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PHOGHODOHODHHHHHHHOHHHHHHHODHOSHHHSDHHOGHOVOGHSOHGOGGOSGOHSHHHIDHSOGHODHDOHOO — Novelization By means Novelized From the Motion Picture Drama of the Same Name by George Kieine and Featurin Miss Billie Burke ‘ ‘ } { \ | First Episode LOST IN THE EVERGLADES Mopvriaht, 1916. by Adelaide M. Hughes) ATHER remarkable, isn’t it,” sald the «ick old Hon, Judge G¢ | Freeman, “that the most expensive hotel and the most lux- bo urfous resort in the world should be only a few miles from an almost impendirable wilderness inhabited by Indians that the United States army could never dislodge?” “Yes, it ts 044,” aaid his young doctor; “but the prices here are almost 06 impenetrable as the knife grass of the Everglades, And as for Indians, the United States navy couldn't dislodge some of those old milllonaire e@uaws from their snobbery.” “T'm afraid my daughter finds it so," the Judge agreed. “Here we've been for two whole weeks and Lois doesn't know anybody whods anybody— except Pierpont Stafford’s boy, and I'm afraid he's only firting with her.” Dr. Royce had not been engaged to prescribe for Miss Lois Freeman's gmbitions, so he changed the subject. “It's hard to believe that there is a Wlizsard in New York to-day when you look at these flowers and see those Ralf dressed mobs wallowing in the surf.” The Judge gave a jump and gasped: “Good Lord, hear that scream! Gome woman {s being murdered.” checked him with a gesture he ; it's only Gloria the two strings to her bow. She had sihora haviae another battle with H&d to content herself for her first governess.” week at Palm Beach with the atten- DAG Judge eatbed- tack into his Hons Of Richard Swensas, o young broker in charge of @ branch office a ‘ Wanket, roe The little devil ot the Royal Poinclana, But recently she had caught the eye of David Dootor Royce came to her defense stamford, and she had tried to hold it. with @ curious warmth. “They're Frencau was handsome—much too driving her with too tight a rein. 8he's pyog jooking for his own good or the too big hearted and brave and wise good of any girl or woman he fo- be treated as a child much longer.” cused his eye upon, Freneau was The old nian sighed, “We fathers magnetic and he was great fun, but with motherless girls to raise @F@ pyayid Stafford was good business. To pretty helpless cattle. I can send @ capture the son of Plerpont Stafford minal to the chair, but I can’t DUN- would be high finance—something tre- teh my daughter; she does what she py .ndous, jeases, and it rarely pleases me, are ‘The Judge, her father, kept hts mt Stafford can run a Lica eyes on Lois more than on the golf @f banks and make a railroad system oy, and landed in the bunkers with ee bd Cale bestellen atid regularity. He knew that his daugh- } Reva a it ‘Pittaburgned?” Ten' tof Was UP to some mischlof, but he was sure that it was not the innocent ier t wun oe i eo in. De voa mischief of tho obstreperous Gloria, dhink 1 might?” oe + © we @ ‘The doctor ebook his head. “You Gloria Stafford, exquisite in her wpa out on the links and play a little bathing suit, was like a bisque figure on among the palm trees. To-mor- come to life—-very much to life as she yw I may let you have a dip.” stood outside her bedroom door and “I don't feel quite up to golf.” held the knob against her governess, + "Go on; don't disobey. You're who tugged in vain at the opposite Bea toeqacrace bars hin ths oes: knob. Then Gloria let go, and the pre ded re miss- governess went staggering backward word. "You're worse than gorogs the room, while Gloria, with joria.” 1 shrieks of laughter, made her way off He lifted the Judge from his chair, ang down the corridor and out to the prust a bag of golf clubs into his joy rms and dered hii 5 fulge plated: “Who'll play with me? ‘The beach being no less than Palm Wi your’ _ Teach, sho dodged among throngs of “Not much! You've bad enough the well known, the much pho- of me for to-day. Here's your daugh- togmuphed, who were also making ter. Miss Lois, let me introduce your their way, though more sedately, to father. Take him round the links the surf. It was 13 o'clock, the qnce, won't you?” fashionable time. To be seen in the Lola obeyed with more grace than water more than balf an hour earlier GLORIA SLIPPED AWAY WITHOUT SFING SEEN, D DDODDOODSHOHOGOOOHDHOGHDHDHDHGOHDHOGHODOOHOIGOHHVWHI|AGGOISIOGS GH" Or more than half an hour later was socially fatal. The governess followed the fugitive in hot haste, but Gloria sought refuge in the crowded ocean. She dived