The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-07
COPYRIGHT 1928 N NEA SERVICE INC.
THIS HAS HAPPENED

sYBIL THORNE, Boston soeie.
~ GIRL svenry with disil1usion.
ment and disappointed In love,
hears from her nd0red brother.
TAD. the story Of HIS love Tor
VALERIE WEST.
Valerie. pink and white and
blond, completely wins the mp.
prevail Of Tad's mother. who longs
10 sec both her children married
and settled down. But Sybil, pa.
thetlcally eager for Tnd'a happi.
ness. r. skeptical Of vaierie's
&c. afs: :a:' : e. s s.s: Z; s.s a.;
chance to be n DEVIL" reasops
sybtl. who hns hNd plenty Of
chance herself. "val's . vamp.
or I'm cuckoo"
Plan: for mn elaborate weddins
60 Ent1y on. when suddenly the
family learn that Mr.. Thorne has
q had heart.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
e CHAPTER "
before his visit to the great
- diagnostician, Mr.. Thorne. after
his dizzy spells. invariably observed
that he was not as young as be
used to be.
Nothing to worry about" he In.
sisted and consoled Mrs. Thorne.
lowering about with pills and hot
water bags. ."Just a bit Of indis.
erection. Mother. Cabbage or pigs
knuckles-or something"
Baked beans. roast pork. red
meats, pastries-the poor man grew
wretchedly abstemlous.. Aud. still
the dizzy spells persisted. more
frightening as they became con.
stantly recurrent. From the be.
ginning he refused to give hts heart
even passing consideration. blaming
pains and vertigo alike on some
thing he might have eaten.
Golf, poker. q good cigar. q square
meal and tho Follies-when Z man
stares Death in les empty sockets
he has no Joy In them. From al
LIES pleasant things he turned
away and sat with a shawl over
his knees. staring with mild blue
eyes from the window OF his bed.
room. While In tho dining room
below the family gathered In
gloomy conference.
1--WE should never have sent him
to DR.. Fosdick." groaned Sybil.
What he didn't know wouldn't
have hurt him the way this dread
full knowledge II hurting"
The attacks came more ire.
quently. Mr.. Thorne gave up work
and became a semi.invalid. He drew
up a will and talked Of what DO
wished them to do after his death.
you'd better give up the house,
he told Sybil and her mother. 1T
will be q lonesome place. when Tad
gets married. and both Of us are
gone"
"Oh. Father!" implored Sybil.
THEIR family talks were always
= mournful.
I'VE must have the library pa
pered this Spring." Mrs. Thorns
might remark.
!. And Mr.. Thorne. sighiug deeply,
would opine that he'd DO dead and
In his grave before that Was done.
Y or Tad would be making plans
Tor his marriage.
:. well name our first child Tor
you. Dad" he proposed. and then
you'll have to start : handsome
bank account for, him"
Tears came to his fathers eyes.
ssl'll never i've to sec . grand.
child Of mine" he predicted darkly.
AS spring approached. Sybil gaily
anticipated summer at Wianpo.
1.-THE crocuses will DO coming up
soon. Daddy" she cried. and I'll
the darling tulips. and those lovely
purple hyacinths We put Ii last
fall / think We could 10 moving
down In . few weeks now
why. sure" be approved. THAT
would be fine." !.
His loving chserfulneas hurt
Sybil more than all his dire, pre-
dictions. for she knew that ID his
heart hA, felt he would never sss
their house by the sea again. Nor
live to touch : crocnA. nor small