Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-30

goes on. TIN be in all the papers to-
morrer mornin' eff he goes on. An
you en- say.1 shan't consent to
no divorce, they amt respectable,
an I got to think O. that on baby's ac-
count"
IF you will. go quietly away now
and say nothing nsore about this to
anyone. Il will tell Mr.. Carter all about
YOU" said Starr, her voice trembling
with the effort at self-conrol.
Dye promus you will?"
Certainly" said Starr with dignity.
Twill We do it right of straight"
yes, if you will go at once"
Gross yer hearth"
WHAT" I
Gross yer heart We will? Thet's a
sort o. oath t. make yer keep yer
promus," explained Lizzie.
"A lady needs no such thing to
make her keep her promise. Don't YOU
know that ladies always keep their
PROMISES"
II wasn't so sure!" said Lizzie.
|"You can't most allus tell, It's bes' to
be- on the safe side. Will yer ,promus
n'e yer wont marry him eff We find out
he's my husband?"
Most certainly I will not marry
him if he is already married. Now
go, please. at once. I haven't a min
ute to spare. If you don't go at nee
I cannot have time to call him up"
You SURE I kin trust you?"
Starr turned on the girl such q
gaze of mingled dignity and indigna-
ton that her eye quailed before it.
We'll, I s'pose I GOTTA" she said,
dropping her eyes before Starts
righteous wrath. But no weddin'
bells fer you tonight eff yeh keep yer
pron.ls. So long!" .z
Starr shuddered as the girl passed
her. The Whit of unwashed gar
ments, stale cooking, and u~ndefinable
tenement odor hat reached her nos
trils sickened her. Was it possible
that she. must let this creature have
a hold even momentarily upon her
las few hours? Yet she knew she
must. She knew she would not rest
until she had been treasured by Car
ter's voice and the explanation that
he would surely give her. She rush
ed upstairs to her own private
phone, locking the door on even her
old nurse and called up the phone in
Carter's private apartments. e
! Without owning it to herself she
had been a little troubled all the aft
ernoon because she had not heard
from Carter. Her flowers had come
magnificent in their costliness and
arrangement. and everything he was
to attend to was done, she knew, but
no! word had mqzfrom himself. It
was unlike, hin. SrI$ 5a.g
She knew that he had given a din
ner the evening before to his old
friends who were toSsbe his ushers,
and that the festivities would have
lasted late. He had not probably
arisen very early, Of course. but it
was drawing on toward the hour Of
the wedding now. She intended to
begin to dress at ono after she had
'phoned him. It was strange. she had
not heard from him.
After much delay an unknown
voice. answered the phone, and told
her MI. Carter could not come now.
She. asked who 1t was but got no re-
Spouse, except that Mr.. Carter could
MT come now.S The voice had asnauf-
fled, thick sound. Tell him to can
me then az soon as possible she said;
and the voice answered, "Awright!'s3
Reluctantly sheSHThung dpswthe re-
ceiyer and called Morton to help her
dress She would have liked to get
the matter out of.the way before she
went about the pretty ceremony. and
buD11s1ItCu q ANA0SAh BE,IV lT AA0Igtf@IIUE6S =
hands with an Ill grace and troubled
thoughts. The coarse beauty OF Liz
zie,s face haunted her. It reminded
her OF an actress that Carter had once
openly admired. and she had secretly
disliked. She found herself shudder-
ing inwardly every time she recalled
L1dszie's harsh voice. and uncouth
~sentences.
She paid little heed to the dressing
process after all and let Morton have
her way In everything. starting ner-
voualy when the phone bell rang, or
anyone tapped Rt her door.
"a message anne from her father
= finally. He hoped to be with. her In
Hes than an hour now, and as yet no
word had come from Carter! Why
did. he mot know she would be
~anxiousy What could have kept him
from Ills usual greeting Of her, and
on.sthStr vedding day. M NJ r
Suddeniy, IN the t1idst8of Mortonsa
~cafslul dfaping 1.-THE wedding vel
which she wAs trytnESin various ways
Ito - 55nst how II Shouts ~ Dat on