and stayed under as long as she coul but Miss Sidney descried her at once and gesticulated violently, command- ing her to come back. Gloria merely bobbled her pet little bonnet and splashed in behind hor father. Miss Sidney persisted and Gloria gave her father a push, saying: “You go make her let me alone. Tell her she'll be sorry if she doesn't.” The capitalist floundered out with the apologetic manner of an over- grown schoolboy, for even he was afraid of the governess. And he was not very impressive in a bathing suit. He made his way to Miss Sidney's Presence and mumbled: ‘Would you mind if Gloria had her morning swim, please?” The governess explained to him, if she were talking to another ohild, that since Gloria had positively re- fused to work out her problem in al- gebra she had been forbidden to go into the water. Nevertheless she had flagrantly rebelled, secretly arrayed herself for the bath and fied. It would never do to let her have her own way. “Er—hum—I see,” said Stafford. He bowed and returned with still let courage to face his daughter, A widower with « woman-child of sixteen is pathetic enough at best, but Gloria was so effulgently sixteen, so eagerly alive and so enchantingly pretty that her father was disarmed by a mere glance at her, His anger was sure to melt in a shamefaced emile. In the mean time Gloria had made the most of her stolen moments and with swift overhand strokes had put a number of gleaming breakers between her and the shore. She turned just tn time to see her father beckoning to her with his first imitation of the stern parent, Sh6 knew that the governess had cowed him, end she did not wish to humili- ate him by her own disobedience. So she swam back through the heads floating on the water like ap- ples in a Hallowe'en tub, It made her boiling mad to be disgraced before all the important people. She could sce some of them grinning at her. Her brother David openly ridiculed her and splashed water over her. She pretended not to notice him, but, reaching her father at last, sho hurled herself upon him and ducked him under the water. Then she scrambled to the beach, When the enraged governess seized her by the wrist Gloria tried to pull her into the froth, But the governess was too big for her and she haled Gloria out of the romantic sea into a hard world of dry sand and dryer mathematics. Gloria slunk along in a white rage, 1 storm brewing behind her eyes. She was not often gullen and never norbid, She was made up of joy, sunlight and mischief, all the fresh ind sweet of Mfe, But she loathed being told to do things or not to do things, forbidden, commanded—in a word, bossed, She was poised at the Nameless stage between childhood and girlhood, She was not what is termed “out,” yet her restive spirit made it impossible for her to be kept “in.” She was tired of being snubbed, Her brother David, some four years her senior, made life increasingly lonesome for Gloria by his freedom and the superior worldly airs he as- sumed for her especial torment. In earlior years they had been very near to each other and now it was bitter to Glorla’s proud soul to watch David coming and going at will, dancing every night, and flirting desperately with Lois Freeman, whom Gloria did not like because her brother did, Oh, yes, David could flirt his head off, but her father turned white and ness turned blue tf Gloria so ‘an mentioned a lover in @ novel or suggested that she might have one herself at some time in that future which she was waiting for as the neat Sore womverwy : ar a LB sw AWAY SPED GLORIA IN THE CAR. instalment of an exciting serial. Gloria was woman enough to resent restraint and child enough to be cap- able of making a tragic blunder if she ever broke away. re Oe. He we 6 Gloria issued a declaration of in- dependence as soon as she reacied her room. It began with: “I'm too old to have a governess!” “Thanks!” Miss Sidney snapped. “You're more than welcome!" Gloria snapped back, “I want one thing un- derstood, This is the last time I'll stand being treated as a child, I'm not one, At my age my grandmother was the mother of my father and if you don't change your treatment of me I'm going to run away and marry the first man I meet.” “People whe are always going to do things never do them,” said the gov- erness, with the primness of a copy- book. “But if you're eo old and wise suppose you prove it first by doing your algebra lesson. It's very ple.” “They never made my grandmother learn algebra,” Gloria protested. “They never taught her to run ap automobile