University of Oregon monthly., October 01, 1908, Image 11

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U^yE^iiV'ciF O re & qh M onthly
man. H e gradually copied down and S eye became -less- wild and
glaring and he shut his'iyaws with a vis’e ii'ke-clamp. H e set h is |
mind tow ards, the fu tu re^tried to, .p la n -a ^ se fu l c a rp e r/b u t only . to
hrive^prpe idea or ¿mage send them flying back into the forbidden1
-pash ’ Suddenly S iz in g one o f ’the dodgers and d ra w in g .a ¿pencil
frpm his .jumper, he hastily/scribbled on the blank side a short, m e s-'
sage,||^fom eone,.® pm e w h e re :
9 W here and/w hat it hell ? Is th is hot hell or is it yet to be ?
W h at is -meant by the/w ord
I j.'X )sbprn, 73^,D ak Street, Bprtlandy'Qtegbri;./
Placing this little message in a fifty pound sack he sen t iDoh its/
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^ 7 ;G ria® |' Grace! ^ f i a t are y o u <Joing, Standing th e re , w asting I
^yf>ur timerii I am ript p |y ? r tg ^ o ^ U .s ta n d gaping for five m inutes
at a time af a sh elf1 of paper from a flour sack: Do ^ 6 u understand |
iJ^Sw.cidar thi&7.$C©ye off and be, quick aboijt it. T il be back in a
couple of m infltes'and I want' every th in g o ff, and the m istiyss.de-
|p a rte d . Grace did not hesitate, but' th ru stin g the scrap of paper in
her pocket she turned to obey her. -orders. T his was her first ex-
p erie n c ^in a n o th 'e ^ kitchen and she often found “Mrs. ‘Goldenstein
a hard tasfem istred ^fE li^'as’^ ^ T v e n t about her wo^k the tears th a t
-'dimmed her eyes were h o t the result\of the m iniature volcanic. ©ut7
h b u rst;b u t were dueTpysome 'scribbled .f^zprds on the' back of the slip
of paper she h a d 'in her a p r o n « e T e t. t%F d f ^nearly, six m onths /she;
had T een ’try i^?,$ o 'K ard to forget^ th e past. She had f o r k e d hard
arid rincoexplainingly ‘and had in a very^Srrfafl measure found som'e
| solace' in her work, but mow B all came back as plain and vividly as
if ’twehe-but yesterday.
I Tha& lvening, finishing her work, shp slowly m ounted the stairs
to her ¥©ora and leaning far out of the window in order th a t the cppl
e v e n ir^ b r e f e ^ m ig h t'b b p fo tt the th f o b b in g ^ a d , she f lo w e d her
thoughts t o w a tid p ^ b a c k ^ tth e last three* years of her life. ’ IJer
m e e tin ^ M th Gerald, the s h o r tc u t passionate wooing and the en-
<gagemerit. .¿¿pl^nel R o b y ftso n jtarig er because Gerald would m arry
a girl w ith no social prj'financial attainm ents. G erald’s refusal to,
Jisten to ,h is fa th ^ sG w a rn in g and his persistent attentions to the
g^'rThe. loved. The w ayThe (fear boy w otked and saved, and finally
the happy day, her w edding d a y /.'H p w proud she’was, of'h^m when,