The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-24
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.rml, HAS HAPPENED

HELEN PAGE SeeJe WoAaopy
when the girls ~ the SDaas eoavd-
Miss Sim piIcity inst - please z
handsome guardian. LEONARD
BRENT. who awpplies her With
ample funds md smart Par0siam
frOcks Nut she dnres mat Nuea-
ton his rrnsOns ~sen when her
room n her Ut heIWE In
love With Hr~nt n calls her n
f""l for giving ~ daaciag ss6
PARTIES for him.
Realizing her sckOOl-g1rl Ia
Sntun ttOn for MIN, Hrent xacts
her promise In d. anything NJ
rrks her a.. and N ~ he will tell
her nbout her parestage after she
graduates.
On~ day Rrrnt spies = xoid asa
diamond IOcket ~ = staFvtag heK-
gar Who has fallen In m nlley.
BE bends Over ~ take the IOrket
mud hears mumh1ed words about
"EsnnEeltne ~ dDslmherlted," and
decides ~ help the old man ssd
nnl out hls story.
The bexEar n tOO far gOoe ~
reveal mmc except that his wame
ls I'll tULi:s OWENS NELLINs
TINT his wife IL dends md TINT
there Wns q baby EvANGELDNE
whom he Inns AtdArn from her
wealthy grandfather. CYRIL =.
GNNINGHAM. Unable 10 learn
s"ore. Drent gives him money
nrrnnxrx Ia meet Min again
nrst day. Then NJ Eoes IL dive
with y called GARNER.
md they quarrel because he IL
late.
Now GO on WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VI
RAIN dashed and pelted against
the windows with increasing
violence as the carly hours Of the
morning. synchrOnizing with the
hands Of the expensive watch on
u stand by the walnut bed, neared
the slecper's breakfast time.
Presently Brent stirred and sa.
M. tossing the cover away and
stretching his silk-clad arms lux.
uriously. But for all the comfort
and security OF his surroundings
his brow vas creased with a scowl
as he observed the storm spending
itself against the glass barriers.
For a moment he was tempted
to give up his plans. to remain
indoors and let the chimcra tat
had seemed a lucly chance the
night before go glimmering. but
Brent had found that logged de.
termination won many victories
for him and he was loath to over.
look even the faintcst promise OF
a rich haul.
There might be something be-
sides imagination in the old mans
story. he reflected.
An hour 'ater he took his GUS
tomarl place in the hotel dining
room and ordered a substantial
breakfast. being in doubt as Ia
when and where he would lunch
When the crisp bacon, the deli
cately cooked eggs and the thin
brown toast yer eaten. the second
cup OF crystal-clear coffee leis.
urelv downcd, he got up to SCI
out or the task to which he meant
to devote the Gay.
lie hesitatcd about using hi,
own car but finally decided II
favor Of it. Driving helped hin
TO think. made planning easier.
1t was q dangerous drive
through the binding rain to hi!
destination, Yonkers. He coult
work from there and take a cal
il it seemed wiser. he told himself
lie had already consulted q di
rectory and learned that Their,
lived IN Yonkers a man nance
Cyril Kilmer Cunningham, JUS
as Nellin had said. But what b.
wanted now was more intimat,
information concerning Cunning
h.m.
lis first move when he drov,
into the main section of the vii
lage was to inquire the way t,
Cunningham's address. With som,
little difficulty. owing to the storm
end the strangeness OF the local
ity. he found the street and pres
entity tho house.
Again Nellin's veracity was con
firmed. The house was. truly. rot
ting. Old and dismal, bleak an,