The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-12

| where nothing more tnfoI1n1 c00lc
happen to me than q row with Dad
or walking home from an automobile
ride.
.By the way. had to smile yester.
day evening. I got out Of Jerry's cal
on Michigan avenue and walked
Of waves on the rocks heightened
the sense Of isolation.
She lay with her hands over he,
closed eyes. trying not to think. She
heard Ramon moving about, lifting
the. lid Of q stove, getting dowr
dishes. The pungeneT spf coffee and
bacon drifting thr6lg6 sthe room.
He set q table, &C the fireplace
"f,m hungry. Are your" He smiled
and pushed q big. roomy chair foi
her as though she had merely drop
ped in for . friendly chat. Il
Standing. she caught ] glimpse o.
herself in q mirror and was shocked
ribly swollen; that it merely looked
counter Of the night took on an as.
pect Of unreality--s grotesque and
ugly dream. Her flight and he1
presence here with Ramon were fan.
tastic and incredible.
She went up and looked at hel
face. And she closed her eyes, feel
ing Murillo's hand, hearing his: "Ge
up stairs! Go to your r0om!" Il
was then that she had pulled oper
the door, stumbling and running
down the steps. The wind blowing
the light silk of her dress. She saw
herself crouching in the shadows
Turmoil and chaos filled her mind
Running away without hat or coat
leaving without = word--cnding il
with black fin.lity.
Pictures went with Oppressive dis.
! order through her thoughts. Hcl
! self darting through the garden;
Murillo, gray and trembling. waiting
In the living room, going now anG
then to the door expecting her re.
turn. Then Alice and her mother
learning Of It.
"Oh, Lord" she murmured, .sicI
with the helter-skelter Of these i'm
ages. She turned from them in .
burning agitation.
She, sat ct the table, forced herself
to eat. "You didn't expect me here
for breakfast this morning, Ra
! mon z. She kept her eyes hard OF
her plate.
SANDY, why take it this way
You've known it was bound to come
for some time. haven't your"
I'm not sorry about that--but il
this way--oh. it's $3.50 brutal. IT.
ended and not ended.
"Why isn't it ended?'
She remained silent, blinking:
EYES,. knew it.e year ago knew
! A year ago this very month she
had taken the ride with Jimmy
And she would have. run away thu,
night--that very night, only for thu
fainting Of the coming OF the child
And the whole year had been fillss
with ugliness. The whole year kad
pointed to this stark, uely climax.
But she had expected to leave
duietly-pIepare for self-support
and one day pack her trunk, writ,
him . dignified farewell and leave
She wanted no more bitterness; M
more sordid qparreiias.
lnstinctively she touched her Gu
lip. blinking and watching the flame
creep along the log.
do YOU say it's ended vet no
ended because you don't know wha
you're going to do. Sandy?"
She nodded.
] "You're going to stay right her.
| -, long - YOU like. Until you'v,
made up your mind"
y can't stay here, Ramon"
"Why can't your
She put both hands over her cuI
and tried to smile; tried to shrug
He reached over and took them Il
his, "You can stay here, Sandy
And you're going to. You cant g
any place else. At least not till yot
get some clothes. You'll -. perfectly
safe here. No one Mn ever trace
you: The place issyenrt.
She glanced 81 him swiftly, hel
eyes searching Ms. A flush crep'
under his tn: TIM going back e
Los Angeles I've got to 50 tonight
You won't be afraid here. win you
I'm going to drive into town in an
other hour. I'll get you provisions
world to trouble you. You'll like i
here"
Her hands tremblsd In his: .Wh,
should you do oil this for me, Ra'
/ "You can. answer that, Sandy. I'm
glad t. 10 IT I'm overjoyed ct TIL
chance to do II. You'll be free here
And You can figure out what yor
want to do"
She became silent looking into /
future, troubled. forbidding and
dark. e
h rolled M his sleeves, stacking
dishes In the sink Of . little cup
board1ike room adjoining the Dir
bne. He raised the tan, unruly eye
brows thht gave such m easy, toler'
ant look a the sunny, brown eyes
1--we often pictured you here. Sandy
I've thought Ae1 wonderful It would
be. It sesnas nkttsel. doesn't i'll A
though you s4elQn6 .shere."
She glanced .thxoagl! window
small, high .windoW t4at framed /
single tree growing str1l6ht mp from
the rocks: She said unSesily; =!
shouldn't hava come. OH Ramon
shouldn't have come.
&c slsneed q her pisadinsly
ahd fear n her thouShts. He hsses
sAoppis9 tour. rsiss1 ~ 1aes an
6uSmprod, EDO you know what
joy tbs u e ~ dsiag tAlnss fol
Gte. closed the door, listening /.
| the stiffness shom NTH the voice Of
the sea. Il, aeaued - thas that /
wind. fotlorn ana high. Aew thpouei
the treas. went bleaklr Oh shout tai
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