The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-01-12
why can't vel"

WY can't We
They wouldn't let you take me.
Your company, ! mean"
HOh, yes they would
But there might not b any place
down there for me 70 i've"
WED see that there was. There
afo plenty Of American women liv.
ing down there with their hus-
banda
"Oh, Pets-pleass.s Kay shook
her head dasedly.
Il know this seems drastic and
sudden and Ill that, but It's the
thing TO do. I've never played
many lunches but they've usually
been right. And even Il you didn't
tall madly IN love with me at first
q anything like that I'd be the hap.
ptest man IN the world, having You
along and Il would b the best thing
for both Of a."
How do you know ~ could
AFFORD TT Oh, let's don't even start
e think about Il: It's Ill % impossi-
sof coarse ~ could afford II.
1vmg's dirt cheap down there. One
o& tie men was telling me"
We might b doing something
ND b sorry for oil our lives"
Pete took both her hands and
looked her squarely in the eye. "I
wouldn't be-" he said. IF I didn't
Do Il I'd b sorry oil my life. But
z you wanted mo to let you 60, I
would, and you'd never regret hav.
Ing tried Il with me-. promise you
Kay drew back from Peta and
stared Of the floor, @ Il hoping e
would rise suddenly and speak. "a
answer the hundreds Of questions
y her mind. She was impulsive.
She Knew i now, for she had been
playing with this romantic idea Of
Pete's against Ill her good Jude
meue and sense Of duty. She had
been tmpulsive, for that matter.
when eh0 had accepted HarrowS
o6cr Of . job: again when she had
decided 70 live on the yacht and 70
make the cruise; and once noro
only 2 few hours ago when she had
eei1ed her belongings and marched
down the plank 20 abandon him ma
her dreams In that direction defI.
nitely and entirely. But was she
1mpuistve enough 70 do this thing
v1tn Pete1 She wondered. Would
she b fair % him in doing Il, even
8 she could force herself 20 tako
sne Jump! She wondered. too.
Pete. she said. Tets cain
9oWn. We can't talk IL this gtand.
me hare With you holding me. Let'a
ete down and look at It practicaliv.
It's - sudden and Wild = notiow
that tie made % both . little drunl
|Zyou Tor one reason. No for an
Pete released her and onered her
. chair On the porch. then re On the
!e4 and Ut hts pipe. drawing upon
= oeepy - s Tor the calmness that
Kay studied him quietly. seslrins
z detachment and . clarity Of vision.
ne vas 20 STRONG, % honest "a
competent u his own way. 4 6uiet
deep WY different from Hsrrn~s
eompetence Of crisp orders. ouick
bold decisions and hard courage. III
W $ounG, moro nearly her own!
ags-eut why, Why WAS che think
~ % nam n comparison With
Pete began 20 sneak ae.in ,ror>
calmly nov. judicially almost. looir.
then g pun on his Dine. -" '1'
~! can't look at It any other way.
A I'm not running away from
xax0y because I'm afraid Of nv.
tnlne ned do. Ny eonscienco III
ReE1ectlZ clear. Do you understan6)
NATL Yet have sense enourh "a
Know that & ! stay there nv r. ~,
SMkWard eituetion. So MIA NJ
! 0oae! You've asked ma Ia 49,
q u calmly; that's what I'm doin~
I've decided % do the eimnlest ,.c.;,
practical thing: g Is. H.. 'i Tvs
nesn going e anyway Within q shnr<
tame. And I've asked you "a cor.s
with me- because your Ia sr1 s Ss;ns
aro mixed together nermar c .%1n
I'm sure. You've nothinc hers 80
more. You do like ~ = iot -, .oy
sPout ne. All right, then. Coms
aones ~ me out: ] won't tire al
w ION know that And 81 ycs
satc q NE. you've my word I voonf
n1io you. What are We doing. after
~ tnes hasn't been done beforef Il
t.fSp 's .,. ss,opc every day. People
consequences. IT, been fh;s ~
anee the old days when msiSsn.
aid down the dravbrides sS.sn
snd eallopsd away With e. S xonr.
oaro from the neiehborin~ ss:tiS
v Me,5S young On wc'rs healthy. we've
:. Kay reachsd Tor Pets's arm. too,.
e 1eld 70 Z. Ill can't seem ~ -
., rsss Sud e9 the rail and put hi.
|~~I!hsn, don't Try" DO aid.
Ito Be ContinuadN