The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-12
BETTY
REPENTS
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By DOROTHY DOUGLAS

'NAtH isiI SIlUNll SISis VI iNpSiiiHii
since the momen, the nurse had plune
ed her into her first small tub. al the
age Of Ten She was pretty but self
wiiled. AZ eighteen she threatened 10
eloFe with 4 sccond.rate actor because
she WAS refused a racing motor car.
Arriving n went! one. beautiful ana
h'aGstrong Betty considered herself
a very much abused person
hui with all her faults BETTY was
adorable ami adorcd Her parents
loved her with Il devotion that spoke
well Tor her ultimate good they knew
that her perversity would one day
melt before the light of reason. In
many small instances Reity had al
ready succumbed 10 their tactful
methods. but in biz things she was OBJ
durate. she disliked giving in 10 the
will OF another
The crisis came when Retty's par.
ents fatty refused 10 lei her take a
trip to Paris with Ma,hlda Davis
Matilda had a husband somewhere
on the globe but She preferred TO
study painting in the Latin quarter to
living In domestic bliss So wildly
had she painted the Joys Of student
lie 10 the 'intutOred BETTY that the
latter felt life no longer possible with
out some of those joys After trying
every vile AT her command in order
to gain her parents consent and fall
| Ing, Betty dcticd parental authority
and skipped on with Mathilda to Paris
Before taking her leave Betty's faith
or had looked long and steadily into
his wayWald daughters half-shamed
eyes
Remember" tr said With stern
Nsarc You are leaving my house for
the last time In acccptiu4 the chap
! rronaso Of that Woman Yen are no
longer daughter of mino' We have
i given YOU every comfort II lie and
I NOW il You prefer a. aa5aNant through
me streets Of PARIS w.ia i woman of
\ ,hat ralib,l o. lNins respectfully with
1 'N"' l''f' - = '''l "l' ~ ilHilN w wv
so Pe''l Gtra.l turned from his
daughter hog 80 much as Il second
j glance
~ lerc, q Will HotN swallowcd the
erct lanr N hen throat Had her
rather iak,n her ii his arms She
NuQl! probably never haze sailed for
Paris. but he dil NOT and B"t'ys eyes
flashed
VERY Well sh" erred back Defiant
~ 4 VIII not come back And for
fear les, the threatened tears fall
nous" aud into the waiting village ON
nlhus one, inside its maSty depths
Betty had ii good cry Through her
tears she could Sc her mothers calm,
beautiful fac" when she had said. II
hope YOU are going 10 be happy In
your new life Betty"
And when the rumble Of departing
carriage wheels died away Peter Gil.
rard turned to his wife and there was
"A twinkle in his eyes He took his
wife in his arms
Cheer up, dear he told her Our
daughter has merely gone on trip Of
establishment and she will come fly
ing back To her little mother and her
daddy before another two moons have
uancd "
Two months Is Il long time without
Betty. smiled the mother
II TWO months seemed long to her
parents In Long Island. they proved
endless 10 Betty In Paris
She had enjoyed the ocean trip 10
tho utmost The ncwncss Of II all and
the pleasure OF meeting so many inter
estNlg persons cast out all homeslck
ness for the tim" being But try az
she might TO retard II. Betty felt hor
self drawing within her shell as far as
Mathilda Davis was concerned TIA"
intimacy brought about by sharing on"
cabin had not enhanced The woman IS
charm
3efty had been led Ia expect MAJ
'Hus" persons on the boat Whu 70.
seemed such good friends would ,t,,.
ia" same on land II would taAt
illird or oven fourth trip 10 rontt
Betty that ihs. friendship oi shiplot
is only a passing fancy So D.,
met her first establishment IN !
She saw two III he men who ha3 a.f
charmed by her presence Oh @
board but ,hings were not Tho
and after dinner at Il caf. ~.
evening ut the opera they. too
ped out Of her life Al the efa
fortnight Betty found herself e'.
ger In A strange land
That she WAS paying the .ts
half o. the expenses did not l.
her. but the type Of men wlr
quonted heir studio disgustrh
Betty found herself longing 'o~
clean minded Tom iIillar:
thought all woraen par" AMI t.a.'
and sweet.
She realized 'ha' Paris al
things Partisan would aav' heti
tiful To her had sh" not J.a
IL 1t stole over l!o'ty- couzcs.
gradually that larr'u, did 10
With having ones oru Hag
After fe~ eeary days o. -
tie first tins IN hor '~cntre.t