The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-22

| with Jimmy ana MARY ees
tranged, Church presses his I'd.
vantage and gets Mays promise
| to marry him. Mary tells Jimmy
this when they meet In = park.
Jimmy, trying to hurt her. &C.
cuses her Of marrying for mon.
ey. he goes hack tn his room
and calls up Olga, asking her to
meet him.,
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
|, CHAPTER XIII
Jimmy, sitting in the hotel mezzan
inc, saw Olga Maynard approaching
; and rose to meet her. "I'll have t
apologize for my. appearance" sh,
said, taking his hand. "You didn'
give me much time, and I'm still
dressed for the street."
She was wearing fur-trimmct
cloth coat over q blue worsted stree
dress. and small tight fitting blacl
hat. beneath which her light curl!
hair showed.
"You look fit to go anywhere" hi
answered. But we're only going tt
some place where we can eat ant
hear little music"
"And Dance" she asked eagerly
"You know I've never, danced will
you and you're wonderful dancer
I've seen YOU"
"You'vc seen me? Where?"
"Why. that night you first spoke
to me. ! saw you dancing with tn,
| girl you were with before you came
over to see me. Who was She? Sh,
was awfully pretty"
He ignored her question:; turned
his face away and bit his lip.
"All right" he assented. "wer
dance, too"
We'll 20 to the place where frs
met you," she suggested, "thc Mad
rid"
She was not looking at him.. an,
so she missed the expression of pair
that fitted across his features.
1.-THE Madrid it. will be-" he sal,
with forced gayety, and he thought
i'.If I'm trying to forget I've certainl!
started about it the wrong way"
They found table for two, an,
/ while she studied her menu card HI
looked across the room and pickle,
out the table where he and Mar!
Lowell had sat on that ncver-t0 he
forgotten night. He shut his eyes
RELIEVING that evening. conjuring VI
the picture of Mary and him. chattin,
together.
lie shook his head. rcsolutely put
ting the thought out of his mind
i"May l suggest something for you,
he asked Olga. Tor have you mad'
up your mind?" b..
"You 20 ahead and order for me
1t will be more fun" She Flashes
him q gay smile, the first he ha,
seen from her in weeks.
"You haven't asked me to dance,
she said little later. Don't yo'
want TOT" ~
It occurred to him that he mus
have appeared very duh companion
He had been answering in monOsyl
tables to her conversational common
places, his mind far away. .,
"Well start right now" he an
swered, throwing down his NAPKIN
land pushing back his chair. And the
they were on the floor and he aban
doned himself completely to til
lmusic. - = .. !. ..4 4
| They danced. encore after encore
They were still standing on the floor
clapping their hands, long after tn
saxophone's plaintive "thats ALL" an
they laughed when: they saw that tn
orchestra leader was bowling directl
to them and that they were alone o.
the floor.
81 must say" she laughed whe
they had sat down again, s"that whe
you get your mind on thing
doesn't get off quickly"
Meaning just what :" he asked.
"WeM, when you make UP you
Imind to dance, you dance, don't you
Wasn't it funny, the two of US stand
ing out there all alone, clapping lik
two kids?"
sit was your dancing. That's tn
answer" He changed the subjec
Emusic is great tonic, isn't it
Dancing to music like this makes 70
want to live. doesn't it,"
She nodded thoughtfully. "And
helps you to forget"
Eyes," he said slowly. ut helps 70
She turned her face away, made
pretense of studying her glass. H
lit : cisaret and offered the packag
II almost forgot" he said. "Yo
smoke, don't your"
a mo. Il don't any more.'
/ He frowned. "Olga, ! wonder
You realize how much you'y
changed? Cutting out smoking
another thing"
give tried to change-Jim."
The use of the nickname startle
him, sent q sudden pain dartin
through him. She was looking q
him intently.
Shouldn't / have called you that !
she asked. N.
"Why not! call you Olga. don
!? But" he said, switching the topi
"you know you've never told m
about yourself. ] guess you kno'
yours I"
She was silent for q while, lookin
down at her plate. Then she sail
I'll tell you, sometime, but not jus
now. Let's dance"
4 Jimmy was Beginning to find 1
anesthetic Ia the music. The du
feeling OF misery that had been wit
him all afternoon that gone and h
became conscious. for the first tim,
Of the fact that he was holding
pretty girl IN his arms.
tlssYou certainly can Dance" he tOl
her as he .piloted her graceful
through the crush 0f sweying Gov
Pies. And it was true. She move
with as.soTt ri feline grace and fol
lowed him unerringly il his cfet
lsateps &c 4. Sstsfss ~ III, Agf&
.Who couldn't. with vow y ssh
eersat1sd. e.Ysl.'s ;aleaN N si
dancing partner on che stage"
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