The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-09

s&Hret Blair /. NAN CT wf1tlu every
one spoke well, st:ItlfrsG.ts,, steady aIiG
/. .bf!GasrriaF.s, waas q contracting engi-
resr who spee5s izt:,s III grain sIsHa~
. tors. factories, and certain GrfLs-
forr.s OF warei.cus.ss,. fscIarists amt
markets Fits. wife, Celia, WA tosd
OF the rsfiasps enTs Ct life, snt,. CT
the s1srtaee.. stsssseNitsst slact i7f her
manner tGD@srf iaer husband although
she mas cesjsfF il. love Witsl si!,2 9as
asrsa tes be- rGeaf..sr slr- Mas Finding
certain impulses OF s3er Own snE.err1laI1-
. ing hsr serenity. Jealousy was oEs OF
! tlFss.a. TEe sdaFy npsrss with a de-
sGrlptjoa OF q scene ar Gg.f- 0f theEr
parties III waicf. bt1rta sa.ss saa6 and
wits srs or tie verge Of serious Esis~
lsEs9srsts aiding
SYNOPSIS OE' 2sG I%STAELMENT
GF STORY
i crisis R4as nEsae. brY mis- business
affairs ard FRED ifstShsess the tart to
Celia ff4 80 b.faaEterfrEx a way that
she aafers chat he expects sFse. will
waat to- &ef a GirGrrf. on some pre-
tte1e that Egss might offer. SSse. is great
lY tnsaEteeS, .
"Yors natght cali ms, uC, tFsfs afternoon
IL FpFs HaFe: sgsp IncSs<" she suggested.
Then can tets gofs how I've come
olt with Ruth abggs renting the house.
You sftG Howard Will sFave 10 settle up
the details, of ctJIrse>f'
He said he supposed so, and with
II roJ ~ farewell, which, IN his state
of mind Has the only feavetakipg he
dared attempt, he TUNED 10 leave the
I room.
She called him back, "Here'g some
thing, Fred" she said in ~ tight little
vojcs, tor you" She held the package
out ~ him,
He knew what II contained well e.
not,gh. AZ tbs dark nnsl, that came mp
into his face. and the atsnrdIy over
acted casuaIness Of his manner Of
saying. "Oh. Whit is jt:' made evident
no doubt. TO her. Also, he backed
away little ~ he spoke. and, further
TO secure his hands from the necessity
| of taking the tuckage from her, he
ptIt them In his pockets.
She rcddened. too. and said. "It'a
| the pearls aud the other things. every
| thing practically. What you were
telling me last night I could 1--we on
while ! was waiting for somebody else
to- turn up"
rhcrctipon eils,icd what can only
| characterize asa rOwv-a roWdy row
1T that. conserving the details Of which
] feel u my duty, ns sclf-respcctej
chronicler 10 maintain % decent reti.
cetlce. The major tactics Of the battle.
however, may be indicated.
He announced very fOrcibly TINT he
would have nothing to do with her
jewels beyond acting As her agent for
The disposal Of them. n she chose.
| II, spite Of her avGwed belief in his
business incompetence, TO entr,lst the
job of selling them to him, he would
make the best bargain he could. and
have the jeweler mail the check direct
to her. She announced passionate.
indifference as to what he did with
them, provided only that she should
never be asked to look at them again.
or accept, or hear anything about the
proceeds Of their sale 1t is perbaps
not fur to say that she flung the
package on the floor. She propelled 1t
vigorously IN his direction, and he de-
clined 10 accept It, the law Of gravita.
tloh oternttng In the usual manner.
He suggested the ash h-barrel as a proper
recepticlc aud she, by implication.
agreed with him.
sWheb they parted, she for her room.
and he for the seven-fifty three train,
Hbotit the most one can say for them
ta that he hadn't actually shaken her,
nor she literally slapped him. Short Of
that. neither Of them had left anything
undenc to provoke and Justify the fury
Of the other.
The wrath Of ksndly, slow-tem-
pcred man, once Hts heated up to the
! poiut Of incandescense, Is Z much hot.