Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-10-06

i ID A tell her. lee. that il 5idx
I telephone to her mother from 0aklan,
: | did call up Two of the san Frs,
e cisco newspaper offices! Tell her +
4 watch for the papers And whe
they get wind OF the nice little sim.
tion tonight. Gloria here all night
King had held the door open only 4
see If Grafton was going 10 his horx,
Now. however. he slammed II suddens,
and went back TO Gloria. After all
Jim could be depended on TO see I.
Hratten,TheHe was still the messse p.
TO be had from Ben Gaynor. who i.
seemed, lay hurt somewhere I'm CoIona
But he stopped dead In his track.
when he saw Gloria. and for the mo.
menf all thoughts Of Gaynor or a me-.
sage fled from his mind. Again ss,s
was as pale as death: she lifted Go
King eyes sick with terror.
haven't got the straight of thjngx
very we'll King said to her. speaking
very gently. Only one thing seems
clear You are tired half TO death and
worried the other half. | wouldn't LEI
myself think OF that snake Grafton or
his poison drirpings- Things will,
work out all right. They always do.
you know"
10 theys she asked IistleSsiy. And
she forced a smile, so wan and bleak
that Il came close 10 putting a dash
OF tears into King =
For n thing he said hrusoueIr
I'll bet you haven't had a bite 10 ca,
since o got here. have YOUR She
shook her head. she hadn't Thought ~
such a thing as eating.
You'll sit right down. commanded
hing- Or lie down Is better. In rwo
shakes III have something ready for
yen.-
"io are 50 good to me- That came
straight from Gloria's heart: her ewes
shnne with a gratitude which struck
him as far beyond proportion to the
small deed Of the moment. -Tfl 70 up-
stairs a moment !; pana's mesSase-
1T can wait ten minutes
1 AFt u H0s. II VIII lie
down in my room until you call me. II
You want me to.-
That's good He watched her 90
SLOWLY upstairs and then fastened fo
me Kitchen He cot a wood-fire going
In me range. secuted for coffee. found
O glass jar Of bacon. a tin OF milk all
Kinds Of canned goods. And mean
time. though occupied with much sr.e~-
uiafion concerning all that had hap
nened tonight and must have happened /
before and might happen in the fr-
fure. he never fer an instant entirely
foT2pf Gloria and how pitifully borne
down she looked.
inst a little kid Of a GIRL And
ne had looked 10 her for the sanity of
mature are 4 mere girl, sheltered AL
ways by father and mother. spoiled tn
nth degree. given no opportunity
70 develop her own character. 70 grow
up TO Iife's responsibilities. He re-
days with her In the noun
tains and sought to forget the fra9-
nent q one evening in the CITY. @Hera
She was her real self: there she had
1een what her mother had made her
GlorIa lay OF her bed. her hands
pressed tight upon her closed eyes
Ter Will set against needing the throb-
In her temples as she strove fo
hlnk clearly Gratton's words ranr
n her ears They plunged her into !
'anic- For scores Of friends and ]
lundreds Of acquaintance she w0uld |
urnish "A topic of talk. |
But Gloria clung passionatelv to {
ne n straw offered her. Marx !
ling had come; he had saved her n
My for The moment Ii there were
salvation, it lay in Mark King. a
nd so she came presently TO A o
bought that made her sit bolr M b
IgfT. mat ser her heart racing. Thar 1
a new look into her eraS 4
nst now 1t had seemed so clear that o
My one thing could save hpr-mar-
age with Grafton But Grafton was Il
.ne and Mark King was hereI III she ii
kingl The Judge was still i.
ere. What II she went to King. saw a
* TO him straightforwardly. .Thns Al
such is my predfcament- For INV b
Ike-for the sake OF papa's daughter 81
I'D hence for papa's sake no less ii
ron go through the form or mar III
lng me- shall be no burden, II a
Ill make no difference In your life. ii
or tomorrow I will go back to San G
Faficisco and you need never see ME In
ain You a LET me have a divorce. I'D
u will have lost nothing, / shall ri
we been saved everything. win ron ri
AIRY me, Mark King7s' G
- III
King was calling. ..wia be
y come down nows EFerything.s I'm
nj
Coming" answered Gloria. vi
She glanced 10 her glass as she ST
mt cnt: the color which had PLAYED pr
all day was again tinting do
cheeks a delicate rose. What were is
lgue and hunger when hope at TN
lded them2 wl
1t happened that GIoria's Inn hil
lse- which was at least honest and sa'
NIX, was for a little held In abay- no
&c, and thus it came about that she cel
I h opportunity TO appear before cal