The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-05

j, Suppose ySo married Fl.nn. -Four
cssLrn xeu.G have car-ot-topS
ard .-eck.es- Look at MY daughter!
De ro- sre- see a-vthl.g prett.e- in
yov- l.s?7
Rita was wearing a cashmere q. IL
.sc -.o-. sp-sgSeo with pink roses ard
:c.Ses-Es-.n.s. Her linen slippers
were gay With embroidery. ard her
undetermined Ia. was loaded with
..-y flannel flowers They t.lttered
.-on The ends Of her sash. and were
laugh. II . perky cosegay on her
shoulder.
Hello. mamma, Hello daddy
SIZE kissed them i~rnpa-ially.
oh ozcor. I know on new
wo-cs- Naacys curse tod Us. 'Fermez
"a ocaehe- !. e shut your
E.o-.h. daddy.
7 told her !. was naughty 70 say
thai declared Nurse Marie prinaiy-
.Ss-cys nurse IS a Te-y common
person. Miss Durham I shant al
lon Rita TO talk with her again
On that's Al right" declared Mol
= Say.r. It's tine Rita got rough.
Deaf you adore her accent. Bob? I'll
~ along aoT. and rot bother you.
Be : good cir. Precious.
She stopped 20 kiss Rita. and Bob
said again Think yer what I lad
10 say. Won. yoa?
Ferns- "a ocuche." she told him
oye- R;.a's head and laughed because
ne seemed annoyed
She wen. from. the nursery 10 her
bedroom. and threw herself on the
chase Tongue. Bob hac threatened 10
take Rita ava. If she Gic not co as
he wished. He was stubborn enough
70 CO i. TO. Molly knew that ne had
be-. more successful lately. He could
hire a capable woman to care for the
child. and 60 the housevo-k also.
Rita did 10. need conslaa. super
vision any GRE. She was a healthy.
Intelligent child. AS Molly frequently
remarked. having her about was al
NOS ike having a grown person in
the house. She was such a depend
able little creature.
II marriage with Bob was unthink-
able. SO was lie vittou. Rita. Lots OF
people marry without love. and are
happier than the ro-aanticisss. So
many rornaaces are failures. Expedi-
,ious marriages wear better, and last
longer. Sensible people bring %
mat-imony the same sound reasoning
with which they consider any other
contract. Well, why not be practical?
Molly sighed YEARLY.
That's the trouble she moaned.
I'm not practical. I'm romantic
II only she could Danish JACK from
her mind! She had heard from him
once since he sailed for England With
Mrs. Bulwer-Eatcn. He had sent her
a colored postcard Of Ponse Vecchic.
where she had bought the Bcrgia ring.
his name. But she had told him abou.
finding his ring there, n the old sill
versnith's on the corner. And he had
probably gone, seeking something for
Mrs. Bulwer-Eaton. Something costly,
to suit the woman.s flamboyaut
tastes. Molly had torn up the postal
iurlously. And then. unreasonable. |
she cried. ard dropped the fragments
IN an envelope, and sealed il, ard put
it away.
\
She KEEP. Jacks letters in a secret
drawer Of her desk. They were tied
around with purple ribbon. Once.
when she was younger. she had scent
&c the pack With sweet lavender. The
little book Of Oscar Wiide's love verse
he gave her was there. too. She
bought another copy. because she
could not bear to handle the ore in |
which Jack had marked the passages !
ne loved. Inside the cover she put
the verse about love and a career.
that she clipped from a newspaper
the day Of graduation. II was q long
time now since she had opened the
drawer where her one-time treasures
lay. She tel. tina. she could never
stand TO look at them again.
Reds letters cluttered her bureau
drawers. They were witty and en-
iertalning. ard she hated 10 destroy
them. She vas always meaning 10
gather them together. and put them
away somewhere. 50 she could laugh !
over them when she was old.
She wondered what Red would
think Of Bob's proposal. And She Law
IN her pretty chaise Tongue for a Ion.
time. meditating.
The trouble with me. she decided
is I've been idle too long. / ought
to Be ashamed Of myself! III get 10
work on that bock-that.s what I'll i
dol.
The thing had been taking shape
in her mind for some time. Gradu-
ally. Haxily. Like a furtivc dream.
full Of vague shapes and shadowy sub
stance. The story Of a m who
had hartered romance for a career
and hated the career, and longed for
lore.
It must be q beautiful! book. beau
tifully written. The heart cry of \
lonely woman. She must find lovely
words. and magnificent phrases. And
she must blend them exquisitely. 50
the whole should be perfect. The de-
ltneatiou OF q wonan's life. A pas
stonate woman. passionAtely seeking.
Seeking the things Of existence. The
cheap. trumpery. tawdry things.
Fame. and money. and thrills. Satis-
faction unto safety.
And-vhen she Was satcd-this
woman. who had turned her back on
love. would Be lonely. And. Iii her
d~eeolation. she would cry with the
prophet. IAN Is vanity and vcxatton
o. spirit"
Pr Molly meant. In her book. q
show that the things Of life arc 9
nothing. And only the whltc-hot
flame Of love has power 70 comfort.
and to heal.
Il would be : difficult thing 10
write. Difficult. because Il would Is
the barring of her own tnnermost ex-
istence. No longer ahould she keen
stlence. to cloak her wounds, 0he
would wrtte her confession Of failure.
that III who would might read.
Fired with sudden determination.
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