Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
Mabel Herbert liners Great Series
Their Married
y Life =.
Helen Meets Steamer Acquaintance Who Is in Most
Unfortunate Position


Then seeing Helen's look Of sur
prise, she added hastily.
! i shouldn't have ordered it, but II
was week before last, when Frank
| teit sure he was putting through a
Dig deal We saw 1t in the window
ana liked 1t. You see." plaintivefy.
ne wants me to have everything,
we've an account at Ardman's. and
NJ told me to have IL charged OF
course l didn't know things were
| going to be so bad"
can you return it?" suggested
reien; gently. IF you'd explain
"ouion' they take it back?"
~, No-no' they've altered II now.
~ why they've kept 1t so long.
IN ! suppose it won't matter" reclx
lsss,y, when the crash comes a HIM
di~ Su uoIiars or more won't make any
"ith sudden impulse she took a
n nnite from the tea tray ana cut tbs
string of the box. WI '"'
HER SAD STORY
DO you want to Sc. III. s,,.
YIN a harsh little laugh. "1I1 ues.-
~ ooWn to dinner Tonight ana 80;
,ooA so prosperous that the hotel
~ ~" SEND US bill for another weax
ST. We learned to pretend, to act 70
S'h bitterly It's part of Frark,s
l.. assets to have me expensive.
soWned. 1t gives people ccne-
uence In his schemes Oh. YES I'm
d" Iueai Promoters wifep'
neleh shrank from this BITTERNESS,
"Ts more than from her tears
II. mere, IS she shook out the frae-
tr,nm eE,ns gown cleaning with pearl
oa,,5n inss' Does that look like we
couioh pay cur hotel bill?"
flercely. s"css
But you mustn't misunderstood mai
ion mustn't think Frank ism honast
IN MS schemes He is! Somehow he
ai"ays believes in them. He's always
s cure mes going to rake fortune fyr
nlnlseIt and for everybody else Bnt
Wheh l think of all the people that
nave invested In his promotions and
nave lost, it almost drives me mad
AND yet" delantly, "its their fault
TOO. They shouldn't be SO anxious TO
make something. for nothing. I'VE
grown to hate them. tool Oh. 1 hate
~ ali-this feverish, uncertain, schem-
Ing life is killing mer'
There was SO little that Belan co,,la
say to comfort her. This was a life
OF which she knew nothing, this liy-
ing on volcano. as it were, and
never knowing when the upheaval
would come
was almost six before she had
the heart to leave
I'm AFRAID I can't stay any longer.
] nate TO leave you alone, but Mr..
curtis always gets home at half-pas..
and | must be there then"
on. yes-T don't, want to keep
you" 'helplessly. Il suppose Frank
VIII be here some time this evening.
IL he doesn't come-Tll not go down
to dinner alone. 1 feel that every
body knows we owe that bill. Oh.
the humiliation of it--you don't know
you don't know"-
II was quite dark when Helen
reached the street She hurried home
filled with brooding, anxious thoughts
of the woman she had just left.
Above everything else, Helen had
an innate horror of debt. To owe q
hotel bill, and to be compelled to live
OH at that hotel, seemed to her an in
te1erable situation.
A BLANK FUTURE.
And what would be the outcome?
Would Mr. Merwin be able to get the
money? Or would they stay on until
they were asked to leave?
Huh, you're wasting a lot of sym
pathy" was Warrens comment when
she told him about 1t at dinner
Those promoters are used to being
on their uppers. And they've all got
some get-rich-quick scheme that's
more or less shady"
But, dear. really believe he means
to be honest She says'---
"oh, he may hoodwink her, but
when a man makes a business of try
ing to put over these wildcat schemes
we'll, he deserves all that's comm
to him"
But Helen was unconvinced. Her
sympathy and anxiety for Mrs. Mer-
win were not lessened by warren's
cynicisrn And even though he
warned her against getting mixed
up" with such people, she was still
determined to call up Mrs. Merwin In 4
the morning and to do what she could
to help or comfort her.