either.” “That’ nother thing. My brother has a car of his own and I haven't even a pushmobile. Half the girls of my age have their own motors, [ can run one as well as any of them. It's a whame that my father won't buy mo one.” “Perhaps if you learned your les- son he might reward you with a car.” This rainbow of hope brought the end of the storm, Gloria beamed and ran to slip out of her bathing suit and into her luncheon frock. The governess almost smiled as she wrote the problem on the blackboard she used for Gloria's lessons. When Gloria came back Miss Sidney pointed to the figures, “It's very simple, my dear,” she 4. “You have only to multiply atd by atb.” “But"—— “Work it out yourself, dear, and call me when it is finished.” Gloria stared at the problem and felt herself slipping back into child- hood at a breakneck speed. She had no more idea of what it all meant than a new-born babe, She put ona pair of big tortoise shell spectacles, but they made her look younger than ever and gave her no help, She could see that foolish atb, but she could not see why any one should want to know what would happen if you did such a foolish thing as to multiply it by itself. When the blackboard blurred be- fore her eyes she moved to the win- dow and stared at the glittering mer- riment of the crowd, Everybody was at play except Gloria~-people in bath- ing sults, yachting flannels, golf tos, tennis things, bicycle clothes, motor gear, They streamed along the walks, the sand, the piazzas, sat in wicker chairs or rolled along in “afromo- biles.” By and by Gloria saw Lois Freeman come in from the links, When Dick Freneau sauntered up Lois deserted her father at once, Gloria did not like the way she ogled Mr. Freneau. Lois used tho same languishing ex- pressions Gloria had seen her work- ing off on David Gloria wanted to run out and warn poor Mr. Freneau that Lois was a deceitful minx. Mr. Freneau had such lovely, trusting eyes; it was a crime to lure him on, Gloria medit- ated: "They say he's a broker— whatever that is. [ wonder what a broker breaks—hearts probably, if Mr. Freneau is a sample, O dear this awful algebra,” She stood pouting at life in general nd study in particular, She turned back to her task and stood tn so melancholy @ posture that Dr. Royce, passing her window and seeing her " of any importance that da paused to study her for a moment as if she were a painted figure in a painted scene. He thought she was painted splendidly well. She was so pretty that she made his heart ache. it ached for himself and then for her, the poor little prisoner. He tapped on the window. . ee Ee ee Gloria turned and recognized her visitor, Her eyes twinkied with af- fection, She did like Dr, Royce! David had presented him to her. Dr. Royce had graduated at David’: college; they were members of the same fraternity. “You ought to be out here in the sun,” Dr. Royce suggested. Gloria was shocked at the idea. She pointed to the blackboard. “I'm in jail for a thousand years. It will take me at least that long to do this hateful problem.’ Royce could not enter her room to go to the blackboard, ao he asked her to bring the blackboard to him. She fetched it joyously and gave him chalk and sald; “There isn't any an- swer, though.” He was too polite to say, “Why, this Is the easiest thing in the world,” but he showed that it was for him by the speed and smiling ease of his chalk work, In @ moment the riddle was solved. Gloria understood it a little less than before, but It meant a release from captivity, and she was so entranced that she flung her arms about him and gave him a resounding kiss and called him a “wonderful, marvellous, angel man.” To her it was a Kiss of childish gratitude for the help of older wis- dom. She hurried the blackboard to the easel and began to copy the doc- tor's neat figures in her own scrawl, But Royce stood quivering with the unexpected attack. He knew that it was a young girl's kiss given in con- fidence and ignorance, and it was therefore sacred. But he could not help feeling a thrill of prophetic hope. Soon she would grow up to woman- hood and—she must love some one, and why not him? She was very rich, but his own future was gorgeous in his dreams, and Gloria was the most gorgeous thing in his gorgeous dreams. ‘Then he reproached himself for the mood and grew sad at the thought of the years that must roll over Glorfa's sunlit head before he could even pay court to her. And in those years what dangers might she not encounter dangers to her health, her soul, her happiness? He longed to