Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 29, 1916, Page 5

Glo FOURTH INSTALLMENT. Gloria went as if blindfolded through the glittering throngs in the corridor of the Metropolitan. It was a cruel humiliation to her young heart not even to be recognized by the man she had waited for through five eternal years, the man she had loyally considered herself engaged to all that time, But Freneau was not long in find ing out his mistake. Gloria had run away from her father to run to Fre neay, only to run away from him | in turn, OId Stafford, looking for Gloria, encountered Frencau, shook him warmly by the hand, and asked “Have you seen my daughter?” Then he realized with a shock that the man Freneau was engaged to his ! daughter and that the respite of five years was up. The wmortgage on Gloria’s heart was due; Stafford glowered at the handsome young enemy of his happiness But Freneau had suddenly realized that Gloria was Gloria. He made haste to pursue her. He caught her just as she paused at the door of the | Stafford box and put up her ahsurdly | small handkerchief to catch the ab-| surdly large tears as they escaped over her pink petals cheeks | . Freneau deftly turned his slight into a compliment i | “Miss Stafford—Glorial I was so dazzled when I saw you that I could not speak. You were tremendously pretty as a—as a kid: but now, with your hair up and all this grapdeur | on, you're—you're a.goddess. And | you're mine, aren’t you? You're still mine!” Hjs impetuous charge staggered | he¥, but she was too deeply hurt to | forgive him at once. She shook her head dolefully and punished him with sorrow rather than with anger. In| spite of all he could say, she slipped into the box, closed the door almost on his fingers, and vanished. He cursed his stupidity and turned away. He joined a group of men seated in a box, among them his part- ner, Frank Mulry, who was beam ing like a full moon wrapped up in broadcloth and white linen. Freneau began peering Aabout the house through his opera glass. He fastened them on Gloria where she sat brood- ing bitterly, The first great meeting with her lover had failed to live up to the dreams she had been cherish- ing for five years. Her father leaned over and tried to interest her in the opera. “‘Boris Godunow' is my favorite opera,’ he said, “and Amato is in splendid form tonight.” But Gloria hardly heard the son orous orchestra or the thundering chorus. The music was little more to her than a loud wind blowing about her, the ashes of her dead ro- mance. ria’s | sister-in By and by the opera glasses went roving idly along the boxes. They suddenly brought Freneau before her with a jump. He seemed very near and the lenses of his opera glasses were like eyes staring into her own She could not help smiling back into his appealing smile, Indeed, whcnl he began to signal her to meet him in the corridor she was tempted to consent. To the girl just out of school that would be a frightly ad- venture, more exciting than her wan- derings in the everglades and her cap- ture by the Seminoles. She shook her head at Freneau and turned to see what her father thought of her flirtatiousness. She saw why he liked “Boris Godunow” so much. He had never slept better. Now, with her chaperon gone to dream- land, it looked to Gloria as if Provi- dence meant that she should pursue the adventure. She did not know that Lois Staf- ford, seated in David's box, was tak- ing in these wireless signals from one side of the horseshoe to the other. She did not see how Lois glowered at Freneau's alluring grin; how fiercely she frowned when Freneau rose and left the box, and how frantic she was when Gloria arose and left hers. For Gloria, seeing Freneau go, hesitated | only a moment, then rose and stole | away, too, leaving her father in a peaceful slumber which all the clam- ors of the Russian opera could pot disturb Outside the Stafford door Freneau waited in ambush. He was rewarded | by the appearance of Gloria. He was so delighted that when she asked him | why he had motioned to her to meet him he could think of nothing better | to say than: “I thought you would be hungry There's the buffet upstairs.” Gloria smiled and understood and | accepted the challenge said she was famished. The corridors and th massive stairway were empty time and they scampered up to refreshment like children ( the of hungry in the bod at this the room vria was enchanted by ATTAY cakes and became presence of the feast. She finger at the most toothsome 'Crive me this these, two of t give me this; one of and a « cream and ice | some lemonade Love had e young appetite pistache dent! Frenean led hier to