The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-21

tngleoS void Into . world OF puls-
ing, aeres reality.
She saw things all 1t once with
N amazing clarity. It was . II
she had been staring into . pool Of
stagnant, clouded wat, IN which
nothing was capable Of reflection,
and then mirsculously the water
had cleared. had become smooth
and limpid and shining. with sim.
pie. elean-cut reflections, she saw
herself. suddenly and irrevocably.
- Stanley Northrup. not - Stan.
ley Paige who had desired Drew
Armitage and, lacking the courage
Of her desires. had sent him away.
not - Stanley Paige who had loved
John Harmon and married him and
then forgotten him % completely
but - Stanley Northrup, . very
real and not particularly romantic
person who was going to have .
baby - and there was something
supremely ridiculous and absurd IN
the idea that che could ever have
forgotten John Harmon person
who was going to have . baby did
not think Of another man, most
certainly did not forget the man
whose baby she was going to have.
She didn't know exactly why this
was %. she didn't care particularly:
that It was % was III that mattered
and that Mastered tremendously.
And that It was 20 simplihsd
things amazingly. There Was no
longer any question Of her want.
ing DREW Drew belonged very
definitely to . slender. ardent-eyed.
trembling-lipped girl who had lived
In . FOOLS paradise and had never
even thought Of having . baby;
there was no longer any question
Of her not wanting John Harmon
John Harmon was Ill that really
mattered In the past, he was what
% utterly emphasized the future,
hs was what % completely 90.
esntsd thu present, only. curiously
enough. there were two az him,
now-one. ridiculously tall and thin
and rumple-headed, the other Il.
diculously small and round and
rumple- headed.
Stanley had rsac b Q d her own
block. Now she quickened her walk.
ran up the steps Of the house and
turned the key in her own door.
Then she remembered suddenly
that babies weren't supposed 70
have much hair-not at first, any.
way. She pushed open thu door.
found Valerie still curled up In the
wing chair, told her in breathlsss.
rather hushed voice: ''I'm quite SURE
my baby will have hair, Val-soft,
rumply, brown hair"
A few nights later Perry, back
from his fishing trip, dropped IN
at the house on Ninth Street. He
found Valerie clad In her scarlet
pajamas. her hair clinsing IN damp
little rings about her forehead. her
hands covered with soapsuds.
sStauley's not here" she told
him. emerging from the bathroom.
ssnd I'm IN the midst Of the fam.
W wash. but ri b finished n q
second Il you want 70 watt
Perry wanted 70 wait. He slune
his hat onto . convenient table and
sat down on the divan and ushtad
10 cigarette. A faint breeze drifted
h through the open windows ana
stirred tho chints curtains and ~
leaves Of the primroses and potted
geraniums. The night WAS warm
and pregnant with the promise Of
rain-tsndsr. springliks rain-and
eomewhere . hurdy.gurdy iansled
. wlstful. thin little tune.
Swhsrs's Stanley3" no asked.
dipping his head hack. lifting 81
soice above the noise 81 running
water IN the bathroom.
She's gone over to Newark.
She said + you showed M 60 taIl
yoo that she had gons to - Ellen
that you would know who Ellen
was.s Valerie appeared again, dry
ine her hands o. . Turkish towel.
She curlsd up On the other end n
the divan. 10 the soft glow o. tia
yellow.shaded lamp she looked slim
and young and little tired and en.
tiroly lovely.
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