The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-05

"What's wrongf" she stain.
mcred. "Are you feeling worse?"
mo. want him for you. You
were raying-slnging."
Its gil right" She Dismissed
the ugly sensations. "Your child
what do you know OF him."
Him" he echoed. II don't
even know the child's SEX"
what difference does It maker"
she shrugged.
eyes, what difference! None.
None the less. hope yours 10 .
boy. Barbara" He leaned eagerly.
Barbara. I was going to make q
settlement on you--the woman
couldn't buy. i've changed my
mind. I'll make the settlement on
your child. Barbara!'-he shouted
in his eagerness-"r want to BE-
godfather to your son."
"Godfather!" she echoed. "A
sort Of grandfather" IS.
"A sort OF grandfather" said J.
B.. noddinx violently. Eyes, = sort
Of grandfather"
Doing Very Nicely
HARDIMAN vas q sick tiger IN
a wheel chair. Endlessly he pro.
PEELED his wheel chair across the,
room. cutting from corner to cor.
neE. For an hour he had bean
cruising thus.
It was q month sinca Barbara
had come to this house.
In contrast 10 Hardiman's rest.
lessness, DR.. MeikeijOhn sat in q
big armchair, his body never
stirring. But his hands clasped
and unclaspsd.
They were net ct ease. these
two.
II was com:cal to SEQ the way
the sick MAJ pushed his chair
about. The doctor, watching him
silently. wanted to smile. But he
failed to CONG se his features to
that end,
"Bah!" snarled Hardiman. "You
make me- sick!"
You'll make yourself sick" said
the nurse quietly. "Tou mustn't
worry about her. She's doing very
nicely"
"Who's worrying about herr"
protested Hardiman stoutly. I'm
not worried-not = kit!"
He turned his wheel chair with
one dextcrous motion and looked
| petition up into thu woman's face.
"HowS many die!,. he auavered.
F'sTell me. nurse"
''very few OF the young ana
healthy ones" returned nurse
levelly. miss Barbara's doing
very nicely"
II don't believe you." said Har.
diman.
Out OF the scanned. and blighted
face the dull eyes looked wistfully
into space, ignoring the familiar
decorations OF the room for things
seen spiritually afar--in the. past
or the future. So
| Over his head the nurse glanced
significantly at the doctor and nod
ded toward the door. The man OF
medicine rose quickly and nodded.
He placed his hand gently on Har.
diman's shoulder.
| "l'll see YOU after"
Hardiman looked up keenly,
searching for news ID both Of these
! calm. professional faces. DR..
Meikeljohn's face was expressions
less. 1t was az II his crony OF 4
moment since had receded.' by
some metaphysic trick, from his
touch and understanding. There
was the difference between priest
in broadcloth and priest IN auchars
istic robes.
win she suffer great dssls
Following DR.. Meikel3ohn toward
the door TO- mysteries, pursa paused
an Instant
shes doing very nicely" II
was almost Q CHAT she had said
] It 20 many umeA. ssssli !.
"ae started his chair toward tbs
other endt'ue the room. towar6 the
door behind which,y u this asphl.
chrat silence, went forward 'taA vSr
between Mie and DEATH with the
body Of o woman lt4 tt1mpIed
battle-ground. I, Directly opposite
the door. he stopped and staEtedC q
told him uotAinS. He turned HE
chair swiftly. %. ewiftly that . pain
shot throulk tAs musclea Of ils
An antoMohile had honked in the
street 4iEGCtly below tho street
window at the other end Of the
room. Il honked not only once but,
with IN internal malice. stopped
before his door and set up . devils
chorus Of brassy shrieks into the
quiet Of the street. .
He wheeled to the window In q
fury. His influence had obtained
lot a, deferA4fjal local autiosjty
signs at the end Of thu block which
rAGd:
.Hespital street=-po..aqqt aeuaa
4 sardimsn raised His fstul, am
struck tinsane1y sc the ytnAAH
! glass, shattkri1g e ~ bf{c21
j himself to look through the open.
4 Ing. The snSASed cry Jon his lips
yas ston9ee. fns.. !,,s.ss Il, eise . 49, Il
Below him. with bays ma hat.
hoxes In Z. semtc1rolG 1A6nf her,
stood Z familiar slender Akpt4
"Yoo.hoo!..4 thrilled N4a tune.
fully. >Ss.t
stop your howllak!-. - saeEaa
j. EAersY LETT him. z - sEAtehA(
man ply on the tixi lflter. II
4 eAx Z, foqtia1A run down thG'6ttt6.
sather W hsr lu9Eaks: ~ sollox