a table and the began to r her five-vear-old ex new old acquaintance . renewed i f gratitude 1o hin for res P from the | the eourage that it was not w had fought the of 4 GLORIA HARDLY HEARD THE THUNDERING CHORUS not let her go. He would not let Freneau come near At the next intermission her father tagged along like a younger brother Before she could get to Frencau her £ Lois, captured him, Loi rebuked Freneau for his attentions to Gloria, and reminded him of his oath of fidelity to her own unfaithful self He made light of his interest in Gloria and was avowing his devotion to Lois when her husband appeared at their elbows, They masked their best they could and tered away. David glowered after him and glared at his wife. He had not forgotten that Frencau had been his rival for Lois' fickle heart before they were married, He did not dream how deeply she was involved with Freneau now; but the first seed of suspicion was sown. Lois' father, Judge Freeman, had not forgotten Lois’ early infatuation for the young broker, who had a gift of making women reckless. He saw how David was miffed. confusion as Freneau saun- I'H ¥ He saw also how Gloria | tried to reach Frenecau, only to lose| him in the crowd. trained in observing human nature He even ventured to speak to Gloria “I wouldn’t think too much of that The judge was | Freneau fellow, if I were you, Gloria.” “But you aren't me, are you, judge?” Gloria answered, impudently, and the judge retired, mumbling: No! I'll have to admit that. Then Pierpont came up and com pelled Gloria to go back and listen to mere opera, when she wanted to hear Freneau's glorious voice. When the last curtain fell and the multitude flooded the corridors she did not get a glimpse of him. Her father kept watch over her, and Gloria went home amazed at the cantankerous meddle- someness of parents in love affairs She told her father that he ought to be in better business than playing the demon chaperon, but he only smiled. She was all he had and he wanted to keep her to the last mo ment. He wanted also to make some investigation of Freneau's behavior and his reliability as a son-in-law He had not heard much about him but that little was not good N The next day a rescuer appeared in unexpected guise. Her aunt, the great Hortensia Stafford, called to sec her, raved over her heauty, and hailed her .as a graduate from the ranks of girldom “You must have a coming-out party,” she said, “and take up the duties of womanhood.” Pierpont violently insisted that Gloria was only a child. But he was only a father and merely a brother to Hortensia, she waved him aside as a nuisance. Gloria embraced her fervently and thought her an angel She changed her mind when it came 80 to sending out the invitations for the debut, for Aunt Hortensia was a stickler for social selectness and she loved to blue pencil doubtful names Gloria made out a list of those she wanted. There were dozens of girl vown from baby-carriage day he Frenean with loving e Horte a ran him t aight thust of leadly blue pe \ * r ha time Wi he . | n. and | N g SONOROUS ORCHESTRA OR pleasure of his company at a debut dance on a certain aftcrnoon I'reneau proudly showed Mulry Mulry blew a long whistle and said What ~ right have you got get this “I saved her life,” Mulry laughed. “Ah go on.” Freneau told him his version of the vividly describing how little Gloria had been lost in the everglades of Florida and taken prisoner by tribe of Seminoles, and how I'reneau it to Frencau replied When story, had tracked her through the wilder-| ness and saved her from the young ! chief who was determined to make the girl his squaw, Freneau's lan guage had all the vividnes#s that only fiction achieves, But Mulry still laughed “You never saved a kitten from a poodle,” He knew Freneau Freneau was furious, but Mulry looked him up and down with a con- temptuous admiration. Then, sober- ing quickly, and taking the invitation from Frencau’s hand, he slapped him on the back and said: “The main thing is that she thinks you saved her, so it's her turn to save you. Marry her quick! We can borrow a hig wad on your father- in-law’s name Frenean saw the point and prom- ised. His triumphant smile did not last long His mind shifted back and forth like a shuttlecock, weighing all the chances. There was his entangle- ment with Lois. What a double-dyed fool he had been to flirt with Gloria's sister-in-law! How very careless of him! She might spoil everything. She would be bound to see and know something of his courtship He felt he could win Gloria over again as he had won her heart five years before, provided he could still pose in the light of a courageous