Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 12, 1913, Page 7

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When he finished reading his wife's letter, Herman Ingram looked up with & puzzled expression on his genial, middle-aged face. I can scare up an extra girl that Mina wants at a moment's notice,” he re- flected. The letter had told of the expected return of his wife and daughter from Atlantic City late that afternoon, bringing with them as a guest & fa- mous engineer in whose honor they wanted to give a dinner. Mrs. In- graln had invited three other guests but was short one girl to complete the desired number. “Telephone to Alice McNulty, or any other of Belle's friends who can come. I have sent orders to the cook about dinner, and hope things will g0 all right. However, we can't ex- pect to have a perfectly appointed party on such short notice,” the letter concluded. Ingram scratched his head thought- fully. He happened to know the Mc- Nulty’s had started to Michigan the day before, “Mina sald to ask one of Belle's friends but everybody I can think of is out of town here in midsummer. I wish she'd got home earlier—in time to see about this invitation business herself. Still, one girl ought not to be hard to find—" ie looked absent-mindedly around .ue office, and then his glance fell on Miss Barew, his secretary, working at her desk. Her tact and good sense had helped him out of dilemmas be- fore, “Maybe she would know of someone —" then a second thought struck him. Why not ask Miss Barew herself? For a moment Miss Barew looked surprised. Then she quickly recov- ered herself and graciously agreed to come, “Its good of you to help us out. I think you'll enjoy meeting the people —they're an agreeable lot. 1 don't know the man who is the guest of honor. Mina didn't mention his name. But I guess he'll be an Interesting chap.” He smiled reminiscently at some of the results of Mina's lion hunting proclivities. The matter of the invitation dis posed of, they turned again to busi- ness. But while her slim gure flew over the typewriter keys, Miss Barew's thoughts, woman fashion, were on the subject of clothes, ‘and she wondered what she should wear. “If I could go and feel well-dressed, it would seem like a bit of the old life come back.” Mr. Ingram had given her permis- slon to leave the office early, and when she reached her room at the boarding house, the problem of clothes returned with double force. “There is only one thing left from the wreck of the old days that would be ‘suitable at all.” She drew a box from under the bed and took out from its tissue wrappings an evening gown of mauve crepe de chine. Though slightly crushed it was in good cond} tion, and the odor of violets lingered about its soft folds. “I've had it two years,” she sighed, “and of course it's antiquated. Still it isn't so bad. At any rate, it's the only thing that will do.” When dressed in the soft clinging evening gown, her bare arms and shoulders gleaming from the creamy lace, she studied her reflection anxi- ously, and was reassured by the lis- some grace which the mirror showed. “The women will all know this is an old dress, but what does that mat- ter if the effect is all right?” The memory of the last time she bad worn that dress came back to her. It had been at a dinner-dance to which Horton Campbell had taken her. At that time they were on the perilous border-line between friend- ship and acknowledged love, and life had seemed all bright-hued. A few days later, Campbell was sent west by his firm or business. Before start- ing he had telephoned her that it would be only for a short time, but the weeks slipped on into months. During that time her father's busi- ness fallure and death had occurred, and the map of her life was changed. Two years had passed since then, and she had left the old home town and obtained a position in New York. But in all that time she had hesrd nothing from Campbell, “Oh, Horton, why did you treat me #0? Burely there was & mistake somewhere!” Tears fllled her eyes, and she buried her face in her arms beside the dressing-table. “This will never do,” she resolutely told herselt. She put on her wraps. Bhe was just in time, for at that moment came the sound of the motor which the Ingrams had promised to send for her. The car had been delayed by an accident on the way, and she was the last guest to arrive. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram greeted her cordially. The former swept her an appraising, satis- fled glance, this was the first time he had ever seen her in evening elothes. Miss Barew was amused by the sur prise and relief, which, with a wo- man’s intuition, she read in her hoe tess’ face. “I suppose she thought I would be some impossible somebody,” she con- cluded. The once familiar atmosphere of culture and luxury stimulated the girl like wine. Bhe was introduced to the Ingram's “I don’t see how & ELAND, FLA., AUG. 13 daughter, Belle, and then tho—othu! guests, Miss Gleason, Miss Bard, Dick | Walters, and the two Simon brothers. Then from the other end of the long room Miss Ingram brought forward the guest of honor—a tall, distin- guished looking man whom she