The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-05
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Pretty NORMA KENT. 3O-yenr.
old s~ecretnry in q law office. sees
MARK :TRHVERS for the first
time when together they rescue n
PUPPY from dOwntQyvn traffic IN
NaRlboro. middIe-weStern metrOp.
oils. Norma declines to tell Irnv-
ers her name Oh where he can xes
her again.
BOB FARRELL. young lawyer.
asks Norma to marry him and she
refuses, though sac II fond Of him
ms n friend. Norma takes the.
puppy to the shabby apartment
she shares with CHRISTINE
SAUNDERS. She fenrs Chris r.
falling in love with her married
prietor Of nm advertising agency.
Norma inserts nm advertisement
about the puppy In a newspaper
lost and found column md the
first person to answer IL Mark
Travers. He trles't0 make n unto
hut Norma declines his tnvttn.
tiOns. A small hoy to claim
the puppy and takes It home.
Norma goes for a drive with
IL leaving Marlboro. Two days
later she meets Travers ON the
street md goes to lunch with him.
!. This II the beginning of u whirl-
wind c0urtship. Norma finds her.
self hend-Ovcr-hcels in love hut
thinks she must send Traver.
away because Of aOmc secret Of
the past. Chris declares II Norma
loves Travers all else II unim-
pOrtunf.
Mark II invited to dinner Mt the
apartment. Norma II there alone
: when u caller arrives. He tells
her. he n Mark. fnther md de-
nAunds her AFFAIR with his SON
shalf end. In the midst OF n heat.
ed speech. Mark appears. Father
md son quarrel and the father
threatens to disOwn Mark II he
Mnrries Norma. The elder T.ravers
departs. Mark beEs Norma to
marry him Mt ono md after some
Aesitati0n she agrees. The couple
drive to the town of Woodbury.
with Chris and Bradley IInrt. Nor
ma and Mark secure a license and
nre married. Then Mark takes
bis bride to the palatfal Hotel
Marlboro.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIII
THE glowing orb Of molten golf
stirred gently and moved to tn
right. Out Of the sunlight it wa
not glowing metal at all but a. mas
CT. tanslsd- and. unruly curls. Norml
shook her head and the bobbinl
tendril that had been obscuring th'
vision Of her left eye fell back int,
place.
Curled up In the huge rose tapes
try chair tho girl seemed a tin,
creature. She wore a negligee q
blue. 1t was skimpily cut. made Q
cheap material but as ~gloriousl
azure a. the heavens on a perfec
July morning. . A worn black sati
mule Topped back from one bare
foot. Norma's loose sleeves fe
away almost to the shoulder. revea
ing arms Of creamy whiteness. Ltk
the rest Of Norma's body the: arm
were exquicitely formed. slende
but rounded.
She was smiling. Not at .th
young man across the room: HI
back was toward her. Norma smile
at the reflection in the mirror {
the dressing table. It showed
young man. coat1ess. energetfca1l
brushing a shock Of brown haI
back from his forehead. He Wa
an unusually good-looking yout
even when he .frowned.: as be di
Just then, and threw down ii
brush to tug at his necktie. Su,
denly he caught Norma's eyt
watching him in the mirror. I'll
frown became a grin. Mark whirle'
"See here. Mrs. Travers!" /
said. "Do you call yourself . he'll
ful wife? Sitting there taking m
} mind OF everything ! try to DE-
Cant even tie my tie decently! 81
here. what kind Of conduct; do 20
call that"
In three strides he was acrol