and faithful suitor. But Lois must be kept from ruining everything. His best chance lay in speed, he thought, and his ability to keep Lois quiet His cleared and his most charming smile was turned to Mulry “All right. We'll marry her. T sure face Standing at the head of the famous Stafford stair, in line with her aunt, her girl friends, and Lois, was the most exquisite debutante of the sea Aunt Hortenia had seen many her long life, but she heaved a small, polite sigh of great pride and contentment as she glanced over the imperious young figure at her side Miss Stafford had -|v«;\vvf that sim plicity be the er attire at this afternoon in her but the the dressmaker had contrived to cause the appearance of simplicity over complicated study in beauty line. Yet above the wealth of fabric the joyous forth son in keynote of niece's recept cunning « a most youth of Gloria shone tran cendent The led with flow. ady t by iring friends a pe suitors, that affair w as rym the g of the y to | | | THEY CORNERED HER AT L | FRONTED HER | Gloria's countenarice, and he burned, | with righteous jealousy | From this time pn through the en- [ tire afternoon Royce made himself a Nemesis on the trail of Richard Fre- neau. Through the ballroom, the tea | room, the library, and conservatory Royce followed the Gloria hunting man., He could not do much, but he | hoped to shame Freneau a little, and he put all his contempt into his eyes whenever Frencau's attempts to get a word alone with Gloria became too flagrantly expressive The chase was watched alsa by an other *the terrified, conscience haunted wife of David. Lois had | given up her peace and happiness and her respect of self for the prize that [ she now saw. being taken from her [ She felt no repentance, but only a| helpless rage Gloria had counted on dancing the | first dance with her Mr. Freneau, She was so beset with wooers that he| could not reach her. He was not the only man in New York willing to make love to the heiress of the Staf ford wealth, who was, incidentally, dowered in her own right with’ a beauty and magnetism that would' have meant a fortune to any girl Gloria tried to dodge the gnatlike | suitors: “May 1 have this The next? The one after that, then?" dance They followed her among the pillars about the ballroom floos They cor nered her at last, and Doctor Royce confronted her e was about to take him in desperation when she & Freneau.at her shoulder He was the of me sudden shyness overwhelmed her bethrotha him had not been ratified again, and she was afraid to let everyone see her him. Her humid ‘eyes caught sight of man to choose | her father, who wa iling in the | hope that there was s y in num [ She made a dive at him and mired her tactful choice; but Pierpont knew more about investments than about the fox trot, and he had more rheumatism in his muscles than grace | He made a sorry figure in the crowd of dancers, and finally collapsed in I turn him over to you, doctor e laughed till he saw that she fered herse [} Freneau Then he frowned. He wa 1 erahle filemma. He that Fre G 2 ! had . T ¥ ' | ) f life \ | ave | i } A | aved | f | Hut = By Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes e AST AND DR. ROYCE CON- Freneau held Lois tightly and whis- |pered to her honeyed lies. He ex- plained that he had to be polite to | his hostess and that Gloria was a dear child, but, of course, she was nothing |u€um, while Lois was all in all And Lois believed Bad women are, of course, bigger | fools than good women; otherwise they would be wise enough to he good But, being fools, it is not strange, perhaps, that they should be so easily fooled, They can seldom believe or disbelieve truly, The intui- tion upon which they so confidently rely constantly plays them false, and believe becomes the servant of wish. That dance over, the godlike young heart-breaker betook himself again to the trail and followed the Stafford millions, Gloria had enough of the guests She wished that they would all go| Instead they were still pour-| home. ing in. The slam of the doors of heir cars could be heard even here, as motor after motor rolled up, emptied its human contents on the marble steps, and rolled away What Gloria wanted now was a solitude for two. Freneau was more willing, Seeing a young man coming to. whom she had promised several dances and given none, Gloria fled among the crowd, motioning Fre- neau to follow. She led the way through the dense wilderness of the conservatory to a marble bench, ap | than but al Her vet | wanam e T ey R 10t : AR RERRR “HE repair-man's monthly statement has no fears for the motorist who uses POLARINE, ’l Pure lubric