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The entire business district of Schoenstrom consists of Heinie Rauskukle's general store, which is brick; the Leipzig House, which is frame; the Old Home Poolroom and Restaurant, which is of old logs concealed by a frame sheathing; the farm-machinery agency, which is galvanized iron, its roof like an enlarged washboard; the church; the three saloons; and the Red Trail Garage, which is also, according to various signs, the Agency for Teal Car Best at the Test, Stonewall Tire Service Station, Sewing Machines and Binders Repaired, Dr.
Cloud town twenty times as big as Schoenstrom but he drifted back because his dad was old and needed him, after his mother's death " "You have no brothers or sisters?" "No. Nobody.
Bill looked at him and, perceiving the dumbness, gallantly helped out: "So you met the kid on the road, eh? Good scout, Milt is. We always used to say at Schoenstrom that he was the best darn hand at fixing a flivver in seven townships." "So you knew Mr. Daggett at home? Now isn't that nice," said Mrs. Gilson. "Knew him? Saaaaay, Milt and I was brung up together.
I'm king in Schoenstrom, while you're just one of a couple hundred thousand bright people in New York " "Really? Oh, at least a million. Thanks!" "Oh gee Claire, I didn't mean to be personal, and get in a row and all, but can't you see kind of desperate Seattle so soon " Her face was turned from him; its thin profile was firm as silver wire. He blundered off into silence and they were at it again!
I thought I'd do big things. And then the alarm clock went off. I'm back in Schoenstrom. For keeps, I guess. I didn't know I had feelings that could get hurt like this. Thought I had a rhinoceros hide. But Oh, it isn't just feeling ashamed over being a fool. It's that Won't ever see her again. Not once.
In Schoenstrom, I heard you say you were going to Seattle. That moment, I decided I would, too, and get acquainted with you, if murder would do it. But, oh, I'm clumsy." "You've seen me clumsy, in driving. You taught me to get over it. Perhaps I can teach you some things. And we'll study together evenings! I'm a thoroughly ignorant parasite woman. Make me become real! A real woman!" "Dear dear "
It's efficient. You've done your job. That's more than most high-born aides-de-camp could say." "Honestly? Well I don't know " "Who did you play with in Schoenstrom? Oh, I wish I'd noticed that town. But I couldn't tell then that What, uh, which girl did you fall in love with?" "None! Honest! None! Not one! Never fell in love " "You're unfortunate. I have, lots of times.
" last word in smartness. Overdressing is just ten degrees worse than underdressing." "Oh, I don't know. Take this sloppy old blue suit of mine " "It's perfectly nice and simple, and quite well cut. You probably had a clever tailor." "I had. He lives in Chicago or New York, I believe." "Really? How did he come to Schoenstrom?" "Never been there. This tailor is a busy boy.
Milt was the most prosperous young man in the village of Schoenstrom. Neither the village itself nor the nearby Strom is really schoen.
Cloud for the last two years. His father had meant to send him to the state university. But Milt had been born to a talent for machinery. At twelve he had made a telephone that worked. At eighteen he was engineer in the tiny flour mill in Schoenstrom.
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