Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1916, Page 7

——— lor THIRD INSTALLMENT, Never before in all her luxurious g life had Gloria encountered the lightest hardship The most ex quisite of the niceties of existence had been hers as regularly as the breath he drew. So she had wearied _of w she had found that adventure was not alto em and rebelled, And 1 gether pleasant, etther. A primeval habited by a primeval people as, to say the least, distinetly un ymfortable [t had been a busy day for one wung girl. Within twenty-four hours I had stolen her brother’s auto hile, and endured Indian capitivity e had had her first proposal of irriage—and from an Indian chief! r the first time she had wanted to [ For the first time had ainted. She was rather proud of that it was so nice and old fashioned to Also, she had been rescued ™ by such a handsome man! And - s0 modest he was about it! he had all these thrilling experi ences and there was a happy ending also a happy future, She believed she When hand men save the lives of v romanc ] ung women they have liem, don't they? Of course they do It is absolutely necessary. Anything clse is inartistic Gloria felt it especially luc that since she had to be rescued fate had cen polite cough to select a good ooking rescuer for her, The more he studied Mr. Fre: y the hetter he liked him. He h; 1 nice name toc a nice, marriageable name ['he only fly in the ointment wa the bad behavior. of Dr. Royce. She had thought him charming. But nov ¢ sulked and moped. He did not vant even td come along back to Palm Beach in the big motor that had brought her father and brother down o the edge of the ewerglades. But her father made him get Fortunately there were long dust oats in the ca 1o o Crloria's quaw costume and Dy, Royce's di Y eputable wreck of evening dress. My Freneau was spick and span Wi like a hero in a play or a novel. He could save a heroine rrom frightful rumple a cuff Dr. Royce was a ght muddy, black and blue, his clothes full of holes and himself full of aches and bruses. The knuckles of his left hand vere bleeding. He nursed them as if they were broken, but he did not mention that he had smashed them on the jawbone of a knife brandishing Indian while eneau vas stealing Gloria and the credit for her rescue and even her affec- ! tions ) Dr. Royce was glum because he / lid not know just what he ought to d He was confronted with a duty that he could not solve. It was like ome obscure disease, hard to diag nosticate. To speak up and denounce Freneau as'a liar and thief was imposible, *‘I\'.m, had no proof that Frencau had played either the cad or the coward. He knew only that Freneau must have scen him battling with the Indian, and a decent man would | have come to the assistance of a fellow white. Even if Freneau had felt that he ought to put Gloria in he hoat first, he might have come back to help Royce. But Freneau | had left Royce to his fate. That was ugly xu'.m-. heard Pierpont Stafford say to Freneau: "My boy, you've earned the $5000 reward offered. You've garned a million dollars!” Now Royce felt that he understood. Freneau had been coaxed into the gverglades by that 000 lottery Prizc. He had won it; and it looked s if Frenean were expecting to win love in the bargain. For loria was simply devouring him With her eyes. Royce knew little about Freneau and that was not to his ad Nantage neau neglected his of fice but ted no opportunity for alove Dr. Royce had come to Palr as the private physician of Ju Freema i he had abur ortunity to see the influ enc rencau n the judge's S0 ¢ R ¢ eaded the the Frenea I A ¢@n!d Royce d He ot orde A Freneau s ias | Royce glared at him, then laughed) harshly and said he diagnosis in your case is clear You are hopelessly infected with yel- {ow fever; but you are immune to all lose honorable sentiments Dor your head, though; and don't tr any of your tricks on little Gloria Staf- ford.” Freneau laughed again, a more ugly laugh this time That seems to me to be Miss Stafford’s business, and certainly none of yours I'm going to make it mine,” said Royce Freneau walked awa) He woul not even g Royce the satisfac tion of an excuse for trouncing him Royce almost smothered with sup pressed ra in his undamaged rig ha he was fairly acl Katcalani R Pierpont Stafford have his lost ewe lanmb restored to the fold, and he was childishly happy, till he realized that, after all, she was only temporarily his. She had es caped marrying the Seminole, but that did not mean that she would es After Gloria had enjoyed all the re deeming influences of a tub, and § shampoo, and fine linen and a silk found that her interest in frock Mr. Frencau was as keen as ever She even felt grateful to Lois Free man for flirting with David, She sat out on the ledge of the veranda and day-dreamed When her father sauntered by and asked her what she was up to she answered “0, nothing! I'm just basking in the sun But when Pierpont came by that way a little later he found Dick Fre neau basking in Gloria’s most be witching smile. They were Romeo and Juliet at Palm Beach, separated only by a low wall and a clump of rhododendrons And Romeo was reaching across that with his walking tick It w the first time Pierpont had hild in a flirtation. He did not like her in that employment. He took her by the ear and led her away. seen his She protested at the indignity Pierpont let go her ear, He had afraid of her and un- always been able to manage her. He was not afraid of Freneau, however. He went for him at once. He was about to be- gin with a stout “How dare you speak to my daughter?’ He paused feeling that without Freneau's help he might haVe had no daughter to be spoken to, Pierpont was used to accomplish ing his ends with the weapon of the check book. He drew the \warnn now and a fountain pen and said “By the way, there's that reward It will give me it over.” He wrote after “Pay to the order of" the name “Richard Freneau” and | the amount “Five thousand and no- hundredths dollars-—§5,000.00, the temptation with a proud smile “Tt is reward enough to have been able to be of service to Miss Staf- ford.” 1f Gloria had not adored him be fore, that chivalrous speech would have won her. It quite disarmed Pier pont. With his check book ruled out, his best weapon was gone, But he blustered all the harder: “My daugh ter is a little girl, T won’t have her fooling time away with you." She must get her education first. She is hardly more than a child.” "0, papa!” Gloria cried Pierpont went on: “And she's go ing to school at once. We start north on the next train.” This was another thing again. Fre- | neau quailed before the old capitalist's glare, which was as fierce as the In dian chief's had been. But Gloria was used to that glare. She knew the ten- der heart back of it, and she said “Then Mr. Freneau will come north, too, and we shall see each other all we want to. For we love each other, don’t we, Mr. Freneau? Desperately! Don't we, Mr, Freneau?" Mr. Freneau's answer was blurred Pierpont studied the two voung people, He had his own opinion of Freneau. It was formed on brief ac quaintance, but he was a judge of men u love cach other, eh? Desper to¢ Well, well! Now look he said, after a quick balancing mind, “of course, you both Gloria is too young for narriage. She must prepare herself § solemn responsibilities of life and graduate at a good finishing )l ou will wait, and er or write to each and if you still love er will ne PP | can t | s it barga A e | eyes o \ be accepted as ¢ € Was & mar aster 1o give 'HE BEE, OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1916. 7 Romance He had an uppercut | 1 whieh g to plant on Freneau's jaw—an exact duplicate of the one he had administered to Chief as overjoyed to one dance with him, however, or one conversation had five minutes’ chat Even in the dugout there had been a stupid Indian look Freneau wait father break in on her first few words slipped away and came back to finish Then the gos say the million and a half things a | young woman w great pleasure to pay |10 8ay to her flance op leaving him “ful' five years when he saw the long train dwindle Fre-|away neau's fingers twitched to cluteh the | when he would see Gloria again. She | fortune, but his brain advised him to play for higher stakes. He put away was a sweet little thing, in spite of any girl he had ever he told himself that she was not half could not be expected to he a saint had not promised himself any- thing so foolish | Five years is a long time, and many things can happen in hundred odd days and nights. and that hound of people whose erty we have stolen. Freneau would have given the beating, too, if he had not seen the way Royce attacked that poor Indian and” knocked him senseless no desire to go against sledge-hammer those same that he might never see him again multitudes than escaping the cold drafts had to tell him how him to go into the depths wvould be glac he applause from Pi By Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes Caught by the Seminoles Novelised from the Motion Moture Drama of the Same Name by t George Xleine. i FEATURING THE NOTED STAR, MISS BILLIE BURKE. 1 Copyright, 1916, by Adclaide M. Hughes | while his own eyes were devoted to)her back and an air of almost child- casting such evil spells ish immaturity Unconsciously Lois revenged her| The Gloria who marched up the husband on Freneau, for while|broad steps of the Metropolitan was Freneau was causing Lois to forget|a young lady of 20, o with her hair her duties to the partnership she|up, her head full of knowledge, and had entered into with David Stafford | her features changed as bud is lect his duties to his partnership with | costumes was the la g from Frank Mulry. He spent time and|Paris I Paris ir the war money on Lois that should have| (loria could hardly climb the steps been devoted to the intricate strata-|tdé the le I i Her father gems-—not to say treasons and spoils not oW he did. She of Wall street her fat ide and hurried to Hy and Mulry in the Aush of thaie|TEDeAUS: Fie CI6, NOY BMERE NP OF DR ‘siiceustes hall spread okt ki W a vas at his elbow, trem- Buffalo, Cle { Detr Chicasy!