The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-02
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hu HAZEL LIVINGSTON
CHAPTER xxXIII
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you've changed since you went
North" Mr.. Reyes went on, not
unkindly. y don't know why. Is it
. girl?"
Bill didn't answer.
because II II IL, you're taking it
al wrong. II she's worth having,
take her, take . chance like I did.
Work for her. And if it's money
she's wanting, If it's the lack Of it
that's making her hold out, then let
her 60. boy. She's not worth the
If that's all you've got to say to
me-" Bill burst out holly. He
couldn't bear this talk. He got up
and moved toward the door.
$50 it is a girl we'll, think it
over. And I'll thank you not to be
leading my son out to help you
drown your SORROWS, young man"
"Rollo's old enough"
"You're q couple Of young fools.
Especially you, flaring up at me
when I speak for your good. Go
back to the oil fields, you were do
ing fine down there, and you and
Rollo only get in each others way
in the business Office. Go back in
the morning. Now will you do that?
And no hard feeling :. just begin
again, and work hard. Let the old
man Be proud of you yet. Will you
do that"
Bill took the big hairy hand out
stretched to him. "All right, I'll be
on in the morning. And
'thanks'@"
II took him a long time to pack.
What chance he had had \. what
. chance in a way it wasn't fair
TO the old man to quit, and in an
other way it wasn't fair to stay. It
wouldn't be any use going back now,
trying to work again. He had never
really cared about the work, it was
Just because it was for Joan, and
now that Joan was lost to him !.
When he woke Rollo to say good
bye some four hours later, he was
wearing the old suit he had worn
when he came. "What's the idea 2"
Rollo yawned. "Look like = tramp"
Bill laughed.
II sent young Martin back to
Bakersfield" Old Man Reyes said
at breakfast. After his talk with
Bill he felt better. Rollo might be
weak, but he couldn't be altogether
4 fool, his son and Hates -.
"Bet he won't stay long," Rollo
grinned. II notice he only took one
suitcase"
"He'd better!" the old man
snapped sVse. 49,. ...u ~ Mn 49,,
from the bright lights. He'll be
back!"
But Bill never came back. Neither
did he ever return to the oil fields.
He simply disappeared.
Rollo mourned him for q while.
Even the old man missed him. They
kept his room as he had left it, with
Ill his clothes, his well-tailored, ex-
pensive clothes, hanging up in the
closet.
In the spring when Mrs. Mallory,
the housekeeper, looked them over,
she found they were full Of moths.
She sent them to the Salvation
Army.
"Rollo says Will'um cleared out
without q word" Ruth told Joan
one day. HE started for Bakers.
field after q little tiff he had with
the old man, and he simply never
arrived. Can you beat that? Left
Ill his clothes behind, and every.
thing. I wrote Rollo not to worry,
he'd be back. Shouldn't wonder if
he'd turn up here again. You know
was in love with that boy for q
while"
II know" Joan said.
"Say, wouldn't it be funny If he
came back, and we fell out over him
again! never will forget your
face that night I started to intro
duce him. Fascinating devil. l
don't know why especially, that
kind Of lumberjack way about him.
{ tell you, Johnnie, if he ever comes
back"
Joan let her talk uninterrupted.
It had been = long time since Bills
name had the power to stir her. He
vas no longer . part of her life. It
vas a. If she had lost q limb, and
learned to do without it.
But her sea-green eyes were
misty when she answered. "I'm
sorry he did that. He might have
made something Of himself. He'll
never come back, Ruth"
''Well, for heavens sake-how do
you know"
II don't know-but I'm sure of
t."
Good radiance to bad rubbish !"
Maisie said, when Joan told her.
Somehow Joan wanted Maisie fn