The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-07
THIS HAS HAPPENED

THIS HAS HAPPENED
SALLY FORD. III. leaves the Or.
pinnaEc. the only homo she hns
known from the time she was
four, To he Charmed out" to GLEN
CARSON. There she meets q
friend III DAVID NASH. college
hoy and nthlete who In working
GA the farm during the summer.
Carson becomes nnEry because
David prefers Sally ~ his bad.
tempered daughter, PEAR l..
When Carson makes evil remarks
about Hayid'S and SnIly'N friend.
ship. David hits him = terrible
blow.
David and Sally run nvvny and
j0in Il carnival. David M cooks
hcipcr and Sally ns "princess
LaiIn." crystal Enxer. The midget,
"PlTrY SING," takes n fancy TO
If NlTA. the Hula dancer, who IL
infatuated with David.
Sally tells MRS. BYDEE. wife
1T the carnival owner. about her
life in the Home and that her
mother once lived In stanton. the
town where the carnival il show.
Ing. Mrs. Uybec goes out to sec
II she can learn anything abOut
the mother and calls Sally to her
Pullman 10 tell her she has
learned the woman was not her
bribed to take the bnby from the
real mother In New York and dis.
appear. Sally sees Mrs. Bybec
place IL hing Of money I'm little
safe beneath the cushioned sent.
When she warns Sally to keep
her mouth closed about It. Sally
pr0miseE. A. she leaves the Pull.
man. she In startled TO see Nitn's
grass skirt vanishing into the
w0mnn's dressing room. She won.
ders II Nitn has overheard about
her mother.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
TT was sad. listless little 'Prin.
1 cess Lalla" who cuppcd tiny
brown hands about q crystal ball
and pretended to read past, pres
ent and future" in it's mysterious
depths as the afternoon crowd OF
the carnival's last day in Stanton
milled about the attractions in the
Palace of Wonders. There was the
crack Of an unsupported whip In
tho voice of Gus. the barker, as he
bent over her after his oft.repeated
spiel:
"snap into It. kid! These rubes
is lousy with coin and we've got
to get our share. You're crabbin'
the act somethin' fierce 3 after
noon. Step on it,"
Sally made q valiant effort TO
obey. but her crystal-gazing that
afternoon was not q riotous sue.
cess. She made one or two bad
blunders, the worst Of which
caused . near-panic.
For she was so absorbed In her
own disappointment and In con.
templating the effect Of her news
upon David. when she should tell
him that she was an Legitimate
child Of q woman who had aban.
doned her, that her eyes and intui.
ton were not 80 keen as they had
been.
Although there had been Z sharp.
faced shrew Of q wife clinging to
his arm before he vaulted upon the
platform for a reading" she
mechanically told Z meek little
middle-aged man that he was In
love with q 10 beautiful girl wiz
golden hair" and that he would
marry wiz her."
After the poor husband had been
snatched from the platform By his
furiously Jealous wife and given Z
most undignifled padding with her
hastily removed shoe-an added
attraction" which proved vastly
entertaining to the carnival crowd
but which caused Z good many
quarters to nnd their hasty way
back into handbags and trouser
pockets-Sally felt her failure %
keenIy that she leaned backward
In an effort to be cautious.
For Gods sake. kid. snap out
Of It before the next show!" Gus
pleaded. hopping his dripping