intro- | duced as Mr. Campbell, the noted en- | gineer. i For the first time since that fate- ful dinnerdance two years ago Elizabeth Barew found herself looking into the eyes of Horton Campbell For a moment everything seemed to whirl round and she saw him grow white, “It 1s a great pleasure to meet you again Miss Barew,” she heard him 8ay. Then dinner was announced. Miss Barew went in with Billy Simon, and sat across the table from Campbell. Covertly she glanced at his face. He looked older, and more serious than in the old days, yet about him was the indefinable air of one who has sue- ceeded. While chatting with young Simon, her ears were strained for the |, sound of Campbell's voice, though she could catch only a word now and then. At last the conversation which had been between dinner partners became genegal, “Mr. Campbell and I have been hav- ing a discussion,” announced Sadie Gleason. “He maintains that chance or accident plays a strong part in our lives, and I claim that we make life what it is by our own acts.” “I never held with that victim-of- circumstances idea, either, Sadie,” ro-' plied practical Mr. Ingram, “8Still, we must admit that in the lives of all of us, luck, good or bad, has at some time played a large part,” put in Billy Simon, “Especially in the matter of happi- ness,” agreed Belle. “That is the point I was trying to make,” answered Campbell. “I agree that in business we cam, by our own efforts, work out our own salvation to a large extent. But as you say, the ' matter of happiness is different. I knew a chap once—" his deep voice contained a magnetic quality that held the unwavering attention of his hear- ers, “A chap to whom at one time everything seemed coming right— business—happiness—all things desir- able opening out before him. Then, Just as the last-named seemed coming to a climax, he was obliged to go to Denver on business and leave the girl he loved before he had a chance to tell her so. “For a long time he knew he had ! been running down, so while there consulted a lung speclalist who told him that an indefinite stay in Colo- rado was the only thing that would cure him. It didn't seem fair to tell the girl and drag her into his wretch- edness—for awhile it seemed as if he [ were down and out. There was an- other man in the game who was better oft financially than he. So he gave her up—" “Didn’t he write or anything?” inter- rupted Sadle with wide-eyed inter est. “No, that was where he made his mistake. No doubt he thought it best to drop out of her lift entirely—that for him there could be no haltway measures.” “Of course it was noble and all that,” observed Belle, “but if I had been the girl I'd rather he had told me everything and given me a chance to wait if 1 wanted to.” During the recital Elizabeth had sat with downcast eyes, her cold fingers toying with the fruit on her plate. It seemed as if old landmarks were be- ing swept away. “How did it all come out?” inquired Sadie. “Oh I believe he got well and won out financially.” “But the girl?" For a moment he hesitated. “I don’t know the sequel to that part,” he an- swered quietly. For one second his eyes met Elizabeth’s. Mr. Ingram then brought the con- versation back to practicalities by asking Campbell about the bridge his company was building near Denver. And soon Mrs. Ingram gave the signal for the ladies to rise. As the night was hot, they drifted out to the large veranda, and Eliza beth Barew was thankful for the darkness that hid her burning eyes. While to all intent she seemed listen- ing to Belle Ingram’'s long drawn out account of a house-party she had recently attended In reality her thoughts were with Horton Campbell in his lonely struggle for health. “And we never knew about each other—we never knew,” her thoughts repeated over and over. After what seemed aeons of time, they were joined by the men Campbell, the llon of the evening, was surrounded. But bhe who had spanned rivers and tunneled moun- tains was equal to the feat of evading balf a dozen people, and skillfully managed to gain a few minutes alone with Miss Barew before the party broke up. The time was short, but great events are not measured by length of time. When they entered the house there was a new radiance on their faces that was not lost om the others, Later when Mr. and Mrs. Ingram ‘were alone together, the latter shrewd- ly remarked: “Herman, I think that story Horton Campbell told was his own. I've heard he was in poor health when he took up that work in Colorado. And do you know, I half believe that Miss Barew was the girl They said they’d met before. Of course,” she ended with a laugh, “I'm glad for her, but I had hoped he would become interested in Sadie Gleason. But that's another air castle gone.” “I'm not concerned about that; but 1 do know it means a rattling good secretary gone,” growled Ingram as he ' locked the front door. 1913, by the M ' WHY SAFER THAN CASH Paying by checks is not only more convenient than pay- ing in cash, but it is safer, because it eliminates risk of loss. Your account subject to check--large or small--is cordially invited. AMERICAN STATE BANK J. L SKIPPER P. E. 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