The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-02
DEGI HERE d
r RUSS REBELS

Pretty NORMA KENT. 20.yeaF.
old secretary I'm n law ONCE, sees
MARK TRAvERS for the Afst
time when together they rescue u
BUDDY from downtown tra1tc In
Marlboro, mlddlc.veStern 1metrop.
oils. Norma declines to tell Trav-
crs her name or where he can see
her again.
BOB FARRELL, young lawyer.
asks Normn to marry Tim n .ne
as a friend. Norma takes the
Sep share. with CHRISTINE
SAUNDERS. She fears Chris is
falling in love with her married
employer, BRADLEY HART. pro-
prictor Of nm advertising agency.
tisement about the puppy q tie
lost and found column OF the
Marlboro Press. The first person
to answer this advertisement 10
Mark Travers. He tries to make
n date but Norma declines his IN.
vitat1OnS. TraverS depaFto anu
later goes with NATALIE PRICE:
wealthy debutantc, ON q gay 1ouno
OF the night clubs.
Next evening a small boy m
and takes 1t home. Chris goes
to mid MINNIE BAKER, mn im-
pOvcrlshcd friend whose :-yeaf.
old son has been badly burned.
Norma receives telephone calls
from Travers md Ignores HEM.
She goes for a drive WITH BOD
ing to leave Marlboro. Two days
later she meets Travers ON the
street and goes to lunch With him.
This In the beginning Of week
Of whlrlwind c0urtship. N9rmo
1inds herself Aead.over-heels IN
love but thinks she must send
1,ravcrs away when he asks yer
secret OF the past. Chris knows
this secret, and declares that II
Normu loves TraverA NIL else -
unimportnnt. Mark 10 invited to
dinner Mt the apartment.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER x
THE vegetable trays looked
L fresh and inviting with crisp,
curling lettuce, crimson radishes
and ivory-white heads OF cabbage
Peas and spinach added grada.
tions Of green to the picture and
a mound Of oranges on the shell
above proved that the groceri
boy who arranged these wares
each morning had an eye for color
Norma Kent lifted q head Of
lettuce to see IL it was solid. She
made her selections briskly and
the white-coated clerk wrapped
the packages. Norma was en-
gagged in mental arithmetic. at the
same time trying to list the tasks
before her and the order in which
to attack them.
She paid her bill and left the
store with arms bullying with bags
and bundles. There was no time
to wait for the grocer's unrslt'
able delivery system to function.
Letting herself into the apart
mept building required almost Q
vaudeville balancing act. She
shifted the packages so as to free
her right hand and foraged In bel
purse for the key. Another shift
when the door was opened and
Norma started up the stairs.
The two flights had never
seemed longer. At last. breath
less, the girl reached the third
floor front. She turned the key
and the door swung open.
Thank goodness Helga had
done the cleaning! Norma put
down her packages, threw of hel
hat and coat and tucked them out
of sight in the clothes closet. She
thrust an enveloping apron ovel
her head and set to work.
She began with the least conse'
quential-fowers for the table
Al! the wcy from g c~ut-rate florist
Shop down town she had carried
a Ascent bunch Of blue asters
Mark, seeing a basket Of sucl
blossoms In a shop window q few
nights before. had declared thai
no flowers on earth could equa
the glorious azure Of Norma.
eyes. The asters, he said. onl,
showed how foolish It was FOL
them to try. Thereby in the secret
treasure place Of Norma's hear
blue asters had become enshrined