Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-23

to do Is to make Tudor comfortable.
We'd better put him in your room un-
der the mosquito netting and send
boat of to teil'Dr. Welshmere to bring
his instrumental
An hour afterward DR.. Welshmere
left the patient comfortable and at
tended to and went down to the beach
to go on board. promising to come back
to dinner. Joan and Sheldon. stand
ing on the veranda. watched him de.
part. d..
"Ill never have it in for the mission
aries again since seeing them here in
the Solomons." she said. seating her.
self in steamer chair.
She looked at Sheldon and began to
laugh.
THAT'S right" be said. Its the
way feel. playing the fool and trying
to murder guest"
But you haven't told me what it
was all about
"You." he answered shortly.
me? But you Just said it wasn't"
"Oh. it wasn't the kiss" he walked
over to the railing and leaned against
It, facing her. But it was about you
all the same. and l may as we'll tell
you. You remember, warned you
long ago what would happen when you
wanted to become partner In Be-
rande. Well. all the beach IS gossip
ing about it. and Tudor persisted in
repeating the gossip to me. So you
see it won't do for you to stay on here
under present conditions. 1t would be
better If you went away"
But I don't want to go away" she
objected with rueful countenance.
"A chaperon them
mo. nor chaperon."
but you surely don't expect me to
60 around shooting every slanderer In
the Solomons that opens his mouth?"
he demanded gloomily.
mo. nor that either" she answered
with quick impulsiveness. "1'll tell
you what we'll do. Wen get married
and put a stop to 1t all-there"
He looked at her in amazement and
would have believed that she was
making fun Of him had it not been for
the warm blood that suddenly suffused
her cheeks.
DO you mean that?" he asked un.
steadily. "WhyT'
ITO put stop to all the nasty gos'
sip Of the beach. That's pretty good
reason, isn't it?''
mo; it is worse than no reason at
all. I don't care to marry you as a
matter Of expediency"-
you are the most ridiculous crea-
ture!" she broke in with fash Of her
old time anger. you talk love and
marriage to me: very much against
my wish, and SO incoming around over
the plantation week after week be-
! cause you can't have me. and look at
me when you think I'm not noticing
and when all the time I'm wondering
when you had your last square meal
because Of the hungry look in your
eyes. and make eyes at my revolver
belt hanging on a nail. and fight duets
about me. and all the rest-and-and
now. when l say I'll marry you, you do
yourself the honor Of refusing me-"
"You can't make me any more ridic.
ulous than feel" he answered. rub
bing the lump on bis forehead re-
dectively. And II this Ii the accepted
romantic program-a duel over girl
and the girl rushing into the arms Of
the winner-why. shall not make a
bigger ass Of myself by going In for
it."
II thought you'd Jump at it." she
confessed. with q .naivete he could
not but question. for he thought be
Jaw a roguish CLEAN in her eyes.
my conception Of love must differ
from yours. them" he said. Il should
want a woman to marry me for iote
Of me and not out Of romantic ad-
miration because / was lucky enough
to drill a hole in mans shoulder
with smokeless powder. tell you l
am disguised with this adventure
tomfoolery and rot. don't ike it.
Tudor Is a sample OF the adventure
kind-picking a quarrel with me and
behaving like a monkey. insisting on
fighting with me-'to the DEATH be
said. 1t was like 4 penny dreadful"
She was biting her lip. and. though
her eyes were cool and level looking
~ ever. the telltale angry red was in
her cheeks. ~
"Of course If you don't want to
marry me-
"But d." he hastily interposed.
lob. you do
But don't you re. little girl. I want
you to love me-" he hurried on: 10Th
erwise 1t would b only half q mar
rage. don't want You to marry me
simply because BY 20 doing a stop u
put to the beach gossip, nor do I want
! you to marry me out Of some foolish
romantic notion. shouldn't want
you-that way" -.
'Oh. in that case" she said. with
assumed deliberateness. and be could
have sworn to the roguish gieam-'1n
that case, since you are willing to
consider my offer. let me make q rev
remarks. In the 6rst place you need
not sneer at adventure when You are
living it yourself. and you were Ger
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