leaks and carbon deposits, The Social Vortex Novalizad from the Motion Picture Drama of the Sante Name by George Kleine. FEATURING THE NOTED STAR, MISS BILLID BURKE. Copyright, 1916, by Adelaide M, Hughes propriately placed at the feet of a)"“No hope!" | tountain where a little old marble Gloria whispered: “Never mind; Cupid presided, The trysting place|come out to our country place to- | was evidently popular, for Gloria|morrow and I'll take you for a sleigh | flushed one brace of plover when she | ride behind my ponies. And I'll parted the branches. drive.” | She did not recognize the /younk| Freneau chuckled as he understood. man and woman who scurried away,| He drew closer to the delectable but she understood their longing for quiet and would have apologized if they had lingered. But now that they | were gone she smiled at FFrencau and | invited him to sit beside her “This is the nearest to the Ever glades we have,” she said He lost no time in preambles. He began: Gloria, dear, 1've waited five | years for this moment, and 1 want you to know that my heart has never for one moment There was a rustle of palm leaves and the swish of skirts, Someone was invading their Eden. He sighed D | War Lifts the Among the articles of women's apparel which have advanced in prics within th last few weeks are gloves, Some of the retall the advancements yet is only a matter of time the increase has not been Jevied yet by all the blg stores have auch a large wand, Many | however. th | prices. Gloves have gone up from [ 15 cents the dollar. Tong evening | gloves that used to sell for $3 now are | $8.20. Many women are giving thanks that at Informal social functions gloves have | bean abandoned that were $200 now ara $2.25 or $12.20. | Tne reasen tor this increass i« that. al | though most of the gloves are manu tactured In this country, the kid, goat skin or dogskin comes from Fran Ialy, Now it is not coming at all 1 only at rare intervals, Many of those en- gaged in akinning the material are at the front Hata are increasing in cost at an alarm | Ing rate, One reason for this is that the | Ayes are wo searce, Home co'ors are al- most impossible to get. All dyes come from Germany, and attempis maks | dyestuffs in this country thus far have not been very successful, Some estab lishments will not recommend the home- made black dyes, Another reason fs that Italy who formerly spent | plaiting the straw now are tilling the | flelds while their husbands, fathers and aweothenrts are In the trenches. Tho rest of the straw came from China and Japan Land it has about ceased coming because of the obstruction of steamahips crossing | the nea: @ilks for hat trimmings have come from Lyons, ¥rance, and now the silk {ndus ry says a New York lettar, hat {rimmings and hose not made They all know it The fact that hats stores have the stores {s beeatse stock on have advanced already Gloves or or the women n thelr days tn 18 Just about shut down. Velvets, bra ds and artifical flowers of the befter qual ity wore imported sfrom France, Fvan those made in this country will cost more The ostrich plume situation s unique Ontrich feathers eomo from Cape Colony {Untl two years ago thera were 5,000 | ostriches in this part of South Africa Today there are not more than such birds, and theso are of an inferfor | quality, The war has kept Europeans from buy | Ing ostrich plumes, and because they wars not in fashion hers for the last two years few wers fmported. The result is that the ostrich growers wers unable to feed the birds as they should. The /hetter the 1fttle creatures are fed the raore heau titul grow their feathers a9 thero is & decrease In their food thelr | feathers are decreasingly attractive Hose goes up almost weekly. Btockings which used to be %3 cents a pair now are | 9 cents. And the increase is proportion ate in stockingn of all prices. The jump In sllk hose is greater, and the colored | 1k stockings, so fashionabls for the laat | vear, may moar altogether beyond tha |reach of self-supporting women. This fs | to make them | Just as soon Coét. of ’Woma 0 to because of the material and dyes required | 10,00 | witch, only to see over her shoulder, the eyes of an earlier witch It was Lois. Fearing that Gloria might see her she retreated, But Doctor Royce had followed, too, and he had seen Lois' face as she watched the lovers. He understood now the fever that he had noted on her face a while before, He understood, too, that he'had an ally in his battle against Freneau's prosperity with Gloria—not an altogether desirable ally, but all allies are welcome in love war. 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