The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-16
THIS HAS HAPPENED

NATHANIEL DAMN. strusrltur
nrtist. ts engaged. 10 VIRGINIA
BREWSTER. whose father 1. =
prominent Wall street nnuucler.
After losing bis fortune In spec.
uIntlOn. BREWSTER dies and.
denly Of heart failure and leaves
bis daughter penniless.
MEL urges VIRGINIA to mar.
~ him nj once. Int nm old family
friend. FREDERICK DEAN, nnd
his daughter CLARISSA persuade
her To make her temnOrnry home
with them. Th1s dccIaion nwgcrs
Nlnt.. Tor he suspecta DEANS
motives and does not like Ola.
RISSA.
Returning t. HE studio ne finds
his model. CHIRI. waiting with
not cO1Ree for hlms. He knows
TINT CHIRl e Jealous Of VIR-
GINA and. fearing TINT she win
income q nuisance. he repuIses
aer and sne Jenves n n temper.
1.ed and umhnuwy hy the insinnn-
tt"ns of CLARISSA 10 the e1~ct
Tint now she will hive to mnrrv
Tor money and n yelled warnirx
against lveannss1ng where her
rance. NUTSHELL WAINGOUT.D.
- concerned. She n aDaO worried
ny the attentions NJ NM. DEAN.
rnd resolves 10 tell NIEI. her
fears. she phones his studio in
the evening nnd N suvurleed -
hear the voice Of CHIRI over the
wire.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VIII
VIRGINIA recognized that slow.
drawing ''hello." instantly. II
was the same voice that had an.
swered her early that morning
when she had called Nathaniel and
been told that she had the wrong
number.
"Oh. I'm sorry" she said politely.
I'm afraid I have the wrong
number"
She started to replace the In
strument on the stand when the
other voice stopped her. "Are you
Miss Brewster?" It asked.
Virginia's hand paused In mid.
air. She was. for an instant, un.
able to move. Again doubt OF Ma.
thaniel was filling her mind with
torturous conjectures. Then she
lifted the instrument and brought
herself to say with q brave meas.
ure OF calm. Eyes. I'm Miss Brew.
stcr: may I speak to Mr.. Damn"
MEL Is out" the other voice 70.
turned brightly. This 10 Chiri
Mond. I recognized your voice.
Miss Brewster. Shall ask Mel to
call you when he comes in?"
mo. thank you. Miss Mond. I'm
koins out Immediately. Just tell
Nathaniel ! called. will you?"
When the connection was bro.
ken Chiri congratulated herself
upon her luck. She had found Ma.
thaniel at work q few minutes be.
fore. as he had told Virginia he
meant to be. and a. Hardness was
not using her that afternoon NJ,
thaniel had asked her to pose for
half an hour or so. He wanted To
finish up the illustrations In which
no was using her before beginning
work upon the murals.
He had discovered himself to be
short Of colors and had gone out
to get them only about ! minute
ahead Of Virginia's call.
Fat chance I'll tell him she
Chiri gloated while she
waited for Nathaniel's return. "And
Il she recognized my voice she'lI
have something to think about
Virginia did indeed have some,
thing to think about. She under.
stood that Chiri might b IN the
studio at this hour g Q model but
=. why had she been there 90
early that morning? And Why had
she pretended. when she answered
The telephone at that time, that IL
was not Niel's number? Mel had !
answered momeot later then
be must have known what Chirl
had done.
virginia's cheeks blased with
outraged pride. Could Mel deceive |
her for . girl like Chiri Mond3 |
There must DO some expIana.
tion." Virginia protested against |
her fear that the only true e.
PLANTATION was one that would
break her heart. "Niel couldn't do |