The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 7, 1925, Page 7

o Published by Arrangement with First National Pictures, Inc., ‘and Frank CHAPTER XXV. (Continued) As time passed afd Hilda contin- aed to meet the test, her husband's satisfaction gained a keener edge. He beamed, he strutted, he twisted mustache to needle-points. She was a thoroughbred, that he assured himself. But, after all, why shouldn't she do this for him? The women with whom he was accustomed to associate would not have counted such an evening as this a sacrifice, and, even had they so considered it, “he was in the habit of exacting sac- h, » ened and Joe found the Countess i tifices from women. They liked it; it proved their devotion, Her subjugation was made com- plete when he led her into a box at the Rialto Theater and insisted upon the two McCaskeys joining them, The brothers at first declined, but by this time Courteau’s determination carried all before it. Joe halted- him outside the box door, however, to inquire inte the meaning of the affair. “It means this,” the Count in- formed him. “I have effected a complete reconciliation with my ador- able wife. Women are all alike— they fear the iron, they kiss the hand that smites them. I have made her my obedient slave, mon ami. That's what it means. “It don't look good to me,” Joe said, morosely. “She's got an ace buried_ somewhere.” “EB What are you trying to “I've got a_hunch she’s salving you, Count. She's stuck on Phil- lips, like 1 told you, and she's trying to get a peek at your hole card.” It was characteristic of Courteau that he should take instant offense at this reflection upon his sagacity this doubt of his ability as charmer. “You insult my intelligence,” he cried, stiffly, “and, above all, I pos- sess intelligence. You—do not. No. Yeu are coarse, you are gross. Iam full of sentiment—” “Rats!” McCaskey growled. “I get that way myself sometimes. Sen- timent like yours costs twenty dol- lars a quart. But this ain't the time for . spree; we got business on our hands.” The Count eyed his friend with a frown. “It is a personal affair and concerns our business not in the least. Iam a revengeful person; I have pride and I exact payment from those who wound it. I brought my wile here asa punishment and 1 propose to make her drink with you. Your company is not agree- able at any time, my friend, and she does you an honor—" “Cut out that tony talk,” Joe said, roughly. “You're a broken-hipped stiff and you're trying to grab her bank-roll. Don’t you s'pose I'm on? My company was ht until you got your hand_in the hotel cash drawer; now I’m coarse. y she’s on the square—she fell for you once—but I bet you. Make sure of this, and mighty — nobleman’ the speaker laid a heavy hand upon the Count's shoulder and thrust his disagreeable face closer- keep your mouth shut. Don’t let her sweat you” The admonitory words ended ab- ruptly, for the door of the box reop- Savvy? . . . and Joe found the Countess Courteau facing Courteau facing him. For an in- stant their glances met and in her eyes the man saw an expression un- comfortably reminiscent. of that day at Sheep Camp when she had turned public wrath upon his brother Jim’s head. But the look was fleeting; she turned it upon her husband, and the Count, with an apology for his de- lay, entered the box, dragging Mc- Caskey with him. Frank, it appeared, shared his brother's suspicions; the two ex- changed glances as Joe entered; then * vwhen-the little party had adjusted itself to the cramped quarters they | watched the Countess curiously, hop- ing to analyze her true intent. “But in this they were unsuccessful. She treated both of them with a cool, impartial formality, quite natural under the circumstances, but in no. other way did she appear conscious of that clash on the Chilkoot trail. + It was not a pleasant situation. at * best, and Joe especially was ill at ease, but Coutteas continued his “) spendthrift role, keeping the waiters _> busy, and under the influence of his , potations the elder McCaskey soon, regained Some of his natural sang- Lloyd Productions, Inc. such close watch of her that she could not spill her glass into the bucket, except rarely. Hilda hated alcohol and its effect; she was not accustomed to drinking. As she felt her intoxication mounting she be- came fearful that the very medium upon which she had counted for suc- cess would prove to be her undoing. Desperately she battled to retain her wits. Mote than once, with a reck- less defiance utterly foreign to her preconceived plans, she was upon the point of hurling the bubbling con- tents of her glass into the flushed faces about her and telling these men how completely she was shamming, but she managed to resist the tempta- tion. That she felt such an impulse at all made her fearful of commit- ting some action equally rash, of dropping some word that would prove fatal. It was a hideous ordeal. She realized that already the cloak of decency, of respectability, which she had been at such pains to preserve during these difficult years, was gone, lost for good and all. She had made herself a Lady Godiva; by this night of conspicuous revelry she had un- done everything. Not only had she condoned the sins and the short- comings of her dissolute husband, but also she had put