The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-14
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I me, and I've seen her"-he counted
to himseR-"exactly four times,
and never more than . couple Of
minutes each time"
He frightened - he pursued his
train Of thought.
II shouldn't be surprised II half
IN hour Of her company wouldn't
cure me Of this damned obsession
for good and oil. Probably plenty
Of flaws, aside from the question Of
her morals; most likely she'll turn
out 30 dumb she can't carry on .
conversation that'd explain her d.
lence al right"
he began to enlarge on his fan.
cies.
"Probably, on closer examination,
she won't even be pretty. I never
noticed her teeth, for instance
they're probably uglyl And her
legs; most dancers are little over.
tastes"
Mark followed the boy into the
Friendly House we'll satisfied with
his elaborate self given excuses. He
was convinced that Q psychiatrist
couldn't have diagnosed his case any
better. nor prescribed . more Ger.
tain cure.
"Most likely the reason she never
talks 10 that her teeth are ugly"
he concluded. "and it's just q prob.
able that they deported her on the
grounds Of mental incompetence
That or moral turpitude-it's bound
70 b one or the other"
He approached the massive indi.
vidual 1t the desk. and asked for.
and secured. . room to himself. q
luxury not always procurablo IN
Polynesia, . be had discovered n
previous instances. After deposit
ing his bags in the room, which waa
quite - livable @ Mark could ex.
pect he sat down on the edge Of
his bed to consider his next move,
Now that he had definitely com.
nnitted himself to the search, he felt
a unexpected lightness Of heart:
. weight had been lifted from his
mind. and he was definitely con.
WINGED that he had found the wav
70 relieve himself Of his obsession,
All he had to do, he repeated, was
% ma Vanya and watch her in her
dance-hall environment. see her
make her play for the men With
money 20 spend. pick out the DAVIS
In her beauty, and in general dis.
gust himself thoroughly with her
i seemed logical and easv
enough. once he found her. An
that remained Vas TO locate NJ ~.
and that, II she happened to s.
~ Taulanga, or even elsewhere on
TIE island Of Vavau. should b .
simple matter.
sThe logical thing Il 20 trv tha
sailors places" Mark decided.
Cant b more than ona or two
In . town this size"
There was one, a. he discovered
On inquiry 1t the hotel desk-Sailor
james Place. He found IL VIII.
eng dlinculty,. . westher-beaten.
sineIe-storied frame building at the
enc OF the street, fronting the
Sailor Jane. somewhat to Marx.
surprise, turned out to Be- 4 bnriv
blaek-mustached, heavy-set rentis.
man OF uncertain race: his name
set prominently on . card pastS3
e tho mirror behind the bar. ~
Harry Jane. Mark ordered : dim
|-gin and tin the iarron r.
ned acquired on his wanderines.
He gulped . swallow Of the eor.
eoetious ana looked around him.
4 typical island rendezyous-tha
bar With ito mirror, the row, 3
ambttious!y labeled bottles. tSs
t round .., tables. the battered radio
that seldom seemed to work: this
plaee boasted . three-penny auto.
matte piano on the far waIl.
Msrk': pulse quickened; at an.
o. the tables sat . black-haired siri
ner back to him. dealing csrds
methodically in . game Of canfisI6
solitalrs. She must have been r..
ting there when DO entered. hnt
RIeyine % quietly that 10 hsd
thought the room empty sav. ~.
nimse!t and Jane. Then ~ ~
looked mp: dusly half-caste v;th .
no other resemblance 70 Vanys thsr
the color Of her hair. '
Ito Be Continued,
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