protect ber through them all. He saw that Gloria had already ior- gotten him, She had copied his work and she was rubbing out his calcu- lations, He wondered if that were prophetic, too, . . ° When Gloria had the blackboard ail ship-stiape she howled to the govern- ess to come and see her triump), Gloria regretted the deception; but what other refuge has the weak from the strong? Miss Sidney raised her eyebrows and doubtless suspected that Gloria had enjoyed outside ald; but sbe had an engagement of her own with the tutor of a rich young {mbectla and she pretended to be convinced, Gloria was permitted to call it an algebra lesson and for a reward sno was assigned to the study of a list of the English kings. Gloria did not mind that, for she hid @ stolen novi! Inside the page and read something far more important to her than an- cient history—modern romance. If Gloria had not learned a lesson neither had her elders, When dinner time came at lost Glorta’s maid allowed her to select her newest Paris gown for dinner, And it was a pleasant dinner, on ihe veranda, with twilight drawing “GLORIA’S The Seoond Episode in the Seria! Will Be Published SATURDAY, June 3. ROMANCE” round like soft curtains, the lamps glowing everywhere in the tropical verdure like little moons and the automobiles everywhere along the walks, And there was music. was beginning a little distance away. Gloria tried to sneak a sip of her The dancing caught her at it and took the cup But except for her everything was beautiful and tender; the very atmosphere was full of pleasant rev- eries, And then Miss Sidney had to look at her watch and ruin every- thing with the insulting word, “Bed- Gloria pretended not to hear and talked vigorously to David. only laughed an elder-brotherly laugh lighted another cigarette. to her father and nestled He hugged her close, but ehe could tell that he was afraid of that gorgon governe: addy, darling, let me go to the He shook his head. He shook his head. He shook his head. the governess bad She knew that given him his orders. David sniffed: “Little girls aren't to mingle with grownups after dark.” Gloria choked for words and threw him one glance. If looks were smacks in the eyé he would have had a good But he only laughed the more. Then her father hardened his heart and gave her a run-along-now kiss. She went along, but she did not run. Once more the rebellion began to sim- mor in her brain. helplessness was her chief How could a young girl defend herself from a big governess, a flinty-hearted father and @ brute of a brother? She was pondering while the mald took off her dinner gown and hung {t up and handed her a sleeping sult. etty time to go to bed, with all lorida calling to her under a big maid, She said her prayers with an ab- sent-minded lack of conviction and crawled into bed. ‘The governess and the maid put out the lights and left But they did not put out the loafing along the Guit Stream. But “xe not knowing that she was fost tm HAVE /JQNE, DADDY? URGED GLORIA, DOBDOGHHOGHODOHOOOOGH}DIDHDODHGHOHODHGHODOHHEDHOOGOSO! +3 Gloria was made up of joy, sunlight and mischief, all the fresh and sweet of life. But she loathed being told to do things or not to do things—in a word, ‘“bossed.” She was poised at the nameless stage be- tween childhood and girlhood. She was not what is termed “‘out,”’ yet her restive spirit made it impossible for her to be kept “in.” The governess had @ prosaic soul She could imagine the bewilderment and she fell asleep in spite of the of Lois and David when they ot moon and the music and the pleading out for thelr clandestine esoa call of all outdoors. She even snored! and found that svmebody else had Gloria could stand everything but clandestinely escaped with the ear, that. She stole from her bed and tip- She laughed aloud at tie picture, toed to the governess’s room to shake She could imagine that governess ~se»her and beg her not to play that tune Waking at the racket of her own on her nose. A better dea occurred Snores and getting up with a start to her. Seeing the governess's cloth then deciding to see if Gloria were slippers neatly placed on the bedside Still in jail, She could see her puttin, rug, Gloria pinned them there, her feet into. her slippers and goise whisked backed into her own room, kerfiop! Gloria shrieked at thig rend and, flinging off her bedgear, siipped fon. It would pay her off for some of into her dinner gown again, She those cuffs on the ear that ahe bad dressed in the dark and got away given Gloria, Gloria had been too safely from her