The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-18
THIS HAS HAPPENED

BERTHE LOU WARD. o. the
eve Of her wedding 70 ROD
trouble at receiving q dag9eF-
like paper knife from LILA
MARSH. an ex-sweetAeare OF
not TO be Jealous. hut she receives
another blow TO her pride when
she accidentally oveFhears one
hridesmnid ask . girl e she
thought the bride liked being Z
second choice.
va. Tn. E Es, :. s:s ....; y..; ,s:
with q world OF adoratlon II hls
eyes. They spend nm ideal honey.
moon and BERTHE Lou forgets
about Lila until they return and
find her playing dictator 4 their
apartment 0ecauee she "kDoWo
what Rod llkes."
their little place but too much
hospitality upsets their Ananclal
budget. This worries Berthe Loo
~ does the pers1stent nnn0yaneo
Of Lila. So she r. happy when
lsod accepts n position IN New
York which has been oi3ereA ~
TOM FRASER.
They are anxious g make .
good Impression. so i've q a.
expensive hotel until they can
md an apartment. Finally they
locate three rooms but eannot
get their furniture shipped from
!. moue; , SO 1 M6nnx cs:sssss
urges Bcrtie Lou to boy "smast
clothes" and entertains 90 Law.
1shly that they feel under obl1ga.
ton to take them out Ia nice
places In return. Rod worries
Berthe Lon BY playing poker With
Tom.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XII
RERTIE LOU hit upon the truth
when she said that Molly did
not like her. It would not have
troubled her. however. had Nelly
not wanted to keep up the appear.
ance Of friendship.
It would have surprised her to
know the real reason for Mollyis
dislike of her. It was partly. a
she had guessed. her half-joking,
half serious remark about Twins
within Rods income. It had irri.
tated Molly when she learned from
Tom that BERTHE Lou would do that
Of necessity. She felt that Berthe
Lou had been posing ~ choosing
to do so.
But the thing that annoyed her
most. and changed her feeling 70.
ward BERTHE Lou from . negative
state to an active dislike. was Ber.
tie Louis complete refusal to recog.
nize her Importance az tho wife
of Rods employer.
BERTHE Lou never would have
made . friend of Molly had the
choice been left to her. But she
found It not impossible to submerge
her criticism Of Toms wife In heI
old friendship for him. Tom had
been the big boy that seven.year
old Berthe Lou star.gazed at ID
school.
NOW she was beginning to won
- der. with Molly becoming dit
ficult. II she could hide her opinion
Of her much longer. It irked her Il
be compelled to associate With 1
woman with whom she had nothinl
In common. An infrequent houI
or two In Wayville had not mat
tered. a. she said to Rod. But feel
ing that she must continue to g,
Molly just because Rod worked 70,
her husband wasn't the sort 81
thing she expected Of life. It Wal
q compromise-somethins Berti,
Lou hated IN spite Of tho tact thai
she could. on occasion. force her
self to It.
And so, knowing that Molly val
sharpening the axe for her. Berti(
Lou guessed the reason Why Chi
suggested Thursday a. the nigh
to accept Rods invitation 20 . cup
per club.
: Lila would b In New York then
And Rod. the big gooi. would b.
host to her. BERTHE Lon could hav,
killed somebody that minute. Moll!
was getting even now for the man!
Cimes BERTHE Lou'n nit had Ian ha