The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-02-23
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS
In search Of adventure. Marx
Talbot sails from San Francisco
aboard the SIS. "orient" bound for
Honolulu. He meets vanya Pro.
kovna, beautiful dancer, who 10 be.
Ing deportsd. She ignores him.
Mark follows vanya 20 Tongatabu
in the South Seas trying to con-
vince himself that seeing her In her
dance hall environment will cure
his infatuation. Percy Loring, q
beaehcombsr, informs Mark that
vanya dances at Pearly Shsne's
Divers Helmet when the ships are
In but, at the present time, she 10
inland with the natives. Talbot
takes Mark to q native festival.
They hide in the bushes and watch
the ceremonies. Marx utters an q.
elamation upon seeing vanya, 70.
vealing his and Loring's presence
to the natives. They are captured
but vanya intercedes for them and
accompanies the pair back through
the woods still retaining her frigid
attitude. Marx 10 angry with him.
self for his interest In her and for
the embarrassment Of accepting
her aid in his trouble. A cobra in
their path causes Vanya to 20 close
to Mark for protection. He over.
comes the desire to take her In HE
arms. Next day, vanya will not
accept Marks thanks; she suggests
that he leave her and join Lorin4.
His anger aroused, Mark retorts :
1.-THE company Of Loring 10 . dis
tinct improvement over that Of q
dancer in Pearly Shene's dive." The
remark hurts Vanya. Marx tells
Loring he will 60 to see vanya
dance that night just for the joy Of
seeing her trying to please people.
CHAPTER XVI
A LADY DANCES
"No," said Mark TO Percy Loring,
1--WE won't count these drinks
against your quart. Tonight you're
my guest. The quart il . separate
proposition"
"A gentleman's proposition" le-
piled the beachcomber. II accept
with pleasure"
They sat at . side table IN the
Divers Helmet which, for the first
time in Marks short experience,
was well-crowded. The crew Of the
Euice. lying ut anchor In the cove
beside Shene's Poypoise, filed the
tables and kept Hong busy with
their orders. Shene himself stood
at the bar; Mark fancied his pres
ence and giant strength were some
times needed, for It was not . quiet
gathering, though - yet . jovial
one.
At the piano Q small dark-haired
man with pudgy hands-Shene's
first mate on the Porpoiss, accord
ing to Loring, was banging out au-
tomatic-sounding music with sur
urisin1 facility. The pieces were
ancient enough to Marks expert
ence, but they were popular melo.
dies, and the crowd was not too
critical
There was q sudden burst Of up.
plause, calls of greeting, shouts Of
recognition, from the crowd. Mark
looked up from his drink.
A girl, one Of those Mark had seen
on his first day ct Shene's Cow,
had emerged from . back room, and
stood smiling beside the piano. She
vas dressed in costume consisting
Of . laced bodice and lnee-length
skirt ornamented with furnished
epanRles: it reminded Mark Of
dance-hall costumes he had seen in
Western moving pictures-the sort
% popular with the kids in Spring
Brook, Connecticut.
"Where do those girls keep them.
selves during the day?" he asked
Loring. 81 never see them"
"oh. they visit around on the is.
lands."
The piano struck up . tune. with
. thrum Of chords. The girl broke
into . song, singing in . voice that
seemed particularly unmusical to
Marks ears. Tho ballad was but IN
innocuous, sentimental affair, con-
corning itself with = longing for
home and mother, but the crowd ap-
parently liked it. A burst Of ap.
plsuse greeted its conclusion, and
the GIRL obligingly rendered IN en-.
core, breaking into series Of typi-
cal burlesquo dance steps on the
patter chorus. Not good. thought
Marx, though he'd seen worse In
the islands.
But the audience % . whole Was
well pleased. Applause and shouts
OF Invitation greeted the conclusion
Of the second number. Cries Of
Have q drink with usl" and sSit
1t nv tablet" rose from the seamen.
The girl chose her companion. and
seated herself with . smile.
"Pretty bad" Mark observed 70
Loring.
replied. 1.-THE performance pleased
tho audience: Pavlows could do 10
There Vas IN interval Of silence
from the piano while its performer
induced n . drink or two Of the
bar. Il Was ten minutes psrhape
beforo he returned TO his post, and
the second ct IN Shens'S cabayet
WA On