The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-08-23
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"I1l ask him over to the villa.
Get up . little house party. You'd
find it dull after the hotel. Tell me
who you want and I'll phone them
to come for dinner tonight. Ben can
fetch them"
Patricia did not want q house
party. She wanted . chance to talk
to Jimmie. She had to know how
things stood with him. But she
dared not refuse lest Pamela think
it strange. And Jimmie, the
egotistical thing, might think I
want to be alone with him. III
show him.
She named several girls and the
men they liked.
"And who do you want? Arthur
Savage or Jack Laurenee?"
"Oh, Jack. You'll adore him. So
serious and brilliant, and 80 gay
and boyish, too. never knew any
body who knew better how to play -
"Quite . paragon, evidently, y
commented Warren, dryly.
"Oh, quite" agreed Patricia. She
felt jubilant-A cruel md beau
tiful woman setting two stron &
men ct each others Threats. +.
All, life is nice. -.
Jack Laurence ct once became
the parsonage Of the house party.
No longer chilling a. 1t first when
Ida 90 crudely demanded to hear
everything, hs vas quite frank
about his disappearance. The girls
thought his adventures thrilling,
and even the bored young men en-
We'd him experiences which, though
obviously gruelling 1t the ii m .,
were no end romantic in retrospect.
Not that they used the taboo word
in their thoughts. Romance was the
bunk. But they felt IN intangible
sense Of allure in hard and primi-
tive life for which they had not
yet found . word. They were
strangely excited and would have
kept him talking endlessly. B u
after his first free statement Of the
facts, while not curt, hs responded
to their probings with naked brew
ity. They liked naked facts in the
DRY; but were disappointed that
he made no effort to "dress up" his
experiences.
"Pret+y Wild country, I guess.
What?"
I'm spots"
Life in the mountains, hiding
out with bandits must b quite .
kick. Rough stuf."
Rather"
"Precarious too, en-"
"Oh, extremely precarious :"
With . laugh.
Hungry sometimes?"
soften"
Brutal fellows to live With"
Brutal in self defense. N or e
brutalized than brutal, really. :.
Come on, Pat, let's dance this -
They felt cheated. Palm Beach
was . washout! Just plain blah.
All. to see life in the raw! OF
course it must have been hell ia
90 through and al that - but it
was 1t least not this internal same
ness. Pretty much Of = mess, lifel
Oh. what the HE'LL Make the best
Of tt Hey, you female. let's
step. This is good. Hot stun. 4.
So it went They got second hand
life from Jack and made the best
Of it. -.
Laurence was . queer duck. Did
MT want the reporters to ret wind
Of his return. Most fellows who'd
had such adventures would be
shouting them from the housetopa
l-lording it over less fortunate
chaps.
Arthur Savage, who came over
every day in spite Of the rain,
made up . tale Of dark Cuban in.
trigue in which he, Arthur, had
figured heroicly. Nobody paid any
attention, or even believed h m.
"Shut up, Arthur. Your technique
is rotten. Read = good adventure
tale before you try to get of an
other one" Whereupon Arthur sub
sided, his dark face sullen with
defeat.
! How It rainedl Thru endless