Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-05-09

DOlOllA up. we ANittt'tf 80" ~ :"
while before l turn m. ] showed her
Tyne's story and she read 1t while I
undressed. She didn't say 4 word I'M
I'll she reached the cnd
Where IS this child now? she asked.
Down II the boarding house, sup
pose"
All alone?" she demanded.
4 don't know"
You make me sick To think of that
poor child. down in soDe dlngy board
ing house. crying her eyes out, alone!
You ought to be ashamed OF YOURSELF"
Hell. lady. I've got ! paper to get
OUT" l told her.
You could have called me upl' She
looked at the clock. NO. its too late
now. But the alarm IS going to ring
at seven-and laugh that of when it
wakes you up"
| went back to my own room with
the consolation at least that it must be
a specially good yarn TO get under her
skin that much.
Fred Tyne had plenty OF reason to be
cynical. His mother was a fool and he
knew it, which is 4 bad enough break
for any young fellow.
He had heard his mother remark too
many times. with her gay, bird-like,
twittering laugh, 20. l married James
simply for the alimony.' What's more.
she got the alimony. They lived
together only II year, then she went
off to fly her kites elsewhere, taking
the baby with her.
For the most part thev lived in Eur
ope, where she fitted about with a
group of women like herself and men
who were their male counterpartS, while
Fred lived in schools and went on va
cations with tutors.
II ever a oma quenched the fires
OF a youngsters emotions 1t was Helen
Tyne. l don't mean that she was bad;
just that she was silly. foolish, hope
lesSly vain and selfish.
One she suggested TO him that it
would be just the funniest joke in the
world if he posed as her brother. He
refused fatty. coldly. 1t was about at
that time. when he was nearly eighteen,
that she played her best cards. she
agreed to surrender custody Of him and
all future claims upon James Tyne or
his estate for a cash settlement Of one
million. Then she married an Austrian
title that had been badly bent during
the war and became at least something
to make chambermaids gasp. That
washes her from the story of Fred.
He returned to this country and saw
his father for the first time since he
was thirteen. 1t must have been pain
full when they tried to welcome him
into the big, solemn house in Melrose
street, where Tyne lived with his two
sisters. both of them spinsterS, older
than himself.
That fall he escaped to enter Yale.
For a time he thought seriously OF
teaching, but his father was insistent
that he take his place as prince heritor
IF tho D1arot Dofrtnorotar DOWNTOWN
He worked in the factory two years;
then he rebelled, walked out and came
TO the Record for a job, as I've told
you.
Perhaps it was reaction from Europe
and all the culture that had been force
fed into his system, but Fred Tyne took
naturally to what might be classed as
hard guys. Planet produces a lot of
that type. His run was to cover the
city hall, the police and fire depart
ments and the hospitals, not to men,
ton the various odd stories, such as the
one about Betty. hat might pop up
during the day or night.
He lived in a cheap rooming house
about three blocks from the office, ate
wherever and whenever he felt like it.
One reason why he lived close to the
office was SO that we, could break him
out on a story speedily, but the morn
ing after the Betty yarn we couldn't
find him when we wanted him.
I had heard Dorothy get up early
that morning and leave the house
about nine o'clock; then I rolled out
had breakfast and played with the kid
for a while before I went to the Of
flee. Dorothy came in, indignant, ten
minutes later.
The child has Disappeared" she an
nounced.
What child?"
"That little Betty Lane! No one
knows where she is. She left the board
ing house at about eight-thirty this
morning to go to the theater to see il
theater, but she hasn't returned"
She acted as though it was my fault
I said that the kid had probably gone
for a walk and suggested that Dorothy
cool herself off. Then the real reason
for her being angry came out.
That internal busybody, Mrs. Mill
ward, has been down at the boarding
house announcing that she's going tx
have the child put in the Home fol
Friendless Girls and taught a usefu
trade"
"She is, eh?" I said. "Well she isn't!'
l had mighty little use for Mrs. Mill
ward or any Of her holier-than-thol
playmates.
shes got the police looking for her
! That's why 1 came directly here. Please
do something's"
I said I'd get Frey Tyne on the jot
and / telephoned his rOoming house
but he wasn't there. Then l called The
police and Robinson, the chief, con
Z firmed what Dorothy had said: Mrs
/ Millward had put in a request to have
them search the city for Betty Lane
l I told him to go ahead and look, bu'
! to tell me instead of Mrs. Millware
when they had anything to tell. Their
/ sent Dorothy along home.
} Tyne didn't show up until two-thirty
? 1--WE been trying all over town to fint
' you" 1 said. Your Betty has disap,
peared and the police are looking TO.
: her. For the love Of Mike, get out OF
the job"
! He gave me a disguised look ant
;. silenced me with a wave Of his hand
"Betty's all right. I've got her out a
| a farm about five miles from here
y That gives the Transcript a story 70
: this afternoon and we can find her TO
! tomorrow morning. Another good sob.
when you bring the kid back tax
I her up to my house and turn her owe
I to my wife. How'd you work 1t, any
e how?" l asked.
7 Tyne said he got up early TO beat tn
! Transcript man on the job, and me
l Betty Just as she was leaving tn
q boarding house to 90 to the theate1