Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-02
FIFTH
The Girl IN the BaIbsar,h.

The Girl On the B1IIboarhs.
IN ELLM1S ~ebcnned Tae Shadow ers..
~cnsne Along 80 - tse room
That's There I'm sosaz. TIE Pro-
feaso' wants TIE 10 srsnsze on 7oasr soF1rze fox
th@ night. bancroft arrived"
As SOFA Al th@s. eh, sst naE- urtIi
were in The ron" Orce taere. He!srrs7
ssSss fnf ire nsws arS received IL. 80 Shzfer,
Oh fnp, IT'S she p.otessoTrs game, He know.
rhzt hes tosrss me- 1o7r,, Z. wifi gar 10
~ TIE ent 81 work IN thN dark VIZ don~.
khsT what tie acensrafs zsrr.r, al rs have
20 DO ss 80 sns@ IT r. ttrscx. Eat, I've zo-
sns Whale q Z tayntessof. for you.
"shoot IT,"
Wei I son's IKE mysteries: 70 I've ssne
z H'%.e sesthsnz, Cvr bcss s,@n. sor-se,
years. np the Rfver,'
For tie 1--we O Nske. Fo- raz.7~
"Manssaugheer. Killed 2 policeman :, :
row Enocked she hull orer Into An area.
way and the butts cork spI.t. Same ZANE
ne has today-Dan!ei Stewart. The uexs-
paper hsNz Of the time reported the cage in
a feT lines There "a. nothing asor, rhe
trial Wore 4 hard and WAS deeply tanned.
a. II ne rad been at M. In this burg man
slaughter isn't rGuch-a.nuch uniesa YOU'RE
sonneoody. Well. Daniel was apparently no
BODY; 10 they put him on the nor1h-bound
IN 1is.tfrne. But behind the hour ri the
deed-biank as your pain Nothing an to
wnere ne came from, who his people were.
and all that. This got me digging into old
city directories and telephone books. No
Daniel Stewart in either, Of tina. year.
What's the answer? Why, he KEEP. hts real
name doggo. Nobody recognized him on
account Of his whiskers."
Manslaughter, And alxav.
hunting for the face Of some woman. Bu.
why all this %energy?"
Poor child. After we have his iron how.
time"
None Of that in mine, boz: no. in n.ns..
SAID The Shadow, resoIuteiy. Have you
ever had this guy look a., YOU"
How do you msan?"
"hen you do something he doesn't like,
Ever nave Ice slipped down your back
ins.s what / mean. I'm going To take his
coin when the time comes, and fade"
Suit yourself.'
That's me, George. But msns;supb.sr
How did IT. happcn?"
Tried TO get into A house where there
"aa an auction going on. Seemed to 20
oerserker; pulled people right and left and
knocked over a woman. The bull iumped
MN and hauled him into the street. A min.
ute iater It was ali over; and the Professor
vas on MS way To the Tonbs. Then he be.
came the great-grandfather OF ali clana Pm,
VI Edtu lie nc3
me Professor sobbing all through the night.
re got MS monicker up there because he was
a walking encyclopedia. What do YOU think
of it?" "
Nice bit OF work for you, George: but II
you want my advice, forget it. Remember
nc can turn on you and give you ten years.
On a whistle. He's got liz both: that's lust
WY we were bircd. But thig hick in the
arnbsssador'B suite. :"
"Where?"
The Shadow once more recounted the corn.
edy. Bellman reared with laughter.
TO ahead" aaid The Shadow, garcssticaI.
iy; get the hs-ha of your chest. But watch
your step II ne comes to interview YOU. He
passed me in the lobby a little while before
you came. He had on a dresa.suit and
looked az If he had been born to it. Now
when l get into those glad rags. ! look like
= waiter Or a choruarnan. But what's the big
game! why the Great Adventure Com.
pAny?"
Hanged II I know" answered Bellman
/. "or care"
At the time Bancroft entered the thea ter.
Nancy Bowman sat in her dressing room,
waiting Tor her call. She heard the yolley
Oh laughter IN reply to some witty-or sun.
posed'y witty--lines uttered by the popular
light-opera comedian. Ling Foo dozed in
her lap. and Nancy was absently drawing her
fingers through the double ruff that reached
below his shoulders.
What's the matter with me. Ling Foo?
Why should / hate Il, when it means bread
and butter, clothes and rent all winter?
ought to be grateful for my luck. l wonder
now DO tt-go out there and dance. and
sing, laugh, and make a fool OF myself. when
all the time my soul is in rebellion?"
There came q knock on the door. A
ready. Miss Bowman"
She leashed the dog to the dresser. gave
her hair a pat. and went forth to drudgerv.
The moment she was on the stage. II seemed
70 her that her soul returned to the dressing.
room and left a.roAicking automaton down
center. Perhaps this very lack of. self.
consciotIsnes s made her the success abe was
No doubt II may appear incredible that a
young woman who had lifted a mediocre
p2rt into 9 New York triumph should not
he aware OF her success; but nevertheless
Nancy was not aware Of 1t in the sense rshe
should have been. The moment she a..
penred there was but one notion In her head
10 40 the work she was paid to do, Al
swiftly and correctly as possible, and hurry
nome. Her presence was electrical, put q
snap into the Lines and actions-and ali be.
scause she was In q hurry to be zone! * q
doubtful 4 she Scosnprshended the nightly
ripple Of applause q she made her frst ap.
psarance. AN her energies were rtyetsd unnn
~ immediate object OF tiaought-to m
through and 10 home. ygS
IN the wings stood two naen, discns.inw
M. They were N evening dress. one -
St4efly.slW With N animated semitic cat 81
co1ntenencs Hid companion war n the
sfhIirtaees It'll ~ handsome higfibred face.
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