The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-22
Alabaster
Lamps
By Margaret Turnbul
THE STORY

THE NTOk1
CHAPTER with strange
whom he introduces as his nephew.
Ned Carter, Claude Melnotte Dabbs
returns from New York to his gen
cral grocery at Peace Valley, Pa.
To "Aunt Llddy," his hOusekeeper,
he explains that Carter is chance
acquaintance, veteran Of the World
war, whom he had met and taken q
liking to.
CHAPTER lI.-Carter tells Aunt
Lyddy he has broken with his
family and his sweetheart because
| Of his resentment of their ultra
pacific tendencies. With Dabbs Ned
visits Cloper Hollow, abiding place
Of collection of good-natured
cranksI" according to the grocer.
They almost run over a dog be-
longing to girl whom Carter ap-
parcntly recognizes. Ned delivers
grocery order and in his absence
the girl, Dorothy Selden, reveals
that she knows him to be Ned
Carter Rangcley, son OF Loren
Rangclcy, New York banker. t"
CHAPTER III. - Next day Ned
commences work as a 'grocer's
boy. At residence, the "Whits
House," he delivers an order marked
Johnston" There he meets a girl
who tells him she and her mother
are alone in the house, the servants
having left them because of the
loneliness" He promises to try te
procure household help. Arrange.
mcnt is made for y cook to go to the
JOhnstons'.
CHAPTER 1v--Thc cook being un
able to begin work at once, Ned Wis
its the White House to inform Mis-.
Johnston Of the fact. Explaining
the situation TO her mother, tn,
girl. MARY" is astonishcd by tina
lady's emotion at the mention o.
Dabbs' name. The cook arrives, ant
Mary. with Ned, goes to the village
for groceries. They are seen b!
Dorothy Seldcn.
| CHAPTER Where is somcthin,
about Mary vaguely familiar t
Dabbs, and he is highly interested i,
village gossip concerning the mothe
and daughter. Mrs. Johnston &C
companies Mary to an inn for lunch
con. Dabbs sees Mrs. Johnston" j
his wife, "Polly," and is disturbed
He informs Ned he has something 81
his mind that he would like to- tel
him.
claude sighed. TITS possible
It's 80 hard to make people see
though, that sometimes you're ont
part Of yourself and sometimes
you're another"
lie began again, a. though anx
io1s to get on.
.. 1T was getting pretty late ant
l thought II got there just II
. time for supper I would have I,
E ask her. to eat with me. l didn'
4 think 1 could stand talking to her
SO ! stopped at. a, restaurant.
Il son, l don't: know tRatt l cal
make syou underttand It, hut
: !, might just as well have had some
y thing strong to drink. The foo
made me feel 80 queer. like pillow
r ing ahead at some QUE or some
h thing. tooks'a little walk. an
: then said to myself that now Il
r only got to get 1t over and then
l. could take the nine O'clock trail
home-and that would be all @
that.
AuG uVlCA wash I A0A xtOIA tIS
station. and 1t wasn't very hant
Il some. l guess, but 1t was finer tina
e any I'd ever been In. / asked ia
'. Polly by her own name, only. SAL
Ing Mrs. instead Of Miss. 1t wa
. her own idea. She didn't wish I
have anything like talk about u
|e l said was her husband. Th
woman called up and told me tbs
Polly would be down In a mtnut
ID 1.-The parlor was full Of peopl
r but nobody I knew. I sat dow
and waited. and while ! waite
:, that hurry and rush Of excitemel
" inside me kept up. 1t was hard
sit still. I wanted to walk abO,
y and talk, but I held myself in.
looked at the people who came 1
c. and they all seemed the same kir
q Of red-faced, common people. n
" body l knew.
: "Then / heard 4 voice near n