Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-19

The little heiress
at the Little Heiresss feet and began
to sew the torn flounoe to its place.
Il ran after a mani" painted the Lit
| tie Heiress.
1T is finished" said Therese pres
emily.
Thank you,9 said the Little
! Heiress. Tell me that l look like
new"
"You look like a flower" said
/ Therese. s,4
Just as she reached the foot of the
stair Proud Face came. out of the
smoking
"You!" said the Little Heiress.
a." said Proud Face.
I've been to be mended," said the
Little Heiress. What have you been
doing?"
II have been smoking" said Proud
Face, land now | am going to thank
your aunt for delightful evening"
But it's so very early" said the
Little Heiress.
| Not for me-" said Proud Face.
You see, l belong to great banker,
and IL l overseep he will get some
| cody else to stand In my Shoes
Let him. said the Little Heiress,
deiantly
And if l did" said Proud Face,
who would pay brothers expenses
/ through college, and who would keep
the wolf from mothers door,"
IL should think if you need money
! so badly" said the Little Heiress,
and although she was only perpetrat-
! ing a Joke, she blushed at certain
/ thoughts which it aroused in her, Il
should think that you would rather
! stay up town and try to marry me
Lots of men do"
Mem" queried Proud Face.
"Shirtfronts," corrected the Little
Heiress.
Proud Face laughed
I've no doubt it would be very
pleasant he said.
The Little Heiress turned fiery,
a defiant red"
TRY it," she said.
Princess" said Proud Face, grave
ly-sometimes he called her princess
in a knocking tone turn your
| face to the light and let me look at
YOU"
She turned her face obediently to
the light and her lips quivered.
! II see,' he said, very gently, 81
see." And he stood a while in
thought.
The Little Heiress took his hand
and placed it over her heart. He
could feel the heart beating and flut-
tering against. it like a distracted
bird. aa1s fs
What does. my heart say?H she
whispered. What does my heart
say?"
But if /. don't love your" said
| Proud Face.
Il will make you.' said the Little
Heiress. She reached up her little
hands to his big shoulders, 80.
II love you with all my heart and
SOUL she said. Her slim body rocked
and she held fast by his shoulders.
"I'll give you the truest heart that
ever beat for a man." she said.
But it was in Proud Faces mind to
shock her love to the death.
And how many millions will you
give me- ne asked.
"All that | have" she said.
And how many have your" =
'"How many shot are there in a
load?' asked the Little Heiress.
"How many roses in rose house?
How do l know
Visions of ease and plenty assailed
Proud Face.
Il don't love you" he said, after a
time, but I will be good to you"
You will love me- said the Little
Heiress 81 will make you
She stood upon the tips of her lit
tie pink slippers.
take that to your mother" she
said, land say I sent it,"
"Mother-motherl" 1t was not
Proud Face but Shame Face, who
knocked upon his mothers door.
Come inl''
His mother lay in her bed. reading
Mother" he said, and again,
"Motherl"
What has happened, my dear?"
81 am going to marry the Little
Heiress, mother"
she lOOheu MN III tliS idCe IUE d
long time.
"Do you love her, my dear?"
Shame Face buried his face in the
bedclothes and sobbed aloud.
But there was nothing shame-faced
about the Little Heiress. And she
returned to the ballroom almost blaz-
ing with beauty. And as the shirt
fronts of the phalanx closed about
her, her eyes shone with wonderful
proud light and she cried in her clear
voice of little child:
II am all mended, now-gentle-
meni"
The Little Heiress had a hunted
look. Never since congratulations
were invented were any SO cold as
those which she received. The very
night of the ball. after she found
that sleep would not close her eyes,
she got ND and ran down the hall In