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

Before Daddy

death she hnd never been subject 10
moods 80 violently perycrso In char.
acter. She knew now she had hoped
against hope that, fearing he might
lose her. he was holding back the
truth until his death: who she was,
who her parents were. A box OF
Jaipur enameied brass and little
gold chain, no more evidential than
a blade of straw: "A founding. with
no hope at all Of ever being any.
thing else. And atop OF this, to
learn that her ambition WAS boot.
iessi Her bitterness had this day
eliminated In n cold rage against
n knocking fate-and she had Hung
herself into his abyssl But the soiu.
gated the appalling shame that
burned In her heart.
Al each station The counted the
peopl. who got out and those who
got In. She switched 10 tooth
paste advertisement on the station
platform. and followed this down
town. Tomorrow. tomor.
row, tomorrow! She must send for
Craig and tell him, I'm cold blood.
Perhaps she could make him under.
stand, II the explanation took place
In her own room. with the dingy
back yards and the ciotheslines bur.
dened with soggy fanncls. the Jai.
pur box. and the wreck OF her dream
Two-three-four; she went
on with her counting
From time to time jeremiah stole
a glance at her She looked pale
and careworn, and there was
droop To her mouth. Frequently
he saw her lips move and won.
dered what the words were. tShe
was counting.) Two things were
evident. Craig had not appeared
at the stage entrance, and Nancy
was unhappy about something. And
yet she had come down those stairs
at Craig's, her eyes glowing, her
face marked by enhancement.
BY and by he reached down and
tapped her hands which were fold.
ed llstlessly in her lap. He rose.
Home" he said, putting a smile.
TO II.
I'VE are there?"-her first spoken
words since getting on the train.
Yes. How about cup Of cot
fee?" he suggested.
Il want to go to sleep, Jerry, If
/ can"
IAN right"
As they started down the station
stairs, he drew her arm through
his again, but there was no pres.
sure from hers. Together they made
the street. A desire shot into his
blood and took possession of him
before he could repel II. To
kiss her as he had kissed Jenny!
But this act vast not on the knees
OF the gods. There was n dark
alley In between. He was half way
past this alley, when he heard a
scutter OF feet. and understood in.
stantly what was about to happen.
Run, Nancy! Rum he cried.
Before he could set himself to do
battle, the avalanche Of human be-
ings fell upon HIM
Nancy then witnessed one of
those instances OF which she had
often read but never dreamt OF see
Ing During the initial phase she
looked upon the scene az she would
have looked upon an interesting
picture in an art dealers window.
-Four men, with gray patches for
faces, swarmed over jeremiah and
obliberated him--temporarfly. AL
most Immediately there came an
upheaval. and Jeremiah stood free
He was the reincarnation Of that
amiable rufiian whom we know as
Ajax. who challenged all Troy daily
to come out Of its walls and fight
him. Homer doesn't mention this so
particularly. supposing. no doubt,
that 1t would be understood. Jere-
miah--meaning the Lords exalted
fought because his soul and body
demanded II for all he had suffered
that day. He had no other notion.
1t wasn't to protect his lady or his
wallet in which We're several thou
sand dollars and sprinkling OF
emeralds. No; it was the lust of
battle, the pride OF flesh, In an in
slant he went back several thou
sand years. The plop OF his fist in
n face or against a chest was to
him what the thump Of the tym-
panies Is to a symphony orchestra
the basic color
The men. weaving and waving
over him, presently brought him
down once more. but again he bore
up and through, laying about Justify,
Whenever he saw the right open,
ing, he let so his boot effectively,
There were no rules TO this com
bat, no chivalry' kill or he killed.
He could have puveri2ed any two
Of these unmanly rats-but -four!
One of his eyes was closing. his
lips We're pulp. his nose was bleed
ing, and there was iagger,like