Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-04

fsha vent. on inconseQueHt!aiiy, ~ Z ~ ~
Ia low ana troubled undertone, =.
| didn't know what to 40. Do-oo2sou
think I'm, .. fool. Billy .,,
"But what'll h other man =
ldemandedJBilly.
~ oar rubbed the polished wood
with a flmy handkerchief.
'.He won't know" she. said
wont know? But what Will yon
tell him:" 800 q.
h,oL for eve so long. And-and
Richie can't, live-they all say that
81 III T come back before he doeA
what earthly difference can 1t mako
Ito him that l vas married u
Married" For once in her life
Billy was completely at 9. loss. 'Bus
are YOU going to. marry him
Massie gave her a solemn look, ana
nodded gravely. H loves me, 3sne
said in a. soft injured tone. and !
mean to take as good care OF mn -
the hest wife in the world could! In
sick IT the stage, and if anything hap
mems vith-the other, I shan't have
Ito worry-about money, l mean. I'm
mot a foo, Billy. I cant let a chance
like this slip. OF course / wouldn't
do it if I didn't like him and like his
mother. too. And I'll bet he will get
well. and I'll never come back TO
New York! OF course this Is all a
secret. We're going right down TO
the City Hall for the license now, and
the ring y There are a. lot OF
clothes rye got to buy immediate
ly-" 2f
"why don't you let me run yon
about 2" suggested Billy. Il dom
have to meet. the men until six-lll
have. to round up another girl TOO;
but Id love to. Let Mama so BACK
to MI. Gardiner!"
"oh, / couldn't" Magsie said, quite.
the dutiful daughter. Shes a won"
derful person; she's arranging for our
own private car, and a cook, and I
may take Anna. if I can get her"
All righto!" agreed Billy.
A rather representative look came In"
to her face az the other car whirled
away. She suddenly gave directions
to the driver.
Drive to Miss clay's apartment.
where you picked me up this morn
ing, Hungerford!" she said quickly.
"I-I think 1 left something there
II wonder if you would let me into
Miss Clay's apartment" she said to
the beaming janitors wife fifteen
minutes later. Miss Clay isn't here,
and ! left my gloves in her rooms"
Something in Magsie's manner had
made her feel that Magsie had good
reason for keeping the name OF her
admirer hid. Billy had felt for weeks
that she would know the name IL
| Magsie ever divulged 1t. And this
morning she had noticed the admis-
sion that the wronged wife. was a
beautiful woman-and the hesitation
with which Magsie had answered
1.-Two girls" Then Magsie had said
that she would write, him." not at
all the natural thing to do to a man
one was surest to see, and Rachael had
said that Warren was away! But
most significant Of all was her answer
to Billy's question as to whether the
children were crown. Massie had adj
mitted that she knew the wife, had
known her BEFORE" and yet she pre-
tended not to know whether or not
the children were, grown. Billy had
had just a f1ceting idea. Of Warren
Gregory before that. but this particu-
lar term confirmed the suspicion sud-
denly. "
So while Magsie was getting her
marriage license, Billy was in Mag
sizes apartment turning yer the con-
tents Of her wastepaper basket in
feverish haste. The envelope was
ruined, it had ibcen crushed while
wet; a name had ,been=Absrelyvstarted
anyway. But here was the precious
scrap Of commencement. My dearest
Greg- A.. v
Billy was almost terrified by tho
discovery. There it was, in ~<irrefuta-,
bic black and white. She stuffed it
back into tho basket and left the
house like a thief, painting for the
open air. A suspicion only ten min
utes before, now she felt as if no
other fact on earth had ever SO fully
possessed her. For an hour she drove
about in a daze. Then she went
home. and sat. down at hef desk, and
wrote the following letter:
My Dear Rachael: The letter with
the darling little b came yesterday.
] think he is cute to learn to write his
own letter so quickly. Tell him that
mother is proud of him for picking so
many blackberries, and will love the
jam. 1t is as hot as fire here. and
the park has that steamy smell that
a dollhouse has. I have been driving
about in Joe Buffers car all after
noon. We are going to Long Beach
tonight.
Continued In tomorrow
EVENINGS Herald.