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

Ardman's." carelessly.
Then seeing Helen's look of sur
prise. she added, hastily.
I shouldn't have ordered it. but it
was week before last, when Frank
telt sure he was putting through
DIG deal We saw it in the window
ana liked 1T. You see," plaintively,
ne wants me to have everything
We an account at Ardman's. and
ne toid me to have 1t charged Of
course | didn't know things were
going to be so bad"
can't you return it?" suggested
iielen: gently. IF you'd explain
wouldn't they take il back?"
~, No--no, they've altered 1t now
~ na why they've kept IL so long.
On l suppose 1t won't matter" rock
iesSiy, when the crash comes a hun-
difference" ma ne any
vim sudden impulse she tool a
at.,, rom the tea tray and cut tba
string of the box '''
HER SAD STORY
10 You want to see the -.
YIN harsh little laugh. on 49,
uo"h TO dinner tonight. and ya,u
-, 50 prosperous that the botel
~ send us bill for another yveex
learned to pretend, to ac. tn
sha bitterly. IFS part of Fror,,,a
~. assets to have me expensive.
A. soWned. 1t gives people coma
ue"ce IN his schemes oh, YES, I'm
d" tuea! Promoters wife,
neleh shrank from this bitterness,
.sTs more than from her tears
uo ere' as she shook Jut tho fras-
trtr,, zig EoWn, cleaning with rearl
'Ilnnhinss' Does that look like we
couldn't pay cur hotel bl1l7T
ffercely. s'ucs'
:, But you mustn't misundersta nd ms,
'ou mustn't think Frank isn't honest
III MS schemes. He isl Somehow be
aiMays oelieves in them. He's always
sure mes going to make q fortune ~
himself and for everybody else. But
when l think of all the people that
nave invested in his promotions and
nave lost it almost drives me mad,
ana yet, dehantly, its their fault
100! They shouldn't be so anxious to
make something for nothing rye
grown to hate them, too. Oh. I hate
X all--this feverish, uncertain, schen,
ing life is killing mew
There was so little that Helen could
say to comfort her This was life
or which she knew nothing. this liy-
ing on volcano. as 1t were and
never knowing when the upheayalI
would come
1t was almost six before she had
the heart to leave.
I'm afraid | can't stay anv longer
hate to leave you alone, but Mr.
curtis always gets home at half-past
and must be there then"
on, yes-1 don't want to keen
YOU heiplessly. Il suppose Frank
VIII be here some time this evening
II he doesn't come-fll not go 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 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
tolerable situation.
BLANK FUTURE.
And what would be the outcome?
Would Mr.. Merwin be able 10 get the
they were asked to leave?
Huh, you're wasting lot of sym
pathy." was Warren's comment when
she told him about it at dinner
Those promoters are used to being
on their uppers. And they've all got
some get-rich- quick scheme thats
more or less shady"
But, dear, really believe he means
to be honest She says'-
ooh, be may hoodwink her, but
when a man makes a business of try
ing to put over these wildcat schemes
well, 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
cynicism. And even though he
warned her against getting mixed
up" with such people, she was still
determined to call up Mrs, Merwin In
the morning and to do what she could
to help or comfort her.