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

And che must hurt him. a man who had
never harmed her, who had offered her an
honorable contract, who had shown her
many little kindnesses Oh, she was as
base and vile !. !.5s4
The perversity which had driven her into
this morass now reversed its energies ana
became animated terror. To get out, nov.
tonight! There was something Of the Furles%
in her subsequent actions. With part a. nj
makeup still on. she few out OF the 0ress'
ing room, and down the corridor to the door
Keepers cubbyhole.
Have you seen SIR. Craig" breathlessly.
No. Miss Bowman. A'nt seen him 70.
She turned and ran back, crossed the stas.
and knocked upon Mapnheim's door. The
manager himself answered the summons
The big hazel eyes Of her. the pinched nos
trils, the pale natural cheek. and the daubed.
the terseness If her body, Immediately cor
veyed to him that she was laboringf under
some extraordinary excitement.
What is the natter" he asked.
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
5lLk y ElNS litS Etl Il ain y
her poise.
Nancy sat down. her fingers tenselS locked.
Mannheim gave her a worried glance as he
took UP the telephone, Something had
happened between, this eirAand Craig, during
the dinner d after. He Enlightened his ak
With the Craig butler: anything to give her
time. Finally he set down the telephone.
t"Craig has gone with his aunt for ths
night. Want 10 leave a note: I'll have O
boy carry it around to his home
n thought if he were here I might
catch him. Thank you" She rose.
"suppcEng ! send out for a cup Of coffee?
You lock done in"
II want nothing" and she departed, clos
: ins the door.
What the deuce had happened? Soma
thing serious, to have given her that tragic
oppression. Mannheim was uneasy. rs
made z step as though to 60 after her, but
reccnsiderea. He wondered i anything
Oh, rslar. Craig was a thorough
gentleman. The girl was having ens eft those
ten,pcrarv breakdcw1s With Thick he was
to!erablv familiar. she would be 81! right
tomorrow y Isl,
To see Craig ncr-, Thile she vas hct With
shame; TO confess shs' hadn't meant It; to
ask him tc, forgive her, while all her tsst
instincts were IN force. before her ccurage
receded' Tomorrow the shame would he
there, but II would be- A cold and horrible
thing. There ras only one way tc recover
her ae!trespeot, and that vas to face him.
she never recol!ected how she finished
taking off the makeup or how she reached
the street. She started over her usuaN route
tc the elevated bl,ndly almost and efter A.
while became aware that sens one vas
keep!ne step NTH hey. and she locked IS see
who it Tas. o
"1e!rvr
~ thought maybe you ike 1to-epanv te
the elevated" SAID jeremiah. He had found
his a!levs-fc- he had deliberately sought
thsnn-en,rt~ IF anything suggesting hattie
murder, and sudden death, and had returned
to ~he .theater. having nowhere elss to SO.
"Are you going anywhere she asked
mo"
"rhen come HON. r1th ne. But dent
talk, Jerry Tn, dead tired
jeremiah, She was glad to ses hin. Es
would be a tower Of strength, this night His
rrssence would hold her together unit! she
gained her room.
The world grer a little brighter TO !n!--
for that It Jerry He drew her arm through
his and ratted her hand, quite hrother!y
and with a thrill--perhaps ct melancholy
crieir-felt her arm tighten.
The seller ct adventures, having followed
then, from the theater. did not pursue them
as they climbed the elevated station steps
He was content. This would be the CIR
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 roirt
was to keep the boy in a constant state Of e1
pectation. until the real trap could be sprung
Disposing of the Bolivian Emerald con7pan.
was not an easy task: money was tight
Meantime, jeremiah must be amused. Stew
art burst into laughter again, his cheeks
Nrinkled sardonically.
Nancy began to count-the advertising
signs in the car, the people, the electric signs
in the air. the number Of lighted window!
~, tho 1ey-o1 u-ifI, t%e rayle ~AS ~
mon way of fighting an i%nsistent thought
She was fairly successful; but intermittent,
she heard the car wheels murrnur: Tomor
row, tomorrow. tomorrow! The day. Of reck
CHING.
Once her arithmetic was INTERRUPTED bv
thought which more or less translated thi
passage Of madness. Before Daddy Bow
mans death she had never been subject q
moods so violently perverse in character
She knew now she had hoped against hop
that. fearing he might lose her. he wa
J, holding back the truth until his death: VIII
she was, who her parents were. A box q
Jaipur enanne!ed brass and a little gold chain
no more evidential than q. blade OF straw;
founding, with no hope at all Of ever bein
anything else. And atop of this, to lear,
that her ambition was bootless! Her b,
terness had this day eliminated in a col
rage against a nocking fate-and she ha
flung herself into this abyss! But the sol,
, ton Of her mood in no wise mitigated tn
appalling shame that burned in her heart.
BY and by he reached down and tappe
| her hands, which were folded l~istlessly in he
lap. He rose.
. Home he said. putting a. smile to it.
y I'VE are there?"-her first spoken word
since getting on the train.
Yes. How about 4 cup Of conee?" h
suggested.
" I want to go to sleep, Jerry. il I can
N right"
: AS they started down the station stairs, b
4 drew her arm through his again, but thel
was no pressure from hers. Together the
y made the street. a. desire shot into HI
! blood and took possession Of him before /
could repel it. To kiss her as /
had kissed Jenny! But this act was not q
: the knees Of the gods. There was a dar
3 alley in between He waA half way pa