The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-05
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XYEhil

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXAlll
YES" repeated O'Day, "there was
hell to pay when Harry and Marie
came back" He fell silent. chewing
on the end of his cigar.
"Go on" Jimmy had turned quite
pale. He lit another cigaret and
puffed at it nervously.
"The whole town was up in the
air." resumed O'Day. Il can still
see them now, the way everybody
buzzed about the affair and hung
around to see what had happened
They were mighty curious to know
whether the kids had got married
Whether they had or hadn't, it was
something ito talk about
And had they ?"
"Of course not. They had tried TO-
Marie could lie about her age an get
away with it. but Harry Rand looked
too much like the kid he was.
"They held the kids for while Ut
the town lookup. waitin' for their
parents to COME after them. When
Thaddeus Rand and old Angelo Real
got there, Angelo listens for minute
to their story an then he turns to
Thaddeus and demands that Harry
marry Marie.
"'My girl will have bad name,
he says. There's nothin' else to do.
"Thaddeus Rand doesn't say a
word. He just looks Mt Angelo, his
face white as. a sheet. Finally he
says, 4 thought that's what you were
after an turns to- Harry. You come
home with ME- he says.
Neither Of mAThaddeus or An
gclo-understood. The kids hadn',
done anything wrong. They were
just nuts about each other, SO they
made up their minds to defy their
parents an get married. They
couldn't, an that's sll there was to it.
"But all Angelo could think Of was
that his daughter had run away with
this boy an they'd been gone for q
day an half. So in his ignoran.
way he thought the only way to save
his daughter from bein' the laughin
stock Of the town was for her to mar.
~ Harry Rand.
"An' Thaddeus--he thought it was
Just scheme of old Angeles to mar.
nv INTO the Rand family. That was
proud old Thaddeus alf over.
HE marches Harry home to the
drug store, still silent an white faced
When he gets him there he goes over
am picks up skinny stick-he useG
to sell .emA-sn' be says, to Henry. =
told you not to have anything more
to do with this girl.'
Harry doesn't say a:Word. He JUS
stands there. Then ThAddeus says
What happened -, -.
.Nothih'. says Harry. !
You're lynn, says Thaddeus
What happened?'
"'Nothin', says, Harry. an m,
brother. who saw it al from corner
| of the drug store where he was hidin'
says he looked the old NAN right II
the eye. Real proud. you understand
"Well, Thaddens' stood there for
while, firm questions: ct your father
an then he accused him. Ct oein'
disgrace to the name Of Rand. HI
went crazy mad. because Harr!
wouldn't say he was sorry or any
| thing, an he swung that Skinny sticl
he was holdin' an gave Harry the
most unmerciful beatin' boy evel
had.
Harry. Just stood there, lookih.. q
/ him. He didn't say word, an N
| didn't try to get out of the way. H.
] Just stood there an took II"
#"G0d!" Jimmy breathed.
| ut was terrible, Rand. Finally
Harry just fell to the floor, an M
-brother, sick ct the stomach at tn
awful sight, ran out an grabbed thu
stick out of Thaddeus Rend's hand.
! "Thaddeps. takes a look at YOU
| father lynn there on the floor an
SAYS to him, Get out Of my house
an don't come back Then he walked
out Of the back Of the store.
"My brother had to pick Harry up
I He had tainted. An for several day.
1 after that he couldn't walk. The blow
! that had knocked him to the floor wal
I crack on the knee that was terrible
It was enough to cripple him To-
life"
left leg was stiff. He limped wher
! he walked. But he never. did tell U,
| how he got II"
"Well,. it must have been that aw
full beatin'. Ny. brother took hin
home to our house. where we had tht
doctor for him. He was with Us 10,
! four days. with never word from his
father. Then he, left town.. afte,
! thankin' my mother. an not y Ont
trof us eyer saw him again."
Y O'Day sighed heavily. ut was q
rotten shame" he gr0wled. "But no.
body could blame Harry. The lad had
spirit. d He couldn't 80 back after
what Thaddeus had said. The old
/ man .sintplr5 didn't understand hihl.f
n And Anaels RIAL? What did kf
dol" III
ooh. Angelo 1as .a1usIeht He IVA
Qpe,0f these hot tempers that flaf1 !
up quick I'M died down just % sth|
den. He fargAxe Marie right aya&i