The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-03

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throw him ont, and bob reaches IN
steadily for : heavy lamp, defytno
Red % touch him.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER xxxvII
Look out, Red!"
Molly flung herself on Bob.
"You coward YOU! You 49,. you
Furiously she struck him on the
chest with her clenched fists. "You
get out Of my house this minute. yot
big coward"
Bob staggered backward as shs
pushed him toward the door. HI
dropped his stick and his hat, ane
tried clumsily to recover them. Blu
Molly had stopped. as he blunderet
about, and threw them contcn1ptu'
ously ahead of him. into the hall.
rake your old stuff. and get out o
my house. And don't you ever com,
back here, as long as you hve!"
Bob began to blubber. 5.
Il want my baby" he sobbed. :
want my baby"
stop your n~onsense!" retorte'
Molly sharply. "Or I'll call . police
man."
She slammed the door on him an
grily.
.You should have let me take jus
one swing At him, DEAR" gruInble,
Red.
"Oh. I don't know" she protested
Don't you think ! did pretty We
myself? Look!"
She pointed . shaking finger
"Scc that lamp, Red. He tried :
! throw it ut you. My goodness, he's
have killed you. It weighs = ton
.Well. well, little life saver"
He patted her shoulder affection
atcly. well put you or the lists e
= Carnegie medal. Sweetness.
say. what do you think? Had
better 20 throw the boy friend y
. taxi?"
.Oh. leave him alone" she com
manded. III he steps in front
one. it'll serve him right. Il ne
going to drink all the time. Red.
could petition for sole custody Of Rtt'
couldn't I? II I could prove him q
unfit parent. and show that u
child's mother left her In my care
honestly I believe I could get III
for my own!" -
Moliy's eyes sparkled excitedly. Il
you think there's . chance?" 81
demanded. "Oh. Red, It would max
me so happy!"
put, listen. old thing" he pr
tested. "Rita's his kid. You car
take a mans child away from III
like that" +.
"But he isn't . fit parent" 81
cried.
Red drew his eyebrows toseth
severely. +.
Now Molly" he admonished
that's no way to talk. There's =
darn much Of that sort Of thing
America. What business has q
, Judge to take q child from It's fatht
and turn It over to somebody els
/. No more business than the cersc
had meddling with your play. .
: thought they had . nerve. didn't ~
! telling people that your show WASl
/ TT for them to seer II WAS none
their business. the sort Of shows foll
I went to. Everybody minds evcrybo
else's business In this blooming cou
} try. Hut you're going TO mind 70
own-see, 0weetness3 You have
I any more right to take Rita Nv
! from Bob. than you have to rob 10
: D. Rockefeller Of his most cherishl
\ possession"
"But hob drinks so!" she cried.
! docs that give you any license
I steal from him7"
! But the courts have . right to q
/ termine whether Of not = parent
: tit to have the custody Of his chi
! could prove bob unfit"
"You 20 messing around In t.
sort Of thing" he threatened anG
3 ~, and I'm through with YOU. Mol
. For heavens axe, b consistent. :
despise people who ct In judgmA
. on the moeals ol others. Now. ,
: cause II could servo your own Int
ests. you'd run to q Judge, and I
tales On Dob. You'd ak that !
be pupishod Tor getting drunk. Z
you b rewarded Tor telling On b
And you'd put rita up for the ri
I'm ashasned e you. Neo)yl"
"Dut Il ] could ct Rita thet ~
she moaned. "You do0ft know b
q much ! want her. Ho0."
Il "You mind your own business"
counseled. III hob Was abuGing
child, q neglecttng her. than 4 10
~ another story. "a you know "
you'd b doing u you went AFTER !
4 thrce,eh the courts3 You'd - patti
Z yourself on u par with that git1
. told M about who was go1ng -
; Hob foe breach q promise.
Y thought she was . rottes. didn't y
Eor the love Of Pete. don't b . -
z maileri"
e Molly picked W ths tray Red
h, LETT On the floor.
" Here" she said. plug II the
y colator. Let's eat. and stop 81
" Ing"
4 X wasn't fighting" ~ objsctsd
. was only telling YOU things. WOl
W IRE funny. ~ = -, Molly. W
81 no principle 1t Ill"
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