The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-04
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man, is found murdered in
cheap hotel in Grafton. Police
find Il wcman's handkerchief and
the stub Of yellow thcatcr
ticket.
JANET RAND. his daughter,
breaks her engagement with
BARRY COLVIN, because Of the
disgrace" JIMMY RAND. his
son, goes to MANSFIELD, where
the theatcr is. The stub is traced
To THOMAS FOGAKTY. a pOliti-
cal boss. who says he gave it to
OLGA MAYNARD, cabaret
singer.
Jimmy meets aud falls IN love
with MARY LOWELL. Later he
encounters Olga. She faints at
hearing police want her for muir.
der. Mary. out with SAMUEL
CHURCH. a wealthy lawyer. sees
Jimmy lift Olga into Il taxi and
misundcrstands.
Olga tells police the stub
might have come into possession
Of man who picked her up
two nights before the murder.
Jimmy receives my steriOus warn
ings to leave Mansfield and later
is attacked ut night by two men,
but escapes.
With Jimmy and Mary cs.
tranged, Church gets Mays
promise 10 marry him. Mary
tells Jimmy this when they meet
and he. trying to hurt her, ac.
cuses her Of marrying for money.
That evening Jimmy and Olga
see. in an auto, IA man they both
rccOgniZc-she as the man, who
got the stub, he as one Of his at
tackers. The man and his COM
panion escape. Later they rec
Ognixe his police picture as that
Of IKE JENSEN.
Church, motoring with Mary,
runs over dog. His heartless-
ness kindIcs hatred in her. and
she breaks their engagement.
LIEUTENANT O'DAY, Il po-
liccman, warns Jimmy that Olga
is in love with him. lie invites
Jimmy to his home for dinner
and there he asks him il Henry
Rand came from Durbin, in New
York state. and If he was the son
of Th.ddcus Rand.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXXII
O'Day waved Jimmy Rand's ques
tion aside. Tell me all you kno,
about your grandfather and we'll sc
how the stories fit
"Vcry little" Jimmy answered
dad never mentioned him aroun
the house. My father never sal
much about his past, but he hintc
that he had run away from home a
a boy"
"Hc never talked about Thaddeu
Rand at all"
IL know nothing about my grand
father whatever. I'vc never, eve
seen a picture of him. I'm sure Da
was Il little bitter about him. Their
was some kind Of estrangement an
Dad left him."
"And you don't know anythin
about your fathers past"
mot thing. For the last thirt
years he had worked in the sam
place and lived in the same towr
That's about all any Of the famil
knows about him. Once in a while
when he'd be correcting my sister 0
me for something we had done. he
say that we were being dealt with
great deal more lenicntly than he ha
been as boy.
That's about as far as he'd 81
I've always imagined. from that, tina
Thaddeus Rand was pretty ster
parent
"A hard man." O'Day nodded hi
head gravely.
"You knew him." Jimmy asked.
yes, an | knew your father afte
a fashion, although he was a lad q
sixteen when he ran away an
little shaver just startin' school,"
O'Day chcwed reflectivclr on hi
cigar. "It's funny. the tricks man
memory will play on him. I wonde
now that | didn't connect your fathe
with this Henry Rand that kne,
heard your story. Now | know whs
it is about you that's had me wo,
derin' where I'd seen you before. 1t
your resemblance to old Thaddeu
Rand.
eyes, know the story. all RICH
Twill take bit OF tellin' for it
been many year since it all hal
pcned an it's no compliment exactl
to your grandfather, but | guess 70
can stand to hear it,"
"Just so it's the truth, Licutcnan
! want to hear it all" Jimmy laid h
hand on the others arm. go on"
urged.
"Ill try to give the truth. Min
now. was kid of seven or Their
abouts---it happened back in 1886 ,
l887--an' some Of it might not con
back to me just right. But the stoi
was gossip in sour little town f.
years. long after your father an
grandfather had left.
"Thaddeus Rand was widow,
when he came to 'Durbin to live, q
Henry Rand was his only s0n---Har,
we called him in those days. He ",
proud man, cold man. I reca
my father saying that Thaddeus Rar
had come from Virginia an that
boosted that his ancestors had bee
among the original settlers Of vi
ginia.
AT any rate. we all knew that !
was proud Of his name an his Ca
nlier forefathers." O'Day got !,
from his chair. II want another {
gar Let's 20 in the living roo