The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-22
THIS HAS HAPPENED

just before SALLY FORD. 10.
who knows NO other home but the
state orphnnaGe from the dime
she % four, prepares "a 60 10
GLEN CARSON'S farm 10 work
for the summer. she persundes
MISS POND. sentimental office
helper. to tell her about her
learn her aother has never re.
turned after plsejag her d The -.
phanage. salty goes g her sew
home With eS1she6 pride. There
she sees = Aonooa0e yOoog 0ao
when they coil DAVID eao VIE
she leaeas % . otU6eot - eeIen.
ttas eesnsee $50 aess aesoeee.
ws.es:s ss :ss 80. sss =: ::::s
PEARL. the essalIy 6rssse1. 0sa.
peree daug6les 81 the Cassoas
Pearl csudely varss salty. sBaade
on DavId-he's m0oet" After
suppep Pearl begs Davt1 90 lelo
q party Of dancers who are eoen.
oa4 TO the farm hoose. nut - -.
cliaes. Whes salty Aears tie
dancers downstairs later ID the
eveolng, she o. selxe6 With . sud.
den destse % J00n then and. 6on.
aoag her hest dress. tSpeoeo tn the
stairs. There Der courage faoos.
she hears vWleo heh0ao herr
svvaat to dancer" she lusaa. 10
o. David.
now GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
AT II o'clock that Saturday night
q Sally Ford blew out the fame
In the small kerosene lamp the
electric tight wires had not been
brought 20 the garret-and then
knelt beside tho low cot bed to
pray. % she had been taught to
do In the orphsnags.
Lying IN bed. covered only with
the scant night.gown she had
brought from the orphanage. Sally
did not feel the oppressive heat
nor the hardness and lumpiness Of
her corn1huck mattress For she
was RELYING the hour she had
spent IN the Carson living room
sponsored By Z steru.faced David
who seemed determined to force
Pearl and her glgglins. chatterins
friends 70 accept the timid little
orphan - an equal.
. She felt again the pain In her
heart @ their yelled insults. their
deliberate snubs. the concentrated
fury that cleaned ct her from
Pearls pale blue eyes. But again.
% during that hour. the hurt was
healed 81 the blessed fact Of
Uavid's championship. She lay
very otjll 70 recapture the bllsD OF
0evid's arm about her waist % DO
whirle6 her tightly 10 . to1 trot
the music Tor which came %
mysteriously from . little boz with
dials and . horn Ike . photograph.
Of course ho had danced with
Pearl. too. and with the other girls,
who had made syee at him and
ansled TOR compliments on their
own dancing. When 30 danced
With Pearl. her husky young body
pressed closely against bic. her
1nser%ips au6sciously brushed the
golden csispness Of his hair. She
had even tried 20 dance cheek.to,
cheek with David. but he had held
back sti6ly.
The other boys-Ross Willis and
Pur6y 9ates-had not asked Sally
- dance with them. after Pearl
had Whispered halIAudihlA fierce
commands: but their rudsness had
no power % still tho little song OF
thanksgiving that trilled In her
heart Tor always David came hack
TO- her. looking glad and relieved.
and e wos With her that David ut
oeewoon dances. talking steadily
and eqtostalnjngly. = hide her shy
sileucos.
She sighed IN memory. . CULVER.
ing sigh of pure pleasure. when
che lived again the minutes n the
kitchen when she and David bad
washo1 Sl1sses end plstea while
the ethero oobeod 10 the oaslos
Thog ho6 81 returned. but =
gothes ~ olioOe0 - the oack
etalresto ~ easSoG David bl6dins
her . cheoffnl oo6o.nisht - 10
turned into Biz own room 70 study
Tor % hour before goine % bed.
She had learned. durtns those