room. Good a sport to tell on her, but she She was afraid to face the brililant ae hot forgotten tiem lights and the crowd, but she found a picking herself nee he (governess nook on the plazza where she could foot into Gioria’s bedroom the wants peer in at a window and watch the cage whence the bird had flowa, Beko whining couples. The tune set her pr ogy Bend the panic she fell into, and heart to waltzing, and she was 90 probe rrp made in ber bath. famtshed for a dance that when old ridor and hunted for Gin Judge Freeman came into sight she to, re tbe alarin asked him to walts with her, He oria proved how far she w shook his head dolefully. having outgrown her childhood be ten things that amused a “t'm sorry, my child, but I've been flight. tea child, but ane ee sent to bed too.” Possessed herself of this perilows oe She felt sorry for him, but she gine. She was flying at for rt : ne an hour along almost deserted toudy wished that people would stop call- cutting through ing her “my child.” fore. ad oe She peeked at the ballroom again jhe see he 5 and watched the rivalry of David and idea of the time om ‘anne had ni Mr. Freneau for the dances of Lois only knew that at lass she wan LS Freeman. The two men were jealous A was ruling something, of each other. rid was furious ptly she lost control of and Gloria was glad of it. tha el Steed. It ceased too p t wavered this wi After a time David had a great that with terrifying uncertainty, The scheme, Never dreaming that Gloria *¢/D& gear had broken, was just outside the window, within wiry narp awerve the. hearing distance, he asked Tols If sha shot trom the road anaentee Lege would not enjoy @ Ittle moonlight beach. Paralyzed with ‘amensente it spin in his racer, She said that she More than fear, Gloria was carried would, David said, “Walt right here." Waves, “hee ant, straight Into the waves. They rushe "i and left the ballroom. But Lois did the ocean were hungty ter hoe “But not waste any time waiting. She beck- the wheels sank in the wet sand and oned Mr. Freneau and told him that he breakers did not capture Gloria. They a she had a headache and could dance warm “loan Dowaren amie 4 only one more dance before she said haste to extricate herself and cltap good night. Gloria knew that she on * ma was killing time ttl! David could get No human ing saw that range Fat! apparition, unless it were old to the garage and back. Neptune, and he must bave thought She heard David's car coming. The !t Was Venus rising from the sea” lights almost revealed her on the por yn. time in a very fashionable Piazza. David stopped the car at @ Gloria was only the enone. xultant side entrance and ran into the hotel from this new experience. She stood father for Lola. bad rey on the car, then jumped off . i . and raced a wave to the shore. Then Gloria’: inspiration came. She “"S,¢ She fou lerness would save David from that siren Fake apm eetn sre se sand dunes and mysterious bushes. ta bit of moonlight She plunged among them, think for'hieree)t: {eas of making her way home than Hileid ta bee : exploring a little deeper this Eden She dash he lawn and, into which she had stumbled. stepping into the car, commanded {t She did not know. what dangers to obey her wild will, and away it lurked on every hand. ‘There, wars went like@ halo carpet multitudes of serpents tn this Ae ne © Senein Lei s A cold, flerce rattlesnakes under most beautiful flowers. Beneath thel Her practised hands and feet knew moonlit waters of little bayous the steering wheel and the clutch and hungry B the brakes and all, and there was a fe"! the quicksands might open; paths ended suddenly entan, rapture beyond words in her power, foaeee of tall shed ches aa her liberty, her speed. At last she the skin at touch, was being obeyed and not obeying. And deep in the fastnesses were the This leaping monster outran the Pemnants of Seminole tribes who bai fought the whites for years and baf- greyhound and bore her down moon- fled them till pale-faced treachery Ut lanes, shadowed with palms and overcame the Igdian wiles, The red- beautiful strange trees and shrubs of Men had never forgiven the whites, exotle shape and perfume. ae. they, rewardea thelr intrusions "The road,ran along the sea and the — As children scamper into bloodourd- waves laughed at her, Out in the ling dangers with laughter, eo the haze she saw a great full rigged ship Ch!ld Gloria dagred th Pare- and she would across the Everglades. she was in a better ship. (To Be Continued.) Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes § | j