The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-11-06

cJoE8 86 the COURTHOUSE, 0oV00I j,
and that I'm studying law? II Z
few months I'm % take the bar a.
aminations, and after that ri b Z
full-dedged lawyer, ready 10 sup
port my wife II she1l b poor for !
time and not mind it,
He added, "You go, I've been
thinking ont our future
'But what about Wallaco Ste2sn,
the man I'm engaged to: He thinks
I'm going 70 marry him In q few
months" Susan's ring glittsred n
the freight and the jewels n Il
shone ct her like accusine eyes.
you'll have to tall him you
aren't going to marry him, won't
you? That's the only thing 70 do, II
you're - sure % ] am that thig
isn't infatuatiou at III. but the real
They were silent for . minuts
after that, and IN the silence they
hsard the iron gats elang &C the
foot Of the walk. Semeone began %
whistle outside.
"That's joint" said Susan. Rst.
ting up from the rug.
I'm going upstairs before he
comes in. Where win you meet ma
tomorrow, Susan? Tell No quickly, !"
"Ths Public Library downtowu,"
said Susan quickly. -Four o'clock
al right for you?-You'd better
take . hot bath % soon % you eot
upstairs. ! shouldn't have stopped
you when Jon came IN. Il you have
pneumonia it win b my fault"
Wallace never would have let her
stop him, she reelected . half hour
later - she 10y n bed watching tho
tossing shadows u the elm troe
on the wall Of her room. He would
have hurried straight upstairs 60
ost ont d his vet clofhin1 and
would have taken Some kind 81 cold
tablets, along with the hot bath,
just 70 b on the safe side. Wal
lace with his foot warmer and his
overshoes, his mufner and his Scotch
plaid automobile robe, HE conven.
tional carefully-planned life. Wal
lace, who was 70 b her whole IA.
ture unless she broke her engage
ment-
A future without love IN It was
no future at al. She saw that clear.
y now that she knew what love was.
A strong thing that came along and
swept you Oh your fest like Q aale.
She had no love ot oil for Wal.
lace. She never had had any. Moth.
ing but liking mixed With the feel.
ing that she ought % marry some.
body because most girls In their
twenties did ct married.
He was god and pleasant and
dependable. He had . great many
Of the things that . GIRL ought %
look for IN . husband, according %
the family. Position, prospects, .
certain amount Of money. Every.
thing but the ability 20 light up tie
whole world for her and make every
day On adventure.
Some time during the night sho
vas reused from her sleep 81 the
sound Of voices 81 the hail outside
her door-Anna's and Uncle Wor.
thy's. She sat up IN bed and lis
tened. They kept On for q minuAo
or two, but she could not make out
what they were saying. They
Anna going up the uncarpeted steps
that led to her bedroom on the third
door. She wsnt slowly . Il her feot
hurt.
Uncle Worthy came into the din
ing room little before half past
eight the NEXT morning. He picked
up the morning paper that lay ct
his plate and read IL flfst page
headlines aloud 10 the rest Of the
family @ usual, keeping one eye On
the clock q he read. At halt past
eight he asked Aunt Edna 20 rine
the bell for Anna.
"Out until four o'clock IN the
morningl OF course she can't have
brsa6ast ready q tinssl 6he won't
last long 81 her next plaeo Il he
keeps up this business Of going out
TO dance every two Or three nights, =
he predicted darkly. Ring that bell
Aunt Edna rang Il again. Il
sounded through The house. loud
In another minute Anna came IN
bringing the covered toast dish. She
looked 9 + she were Sleepy and her
hair still lay In the ehallow waves
that she had put n Il the dap b.
fore with steel curriers'.
HYou didn't hear xrs. Broderick
ring for you several minutes aeo3''
Uncle Worthy Doomed at her.
mo, dir She shook her head.
mot until Just now. 1r. Brodor.
ick.s She uncovered her dish and
offered him the toast, No ono could
make toast like Anna. Crisp and
golden brown outside an6 oo1e 81.
6idA nsltin9 with bu1o1s.