The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-13
SANDY"
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place. isn't it? Nice ocean at your
feet. I'm hoping to leave on tho
carly train Saturday morning. and
if you invite me. will stay to dinner
Saturday night. ] love you-love
you you'll make out
She flushed--read and rcread the
phrases that soothcd her. In the
lonely quiet Of the room she drank
them up. She saw Ramon as he
had stacked the dishes. looking a,
her with n boyish: 1--WE often pic.
tured you here. Sandy. 1t seems
perfectly natural. Does it to YOU 2
Unthinkingly she pressed the letter
against her lips. Immediately this
aroused her. She scOffed. growing
more and more fcvcred. "I'm crazy
It's SO quiet here = SO still. But
love him. Oh. you do not! You're
CRAZY"
She put her hands over her eyes
She was distracted and there was Z
squeezing and burnin- that la.
like a claw on her throat
that kept digging At hQr. 1t was
Murill0's lcttcr-one part Of il tha'
she tried desperately to ignore
the one true thing he said
II was this:
"You seem to have entered mar
riagc as lightly as you entered fir
tatiOns. But You can not end it il
this casual manner"
She nodded. her eyes hot and wild,
fixed on the ceiling. Ycs-lixhtl,
- a. .
what no! A husband!
II WAS staggering to her now tina,
she had been able to think in thi.
manner that no real effort had cvel
been made to discipline her. Yes
had never realized the complete i'm
maturity Of girl just 70. Sand!
appeared grown appeared rational
atty Of q girl Of 10 goes
two years ago appeared an appall
ingly haIf-baked individual. True
she had made promises with no con
ccption of their real solcmnity.
And these promises were now Il
ruin the rest Of her life? Murillt
could keep her bound.
"No. he can't" she whispered
holly. reaching down and buryina
her hands in the dogs neck.
She could scarcely breathe. She
opened the door. The sun was set
ting--a ball. magenta colorcd, ridinl
gently down The sky. touching thu
clouds with copper.
He couldn't keep her bound! HcI
life was her own completely now
Live it as she pleased!
Chapter Sc
Half of Sandy's clothes. sprcaC
out on chairs, were drying before
the fire; the other half she wa.
ironing. In q closet she had f0un(
an old l0unging robe. This was nov
pinned rakishly about her. More be
cause she felt hostile and wished Il
defy an imaginary Ben Murillo thar
because she was enjoying them, sha
lit cigarct." after cigarette as SHIT
pounded the iron back and forth
over the white silksport dress. Sha
talked to herself:
"Hc can advise me in matters o.
popriety: Correct my unstcml!
conduct"
The iron swinging in long
vicious stroke: "Oh. what do care
Why should 1 think about it," Tn,
iron slackening-tucks pressed d0wl
with elaborate care. Better do j
we'll! Only rag you've got
She hunchcd her elbows on tn,
board. resting her chin on her palms
Saturday aftcrnOOn---a week gone;
week since she'd run SO wildl!
from her home. putting her whole
life definitely behind her.
She didn't regret this step. Sh!
was blazingly. Aafiantly exuitant
about it. But now, staring at thesl
few flimsy Globes. the rather terri
flying povert.- of her equipment TO,
. new and different life made he
suddenly very still.
II can't stay on here forever
she whispered.
"No-but you've got to stay unit
yeu get some clothes--somewhcr
Why did you give Alice to under
stand that you'd grabbed q FEY
things? She would have sent y0a
some Of hers" &
She shrugged: II wonder il cal
ret Z Job p This started q new traiI
Of thought. She saw herself in tn
five and ten cent store earning $685.
B; week. Bob Mcneil said that wa
about the only thing she could d
unless she was prepared. The pic
turc was preposterous. Working Be
hind 4 counter all the rest Of he
lnc-very likely!
Almost inaudsbiy she now wins
ttredt Il can stay hers. until ~
the tyNink down pAt. why can
stay here :" immediately she grcv