The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-05-18

11onQln naS himseiI Watn
Madame Carter, Richards mother, and
b is Enthusiastically In favor Of his
marriage with Nina Ward urges Ear
rist to marry him at once. III procras-
tfnates.
CHAPTER W-Angered at his wife's
too ope filtration with young Anthony
Pope, Richard Carter markedly shows his
ssssn 1onsniul l. ioSsl:: a atesa1lg ssta sioDss
with him on his yacht, n pursuit II
useless. The news Of tho sensational AZ
fair, exaggerated, Of course. by gossip,
public property.
CHAPTER VII. - Ward Carter again
n uefe Sr harf Ssf, e % e ~ a aIIisn but x shs e sim
merely for the AXE Of self-advancement,
elcpenent becomes public. Harriets ca
NEEDED ssas m At aG4own llama = n and despite sspR ey tss
complications she foresses az inevitable
she decides to remain.
CHAPTER vIH.-Blondin puts pressure
on Harriet to forward his marriage with
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Intentions. ana she Councils active oppo.
sition to the match. The family, with
Harriet, move to q summer Enlistment
On Long Island.
CHAPTER KIN the new home Har-
rtet, with Madame Carter n Nina, set
tie down for a vacation. In a frank talk
Blondin's unworthiness, but It has little
affect on the infatuated girl. On Richard
Carriers in~sistence, Harriet IL installed
Ing her position untenabie, declares her
intention of leaving. Richard makes an
offer of marriage, az a way out Of the
situation. but Harriet, considering such q
t ttho99gh divorced> is stil alive. refuses.
toned IDEAS. the TACT that Richard Carter
mas ine vie eies does enan not { free a,y him from ron" his lis mar sar-
ital ties, and marriage with him is i'm
possible. > 80
CHAPTER Kat her sisters home
Harriet helps to bring her small nephew
safely through an attack Of d~iphtherta:
Linda cordially approves Harriet's stand
on the question of marriage with a d.
vorced man. David Davenport. inda's
brother-in-law, warmly presses his suit,
and Harriet has about made up her mind
to accept him when Richard Carter ap-
pears with the announcement that lisa
belle is dead, and no obstacle to his mar
riage with Harriet remains. The girl
yields. and the marriage is quietly SOL
emnized. Harriet offers to tell Richard
with Blondin, but he refuses to listen.
n met him at eleven O'Clock today"
Harriet finished, simply, land we
drove to Greenwich in Connecticut,
and we were married at o'clock"
Bottomley and Pilgrim glanced
again at each other, glanced at Har-
riet,. opened their mouths slowly.
ITO think OF you bein' Mrs. Carter"
Pilgrim marveIed in a whisper.
"Oh, sh-sh-sh! You mustn't say 1t
evenr"s Harriet caught both their
hands. mo one, must know. I only
told You so that you would help me,
SO that you would understand There
Will be no change, anywhere"
Bottomley shook a dazed head: but
Pilgrim looked at the other woman
with kindly eyes, and presently said:
You'd have been a very silly girl
not to take him, and---as i always tell
the girls-loveM come fast enough AFT
erward! !"
The words am back to Harriet,
hours later, when the house was quiet,
and when, comfortably wrapped In q
loose silk robe, she was musing be-
side her fire. Nina was asleep; to
Ward, who was headachy and fever
ish. she had paid q late visit. Madame
Garter had not come down to dinner,
and when Harriet had sent IN mes
cage, had asked to be excused from
any calls, wen from Nina and Miss
Field, this evening. 8
Nina had Chartered constantly dur
lng the meal. Granny had had 4 ter
rible time with them all. And Ward
and Nina and tsRoyal-the name sud-
denly leaped between them again
had been arrested for speeding. And
Daddy had threatened Nina with d
boarding school. and Granny had
cried. a
Where Is Mi. BIondin now, Nina7'
Harriet had asked.
oh, he's round n Nina had said,
alrily. Il suppose Won put Daddy up
to saying that i wasn't to sec 90 much
of him. she had added, with her
worldly wise drawI.
Not ut all. Harriet had said.
Z adybird and are planning .
trip Nina had further confideds q
shall be eighteen In February, YOU
know, and I'VE want TO 90 round tie
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