The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-29
THIS HAS HAPPENED

VIRGINIA BREWSTER. upon
the sudden death Of her father,
goes TO live with = friend. CLA-
RISSA DEAN. nnd her father.
Her Aanee. NATHANIEL DAMN.
objects 10 this for he mistrusts
DEAN'S motives. Upon phoninE
NIEL'S studio late one night. VlR-
GINA In surprised when hts
model, CHlRI. answers. This
causes . quarrel which 10 later
mendcd.
Hoping to get MEL away.
DEAN aFrnnEcs to hnve him Of.
1cred pOalii0n In Sam Francisco.
MEL hess VIRGINIA to marry
him and go west. but she refuses
to let him sacriflce his art.
CLARlSSA becomes Jealous Of
VIRGINIA. and the latter resolves
to leave. but DEAN opposes her
departure nnd asks her to marry
him. when she refuses, ~
threatens to reveal the fact that
s,S. d sosAer cheated him out Of
Recklessly. VIRGINIA pledges
herself to marry him II che fNtls
to earn the money to repay him
IN one years time. She then eOes
to 4 cheap hotel after pawnlng
one Of her rings. The sordtdness Of
the place makes her realise her
SH.s"sSSO sWSsuwe"s UWU te0u Uo0ue
comes when she hears q hrawl
through the thin partitloa and
then she knows TINT shc hna In.
decd made n mlstnke IN her choice.
She checks out Immediately and
rOnsn1ts her attorney who recon.
n,ends a smnll. quiet hosteIPy to
which she goes.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIX
VIRGINIA'S things had arrived.
she was told. and she asked to
haye them sent up Immediately. It
gave her welcome activity to un.
pack and make a list Of the pic.
lures and the few objets dart she
had in her suitcases. The trunks
that should have been at the Deans
were not there. she learned. She
called her former home on Park
Avenue and directed the superin.
tendent to send them to her new
address. They contained nothing
but clothing. very little OF which
she cared to wear now, 90 she was
not impatient to receive them.
It was q different Virginia who
presented herself At Mr.. Cardiner's
ONCE Z second time that day. A
bit of the thrill Of good fight had
got through her dependency and
melted her to q desire for action.
Call up in the morning and I'll
let you know about these things. :
he said. referring to the list she
had made.
II really think I have q right to
Them" Virginia said wistfully.
"They were mothers"
''Then Of course they're yours.
but we'll Just make sure that they
are not on the unpaid bills. sos to
avoid the possibility Of trouble"
This time Virginia left the build
Ing with Q lighter heart. It meant
something to be allowed to hope
that she was not to be stripped OF
the very last possession that linked
her with the life that seemed now
to have been . fairy tale.
But she could not know beyond
doubt until morning; and in the
meantime she must communicate
with Nathaniel. He might have
called the Deans and learned that
she was gone. Virginia was smit.
ten with remorse that she had
left the day so nearly 90 BY with.
out calling him.
Virginia had glimpsed the
small hotel parlor where every
word spoken could be overheard.
They might take Z ride on . bus
top up Riverside Drive. but what
. place for Nathaniel In . temper
las he was sure to be.
Well. why not 60 his studio? It
was the best place in the world,
Virginia thought. to tell him what
had happened with Clarissa. That
would be enough to explain why
she was breaking with the Deans.
Nathaniel would be sure to urge
an early marriage. but she could
Ind some reason for putting It Of.
After. Q ride down to Washing.
ton GNvate on ,aalfun Virginia
walked to NAthaniel's studio and
found him At work. Chiri was DOS,
Ing for him il : red bathing suit