Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-07

And che must hurt him. a man vine hdd
never harmed her, who had offered her an
honorable contract, who had shown her
many little kindnesses Oh, she was as
base and vile sS. /.
The perversity which had driven her into
this morass now reversed its energies ana
became animated terror. To get out, <rcW,
s~tanight! There was something Of the Furlee
in her subsequent actions. With part q. nes
makeup still on. she few out Of the dress
ing room, and down the corridor to the door
Keepers cubbyhole.
Have you seen Mr.. Craig o. breathlessly.
N Miss Bowman. Ain't seen him to
night
She turned and ran back, crossed the stass !
and knocked upon Mannheinas door. The
manager himself answered the sunllnone.
The big hazel eyes OF her, the pinched nos
trils. the pale natural cheek. and the dauped,
the tensencss Of her body, Immediately con
veyed to him that she was laboring/ undef
some extraordinary excitement.
What is the matter" he asked. 6-s
"Where is Mr.. Craig?"
"Why, he was out in front with his aunt.
He didn't come back. Anything I can dot"
II wanted to see him" Never
had she known such shame,
Come in and sit down while / telephone
his house" Mannheim knew that Craig had
taken his aunt by auto to her country place
and would spend the night there; but he
wanted to give the girl a chance to recover
her poise.
Nancy sat down. her fingers tensely locked
Mannheim gave her a worried glance as he
took up the telephone, Something had
happened between this eirNand Craig, during
the dinner ok after. He heightened his talk
With the Craig butler: anything to give her
time Finally he set down the telephone.
"Craig has gone with his aunt for tbs
night. Want to leave a note: III have q
boy carry it around to his home
INC. J. thought If he we're here I might
catch him. Thank you" She rose.
.~"suppcGng ! send out for a cup Of coffee?
You loci. done in"
Il want nothing and she departed, clos
ing the door.
What the deuce had happened? Some
thing serious, to have given her that tragic
expression. Mannheim was uneasy. He
made 2 step as though to SO after her, but
rcecns!dered. He wondered if ANYTHING
Or, rshaT, Craig was 1. thorough
gentleman. The CIR! was having one Of those
Temporary treakdcvns With Thich hs vas
tolerably familiar. She would be Al! right
tomorrow. ,
To see Craig ncr, While she vas hct With
shame, TO confess shs' hadn't meant II; to
ask hir, to forgive her. while all her best
instincts were w force. before her courage
rsceded' rcrorrcu. the shame would ts
there. but II would be- 4 cold and horrible
thing. There vas Only one Na| &c SSCcFS!
her aeltrespect. ard that was to face hirn.
she never recollec.sd how she finished
taking off the makeup or how she reached
the strset. She started over her usuaN route
tc the elevated, bl!nd!y almost and after a
while became aware that SONS one vas
keep!ne step Nth her. and she looked to see
who II vas.
"1e-rv,
II thought maybe YOU q like company &c
the elevated" SAID Jeremiah. He had found
his allevs-fcr he had deliberately sought
then--en,rt- Of anything suggesting hattle,
murder, and sudden death. and had returned
to >the theater, having nowhere elss to So.
Are you going anywhere she asked
No"
Than come home nth ne. But den
talk, Jerry Tn, dead tired
jeremiah! She was glad TO see him. Hs
would be a tower Of strength this night. His
presence would hold her together until she
gained her room,
The world grew a little brighter to !.!-.
for that Jerry" He drew her arr, through
his and patted her hand, quite hrotherlT,
and with a thrili--perhaps ct melancholy
crigin-felt her arm tighten.
This seller Of adventures. having followed
them from the theater. did not pursue them
[, they climbed the elevated station steps.
He was content. This would be the girl
when the time came. He laughed and turned
away. jeremiah would find another knife.
this time Embedded in the inner lamb q
the door. Rank theatricality: but the point
was TO keep the boy in a constant state Of ex-
pectaticn. until the real trap could be sprung
Disrosing OF the Bolivian Emerald company
wns not an easy task: money was tight
Meantime, jeremiah must be amused. Stew
art burst into laughter again, his cheeks
wrinkled sardonically.
Nancy began to count-the advertising
signs in the car. the people, the electric signs
in the air, the number Of lighted windows
on the level with the rails. not an uncon,-
mon way of fighting an %insistent thought.
She was fairly successful; but internationally
she heard the car wheels murraur: Toncor-
row tomorrow. tomorrow! The day. Of reck.
ching.
Once her arithmetic was interrupted BY a
thought which more or less translated this
passage Of madness. Before Daddy Bow
mans death she had never been subject tc
moods so violently perverse in character
She knew now she had hoped against hop.
that. fearing he might lose her, he wa.
holding back the truth until his death: who
she was, who her parents were. A box o.
Jaipur enanneled brass and a little gold chain
no more evidential than a blade Of straw; q
founding. with no hope at alt Of ever beine
anything else. And atop of this, to learr
that her ambition was bootless!G Her bit
terness had this day eliminated in a cole
rage against a hooking fate-and she hal
flung herself into this abyss! But the solu
ton Of her mood in no wise mitigated tn,
appalling shame that burned in her heart.
BY and by no reached down and Tape,
her hands, which were folded ~listlessly in he
lap. He rose.
Home" he said. putting a smile to it.
I'VE are there?"-her first spoken word
since getting on the train.
'"1Yes. How about 4 cup Of ~coGfee?" h
suggested.
s. :. r uant n po To s1ean rerrr 20 r o>n
y E"All right"
AS they started down the station stairs, b
drew her arm through his again, but Their
was no pressure from hers Together the
made the, street. A desire shot into hi
y blood and took possession Of him before h
could repel it. To kiss her as h
the knees Of the gods. There was a dar
alley in sbetween. He was half way pas
this alley. when he heard ., scutter 81 fee,