had come to work for the
6rodericks eleven years before, .
glrI Of nineteen. just arrived from
her native Sweden, pink checked.
fresh. blue-eyed and yellow hair.
She was stouter now, and the years
abe had spent fetching and carrying
and cooking for the family had
hardened the color in her cheeks
and robbed her Of . great deal 81
her freshness. But she WAS still
handsome in . large blond deep.
bosomed way, and Herbst, the milk.
man. had been in love With her for
> long time.
well, this roomer business set
ties one thing for me-" John said
slowly and deliberately . soon %
she had carried the dinner plates
around the table and left the room.
I'm not going back 70 school after
Christmas. I'm through with e, for
good. When we reach the point
where We have to take roomers. it's
time got . steady job and earned
some money. Enough to pay my
own board here. at least-Good
He had had . part-time position
On The Express, IA city's one eve
nlng Newspaper. for three years,
Mritink college news and sports.
With his earnings he had paid his
way ct college and bought his own
CLONES. His father and his uncle
nad wanted him to study for the
!sw, but Tor months no had been
threatening to leave school and ret
2 tui!-dms job on the sporting page
q The Express, explaining simply
tnat the practice Of law was his ides
of sero in careers.
Ito Be Continusd)
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