The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-07
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
MnE STORY so FAR:

escape, CSuuy appears 70 ueE OuCIs
Bob. who enables her TO take = Homo
meets Ramon Worth, who saves hel
! steamer home and during the voyage
declares his love. At home Sandy tell.
| Murillo she must be freed. He de-
| clares he will never release her. Ju
dith Moore, q cousin, tells Sandy love
is everything. Ramon meets Sandy
on the beach Mt Santa Barbara. MI
rillo 0vertakes her as she goes FOL
second tryst with Ramon. Follow
| clash over her promise to her moth.
err. TO give up plans for divorce.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
Chapter Is.
Sandy was appalled, at her mothers
betrayal. That promise was given
to her only. Why did she tell 4
TO Murillo! That he mighe use II
TO make more binding and inescap.
able her chains7 Since she didn't
intend to divorce him--very WELT
naturally she meant to remain his
wife
She thought, with her breath swell.
led and flaming: "This is . show
d0wn-now!"
She kept her eyelids lowered. They
were weights--little redhot weights.
From the tone Of his voic she knew
he had the smile Of sLpercilous dis
dain on his lips. w.
$50 that's why I'm here to dinner.
my dear. That's why I'm spending
the evening with you."
Not glancing up: 'You're mis-.
taken. Must you discuss this before
your cook?"
He was sitting at. the opposite end
Of the table. He now moved his chair
to her side. ibid your mother de-
ceive me? She said you had put aside
all idea Of divorce STOPPING
close. looking In her face. ibid you
not promise your mother!"
what ] said to you at our last
meeting still remains. am no long.
ef your wife,"
"Ah, no! But what are you. then !!
A guest in my home? How long do.
you think this can last?"
"You can end it whenever you
wish"
II intend to. In my own way"
She felt her mouth stiffening. The
lips were white as chalk: "No--you
wont. It's ended. In my way"
us it," He remainded STOPPING
close, peering at her. "Is it," His
hand slid over hers. squeezed the
fingers till the rings pressed into her
flesh.
She smiled: her heart, her mind,
her eyes burning with tears and
anger. .,s
She waited while, he ats--the knife
and fork clicked viciously against
his plate. He drained = glass Of wine,
poured another. He talked in low.
sneering tones: "You think you'll
play fast and loose? You think you'll
be my wife and not my wifs:"
She stood up. leaning an instant
on her shaking hands. Excuse mel"
and flew quickly across the room,
leaving him astonished and gaping.
She shut her door---locked it in .
frenxied quiet. She looked through
swift, binding tears at her fingers
where the rings had crushed. She
pressed the bruised flesh against
her lips.
wild, disordered thoughts flashed
in her mind. Beatrice Murillo would
choose her friends! They were mad
ALI Of them-what did they, think
she wAxl ..,4
She walked about the room-fling-
ing herself. On the table near the |
window were some books. She
the. pages. not see |
ing them because Of the flying tears. |
They were books Sandy exulted 70
possess. She displayed them proud |
". The year before her marriage
she and May Arliss had got what |
Jimmy called IAN intellectual streak."
They read Schopenhauer and Neits- |
sche, quoting glibly in season and
Dut.
And Sandy had liked thinking Of
herself - . ruthless, magnificent |
person with . titanic capacity for
joy-a queen walking needless over
the hearts Of slaves, making Of them
but . road to her own. self.enrich- |
ment. i
She now noted the marked pas.
sages; the comments In . schoolgirl |
hand. with . little furious shove /
she dashed the books 70 the floor.
She thought Of her mother when sne |
did that; the way she had bowed 70
her mother; surrendered her i've up
because her mother wept little and
lsked it,
Had Isabel consciously betrayed
her? Had she deliberately put this
weapon in Murillo's hands that he