| from cry his name aloud and seiz- St. Louis Pittsburgh, While | Din the grm (i s isevad . L a bt ‘, \‘ } from the Indians. She coughed he tide set their way these branches | o he did not hear. At last she ven- served as so many hands to gather|yyod the terrific deed of touching in shckels, But when the hard times | |is sleeve wish her § tip. He came upon the financial world they|yyrned and she murmered served as so many mouths to feed Mr, Freneaua, | believe The office of Fren & Mulry he-| He turned, saw that a most exqu where the pay roll is a weekly agony|dered who under the sun she was, and where the watchword is “every- | fifted his jade a voilent pretense thing going out and nothing coming | at remembering her perfectly, having in met her just the day before, and ¢ She naturally imputed his neglect 1o | claime Why, hello! I'm so glad me other charmer. She could not|you got hare believe him guilty of overwork. She'|” e « and, but hers fell grew jealous and their meetings were | away ¢ could clasp.it. . She stormy. She kept his telephone busy [had thrust her arm into her father's to make sure that he was at his desk. {elbow and hu d him along toward She began to annoy fo wished | the door of their bok Wiille Fresehu to bhe rid of her, ht he would not | whirled and stared be jilted Mulry stared, too, and muttered It was during this crisis that Gloria | “Good, Yord, who's the new peach marked off the last month i her fve | with old Pierp years' ordeal. She was ambitious | “It must be his daughter; it's enough to go on and finish her course | Gloria!” Freneau gasped and get her diploma. She compressed | “His daughter Do you know her?" her last year of school inte half a| “Know her!” Freneau laughed year and graduated all alone i1 mid- [ “Well, rather! I'm engaged to her in winter |a way.' She dashed into her room at col-| “Engaged in a way!" Mulry re- lege for the last time, her l!l|||h?l“)4'7|h'l “Well, marry her quick black gown flying from he: shoulders | Her old man’s money will come in and in her hand her parchment di-|mighty handy.” ploma (in Latin that she could nearly | Freneau leaned against the balus- tranaslate). She looked like a little | trade thinking so hard and recasting Portia for a moment | his plans so rapidly and with such en She threw her diploma in the air and | thusiasm that Lois not only touched her mortarboard Jm it. She whipped | his arm but pinched it fiercely hefore off her black robe and hegan to juggle | he noticed her. Then he stared at school books, letting them fall where | her with a cold indifference that ver they fell. She danced a jig over her |ified her wildest fear scholarly past and made haste to pack | Meanwhile Gloria was sitting in her things and dart out to meet her [miserable splendor on a little gold future, “Freneau” was her spelling | chair in a box like a prison cell to her, of “Future {and she s batting her eyes fast to A York from | thake asvay the tears that came pell The journey to New school ‘was as long as the journey to| '€l dne was wringing her littl Y 10| Chite-gloved hands and trying not to New York from Palm Beach had been | ved | t years ago; only then she had been %P aloud: “He doesn't remember traveling away from her romance, | ™ He doesn't remember me! now toward it (To be Continued.) | s When her f n t ; ather met her at the | An He Used to Be. train she hugged him almost to suf- | Ah old an who lived in the ¢ ry focation, then asked him how dear 2 vialtad trsaits {n the iy : recontly visited some friends In the city Mr. Frencau was the last time he saw During her stay she was taken to see ""“\ The Merchant of Venice,” a play she [he last time I saw dear Mr, Fre- El(mll witneased more than thirty vears be- neau wa ) ol { ore and which she had always had n bbb d'h 'd‘l!" Beach,” said Pier-| danira to aa again, Calling next day, & pont, who had almost forgotten his | friend asked her how the previous night's name and had hoped that Gloria had | performance compared with that of thirty for, years ago. gotten it entirely Well.”" &ha replied, “Venice neems (o As soon as she reached the house [ have smartened up A bit, but that Khy on Riverside drive and embraced the | lock 1a the same mean grasping creature old servants and shook handy ith |I® Use to be."