The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-13

Hello. Kate" Bowen greeted
her. Take good care of this for
me, will you? Till l come back"
Kate's eyes took in Mary from
head to toe. with cynical interest.
"Shure l will" she promised.
with enthusiasm. Kate had execut.
ed commissions for newspapermen
before. She would soon know what
this beautiful damsel in distress
had been up to. Shot her lover,
perhaps. Whatever 1t was she'd
been crying about. it thrilled Kate
that she should know about it be.
fore it came out in tomorrow's pa
pers.
MARY established herself on the
A'A shabby divan with Town and
Tattle and fell to reading. more to
escape the old woman's questioning
than anything else. Eventually the
old soul hobbled away. muttering
to herself about the uppityness Of
some people.
when they get you in the jug.
you'll talk, my fine girl" she threat.
ened through the wall.
Mary read on. oblivious OF having
offended. 1t was rather fun max.
ing out who was meant by the peo.
pie referred to In those small,
scandalous paragraphs in the gossip
magazine. No names were men
toned, Of course. but it was usually
made plain enough. This. for in.
stance:
"Why Is it that we never appre.
ciate what we have until it is an.
others? What child Of great wealth
la bud Of three seasons ago-is
making rather fool Of herself over
q childhood sweetheart whose de-
votion she was wont to ridicule
until he took unto himself a fan
Gee? She is said to be relying
heavily on the fact that the said
fiancee is involved in a messy fam
lily scandal just now. which only the
immense wealth and political pull
Of her sponsor has succeeded ir
squelching.
| A cold prickle began to Greer
over Mary. and she sat upright or
the couch. realizing suddenly tha
it must be herself who was meant!
Her eyes raced on:
J Both aspirants to the hand o.
the 5lue.blooded and personabl'
young lawyer come to. the post wei
equipped-the deb with this world.
goods. and the fiancee with NOR,
than her share of looks. But II al
| Dame Rumor whispers is true. an,
the lucky girls elderly sponsor
makes legal and binding his prom
} Use to make her his heir. then tn,
! scales will tilt heavily in her favor
/ and she will be able to match he
, rival million for million. with
: few extra for good measure.
2 "A curious outcome. indeed, II
view Of the fact that the elderl,
protectors own wife died unde
!, mysterious circumstances recently
But Croesus will hear no i'll of hi
Cinderella. so they say"
Mary hurled the magazine as ia
g as she could throw It. and took
I turn around the room to cool of
t The impudence of it! The cowart
o illness!
t The alert Katie looked In, bu
o withdrew in alright before tha
t terrible young face. Mary was sti
e pacing restlessly about the room
from picture to picture. staring q
d the ugly oil landscapes with vi
seeing eyes. spelling out artist,
names with moving lips. forgettin
them as she uttered them.
q Bowen should take her home 8
r once, and the matter would be p,
8 before Mr.. Jupiter. He would kno
d what to do. Immense wealth an
J. political pull" indeed! II that wei
d so. then they should be made I
a feel It!
6 But as her anger cooled she kne
with sfckening certainty that II
I. stead of showing it to Mr.. Jupite
she must keep 1t from him. After
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