The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-08

Bancroft had no eye for her beauty.
mother had Craig, and before tho
dinner WIS half through the oltaery.
INK aunt HrnAed that there was
pocul az duel go MS ON between her
nephew and m queer boy who wa
his guest.
Tho dinner viii not prolonged, as
both Crib had 10 b. az the theater
before 1880 In the end era out,
generated Bancroft. not because ~
any super or alb lty. but because
he had nm ally N Jenny. Jenny, who
had temporarily cenAed 10 be /.
good sport" and wnH prey 20 lovo.
nal Go. Hhe d not care how much
she hurt herself, 40 long ha aho
could hurt Jeremiah She was no
longer blind The boy wan .u love
with Nancy. Nancy, who had ali
the luck IN the world. who would
soon have her nnuls In the lghts,
fat salary. offers from the moves.
the world al her feet. VIII H. all Jcn.
ny Malioy could get out Of life was
a kiss that hadn't meant nnyth ngi
Even then Jenny had to build up
some KIND Of defense To plucnte her
conse aBee. What right had this
boy from the ~ clB Ia fall IN with
kancy7 What Ind he To offer lbs.
yond rosy checks and clear eyes3
They weren't legaltonder In this
burg for a0bleH and sednns. Nancy
should have her chance. Jernm an
shouldn't be perm tied 10 interfere.
30 she pushed him over 10 tho
photograph, and found thnt there
were no comic songs or Jazz rec.
ords. but her malice rose above tho
shock of this discovery. 80 ah6
Dluchcd out Of the case tho Aida
records, and pretended That sho
knew all about II. watching him
the while from the corner Of her
eye.
" was not difficult task Jenny
had taken upon her shoulders.
Bancroft Understood tho mnncitycr,
but there wns no way 10 cope with
II except by open rudcness 10 both
Jenny and CrnigH aunt. and he was
incapable Of that He knew he whH
trapped. IN any event. he could
not go storIning through the rooms
in search of Nancy, But his heart
Wns torn with the greatest misery
lac had ever known when ho looked
around suddenly and discovered
that Crnlg and Nancy had loft tho
room.
Craig and Nancy stood IA the up.
per hall. before the tall loaded win.
dow through which they could SEQ
the foggy huru which hnnRs over
New York on winter nights. Tho
faint wall Of the photograph cnmo
up 10 them. Craig knew that he
had but little time, So he put II 10
the touch. win her or lose her, IL
must DC now.
Nancy Bowman, you ought 10
know by this time that you arc
more TO me than anything else IN
the world WIN YOU marry mci
Wait-dont speak,"
lie did not touch her; some In.
stinct. too deep to anaiyzc, warned
him not to seize her hands, the per.
fectIy normal action Of n lover, to
which no woman. friendly In ntti.
tudc, could reasonably object AZ
she made no movement subject 20
interpretatlon--thc slight contrac-
ton Of her shoulders might have
meant anything or nothing hs
went on.
Had he talked OF love. n glimmer
OF light might have penetrated the
tragic darkness In which she walk.
ed this hour But he spoke
OF material comforts, of her voice.
Of France and Italy. urged by the
devil TO do 30. no doubt, And yet
IL was only logical that ho should
offer his treasures first; for she was
at the top Of youth and he was on
the way down 10 middle age.
n seemed 60 Nancy that she had
heard every word OF this before, "a
In rehearsal She had vlaualiad
him 20 times that day, IN HIS very
net: and 20 times her anawer, For
the devil IN her was thla; 10 marry
him. II he offered, That she would
10 committing colossal cruelty y"
man WHO had never harmed her,
who honestly loved her, was
thought which could not make time
with the passionate perverseness
rlslng constantly within her Shr
turned pale as ulalaater
No, no, no She hoard the three
syllahlea ~ eltatly aa though they
had actually boon spnkcn In her
car, No, no, no. With What Ct
feete THAT che ttlat wave r,ar ta
ita crest and huns There,
II wlll marry Yuu,e shn msld
quickly aud hreathlesslY 70 have
II over With lefuFa the wave broke,
"a make rvlfuat Impossible. "iiut
the uugaHsmpnt must he kspt seervt
until tile end "a tie rum anA ynn
must observe an the tafmaill'ss -
In the taat Thereby leaVlrK lla
yegy retreat shg Vas ensleAvpglne 70