The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-16

but the hospital superintendent as
sured her such procedure was Gus
tomary in the case Of . brain con.
cussion. She had TO b satisfied
with that.
She was about TO leave when sud-
denly the material side Of the situa.
ton occurred to her. She went to
the desk and asked the girl, whom
she knew well, what arrangement
Was 70 b made about Pete's bill.
The girl smiled. "Don't worry
about that, she said. cts oil taken
care Of"
eIt isss
The girl nodded. Her expression
invited no further question, but Kay
persisted. "By whom?" she asked.
II really couldn't tell you." the
girl said, "but it's all fixed. You
needn't worry about it at all"
No amount Of questioning at the
desk got her any farther, so she
went to the doctors Office and asked
him.
II vas told not to mention It." hs
said, ''but I didn't make any prom
tse and you're . pretty good friend
Of mine, Kay. It WAS Harrow"
NHoSTos0l"
The doctor nodded.
Kay went out Of his Office more
beWildered than ever. Il Earl Hsr-
row had had Pete shot, why would
he be paying his hospital bills? Or,
& he had intended only to disable
Pete, why had he picked such .
drastic and dangerous way rs hav-
ing some gunman shoot him in the
head? How could he have known
the exact effect Of tho wound? How
could he have put such trust in the
gunman's aim7 No, that was III
too impossible.
Kay did . lot Of thinking that
day. She deliberately avoided ev.
eryone BY riding her bicycle far
down the beach, hiding in ! hollow
between two ridges Of sand in the
dunes and sunbathing without .
suit. As she lay in the warm, soft
sand and felt the fierce, vet pleas.
ant heat Of the Florida sun draw
at her bare skin, she turned the af.
fair over In her mind, over and
over.
Harrow, then, couldn't b 30 bad
after al? But il he hadn't been
responsible for shooting Pete. who
had! And Why had Harrow made
such . point Of announcing that he
was getting his divorce? Only on
reason seemed apparent but thai
Was hard to believe.
The day passed without any fur.
Their light upon the situation and
the night passed and still Kay could
md no real peace Of mind. Al thu
hospital next morning, the answer
vas the same: Pete could rec no
one.
Kay scarcely could believe thai
when the bullet had felled Pete she
had been considering the idea al
clipping With him 70 Cuatemaia
She knew now that such . stem
would b impossible. When Pete
recovered and was able to 70 ma
claim his job, she could not 20 with
him under the circumstances. WIN
this was, she could not discover for
herseH, but she knew Il was trne
And she knew that II she did o.
she would BE- acting both unwiselv
and unjustly. This was not = MAJ.
ter 70 Be settled q simply a. 81
running away with Pete and taking
refuge u what would b probably q
hard life In the tropics.
That evening . picture on tia
front page Of the Daytona Beach
newspaper caught her eve. Il ~
Of the actress, Carlotta Vestra. :
tau. dark woman Of strange beautv.
The headline above the picture vas:
ACTRESS WILL WEB PRiNCE
Kay read the story beneath. Car.
!otta vestra, the brilliant American
actress, now in Juan les Pins.
France, had announced her eneacs.
ment to Prince Serge Bafizsr;
whose family owned vast holdincr
IN the Caucasus. e would 81 c..
lotta vestra's second marriase ~
Prince's first. The actress Art
husband had been Allan Ma.
Gretor, Of the London staes. 81.
had been m Earl Harrow nrotsss
ana her name often had been linked
With that Of the American pro.
eucer. Harrow, interviewed aboard
hts yacht. the Commander III. r.
Dayeona Beach, had made no fnr.
thar comment that that 10 "wisheA
Car!otts al the happiness IN To
Kay stared long ct the picture =,
tn lovely woman Earl Herrov hsd
lost: How long, she wondered. hsS
he known Of this affair VII ~
Prtnce3 What bearing had f. IA
On his attitude toward her7 What
would hs say when shs next sav
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