The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-06
pEClN HERE TODAY

JANET RAND, his daughter,
breaks her engagement with
BARRY COLvIN, because Of the
disgrace JIMMY RAND, his
xOn. goes 10 MANSFIELD, where
the thcatcr Is. The stub Is traced
to THOMAS rOGAKTY, politi.
cal boss, who says he gave Il to.
OLGA MAYNARD, cabaret
singer.
Jimmy meets and fails In love
With MARY LOWELL. Later he
encounters Olga. She faints ut
hearing police want her for muir.
der. Mary, out with SAMUEL
CHURCH. = wealthy lawyer. sees
Jimmy lift Olga into a taxi and
misundcrstands.
Olga tells police the stub
might have conc into possession
Of = man who picked her up"
two nights before the murder.
Jimmy receives mysterious warn.
ings TO leave Mansfield and later
is attacked ut night by two men,
but escapes.
with Jimmy and Mary ca.
tranged, Church gets Mary's
promise to marry him. Mary
tells Jimmy this when they meet
and he. trying tn. hurt her. &C.
cuscs her OF marrying for money.
That evening Jimmy and Olga
sec, In an auto, . man they both
! rccOgnize-she as the man who
got the stub, he ~ ono Of his AZ.
tackcrs. The man and his com.
paniOn escape. Later they rec
Ognize his police picture Is that
Of IKE JENSEN.
Church. motoring with Mary,
runs over a dog. His hcartless-
ness kindles hatred in her and
she breaks their engagement.
, LIEUTENANT O'DAY, . police
friend of Jimmy's. invites the
latter to dinner. There he tells
him Of a h0yhO0d romance be-
tween Henry Rand and a girl
named MARIE REAL. that re-
suited in a break between Henry
and his father, Thaddeus Rand,
and In Henry's leaving home.
Jimmy goes home to his room
u find Barry Colvin. Barry has
with him ring that belonged to
Henry Rand.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXIV
Jimmy took tho ring from Barry
hand and examined it.
"You say it belonged to dad?" II,
fr0wned.
Janet gave it to me to show you
She ran across it when she wen
through some papers he had in tn,
safety deposit vault in the bank"
Jimmy frowncd. "Just q plain sig
right. Here arc his initials, n. r
But ! never saw it before, Barry. HI
never wore it,"
There's something on the inside
lin. Maybe that's why"
Jimmy shot him a peculiar look
hen examined the ring again.
His face went very white. "Fron
Marie to Harry he said slowly
reading the inscription inside tn
ring, September rs, 1893. Scptembe
% was my fathers birthday, Barry.
He glanced up at Barry. "Wha
lid Janet say? Does mother know
about it," -.
"Janct said your mother knew moth
ing about it. You sec, Jim. tho rim,
was given to your dad after his mar
riage. That's why Janet didn't wan
your mother to know"
Barry, you once asked me If Their
could have been another woman il
lads life"
"I'm sorry, Jim" Barry Redeemed
"There was. / know who this Mari
was. Her name was Marie Real. w,
Just heard about her. 1t was boy
hood romance. Listen"
He sank down on the bed and, will
the ring in his hand, he told Barr.
Colvin the whole story, just as O'Da,
had told it to him.
what a pity!" commented Barr,
when Jimmy was through. "And s.
they did see each other again, afte
Marie Real and your father.
I'VE can only guess. The rim
would make it appear SO Barry
did you ever hear of q concert o
stage singer named Marie Real?
would have to be some time back, 70
she'd be nearly fifty-five years OIL
now"
Barry shook his head.
"Of course" Jimmy went on, wv
don't know whether they met accident
ally years after. they had both LEI
Durbin, or whether they were in com
with each other all along.
Probably the first. Jim. You sc.
your dad married someone else"
"Oh we'll, they both might hav
they made mistake"
Barry shrugged. II confess it's GO
me guessing. Do you thin
it's linked up in any way with tn
murder?"
Jimmy threw up his hands in a. d.
spairing gesture. 1L0rd knows
l can't see how"
"But If this Marie Real is still Ii,
ing, and we can find her. It Nigh
help"
"l'll turn tho. ring over to Dete.
tive Mooney, Barry. Maybe he ca
do something
'<Of course, she might have had al
other name, professional name.
might be possible to trace he
through some of the theatrical bool
ing houses and other agencies in Ne
York" 8:
Jimmy was pacing the floor. H
stopped. "Is that why you cam
here. Barry? To show me this ring
"Not entirely. I've got some bus
ness here. And there's anothe
reason, Jim. Janet wants you I
come home. There was another lei
ter,
"You mean"
"Another one Of those unsigne
warnings. It's got her pretty scared
"What did this one say? Did 70
bring it,"
'No; I gave it to Mooney. It sin
ply said there wouldn't be any NOR
warnings--that you had had your las
chance"
"Good! I'm glad there won't b
any more." Jimmy laughed. but
trifle nervously.
"Jim, it's got yon worried. II
worried myself"
"Well. to be truthful with you, it
not exactly q pleasant sensation I
know I'm being watched like thi
" Oh we'll! BY the way.
saw the man that OlgaMaynard wen
out with that nieht-the man she sal
might have got the stub and tn
handkerchief. He was one Of tn
men who tried TO waylay me tha