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," carelessly.
Ihen seeing Helen's look of sur
| prise, she added, hastily.
shouldn't have ordered it, but il
was week before last, when Frank
,elt sure he was putting through a
DIG ueaL We saw 1t in the window
ahu liked 1t. You see," plaintively,
ne wants me to have everything.
VIC We an account at Ardmans and
ne told me to have It charged. OF
course l didn't know things were
| going to be so bad"
can't you return It?" suggested
iieien; gently. IF you'd explain
"ouldnt they take it back"
ri, No--no they've altered it now.
IN ma why they've kept it SO 1one
- suppose 1t won't matter" rock
S,y, when the crash comes a hun
difference" W" make any
WIN a sudden impulse abe toot.
hhile from the tea trav ana ont M ~,
string of the box. U SHt the
HER SAD STORY
10 you want to see tba %.
=, marsh little lauph "r,I, -.
- 10 dinner tonight. and ueTI,
80 50 prosperous trat the botei
or r,, senu Us a bill for another wee.
sI,ar, ~, learned to pretend. to act 70
busiTas, eI!y' ITS part of Franks
lv assets TO have me expensive
oWpea, |, gives people conf
oehce In his schemes, on Cos RI
al tuea! Promoters Wife"
ieieh shrank from this bit,ar,o.,
IT. more tnan from her tears
mere as she shook ,ut tbo FRA
tr,,,,rsis Gown, cleaning with rear
1l1iIInihss, Does that look Iika d.
coGidh pay cur hotel bin?"
iercely. lei s"ocst
:, bu' you mustn't misunderstood mo,
mustn't think Frank isn't honest
~" ScHeIhes He Isl Somehow he
So peHeVes In them. He's always
himself and for everybody else Rur
"heh l think OF al the pcople that
nave, nave invested in his promotions ana
-!aVe lost, 1t almost drives me mad,
anu yet dehantly, ITS their faul,
100! They shouldn't be so anxious to
make something for nothing. rvs
grown to hate them, tool Oh, 7 hate
II all-this feverish, uncertain, schem
Ing life is killing uer'
mere was so little that Helen could
say to comfort her. This was a life
-
ing on a volcano. as 1t were ana
never knowing when the upheavaIt
would come.
1t was almost six before she had
the heart to leave
l IN AFRAID I can't stay any Longer
! nate to leave you alone. but Mr..
GURUS always gets home at half-pas.
and ] must be there then"
oh, yes--I don't want to keep
you, helplessly II suppose Frank
viii be here some time this evening
II he doesn't come-Tll not go down
TO dinner alone, I feel that every
body knows we owe that bill. On.
the humiliation of it--you don't know
you don't know'---
1t 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 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 lot Of SYM
pathy" was Warrens comment when
she told him about il 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
20 be honest She says''-
"Oh. be may hoodwink her, bur
when a man makes business OF try
ng to put over these wildcat schemes
well. he deserves all that's comm
% him"
But Helen was unconvinced. Her
and anxiety for Mrs. Mer-
win were not lessened by Warrsn's
,ynicism And even though he
warned her against getting mixed
ip" with such people. she was still
determined to call up Mrs. Merwin In
he morning and to de what she could
o help or comfort her,