The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-08-14

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LANE BARRETT. IS and benu-
tiful. tries In vain to forget VAN
RBARD. wealthy polo player.
when his engagement Is nm.
nouuccd to MURIEL LADD. pOpu.
lar debutante. LANES mother,
CASS BARRETT, IL an actress and
stock at fashionable Long
Island summer colony that the
Barretts meet MRS. CLEES.
PAUGH. wealthy widow. When
Cnss goes on tour In the fall Lame
becomes Mrs. Cleesrau4h's seerc-
tnry. Give CLEESPAUGH. the
widow'n only on. asks Lame to
hta fathers fortune unless he
nAarries before he is %. Lame c
ccpts, agreeing the marriage II to
De \ matter Of form only.
TRESSA LORD and her sister,
hiRS. AMBERTON. come to visit
the ClcespauEhs md Tressn. who
wants to marry Give. begins TO
cOnnivcs unsuccessfully with a
gang OF blackmailcrs. Later Lame
and Give spend their honeymoon
In the south, then return north.
Murlel elOpes with CHUCK DIES.
MOND. newspaper reporter. Give
devotes himself to business and
Lame tries not to he bored ny .o-
encounters RObard. He beEs her
TO go abroad with him. After q
quarrel with Give. Lame goes to
CaSs and tells her she IN going
away with Robard. Cass reveals
Lame II not her child but the
daughter OF her sister. Luisa, ana
Nobard's stepfather whose first
Hs1Hn I.VYtan vC~A Ma -t-n
by this news. She starts home and
hears newsboys shouting extras.
b iia. been killed In nm accl-
oent. Weeks pass in which Lame
Is miserable. overwhelmed by n
sense OF guilt. Then she dlsap.
pears going to q city in New Jcr-
Sey End finding work in a store.
. NOW GO ON WITH THE s..:3::y
CHAPTER XIII
lanes days resolved them.
:" selves into a pattern. She rose
before seven. and dressed hur.
riedly. She stopped at a tiled
lunchroom for breakfast. An
orange, a piece Of toast. a cup OF
coffee. That was rs cents. She
rushed to the store. She had to
be there at a quarter past eight.
There she arranged her stock,
Tipped open her salesbook, and
when the doors were opened stood
waiting and ready. n of an army
OF workers expected to be court.
eous and efficient.
For the first time In her life
Lame began to realize what sort
Of lifo the workers of the world
lead. She discovered that life
could become a treadmill in which
the only really important things
were q hot cup CT i.a r.. Il good
nights rest.
She learned to keep a box OF
crackers in her room and a bit OF
cheese carefully rolled In brown
paper. Apples could be had fol
little or nothing. Sometimes she
thought Of the state dinners a,
the Willow Stream house. of he,
own plate being carried away
scarcely touched. She thought OF
tea parties where the table over.
flowed with cakes and tiny. deli.
cious sandwiches. She tortured
herself with memories OF the
dishes she had refused.
One day Lane realized with
frisht that a man was shadowins
her. He was a well-dressed mar
with tell-tale blunt toed shoes and
a derDy hat. Since he did moi
modest her she decided not te
40 anything about 1t. II she com.
planned to the store manager ID
would think she had something
to hide. She did not want to lost
her Job. She had no icai where
she might find another.
The man disappeared and Tho
girls .ieart lightened. Ono nighi
she took the train and then e.,
.~.i,J to tho city wacgs chs malice