The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-05
rms HAS HAPPENED


SALLY FORD u alarmed oct"
70 GLEN CARSON. prosperous
farmer. the summer she n ~, and
leaves the statc OrphnnaRe. the
only home she Inns knows since
che wns four. At the farm, she
finds friend In DAVID NASH,
stuslent and athlete. David pre-.
fers sally 90 Clients hnd.temrcrcd
daug htcr. PEARL. and this anSers
the farmer.
when Cnrs0n makes insultong
remarks about sally. David sends
him crashing to the grOun6 With
one terrific slow. Dnvla and Sally
nee. They tramp untiI aosalsg
when they come % . carosvoD
train. In the carnival tssups
salty spies EDDIE COBB. eormes
inmate Of the Orphans Home
He beRs WINFIELD 0yBCR
manager Of the carnival. 10 MAKE
= place Tor these two an6 accord.
inRly David II sent 10 the cooks
car md sally bec0mes "Petncess
Lalla." erystal gases sally oakes
friends with the midget. .poTTs
s0INE," WhO warns her 20 oeWave
Of VITA. the Hula dancer who Ans
her eye on David
That night In the dress tent
NTH comes In. when sally speaks
70 her. she cnts her short and tells
her ahe knows who she % we'll
enough BENDING menacingt1 over
sally. she demnndsS "DO yOU want
me 70 tip IN the polices Well.
then. ~ you don't. tisten-and GET
q G00d. oil at ~"
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XVIII
TOUR girls. two Of them thin to
Z emaciation. one over-fat. the
fourth as beautifully shaped - .
Greek statue. trailed dispiritedly
into the dress tent. their hands
cropping to unfasten the snaps OF
their soiled silk chorus.girl cos
tunes.
Now. weary unto death after IL
performances, tho 'Follies" girls
shuft1ed on aching feet to their cots
and seated themselves with groans
and dispirited curses. paying not
the faintest attention to the tense
tableau presented By Mia. the
"Huls" dancer. and the girl they
thew % Princess kalla."
6ally's frightened eyes 6uttered
from one TO another OF that be-
draggled. pathetic quartet. but she
might as yell have appealed to the
gaudily painted hammers that dut'
tered over the deserted booths out.
side.
what do you want. Nita?" she
whispered. moistening her dry lips
and twisting her little brown
painted hands together.
I'LL tell you fast enough!" Mia
snarled. thrusting her face close to
Saliy's. II want you to give that
sheik OF yours the gate-get. me!
Ditch him. shake him. and ! don't
mean maybe!"
For the third time that day Sally
was having David Nash. the only
friend she had ever made outside
the orphanage. thrown into her fAce
a. . sweetheart or worse Winfield
Bybee's casual words 70 his wife
Cant you sec she's clear gone "a
hat Dave chap OF hersf'-had made
her heart beat last with . queer,
su6ocatinS kind OF pleasure.
pleasure she had never before e.
perienced In her life. Those wordi
had somehow initiated her into
young ladyhood. frsught with
strange. lovely privileges. amonl
them the right 70 b ''cleaf gone
on . mana man like Dsvj0l
But Njta's that sheik Of yours.
Nitas venomously spat command
give him the gate. ditch him
shake him." aroused in her . sud
den blind fury. . fury - intense q
Nita'a
"l'll DO 40 such thingl DsvidiI
mine. - long - ho wants % oel
tou have 40 right to dictate 4
met =
Els that soI" Mia atraightspe1
hands digging into her hipA . to1l
OF her ragged. badly eurled blou(
head Emphasizing her sarcasm. ri
that so1 Maybe you'n think ! hae
0ome right uhoo the COPS tao ~
o. the sheul9or tomorrow Too ~
you and your David can't share
suite IN the county jail tosethsri'
sYou'd-you'6 Do that-to David