The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-13
THE FOOL
BY Charming Pollock.

once and he say: 'Air-sunshine-
milk eggs? Got no job. My little
rirl. she cough--and cough-and one
night she die"
He Strengthened now to his full
height.
II tell you we git right to quit"
he snid feverishly. I'VE got right to
| hang together. We got right to fight
to live-and, by God, we gonna
fight-we gonna live-.we gonna-by
God"
There came sudden blare of mu-
sic and ripples of laughter as the
| door to the music room opened and
billy Gillian burst in upon the
tense peroration of this creature
bounded by memories.
"Now look here, Jerry you're not
| going to-" billy began. Then she
saw that she had interrupted. "I'm
sorry" she said haltingly.
| Umanski stood looking at her. She
was 20! She had gold hair. She had
blue eyes. She had pink dress!
| Uamnski stretched two trembling
arms toward her, then brought them
back to cover his face. Haunted and
| helpless he sank into chair.
CHAPTER X
A Substitute
A heavy pail descended upon the
room. Somehow, all felt the grim
tragedy that phantom figures had
re-enacted in this mans soul. Stedt-
man swayed. moment between two
loyalties and then walked to the chair
in which Umanski huddled, bowed and =
quaking, and put an arm around the
man. Gocdkind took a step nearer
and looked down at the broken fig
ure sympathetically. AZ
| Jerry alone seemed not to mind.
You'll have to wait, Dilly," he
said to the girl with still trace of
his petulance in his tone. 'e@
! ASK the ladies to stay in the
drawing room," the elder Goodkind
said. "Well join them in a few min
| utes."
billy did not fathom it all, but she
had = feeling that somehow she was
| to blame. ,rt
"'Yes-certainly,". she said nervous
ly. "l'm so sorry" And she was
! gone.
| Umanski heard the closing door
and looked after her. Stedeman, his
arm still around the man, signaled
Goodkind to 60 on.
II think we'd better let this 60
for tonight" the president said,
shaking his head at Stedtman.
Umanski was on his feet in an
instant.
NO." he said, half-apologetically.
"Me7Pm all right. Excuse"
you're little upset." said Good
kind soothingly, "and I have guests.
Besides, Gilchrist will be here in half
an hour and want to talk 20 him
before l say anything definite. Sup
pose we meet here tomorrow at
noon.
= Hennig had stirred at the mention
Of Gilchrist's name.
mot Gilchrist," he protested
churlishly.
"No. just we six" assented Good
kind and maybe one or two more
or our directors"
F"All right" said Stedtman, seeing
it was his business to agree.
Umanski had assumed his firm,
stoical position again.
/ Il wanna know what we gonna do
tonight" he said emphatically.
Were going to get together"
I! said Goodkind with confident smile.
"You fellows have got the wrong
idea. We're not tyrants or monsters.
We're Christians and we want to act
like Christians. '.Only-we've got to
live, too.f We've got to have the
thing we're used to, just as you
have. But think l can promise if
the strikes called off, you men will
be kept, and put back just where.
you were. Ring the bell, jerry"
Jerry pressed button beneath the
table. Benfield excused himself and
reJoined he other guests. Umanski
stood there with his eyes still on
Goodkind. The president, shifted a
bit, then turned to Hennig, attempt
ing to free himself Of the Poles sasA.
"You live in Black River ?" he ask
ed BY way of making conversation.
yes, said Joe, flattered at the at
tention. =.
Married" '''
"You betcha." Hennip answered
with flare Of pride. "Prettiest pirl
In west Virginia. Been married a
year. Got her in the five and ten."
Play copyrighted, 1922, in the
United States and England. Novel
ICED version by special permission of
the author, and Of Brentano's pub
fishers. Of the play. ~
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