The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-05
- COPYRIGHT 1928 W NEA SERVICE INC
THIS HAS HAPPENED

when SYBIL THORNE was
younger people said she WINS the
prettiest girl In Boston. Every
day or two her picture appeared
In the social columns, ind society
editors heaped praise and COMPILE
menfs upon her. hut Sybi1 WINS
only IS when she o.st rot herself
talked. nbOut-it waa after the
war. and she wae trying 20 hard
to forget.
JOHN LAWRENCE. her sweet-
heart. was missing In action
'presumably dead" the telegram
had snid. Her ad6red brother
TAD-Wns home. with the Cfolx
de Guerre and two wound stripes.
And NIL the world had gone qulte
crazy. Hut desplte Sybll's In.
dIscretions. CRAIG NEWHALL
Crnt9 was the most eligible bach.
elOr In ROston. Tad asks SybiD
why she dOesa't marry him.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER II
TAD and Sybil were on the beach
at Craigville. lying side by side
under an orange umbrella that
looked like sunflower blooming on
the. oceans brink.
Sybt! sifted sand through the fun.
nels ct her palms. making little
mounds like ant hills on the scar.
let jersey OF her swimming suit.
and meditated languidly on the
events Of the summer.
From the beginning Craig New.
hall had been in love with her. At
first he had been bit hard 20
INDEPENDENTLY after she ard
let him kiss her.
Tell me you love me. Sybil:"
I. She remembered how fiercety
he had whispered it-a hoarse com.
mand against the softness Of her
hair.
"But l dont!" she had protested.
GREATNESS and q little frightened.
mot really. only love to be
loved"
Now she turned toward Tad with
= sudden burst Of confidence.
You see. Taddy." she announced,
II don't ever mean to be married.
Craig understands. Ages ago I told
him so. / said I'd play round all
he wanted. II he'd always remember
It was only playing. No promises.
No demands. Romance a. free -
the. wind"
!: In her secret heart Sybil. had
made q VOW. She would never. she
swore. tell another man she loved
him. Because that. she believed,
would be betraying John. After his
death she had tried to feel like Z
widow. but her mind pulled one
way and her emotions another.
! Its plain as A B. q" she told
her brother. Emotions and love
are as far apart az the poles. Be
cause ! like to pet with Craig 10
no sign that love him.
Once . girl wouldn't let . man
Kiss her until he'd sworn undyine
devotion and all that sort OF thing.
+ she was sure he respected her.
shed stand for .. little 'petting-
only. OF course. they didn't call It
petting. Il she got = hollow feel.
tng In tho stomach. she'd think she
was tn.love. Then they'd get mar.
ried. -.
I let Craig kiss me because /
IKE IT.. But I'm not Kidding my.
self = bit. I love John q much 9
+! ever did. Il doesn't make any
difference that he's dead. .
Maybe there's no fidelity Il mo. I
don't know. Only Johns g6t my
soul. and I don't believe lips count
very much.
RUT she remembered ! night on
= the. shores Of Lake Waban. eli
silyeryr and bewitching In the moon,
light. The night Craig kissed her
tor tho first time They had driven
to the waters edge. and LETT the
car. and gone and sat on the trunk
Of : fallen birch that Nay ike !
lanky tree-ghost I'll white and
slender on the. ground. That vas
when she said. Don't ever gel me
wrong. Craig. It's only playing.
And she put back her head Tor