The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-02-06
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a week is all can give you to start.
When can you begin :"
I'm ready to take nv coat Off
right now, Mr.. Hilton"
The passing days brought no word
from Mooney. nor did they bring
Rand any success in his search for
Olga Maynard. Jimmy was q ire.
quent visitor at police headquarters,
where he had been referred by the
chief to Lieutcnant, O'Day, a grvff
old war horse whom Jimmy, never
theless, liked Instantly.
He saw much of Mary. They had
even met outside one day during
lunch hour quite Accidentally and
had eaten together. she insisting on
paying her own check.
He asked her to let him call. He
had been trying for days to summon
enough courage 70 ask her. and when
he did he cursed himself for his
scho0lboy shyness and stammering.
"Why, certainly" she said warmly,
and made him sorry he hadn't asked
her before.
! Her mother was widow. Her
chief complaint against life. he found
when he caAled, was the fact that
Mary hed to work.
The Lowells, he gathered from her
cnversation. had once "amounted' to
something" rstst /.
Mother does live 80 much in the
past" Mary confided to Jimmy later.
when father was living wc never
Thought about money. There seemed
to be plenty of it. He'died suddenly,
and his effa1rs were not in the best
of shape. What little money was
left after things had been settled WAS
soon gone. It was necessary for me
to leave school. Mother thinks it
perfectly dreadful 70 have to depend
on me for support. 49, rather
like it myself. I'm perfectly thrilled
about my work."
Jimmy got the impre ssion Of
hostility on the part OF Mrs. Lowell.
He felt somehow that she hoped
Mary would marry well--someone
with . lot of money. He felt
uncomfortable in her presence.
A few nights later he took Mary to
the theater.
Don't let's go home just yet" he
suggested afterward. Being alone
with her had made him unaccount-
ably gay. II feel like dissipating.
What do you say If we go some place
and get bite to eat and dance :"
Lovely" she agreed. "We'n go
to the Cafe Madrid. The music there
is wonderful"
They found the. Madrid filled with
. noisy crowd; they were lucky to
get table.
you were right about the music"
he declared when they were on the
floor. +. /. His arm was around her
waist-he was breathing the fra
grange of her hair. He thrilled.
She seemed instinctively to antici-
pate every move he made-every
suggestion of . step. He clemored
vainly for an encore when the or
chestra stopped playing.
'You seem as clever at dancing o.
you are At rescuing young ladies'
she bantered when they were bach
at their table. ~
Lady" he said. '>the young man
is speechleSs. Lhave been trying for
two minutes to think of words to de-
scribe somethingT7and there aren't
any such words. You dance
nike alike breath. Therc-that's
as close. as I can come" s, M
She laughed. and imrulsively
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with her hand-then immediately
"Mr. Rand" she said. YOU
Jimmy I've already decided 10 call
you Mary. Eventually. you know.
Why not now?"
II don't think Jimmy suits YOU.
she said. "It's $500 diminutive. II
think jim fits you better. You're TOO
big to be called Jimmy: IT'S too hoy
ish. was thinking, Ghcuxh Of what
you said that night about hopiak you
wouldn't have to stay in Mansfield.
You've never told me. what brought
you here from Grafton"
He hesitated. 1--WE decided not to
tell you just yet" he said. "Please,"
he urged ut her look Of inquiry,
and took her hand. please don't
think it's q secret I'm afraid to con-
fide in you. Let me tell you later"
She shrugged. I'm sure it's not
necessary" She withdrew her hand.
There was an nwkward pause.
In the silence that followed Jimmy
heard cosely Che snatches Of con-
versation from an. adjacent table.
Two men were chatting idly over
their coffee.
Across the room there"
he heard one say. "The blond. See
her? Hang. it, whats her name now?
| Oh, devil take it. can never think
of a name when ] want TO-"
At the next words Jimmy started.
The, spoon that he had been toying
with fell with clatter to the floor.
1--WE got it," one of the men was
| saying. "Maynard-thats her name !.
Olga Maynard. Some dame!-eh Z"
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