The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-19
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JIMMY RAND. Ms son. goes 10
| MANSFIELD. where the theater
! THOMAS ,FOGARTY, Who says
I he gave Il to OLGA MAYNARD,
cabaret Singer. Jimmy meets
/ and falls In love with MARY
LOWELL Later he encounters
Olga. She faints when she
learns police want her for mur.
der. Mary, out With SAMUEL.
! CHURCH. q. wealthy lawyer,
sees Jimmy lift Olga Into . taxi
| aad undeFstandx. Olga tells
police the stub and handkerchief
might have come iat0 possesaion
! OF . man who picked her up''
two nights before the pAurdef.
Jimmy receives. mysterious
! warnings 70 leave Manafield.
Later he n followed ~ two mea
and attacked. !. He escapes, after
grabbing . blackjack frpm one Of
them.
| He Is walking IN the park one
morning when, he sees Mary
Lowell sitting alone on bench.
NOW co ON. WITH THE STORY
:. CHAPTER XXI
Jimmy quickened his step. gal
vani.ed into sudden action by tn.
sight Of her. -
MARY" he said softly. lookins
down ct her. He felt strangely stir
red; the blood raced madly through
his veins. ..
She turned quickly, startled at tn.
sound Of his voice. The red mounted
swiftly to her cheeks, almost IS If ,he
had surprised her in the act Of think.
ing about him. NJ
Good morning, Mr.. Rand" She
took his outstretchinG hand.
$50 I'm just Mr.. Rand to you, am
II" he said. He laughed mir.hlessly
"You forget quickly, don't you?"
She made pretense Of studying
her glove and didn't answer.
1T was not 50 long ago." he went
on, that it was Jimmy. No, it was
Jim. Everybody else calls me Jim
my, but you, said you wanted to call
me Jim. What was it you said
that Jimmy seemed so diminutive ~
Don't" She put up protesting
hand. you have no right to remind
me Of that"
He made as if to sit down on the
bench and she moved over to give
him room beside her.
ut is you." he said. "that have no
right to treat me as you have treated
me. Mary" he went on. gazing
earnestly At her, "you hurt me. You
hurt me cruelty"
"And what about me? 1t probably
never occurred to you that might
have been hurt, too"
He leaned toward her eagerly.
"You mean," he asked, "you mean
you cared :"
She fingered her glove nervously,
not daring to raise her eyes.
any Interpretation on it you wish.
III only tell you that YOU disappoint-
ed me. Wait q minute" She check
ed him with q wave of the hand as he
was about to speak. "Let me just
say what l want to say and then III
go. shouldn't say it. but want to
II cant help it, even though had
made up my mind never to speak to
you again.
"You-you destroyed something
beautiful for me, Mr.. Rand" He
WINGED at her mention of has name.
perhaps I'm talking like. . romantic
young school girl, butt keep remem-
bering the way we! metz it. was ro-
ma ntic-your saving. me from being
annoyed by those baen. and fighting
for me-"
AZ rsmeh,ber;'' he murmured. "You
called me Sir I.aupcelots end you
"You seemed so klean and manly"
she went on, ''aud; then you had to
spoil it. You were NOT $50, different
from other men, after all"
"Spoil it.? What do you mean q"
ats not necessary to ask. is tit"
"Mary," he said, "you judged me
. trial. You didn't give me .
chance to explain"
"What was there to-"
II know what you're going to say"
he went on hurriedly. "That there
was nothing to explain. Now hear
me. You've got to, hear me. You
say you keep remembering the way
we met. Don't you suppose : do!
God help me, I've hardly thought af
anything else. sYeu were 50 fresh
and beeutifu1-so different from any
other girl Id ever. known. You
seemed that. way right from the
start, from. the time first saw you
sitting. there in the church.
,.,And then that night st the restau-
rant" he continued, the words tum-
bling from his lips, "and YOU said
you were going to call me Jim.
Mary, that. seemed like the most
wonderful thing in the world to me-"
Y Don't" she breathed, turning
away from him. "You have no right
TO- remind. me Of that after what has
Then III take the right. You
can't stop me now. ! thought-II
you cared q little and It was
even to think it. That
evening, while we were sitting there
1T the table; heard some men mem
ton girls Names girl had been
looking for. Mary, you don't know
how important, how necessary it was
to find her. Il
She surveyed him critically from
beneath her long black eyeleshes. i
And it was 30 important and neces-
sary," she asked colby, s4or you TO
be lifting her into q taxicab the next
night holding her in your arms on
I public street I"
He flushed holly. "You speak,
he said bitterly, "like q jealous wo-
man." He tried to hurt, her, and he
did. and he was instantly sorry thst|
he had. s,s..;
Two bright spots Of color glowed
ia her cheeks. ."YVu are entitled to
your. opinion" she said. !, Perhaps |
was jealous. At any rate, 1t WAS
sufficient to kill whatever regard l
may have had for you.'
MARY, I'm sorry. i shouldn't have
said that. I've hurt vow.
what does it matter?" she said
YEARLY. HI'm. getting uaed ta:lit." |
MARY. I've been = fool 1t's this
temper Of mine. It.. makes me- say
things I don't want to say."
"You said" she put inst "th4t you
wanted chance to Axplain. 1--WE
given it TO you. and you still haven't |
told me anything / don't already
know. ] sew you with this woman |
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