The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-07
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mans son. sts 4psl
The first time he had kissed her,
she recalled vivfdly. her heart had
pounded. 9
This news she mad received from
the lawyer left her cold.
An hour before she had been q
beggar. Now she was rich beyond
her dreams of wealth. And It
didn't seem to matter greatly. Why
was that? Just human conceit.
That was why people accepted the
rarest, most unmerited good luck
as fairly due.
THE only woman I could never
buy"
That was what Hardiman had
called her. And that was why he
had left her millions. But he
hadn't. She wasn't the heiress.
Her son was the heir. Why? And
the other heir.
She tried to switch her jumbled
thoughts to the practical se'i
For the moment she was ~
uniquely concerned with herself as
would be . woman alone with her
Millions on . desert, island. In any
event she was ~ innpotent a. .
castawAy to imagine any objective
to which her wealth would help
her.
my sman. my baby. {.
me.
The trinity were the sum total
Of her thonghts.s She tried def
initely to contemplate that trinity
az incomplete-to forecast the arid
existence Of widow and orphan for
herself and the being that was
Eventually to grow up and be man.
And she couldn't. She abhorred the
prospect Of life In weeds, as ma.
ture. 1t has been mentioned. abhors
a vacuum. 1t was a vacuum. in.
deed, and out of 1t. from strangling
lungs. she whispered the name
Bravo. Her lips formed the sylla-
bles Of the name. Her ears heard
1t.
Then she knew that throughout
the chndbearing and the days OF
soul-sickness that followed. she
had denied herself the bitter-sweet
imagery which the name released
into her starved memory. at q mere
whisper.
She wanted to be as brave as the
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itself and is proudly solitary. Very
well, she had failed. Perhaps there
were some women. brave matri.
aFchal spirits. who could attain to
the ideal Of self-suflicient loneli.
ness. Not she. For the return OF
her lost love, she realized then, she
would gladly surrender all she had
her meaningless millions. her
To the inattentive rose silk pan.
ais Of the opposite wall. from whers
she stood just inside the door Of her
room. she whispered her ultimate
confession.
eyes. God forgive me. I'd. give my
baby, tool
1t occurred to her she could get
definite instructions as to her i'm.
mediate duties from the poiysylla-
bic Mr.. Walden she had left down.
stairs. marooned In the pantry.
She rang for the maid and told
her to bring the attorney to her.
There was q long delay before Mr..
! Walden entered, with motions Of
ludicreus haste. as IL in flight.
II was intercepted" he gaspetl. in
comic dismay. ION the stairs. A
white-haired lady. She wanted
money for Ukrainians. She had the
nerve to ask for q hundred thous.
and dollars!"
"Could I command such a sum.
II needed it," asked Barbara.
"You could" he affirmed. and
Immediately became admonitory.
But you'd have to reconcile it with
whatever consideration you feel you
may owe to Hardiman's other"
He swallowed the last word and re.
vised-'to the deceased's missing
child"
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he, too. was convinced that Hardi.
man had been her baby's father did
not escape barbara. but she ignored
It and responded to the reference to
Hardiman's child.
"That child il mentioned in the
will. ron say?'. she asked eagerly.
u HOf course. told you. You
didn't give me q chance to outline
the details"
"Yop may havs the rest Of the
afternoon"
Mr. Walden expanded his chest.
1.-THE. will" he expounded. 'spe-
cifically mentions this offspring
name and sex unknown-as an
heir, under certain unique condi.
tions. Excluding bepefactions TO
the various institutions 7 mentioned,
one-half Of the estate goes, as you
know. to your child. The other
half, barring minor beQuests. to
Mrs. Adams and--er-otherS. Is
practically held In trust by you.
The will leaves all that half to the
missing child Of the deceased II 1t
Is found within period OF FIVE
years by agents who are to be en-.
gaged by my firm"
II he is found"
Exactly. During that five years
YOU enjoy the income from that
amount. And II the child isn't
found within the specified time. the
whole amount will revert to yol, to
control absolutely" j.
- considerable sum-, suppose :"
Roughly speak king, you'll enjoy,
for 1yas years. ~ ldnc01ue OF your