The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-06
: COPYRIGHT 1928 y NEA SERVICE INC
THIS HAS HAPPENED

SYDIL THORNE. prettiest and
most reckless Ut BOstOn aOclety
girls, cOnndes the story Of her 70.
nance with CRAIG: NEWHALL,
TAD.
Tad. nm ex-soldier. wounded md
decorated. In rather shocked when
Sybil cOnfesses TINT she likes to
pet Craig. hut does not love him.
She says TINT she docs not Intend
In love with JOHN LAWRENCE.
- who was seAt 10 France from
Camp Devens ON the eve Of their
mnrriaEe-and never returned.
Tad scO1ds her In brOtherly
1asAlOns but seems to understand
her unconventional code. He begs
hef to marry and settle d0wns and
then tells her that he has q great
piece of news. l.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
aF CHAPTER III
ssCHooT!"
- sybil regarded her brother
with sisterly affection. Saw him
flush boyishly and shift his own
embarrassed gaze.
Gosh Almighty. Tad. what have
you done? Killed a cop? Or done
good girl wrong?"
mo kidding" he told her. And.
standing. ground his heel In the
sand like small boy torn between
impulses to talk and hold his
tongue. "The truth Is, Sib-hang it
all. I wish you didn't feel-well.
anyhow, Sis, I'm engaged"
my Gawd!" Sybil threw herself
back on the sands. Everybody
gets engaged. Tad. There's as much
difference between getting engaged
and married as there Is between an
I. 0. U. and promissory note. You
don't mean you're thinking Of get
ting married. darling?"
Say! Cut that out will your"
Tad surveyed his recumbent sic.
ter darkly. you're darn right
tootin' I'm thinking Of getting mar.
ried. And the sooner the quicker"
VALERIE WEST was her name.
In June she was graduated
from finishing school. Tad met her
shortly afterward and their en-.
gagement was announced the next
month. Two weeks later Ter. mother
took her to France. It wAs quite
the thing that season to sail on tho
heels Of the announcement. to buy
q trousseau In Paris. and be mar.
ried In the spring.
Valerie was . f1axen haired little
creature with big violet eyer and
baby ways. Wide-eyed innocence
wasn't SO much pose with her a.
q fact.
Mrs. Thorne was delighted. It
was high time. she thought. that
Tad was settling down. The new
generation was too much for her.
'And Valerie Mas such Z sweet
little thing! Now II sybil would
only get nice young man."
Mrs. Thorne. sighed deeply. Sybil
had been. Of late. 4 source Of much
vexation to the family. She had
insisted. In the hrst place. upon
going to work.
II don't sec why, not" she Or.
gued. = don't vant to hang around
the house any more than Tad does.
Maybe could sell bonds. too. Any.
how. II you don't let mo do some.
thing. I'll pull Z BREAKDOWN Com.
plete collapse. Nervous pFostratiou.
You wait and SEE"
II suppose conceded her father
finally. II could flnd 4 place for you
In the office"
But Sybil declined. vigorously.
Nothing DOING" she informed him
tartly. iii make my own way"
Boating youthfully. she took On
intensive course In shorthand and
typewriting. which lifted her In
three months tor . stenographor's
Job n Z publishing house. on BS6con
Hill.
A passion for work. and real apti.
tude Tor the business. promoted her
to q secretarial position. Then she
announced that she was going TO
buy all her own clothes. With the
acquisition Of what she termed