The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-22
THIS HAS HAPpENED

THIS HAS HAPPENED
Fate introduces JERRY RAY, n
khopEirl. tn wealthy ALESTER
CAitSTAIRS when he crashes his
sharing with her roommnte
MYRTLE. Her heart. responds 10
his pilot. DAN HARVEY, but
A!cster Is struck by her beauty
ana showers attentions upon her.
A letter from her mother rcvenl.
Ing poverty and illness strength-
ems Jcrry'a determination 70
marry wealth.
Unable Ia buy q new gown for
the party Alester Inns invited her
70. Jerry yields 10 the temptation
to take one from the stOre-ln.
tending to slip 1t hack next morn
ing. At the party LEONTINE LE-
DACDY. who II infatuated with
Aiestcr. II responsible for the
dress being ruined.
Jerry Ii In n pnnic. She COM
fesses TO the manager. who dis
charges her. She seeks another
Job. and In surprised one evening
when Dan calls ON her. He pro-
poses and she tells him, love II
delusiOn and that she intends ~
marry for money. lie leaves after
trying to warn her.
AIcstcr phones that he has n
surprise for her and takes her to
the little summer camp where he
has n servant spread u fenst. He
EivcN her orchids and little box.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXI
TERRY leaned forward and stared
with bated breath at the ring
Alester had disclosed. She had
never seen anything more beautiful.
It was a square-cut emerald set in
a band Of carved jade-green Jade.
ITO match your eyes," Alester
said. holding it out to her on the
palm of his hand. "Only your eyes
are more beautiful, Jerry, with
their golden lights that set my
heart on fire."
Jerry's fingers trembled as she
took the ring. She had been called
yellow-eyed. green-eyed, cat.eyed.
but never golden-eyed or emerald.
eyed. She could not help thrilling
to fiattery SO different from any she
had ever received before.
Let me put it on, with q wish"
Alester said. coming round the table
to her. Jerry lifted her left hand,
a little ashamed that it had
Drowned SO during her vacation.
Alester seemed to find It satisfac.
tory for he raised 1t. palm upward,
to his lips.
After a lingering caress he low.
cred It and picked up the ring that
Jerry had laid on. the table.
If my wish comes true" he said.
slipping 1t over her third finger,
you'll get q bracelet to match It:
the jeweler is holding It until
until l know II you love me, jerry"
His words, begun softly. had risen
In a swift crescendo until he
reached dramatic utterance. He
seemed to be carried away by his
own emotion for he swept Jerry
into his arms and crushed her to
him while he covered her. face with.
kisses.
CHE did not resist, She felt a. II
- she belonged to him. A panR
OF dismay came to her with. the
realization that his embrace left her
cold. ~.
But she would not let her reac.
tton influence her. Older, wiser.
people had said that love comes
after marriage. Such fleeting 10y
as she had known in Dams arms
was no more to be thought of as
the foundation for a lasting mar.
riage than rainbow as a guide
TO ship or fleecy white cloud
as a roof for your home.
Some such thoughts were Jcrry's.
but she did not put them into
words. not even to herself. It was
not necessary. All her adolesceut
thinking eliminated at this mo.
ment in q severe discipline OF her
soul that did not require words.
Jerry had come to the point
where nothing but q love 80 greet
that it would completely overwhelm
her could eradicate the effects of