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

|, Ardman's" csreIessfy,
Ihen seeing Helen's look OF sur
prise. she added, hastily.
i shouldn't have ordered It. but IL
was week before last when Frank
telt sure he was putting through a
Dig deal We saw 1t in the window
ana liked IT. You see," plaintiyely.
ne wants me to have everything.
we've an account at Ardmans, ana
ne told me to have II charged. OF
course ! didn't know things were
gong to be so bad"
can't you return ity" suggested
Helen; gently. IF you'd explain
"ouluh they take il baok?"
M No-no they've altered IL now.
~ why they've kept 1t so long.
-. suppose 1t won't matter" reok
,essiy. when the crash GENE. hun
ofed dollars or more WOMB ,r,i
difference" niahe any
WIN sudden impulse shs ,o<k
st nte rom the tea tray and sut tn.
HER SAD STORY
u,itb you want to see the drs,.e.
~ IN marsh little laugh. 'Tll wa
10 dinner Tonight, ana wa,II
-. So prosperous that the botsI
On 70. 1S Dill for another wees
sban, u earned to pretend, to act. to
business assets to have me exnansi,,.
soWned 1t gives people ceno-
ueHoe In his schemes. OH YES ~
an IueaI promoters wffew
a1,,l'-. shrahk from this bitterness.
us more than from her tears
H. IS she shook out the frax
trt,s ling gown, cleaning with pearI
'rlinhihgs. Does that look like wa
'ou I,, pay our hotel bill7"
fiercely @''nes'
But you mustn't misund erstapd me-,
.huStht think Frank isn't honest
al"ays believes in them. He's always
sure he's going to rake a fortune f,r
hlmself and for everybody else But
wheh l think of all the people that
nave invested in his promotions and
nave lost, 1t almost drives me mad
ana yet" dehantly Its their fauis
100. They shouldn't be so anxtou, 10
make something for nothing. rye
grown to hate them, tool Oh, / hats
1t all-this feverish. uncertain, schem-
Ing life Is killing mer
There was so little that Helen oou,a
say to comfort her. This was a life
OF which she knew nothing. this Nv
ing on a volcano as IL were. ana
never knowing when the upheava;
would come
II was almost six before she had
the heart to leave
N afraid / can't stay asy fope-.r
hate to leave you alone, but Mr..
Curtis always gets home at haif-past,
and l must be there then"
oh. yes-I don't want TO keep
YOU" helplessly. IT suppose Frank
viii be here some time this evening.
If he doesn't come-rll not 60 down
to dinner alone. I feel that every
body knows We owe that bill. Oh.
the humiliation of it--you don't know
you don't know
1t was quite dark when Halen
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 a
hotel bill, and TO be compelled to live
on at that hotel. seemed to her an In
tclerable 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
PATTY" was Warren's comment when
she told him about 1t Vt dinner
Those promoters are used to being
on their uppers. And they've all got
some get-rioh 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 business of try
ing 20 put over these wildcat sob EN- s
well, he deserves all that's comm
to him"
But Helen was unconvfneed. Her
sympathy and anxiety for MIRA. Mer-
win were not lessened By Waxren's
cynicism And even though he
warned her against getting mixed
up" with such people, she was stili
determined to GAIL up Mrs. Merwtn IN
the morning and to do what she could
TO help or comfort her.