The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-18
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followed me home that night He
had told her Of the episode and she
had been greatly alarmed 70 learn
that he was in danger.
"You should 60 back to Grafton"
she told him. you'll be hurt
maybe ki1led-if you stay heAe.'
How do you know" he followed
up quickly. "You talk as IL tyou
knew something about It,"
She appeared hurt at the suspicion
in his voice.
y don't know why you ask me
that-in thst way" she answered.
what do the police think Of 1t
don't they think you're in danger.
Why shouldn't I think the same
thing without being accused Of
knowing something shout it!''
+rt beg your .h1 nsrsSa h he said :ns con
that way. The fact is. though, I'm
getting TO be suspicious Of everything
and everybody" He didn't tell her
that Mooney had written, telling him
that the man known IS H. A. Jones
had been seen in Grafton.
suspicious Of me-" She turned her .
eyes away from him as she spoke
"But thought somehow that you
believed me. No. one else does, ap-
parcntly. Whether you do or you
don't. you should go back to Grafton.
I don't want to see you hurt"
He studied her long time. don't
you realize" he asked her finally.
that II 60 back to Grafton you'll
have to 90 there, too? The district
attorney consented to letting you 60
free temporarily SO you could help
me find this man you told about.
They'll be wanting to make an ar
rest soon. They Thank they have to
save their faces. SOMEONE will have
to stand trial pretty soon for this
murder. If | 80 back now, it> will
be YOU"
Olga appeared to be thinking this
over. She bit her lip nervOusly, and
tears came to her eyes.
II don't care" she said softly.
turning to face him. II dorft care
| what they do to me. You go back.
You've been kind, to mc-thc only
one who has, the only one who lAelp-
cd me. don't want anything to
happen to you."
He flushed uncomfortably, not SO
! much at what she had said as at the
way she had said it. Il suddenly oc-
Cured to him that q remarkable
change had come over this girl. That
/ hardness of manner which had char
acterized her on the occasion of their
! first few meetings had gone. The
old air of defiancc---it had amounted
was missing.
| "You've changed . lot since ]
first met you," he said hesitantly.
and her eyes dropped before his in
quiring look.
! "Arc you surprised?" she asked.
"Hasnt-hasn't what has happened
been enough to change met" :,
Troubles do sober u.s." he agreed.
"I'm q different sort Of person my
self to what was before this hap
pcned. But with ,you--l don't know
its hard to understand" He was
about to tell her that her very ap-
pearance had changed-that she was
dressed differently--more quietly
and was using less rouge. But he
thought better of 1t.
"The old life doesn't interest me
any more" she said. III don't know.
! Something inside Of, me has snapped
since" She stopped ~ 80
"Since when, Olga" 1t was the
first time he had called her that.
ooh. since this happened" shc an
swcred evasively.
They parted then, and he went
home, vaguely troubled.
The sun was shining brightly when
he left his room the next morning,
and the air was cold and bracing.
He had taken stock of mis- finances
the night before and it hadn't been
encouraging.
LESS than 5000 between me and
starvation" he said rucful1y. III
don't get . job soon Ill be on my
uppcrs." There was clothing to buy
and his evenings with Olga, although
not expensive individually. were max.
ing serious inroads. He was sei1
firmly determined not to ask his
mother or Janet for help.
!. The cheerful aspect Of the morn.
ing he regarded rs good omen, and
he went quite hopefully about the
task Of lob bunting. But it was just
another morning Of encouragement
and noon time found him weary and
He told himself, "If l don't find
something to keep me busy in the
} day time something to get my mind
! off myself-I'll 60 crazy
He turned into the park and wan
. dered absent mindedly along the
walks. The sun had taken the chill
! off the air. Office workers, out on
. their lunch hour, were. sitting on the
, benches. gossiping and laughing.
:, "That's what / need" he mpttercd
me laugh" X,
;! He plodded on, his hands thrust
in his ovcrcoat pockets, his head
down. A squirrel jumped across his
! path and he idly followed the frisky
: little creature with his eyes. Then
he saw something ahead of him that
made his heart leap.
On a park bench just ahead Of
: him was a girl. She was sitting
: alonc. resting her weight on her arm
) and looking down at the ground
: There was something disconsolate
docking about her, but that was no,
: why he had started so eagerly q
). sight Of her. She was Mary Lowell
, Ito Be C0ntinued)
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