~FPhiladelphia Ledwer the new Gloria, took her father into | === | his librery and asked him for Mr | Freneau's telephone number She | had found “Frencau & Mulry” in the book already, and she said, “Do you suppose that Mr, Mulry's Frenecau's Freneau is my Mr. Freneau?” “I don’t know, I'm sure,” Pierpont grumbled. “But it wouldn't he cor- | | = s e e wewen | rect to telephone to a busy man When he saw the legend, “Freneau | ing hard to make herself worthy of | would it?" ) & Mulry, stocks and bonds, members | him! And her brother was cherieh-| .1 Suppose not,” Gioria admitted of the stock exchange,” on the door |ing a trust in Lois and working hard | “Where's a pen? I'll write him.” and on the leterheads, Freneau felt |to give her the luxuries she exacted | “How long has it ben since you 80 important that he did not care | with increasing gre:d wrote him last?" said Pierpont, anx tesidents of Nebraska iously 'Wh‘y, I'se never written him at all,” Gloria answered, shocked. I what Pierpont Stafford or his daugh " R ter thought of him. He was the young Napoleon, One of these days he would buy and sell Pierpont Staf- ford registered at Hotel Astor during the past year. | Single Room, without bath, Five years was a long time for | Gloria, too; but not so long as she| ' } | promise: f % told erself, Het girl soul did not | P Biereas Mt 17 - : feel the emotiona al ' T R, B 1otional demands of a profound pride. Then he ventured His success enlarged his acq s ¢ quain- | grown woman. She could put Fre-| g A ’ AR I A dequing grawn we il P | to say, “Don’t you think it would be ’ $2.00 o §3.00 i T neau's picture on her bureau and find | nicer” if you waited for h 1\ ”l' ations satisfaction in paying it worship Sah "[,:v) r him to look Double « $3.00 to §4.00 L veas con, the grest of the wave| In the school she had discovered | Gloria gnawed the end of the pen- Single Rooms, with buthy, when he met Lols ll'ull\drl‘l again, He |3 new world. She fought her way|holder a moment, and then sighed f10e w0 fe ;v-luelrr'{ M"‘”(' :"“ ¢ ‘41"'::"" :ll‘nxdv N A to the captaincy of a basket ball team | with all the impatience of youth in Double « §4.00 to §7.00 i a wondering | 4 . . " a P "8 |as if it were the presidency of an|the shackles of conventionalty. *I Parlor, Bedroom and bath, Just what peace offering he should | | . buy for a certain person whom he | AT2onian republic. She even took | suppose so." She flung down the gy e ) an interest in some of her text hooks. | pen and rendered haw she could TIMES SQUARB had rendered violently jealous w ’ hen - : She thought she was very wisked, | MAnage delicately to attract Mr, | who should step out o : A T4is Fressan # the shop but [, e did nothing more visicus than | FTeneau’s attention without seeming At Broadway, 44th to 43th Streets— Each stared at the dther with eves |N01d @ chafing dish orgy now and ‘ ’““R\v i : the center of New York's social and ready for flirtation Each : then in her room. And even | “thery e wa said Pierpont business activities. In close proximity to Ach TCCOR: | game teacher was sure to | the | (there’s a big gala performance at the all railway terminals. nized the other as a former Palm Beach comber. ~ Metropolitan opera . 1 ¢ . P an opera house tonight, a muffled laughter and march in stern- | Metropalitan « LR T T TR T T 4 : . ' some war relief Wihy 23 Freceaot y and nu.hnm “m girls 1 “”‘""\\Hum you Hhe oo Lo exclamation. Her Jangusge was oot ooms ut the severest teach 2 v s ! . 0 : y You bet!” cried Gloria, with s " - b brilliant as her eyes ('|\ ,' e el L LT L hool girl elegance i Why, Miss Freeman!" was his | i0rias smiling eyes At about that time Freneau wa. e . l'l Ufl equally brilliant answer. The same Many and many a time she told | just putting down the telephone in thing was true of hin to her breathless girl audiences the | his office. Lois had called him to But I'm no long Mis Free- | bloodcurding story of her harrowing | say that her husband was taking her on .r r“f s S d she xperiences in the everglades and the [to the benefit and she hoped that he M M aid he tremendous glory of her rescuer's | would be there. She had something valor. The maghitude of Frencau's|immesely important to tell him. Ey Stafford name | feat had grown a little with retelling, | erything she had to tell him was im tant unimp ‘The arrival of a baby In the household completely changes the entire aspect of the future. But in the porta meantime, durlng the ik agitated Lois was anxious period ot ex her knowledge that Gloria had come pectancy, there s » : : PR oty st g adtes oyl back to New Yorw and was still iplendid remedy known [ onders. In for external use, ros usly ‘ lieves the palns of AU 1O SWear at he would not Wusclo expansion, forsake her f loria soothes and vineing proof to the envious au-| and imme atiord’ ve L Sina tlenes The thing th rtant to him fectio Gloria had few sorrows of ve chief of her disap wvas in an anguish of fer and ily and she wanted to compel Organs and removes to ‘ reat extent the ten- ‘ | : ¢ s e ) dency @ worry aad ap- A A > \ . prebension, It ls & patural treatmont, safe : for the mother, has 1o drug effect whateo \ ght | 1907 aad for this resson must it oA most ' s . _ boneficlal lafluence upon those functions die h - K | retly conamted with motherhood. 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