herself on a level -with him and with the fallen women of the town—his customary i Courteau had done this been his proposal. . It have throttled him where She could he sat. q e long night dragged on interm- inably. Like leeches the two Mc- Caskeys clung to their prodigal host, and not until the early hours of morning, when the Count had be- come sodden, sulle. stupefied, and when they were in a condition little better, did they permit him to leave them. How Hilda got him home she scarcely knew, for she, too, had all but lost command of her senses There were moments when she fought unavailingly against a mental numbness, a_ stupor that rolled up- ward and ‘suffused her like a cloud of noxious vapo! Teaving her knees weak, her hands clumsy, her vision blurred; again waves of deathly ill- ness surged over her. Under and through it all, however, her sub- conscious will to conquer remained firm. Over and over she told her- self: “I'll have the truth and then— T'll_ make him pay.” Courteau followed his wife into her room, .and there his maudlin manner changed. He roused himself and smiled at her fatuously ; into his eyes flamed a desire, into his cheeks came a deeper flush. He pawed at her caressingly; he voiced thick, passionate protesaciens, Hilda had expected nothing less; it was -for this that she had bled her flesh and ified her spirit these many hours. ou're—wonderful woman,” the man mumbled as he swayed with her in his arms. “Got all the olg| charm and more. Game, too!” He laughed foolishly, then in drunken Stavity ass¢rte “Well, I'm the man, the stronger vessel. To tum hate into love, that—” “You've taken your price. You've had your hour,” she told him. Her head was thrown back, her eyes were closed, her teeth were clenched in a figal struggle for self- restraint, then in a sudden frenzy he crushed her closer and fell to kissing her eck, her throat. He of piharene and hic via cmaeet “You're mine again, all mine, and zl’m mad about you. I'm aflame. This. is like the night of our mar- riage, what?” aed “Are you satisfied, now that you've made me suffer? Do rie ine I care for that foolish boy “Phillips? Bah! A noisy swine.” Again the Count chuckled, but this time: his merriment ran away with him until he shook and. until tears came to. his eyes. é , Without, reason Hilda joined in his laughter. Together they stood rocking, giggling, snickering, as if at some excruciating jest. “He—he ‘tried to steal you—from me. Fgom me. Imagine it! Then he struck me. ‘Well, where is he now, eh?” & ed the “f never dream at you cared enough for me to—do what you did. To risk so much.” “Risk?” Hilda nodded, and her loose straw- gold-hair brashed Courteau’s cheek, ‘Dan't pre oy longer. I knew from’ the start, But you were jeal- ous. When 2 woman loses the pow. er to excil ed soy it’s @ sign. she’s: growing co and gel ‘and 1 losing fire. can = cept that” anything e- “Fire!” Henri exclaimed. “Pare Don't I know you: to: be a}: such things.” whe Count pushed his wife away. ‘What: are you talking. about?” he demanded, well! | Carry it out it “Oh, ver you wish, she said, with a careless, ut you're not fooling me shrug. | in the least. a the contrary, I ad- a froid. All three men drank liber- |; "ally, and by the time the lower floor id been cleared for dancing they were in a hilarious mood. They laughed loudly, they shouted greet- ings across to other’ patrons of the place, they flung corks at the whirl- ing couples below. Meanwhile, they forced’tht' woman |. to imbibe with them. Joe, in spite of ‘his returning confidence, INSTALMENT FORTY-FIVE: SOUP PLATE “MUSIC” London—“Woodle soup” is the lat- st number to which Londoners ere ked to dance, The music is play- ed by, means of soup. pl each of hich haye a varying amount of soup and Courteau blindly folowed suit, In spite of his deep intoxication the man still retained the embers of - 1 and. cd of adamant aside, eed and upon him, however. She enticed, | she coquetted, she cajoled; she mad- dened him with her advances; she teased him with her repulses; she, drugged him with her smiles, her fragrant charms. Time and again | he was upon the point of surrender, but caught himself in time. She won at last. She dragged the story from him, bit by bit, playin; upon his vanity, until he gabble boastfully and took a erapolent de- light in repeating the dgtails. It was a tale distorted and contused, but the truth was there. She made an ex- cuse to leave him, finally, and re- mained out of the room for a long | time. When she returned it was to find him sprawled across her bed and fast asleep. For a moment she held dizzily to the bedpost and stared down at him. Her mask had slipped now, her face was distorted with loathing, and so deep were her feelings that she could not bear to touch him, even to cover him over. Leaving him spread-eagled as he was, she stag- | gered out of his unclean presence. | Hilda was deathly sick; objects.) were gyrating before her eyes; she | | felt a hideous nightmare sensation of unreality, and was filled with an intense contempt, a tragic disgust | for herself. Pausing at the foot ot the stairs, she strove to gather her- | self together; then slowly, passion- atelv she cursed the name of Pierce CHAPTER XXVI Tom Linton and Jerry Quirk | toiled slowly up the trail toward | their coin. Both men were bun- | bore grotesque ven their eve- brews were hoary with frost. The partners were very tired. | Pausing in the chip-littered space before their door, they gazed down the trail to a mound of el which | stood out raw and red against the | universal whiteness, This mound was in the form of a truncated cone and on its level top was a windlass | and a pote bucket track. From be- neath the windlass issued a cloud of smoke which mounted in billows, as if breathed forth from a con- cealed chimney — smoke from the smothered drift fires laid against the frozen face of pay dirt forty feet below the surface. Evidently this fire was burning to suit the part- vers; after watching it for a mo- j ment, Tom took a buck-saw and fell stiffly to work upon a dry spruce log which lay on the saw- buck; Jerry spat on his mittens and beeam to split the blocks as they ell. Darkness was close at hand, but both: men were so fagged that they found it impossible to hurrry. Neither did they speak. Patiently, silently they sawed and chopped, then carried the wood into the chilly. cabin; white one lit the lamp and went for a sack of ice, the other kindled a fire. These tasks accom- plished, by mutual consent, but still without exchanging a word, they the table. From. the | i'l Tom took a coin and balanced it upon his thumb and forefinger; then, in answer to his bleak, inquiring glance, Jerry nod- ded and he snapped the piss’ into the air While it was still fi \ Jerry barked, sharply: “Tails!” _ Both gray heads bent and near- sightedly examined the coin. “Tails she is,” Tom announced. | He replaced the silver piece, crossed the room to his bunk, seated him- self upon and remained there | while Jerry, with a sudden access of cheerfulness, hustled to the stove, warmed himself, and then began culinary preparations. These preparations were simple, but precise; also they were deliber- | Jerry cut one slice of ham, he measured out just enough coffee for one person, he opened one can of cosn, and he mixed a half-pan. of. biscuits. Tom watched him from beneath a frown, meanwhile tugging moodily at the icicles which still clung to his lips, His corner of the. ‘cabin was cold, hence it was a pain- ful process. When he had disposed of the fast lump and when He could no longer restrain his irritation, he | ‘broke out: \ “Of course you had to make bread | didn't you? Jest because you know T'm starving.’ . ‘ % , It come tails, didn’t it?” Jerry ‘inquired, with aggravating pleasant- sess. “It ain't my fault you're starving, and you got all night to cook what you want—after I’m done, I don't care if you bake a layer cake and freeze ice-cream, ‘You can. put your front feet in the trough and champ your swill; you ¢an root and waller in it, for all of ; AG won't hurry you, not in the leas crumbled the forse sheskee: i giggled. “I always was right ite , except, in pickin’ pard- ners,” he declared. In a cracked and | tuneless voice he began humming a roundelay, evidently intended ta-ex- Fpress gaiety and contentment. ie longer be withstand his iawing hunger, Tom secured for ‘imself a large round hardtack, and fwith this he trie¢ to ward the ppangs of starvation. But he had ll success with the endeavor, for | ; his teeth were He poor. the i Godt Ait it bad enough 03 eat a record wit having to listen to the damn’ ma- cunt Shit up, will you? 4 ie indecent singing ‘ever heard.” jFOR “It’s come tails every time lately,” |. a 4 voice t | THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Tribune Classified Advertisements PHONE 382 WANTED—Men and women barber. trade. wages, Few weeks complet o and special offer free. ai er College, Fargo, N. D. to learn Great demand, big es. Cat- Moler 12-1-1m _| SUP WANTED—FEMALP LADY COGK WANTED—BM: good, pastry cook. Write Cafe, Killdeer, No. Dak. ust = be Killdeer 9-26-tf FOR SALE OR RENT ES AND FI price very reasonable, will handle deal. Bal monthly payments, clon, FOR RENT ment. Apts. “0 Cozy three roon No children, The B. F, Flanagan, Proj FOR RENT ments — for Phone 794W. Ath St. Fully furnished light house! modern “Phone 692-R Joseph Geo, W. Little, 1 1 on small Cogh- 11-30-10 ym apart: Lourain DP. 12-1-lw apart- Keeping. 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YF YOU SPENT YOUR MONEY IN THE RIGHT WAN INSTEAD OF TRYING To PAINT THE TOWN RED EVERY NIGHT YOU COULD MEET YOUR EXPENSES. Now DONT BOTHER ME BECAISE YOU WONT GET ANOTHER CENT hour 2 amount due or PAGE SEVEN signed by J.C. irik, which assignment was f record in sald office on t of October, 3 and Mtge gage will of the pri and assign| Atkins to Charles ad 1925, at 3. o'clock ‘ded in Book 189 of e 244, 8a nises in nents, and front said e i wcisty Ul HCHOWS, Loe ‘all uphol- in used in By Taylor BuT PoP 1VE GOT To HAVE SOME HELP-LVE BOUGHT AN ENGAGEMENT RING FoR MY GIRL AND L HAVE To COUGH UP FIVE BERRIES AWEEK TILL IT'S PAID FOR,AND 1 HAVEN'T ENOUGH To PAY For THE NEXT INSTALLMENT .S WELL ILL Bt SKY DON'T > KNOW ANY BETTER GGT INTO THIS MESS YOURGELF AND YOU CAN GET ODT OF IT THE SAME WAY= You WON'T GET THEN TELL ME ONE “THING ~ HOW AMI EVER EXPECTED TO GET A FOOTING LF It Means a Lot “For Tr LUNA PETE! \ WATS TH MATTER wr KIA? SAY! 1 WOULDN'T CRY (NER THAT! WHATS MAGGIE OTT ANYWAY? 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