The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-25
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER q, 1929
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HELEN PAGE feels uahappy
wAes the Eiris ut the heardis9
dancing naA parties md Se1ng
N1iss simplicity jwst @ please her
Aonas0me guardian, LEONARD
BRENT, with wAem they accuse
Der Of helnE IL love. And her
r0Ommatc calls her q f0el after
they see htns NJ the Rlts one day
Realizing her scA0O1.glrl 80.
~Satuatioa for hin. Bfent reacts
her prOMlse - do mNythlng he
Nsks her IN. and Aags he Will tell
Der nhout her parentage after she
o.e day Br-at spies a s.,a
. m alley. He bends ever t. take
ne Docket ana hears Mumeoea
sNords about "E:vauGe11ne-als0n.
herlted" and decides - heDp che
old man and leara Bis story.
The he9gar n too tar 9one -
q CHARLES OWENS NELiiNa
eaat bis wife II 1eaas and that
there WAS = baby EvANGELINE
WHOM he has hlA6en feom her
wealthy grandfather, CYRIL Il,
CUNNINGHAM. The AID Mas ajes
=" "r'S sse : - verify ssy dase.
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mn eccentric mllliona1re of that
nnsAe lives In Ysnkers onA e..
to learn MOre ab0ot hIm
TIE corner store Gosslp.
NOW GO on WITH TINE STORY
CHAPTER VII
ss0LC man Cunningham 70 Z
stubborn old fool"
The statement was made with
heat while the speaker glarcd at
his listener IS though he challenged
MIN to contradict II. But Brent
seemed In no way inclined to do 80.
He merely nodded with interest and
Brute went on.
There wasn't 4 prettier girl IN
these parts than Evangeline Gun.
ningham." he said. proud too, but
sweet and friendly. Not like the
old man. who's always been . bit
better'n anybody else. Sort OF
swollen up with ingrown pride. He
couldn't conceive OF Evangeline
marrying anyone OF less importance
than a Cunningham. Her falling in
love had nothing to do with It In
Cyril's opinion. There wasn't any
room in his mind for understand.
ing a thing like that.
so she ran away. And why
wouldn't she? Locked up in her
room and forbidden to send word
to her lover? You couldn't do
things like that to = high.spirited
Girl in those days anymore than
yon can do it now"
Brute paused fer breath and
Brent said quickly. sympathetic.
ally: That's right: you can't"
But she never left her husband
and came back home to repent In
luxury like SO many girls do when
they leave . wealthy family to
marry . poor man. EvanKeline
stuck to her choice but I guess
shed have been better on II she'd
had a little less Of the old mans
stubborness herself. for I've heard
that she had q hard time with
Nellin."
Again Brute paused. and he
seemed to have lost some OF his
fire. Brent prompted him with a
crafty question. Perhaps" he
said. she didn't have any children
to worry about"
Brute rose to the bait. "She had
one child" he responded and hur.
ried on to explain how he knew
that much was certain. II saw the
letter she wrote her father, telling
him about the little girl and ask
Ing help for her. The letter threw
Old Cunningham into a rage and /
was sent Tor to bring something to
quiet his nerves. He never men.
toned Eyangcline's name or the
letter either. but the butler. who'd
been with the family for years. had
saved the torn up pieces. He told
me about it-said he recognized
tho handwriting and wanted to
know how the young lady was net.
ting alcng."
uNATCRALLY." Brent agreed.
And I suppose Cunningham
never answered the letter."
Il don't know about that. Brute