The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-29
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JUDITH CAMERON marries
ARTHUR KNIGHT. executive Of
q New York publishinE house In
which she 10 employed. They saiI
for N six weeks Honeymoon In
with nm IS-y~ar-oid daughter.
TONY. whO IL In Europe. and n
sOn. JUNIOR. 10. nt SCHOOL,. In his
infntuatiOn he Over1OOks the . =
that judith In nOt communicative
about her past life.
After the srst week In Ber-
mudn . cab1egrnm arrives \
coming home. Arthur tells In
dith they must return Mt once 10
meet her. Since ne1ther the Etrl
q hoy knows ~ the fathers
rcmnrriage. judith n skeptlcaI of
her welcome. The fear proves we'll
Arthur and judith reach the
Long lsland home just n dry
before TOny's boat docks. Next
morning Knight meets his daugh-
ter but when they arrive ~ the
PUSHES tn her 0wn room. knight
tries to reason with the girl and
later judith the dtmculty
Will soon be settled. He goes 10
bis Oflcc. Late that aftera0On
Tony cOnfrOnts her stepsn0ther
- ACsusSmos "AOute 8Olm& 70
Knight enters the house 10 over
hear this. and c0mpels Tony 70
a~p0loglxe. III d0es 80 gpud4ingly.
After dinner q young man calls
Tor Tony and she leaves the house
with him.
Now GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
uMICKEY" MORTIMER. in the
Iva annals of the family and on
membership lists of half a dozen
impressive clubs. was Frederick K.
Mortimer, but even his mother had
long since. ceased to call him any.
thing but Mickey"
He belonged to the Philadelphia
Mortimers-which is to say he "be.
longed."
The bank OF which Mickey Morti.
mer's father was a director was not
among the country's 10 largest and
yet 1t was not so far down the list.
The son had not inherited his
fathers zeal for economics.
Mickey founL the warm and
sunny sands Of Italian water re.
sorts much more agreeable during
the winter months than anything
he had ever observed on Wall
Street. He also found polo on Long
Island a good deal p~leasanter in
July than trying to sell bonds.
Mickey's income was steady. He
was a vice president of something
or other (really two somethings.or.
other) but II he could have told you
the name OF either It would have
been quite remarkable. He was as
careless about business affairs as
he was about the lady who hap.
pened to be his wife.
Mickey had a daughter. too. an
attractive y%oungster with yellow
curls. photographed occasionally
with other children at q society
fair at Newport or digging in the
beach at Miami. These photographs
generally appeared in the Sunday
newspaper gravure sections. When.
ever he saw one OF these pictures
Mickey looked at 1t and wondered
how the kid was getting along.
The child lived with her mother.
Mrs. Mickey Mortimer had had a
rather good part In z musical com.
edy playing IS months on Broadway
before she and young Mortimer had
gone down to City Hall to be mar
ried there by an onlcial. That had
been four years earlier. Mrs.
Mickey Mortimer was very beau.
tiful. II Is Significant that in fam.
lily tribunals the Philadelphia
Mortfmers sided with her instead
Of her husband.
Mickey didn't spend, much time
in New York. When he was there
he sometimes called around to see
his wife. Sometimes not. Mickey.
who above all things sought
pleasure. loathed scenes"
TT was In Mickey Mortimer's
swagger green coupe that Tony
Knight was riding the first eve.
ming after her arrival In New York.