The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-07
The Vanity Case

The Vanity Case
(Coatiausl ffen paoe sne.) !,
Joined. not curtiy;. but with the air
Of one stating m important feet. Ii.
"Not snoopy exactly" offered In
man. "but 90 softly snd cat-footed
she gets on my nerves" I.
~ wouldn't have. Q noisy servant
about" Myrn informed him, with q
calm glance Of hauteur.
well. she spoiIs the whole day
for me-" Heath declared. II DO
wish, Myra, you'd let us have the
hired service. Larry could pass the
tray, or, II he balked, Bunny could"
NO." Myra said; and: the one word
wal far more el6quently finAl than
AM. tirader could have been.
She did not smile, bubs neither did
she frowh. It was her way Of clos
imp an incident.
Her pale oSal face was Of classic
beauty. which would, have been rend-
ered . thousand times more attract
i've. BY even y flesting smile: But
smiles were not Myra's strong point.
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wa4 'uhAssailabie, her poise was never
none, nor ever showed response to
it's manifestation In others.
OF course. she was in0rdinAteoy
vain Of her looks; Of her quiet, we'll
behaved ash blond. hAirs Of her lsrke
gray eyes, that never grew dark and
stormy With rage; or soft with I'M
shed tears; Of her pale pink lips
and dead white complexion, untouch-
ed by the makeup box, and of her
tndivid0al style Of dressing.
Her wardrobe included only gowns
Of white or pale gray, or elusive
shades Of fawn or biegs. And NIL
were made on seft, clinging lines,
that made her look like an exquisite
Bsfne-JoMes picture. in unusually
nlodish garb.
All these effects should have ap.
pealed to her artist husband, but
they didn't. He was all for color,
and he begged Myra to wesr pale
green or yellow, or even black bat
q calm "No~ was his answer.
And 50, though few people knew
it, he became, q little fed up with
Myra. TO be sure, she had the
money, SO he couldn't seriously Of.
fend her, but by slow degrees, they
drtfted Q little more apart, spirit.
ually and though outwardly just a.
usual, they knew themselves where
they stood.
Heath's absences in New York,
when he went down 70 see about
selling his pictures, became q little
longer each time. He paid more
attention than he used to feminine
guests in the house.. He contrasted
in his own mind the deadly dall.
ness Of his wife and the gay banter.
ing moods Of Bunny or other girls
and women who visited Myra.
For she loved to entertain. Her
superiority complex crAved oppor-
tunity. to display her home in ali Its
marvellous perfection Of detail. Con-
sequently no weekend found them
without guests, and, many remained
IS longer time visitors.
Lawrence lnnlan, also an artist,
dabbled about in Perry's studio,
producing futile attempts ct sea-
scapes, or garden pieces, ct which
Heath laughed good-naturedly and
told him to try blacksmithinE.
A. distant relative Of Myras, In
nan was her only kin, and, except
large fortune.
Moreover, he was in love with her,
or MS near as one could come to
such thing as romance with Myra
Heath.
He had often told her 50, only to
receive 4 grave LOOK and a calm
"No" in response. But Larry In
nAn was not easily daunted, and he
continued to dance attendance on his
beautiful kinswOntan. to the secret
amusement Of her true and lawful
husband.
For Perry Heath was astute to o
degree; ard very little went on in
his house Of which he was unaware.
He even sensed, through sheer in.
tuition, that Larry contemplated pro.
posing to Myra some plan Of divorce
Or etvpement, and he idly wondered
how his wife would take It..
This conviction, however, made not
the slightest difference in his atti-
tude toward the pair. and the peace
of the household was unruffl4d.
But Heath, not illogicallyj told
himself that sauce for the goose was
sauce for the gender, and IL Myra
chose to philander with Inman, her
husband was excusable II he flfrted
tiny bit with the bewitching Bunny.
Cocktails finished ard dinner an :
nounced, they went across the lounge
to the dining room.
Here again, the absolute perfect
Ion Of the appointments and the ex-
cellenee Of the food justified Myra
in her pride. in her housekeeping.
Dinner was rather q merry feast,
for the coektailsf had been potent,