The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-10-06

Il near mes TrOSt ana Iunera4
is one-this Arden Gloster," Lily
Haughton had explained to Milicent.
Lily, orphan and heiress by nature
lawless, by bringing up much OPP
pressed, had been due to visit the
kinfolk she had not seen since child.
hood, when her heart was set upon
another excursion.
"You need work-1've get a per-
fectly good checkbook-and a book
of the family that will tell you about
it all the way to ADAM" she had
said. "You can have any money you
want, to stay my six weeks there.
Arden Gloster is sure not to. make
love to you-he thinks it beneath him
to do such things. He thinks, too, he
is going to marry me, when he's good
and ready-so as to get the blessing
and the fortune of our elders"
Milicent had at first secuted the
idea-then all at once fallen in with
it ardently. She needed resin six
weeks the summer would be almost
over-the money Lily thrust upon her
would keep her comfortable until she
found work in the theaters. She had
spent her small Inheritance upon q
course at the dramatic school-gov-
ernessing had been only stopgap.
She would do no wrong-Lily as
sured her, indeed, that she would be
doing good instead. "We're SO much
alike, Arden won't ever know the
difference when he comes to tell mo
he Is ready to marry me-" she said.
"And I shall Aever, never 60 to Glen
ville-and shall 60 somewhere else
and be heavenly happy, just as my
self, not the rich Miss Haughton, I've
never had such a chance before. Do
help me take it,
Life went easily at Chenille. MIL
icent was blissful all through the first
fortnight. She rode, drove, walked,
with the old folk, suiting herself to
their needs and tempers. Consequent
ly they grew so fond of her, her con-
science awoke and pricked sharply.
She gave hardly thought to young
Gloster-he was writing book upon
political corruption, and spent most
of his time in the tower room three
stories in air.
But Madame Haughton was full Of
talk about him--how good and true
he was, what hopes they built upon
him. She was TOO delicate to do more
than slur lightly over the family plan,
even in showing the incompatible
diamonds destined for "Arden's wife,"
She made costly gifts to Milicent-
gifts it was impossible to refuse with
out exciting comment. Milicent took
them feeling like thief, salving her
conscience with promises to pass
them on to the right Lily. But she
could never pass on the loving
thought which enveloped her, and
made her pine to confess herself an
impostor.
At last two things happened: Ar
den finished his book. and began ar
dent lovemaking. The process trans.
figured him-he became not merely
human but fascinating. Milicent had
had experience of the great game in
the course of her twenty-five years,
and told herself, quite candidly, he
played it to admiration.
He came to her after fortnight's
playing, in the adorable old garden
that seemed made for lovers.
"Such pity" he said gently tax.
ing both her hands. eve can't have
a bit of romance-our true love runs
SO smooth"
I'm sure don't know what you
meant" Milicent retorted, trying to
free her hands.
"No?" he said, his eyes laughing
and incretulous. "You don't know
that by loving each other we please
the finest pair in the world-and in
herit million?"
"Let go my hands! I-I-wont
listen!" Milicent burst out
He caught her in his arms-there
upon his breast she told him every
thing. ending abjectly: please,
please. let me go away before you
tell the old felix. They have been so
good to me can't bear to see their
eyes full of contempt"
"But l must tell them" Arden pro-
tested. "And at once! Foolish little
girl, do you think l shall le you go,
10 matter what your name isl"
TITS like a fairy tale come true"
Lily, he real Lily said three weeks
later; but she was no longer Lily
Haughton. She had come to Glen
vile in CONVOY of her new husband
Jimmy Page, artist.
Jimmy held out against me unit.
he saw what cook I was, in camp,
Lily ran on. give been trying for q
year to make him p-opose-now all
Of us will live happy ever after"