Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-05-28
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The MARQUIS Of Mande1eye has lost
ny Legal right t . 2 xamskeesrp's eot,
soss. e yss4s 1eto to has hs. p sesa Err WITCH - \
workman named Richard Won't, David
whom the marquis sister meets On the
Richard Won't crossing on the steamer,
and the marquis believes that he Is
coming back to claim his property; aft
er an absence Of many years:
annaway q successful novelist has
been a proteEe Of the marquis tor ~
years: Won't returns to Mandeleye.
James Borden. her publisher. Wig
wishes to rrarry:her. says he will mako
the trip with her. 81
Thain sells Az marquis 2 aGa OIL II Ar.
hoids he n,arauis' note for the sum.
iievsd worthless and Thatn tells his
viii Wifi Be %bsnkrupt S in three saai mo ont a'S Thain
"Broomleys" from. the marquis.
Letitia- the marquis daughter. believes
she has seen THAN before, where she
lille tWhe marquis and Marcia are
dining in a restaurant they meet Thain.
Marcia tells the marquis that for 1e
yss,s she has never Slned or luncned
Mr.. Borden or Morris Hyde; an explor-
er, occasionally. The marquis has felt
for some ti1ae thai their trtsnaship h ss
matter, and ne sets her free FOR ! tina
The Duchess. lunchine With THAN
ATTEMPTS to find put hts mission In
invitation which she will send him to
visit her at her estate in Scotland.
Letitia tells the marquis she may
decide at once to mar GranthAm. a
wealthy lawyer. Borden takes Mar
cha to the theatre and to dinner, and
ufges her to marry him.
CHAPTER xv1-Oonnnued
She sighed.
"When I was a child of seventeen"
she conhded, "a young farmer down
at Mandeleys kissed me. II L had
been one year younger" b went on,
"I should have spAt at him. As It
was, I never spoke TO him again.
Then. a few months after that, the
s~chooln1aster at the school where /
was teaching made an awkward at
tempt at the same thing. He missed
ne, but his lips just touched my
cheek. Then Reginald came. Let
me see. that was nineteen years ago.
and since then no one else has kissed
me-"
"A record OF fidelity," Borden OBJ
served, "at which. even In your own
stories. you would scott"
"But then, you see" she reminded
him. IT never write about a person
with queer ideas like mine, because
they wouldn't be interesting; People
like a little more residence about
their heroines."
Couldn't we talk brutal common
sense for once? 81 he asked impatient
~. II have never abused your Mar
quis. From your own showing, he
has played the game, - you have.
All I want to say Is that the natural
time has come for your separation. I
have waited tor You = good mary
years, And ] am d domestic man. !
want 4 honne-and children. It's
QUITS time you wanted the ans
pAshAps for a moment the light In
moved unA&1tly SIN her place.
quite pfirnitive, aren't you,
JAnAeS4" she 1hurrnursd.
Iifs'S = primitive thing when ~
81 Down TO the bone" no Ausv14Ssd.
r"You and I have waited many N
hour discussing the olo1ie9 trying 70
thrust ourselves into the peculiar
point OF view Of these neurotic Nor
wegiAns or mad Russians Whensyon
come down to bedrock, though, for
sober. decent people there 10 only one
out14t TO passion, only one element.
airy Satisfaction for man and woman
You make thtn1s SoDdd very saua-
pie. 7
It ian't that" he persisted. "It's
you who, make them complex by be-
ing y1audlin about this He has
had what many would call the best