The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-31
THIS HAS HAPPENED

VIRGINIA BREWSTER, up0u
the sudden death Of her father.
goes 20 live with . friend, CLA-
Nance, NATiiANIEL DAMN, OBJ
jects 10 this for he mistruxts
DEANS motives. Upon phoninE
NlEL'S studio late One night. VlR-
GINA is surprised when his
model, CHIRI. answers. This
causes a quarrel which II later
Mended.
Hoping to get MEL away,
DEAN nrrnnEcs to have him Of
fcred a position I'm San Francisco.
MEL bcEs VIRGINIA to marry
him and 20 .wcst. hut she refuses
to let him Ancriflce his art.
CLARISSA becomes Jealous Of
VIRGINIA. md the latter resolves
departure md nsks her to marry
him. when she refuses. he
threatens to reveal the fact that
her father cheated him out Of
:. 100000 In n deal. nccklessly,
VIRGINIA pledges to marry him
II she fails To earn the money to
repay him in one years time.
TEen she pny.ns one at her rings
and nnds a quiet hotel In which to
live. Sac goes 10 NIEL'S studio.
bnt her Joy mt secing him In
clouded for she does not dnre re.
veal the compact she Inns made.
MEL takes her out 10 dinner.
NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
THEY had happened upon tho
L place where Chiri was dining.
and Virginia had seen her as soon
as they entered the room. She was
sitting at a corner table with a
thin-faced, alert-cyed young man
who stared coldly at Nathaniel.
Chris presence annoyed vir.
ginia. Couldn't she ever see Ma
thaniel without having to come In
contact with his model?
Virginia worried over. It until
the waiter brought the clam juice
cocktail. Then she put it out of
her mind to devote herself to being
agreeable.
She wanted to know about the
charcoal drawings on the wall and
Mel told her OF the artists who had
frequented the place until fame
had come to them and they'd moved
uptown.
Virginia sighed. "Why do artists
have to be poor?" she asked.
because money makes so many
demands upon time and energy,
and creative art requires all that's
in person IL it is to amount to
anything" Nathaniel replied.
"But >" Virginia's remark was
interrupted by Chris coming to
their table. Nathaniel started to
rise but she pushed him back in
his chair and stood with an arm
thrown carelessly around his neck
while she asked him IL he'd. brought
any Of his Russian cigarets along.
Nathaniel fished out q package
and handed It to her. She leaned
down quickly and planted a CRATE
full kiss on his forehead and then
started back to her own table. Her
companion gQred 1t her.
Virginia was not any less dis.
pleased. for Chris conduct had
served to answer her ,perplexing
question. Che was becoming teal.
Gus Of this tempestuous creature.
Afraid OF her In fact. That was
why she was glad to have q reason
to give Mel for poitponing their
wedding-a reason that no had
helped to build up. He would
have to agree now that everyone
has q right to make sure OF his
own strength, to prove his ability
to justify his existence before con.
senting to accept protection from
another individual.
Virginia knew that II she had
no reason at all TO give him Ma,
thaniel would question her love
and -. that would be another
girls chance. II there was anyone
to understand" and sympathize
with him when he felt himself dis.
lllusioned.
Virginia glanced across the table
where Chiri, small face cupped. In
hor hands, blew smoke into the air
and smiled indifferently at the
eager young man who was TALKING
to her in low. excited tones. appar.