The evening world., 1914-11-12

anxiety were crossing the ocean 70
places where they could economist
without ostentation. Tho nnal report
was that the only suitable berth was
hotel.
"Did you grab it1' said White. The
secretary shook his head.
"why didn't your" Willie mapped.
They ask $1,000 for IT," -.
Even Willie WINGED at this. II don't
want It for year." he sroaned. Just
one voyage"
ut has a private deck. . drawing
room. two bathrooms. two servants
rooms''-
The private deck" decided Willie:
but when he told Persis he laid stress
on the price he paid: not from any
braggart motive. but as pathetic
sort OF courtship.
Persis smiled . little. II was some
thing. But when she found the pri-
vate deck she took pains to invite
other passengers she knew to make 1t
their own piazza. Among the pas
sengers were Mrs. Men and Alice.
After Persis had thwarted Alice's
elopement with Stowe Webb the boy
had been tempted to go to Mrs. Men
and plead with her to withdraw her
ban. seeing that he was now o man Of
affairs with an assured income. But
he imagined what she would say
that income: and he imagined her
smile. She did not have to rtdicule
his fortune. Tho sum Itself was 80
petty that It ridtculed itself.
He and Alice had mot clandestinely
q few times at the houses OF friends,
but both were young and both were
timid. and their friends were cynical
with encouragement. Alice wanted
to 20 TO watch him OF at the dock.
but had not dared. and only sent him
a tear blotted steamer letter. And
reading 1t she was locked In her pink
and white virginia. chamber crying
her eyes crimson on her bed. She
never spoke Of him to her mother,
and Mrs. Neff did not know what
had become Of him.
Then Mrs. Neff grew Just q tribe
too shrewd. Noting that Alice never
spoke OF Stowe Webb. she made up
her crafty old mind that thu two
young wretches were meeting secret
ly. Since nothing happened at all.
she all too cleverly decided that
something was about to happen and
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the bud. She read Alice a long cur
tain lecture on the perfection with
which children obeyed their parents
when she was young, then dilated on
the advantages of European travel
In broadening the mind. and drew
such a glowing portrait Of her own
benevolence in offering Alice the OPP
portunity of going abroad that the
girl began to foresee what was COM
ing. and what real motive was actu-
ating her mother. BY the time Mrs.
Neff arrived at the heart-breaking
news that she was about to drag
Alice OFF to Paris the simple child
was able to dissemble her ecstasy
and give a convincing portrayal of q
daughter who would rather 90 any
where on earth than to France. Like
Br'er Rabbit. she pleaded not TO be
thrown into tho briar patch. OF all
places. So she was thrown into the
briar patch. Alice was on her way
to Paris.
She took Perhs into her confidence
and Persis found . dreary pleasure In
the Joke. She even forbore to warn
Alice against the folly Of marrying
into poverty. She was not 10 salts
onlmend her example to others.
Persis found London at the height
Of It's Juno festivity. The President
OF France was visiting the King oil
England. and there were State ban.
quets and State balls and State every
thing, mingled with private celebra.
lions tiAt rivaled them In pomp. ant
q horse show, and horse races, resi,
mental polo, tournaments; the an
Of nothing IN particular.
Paris ana London were like two
rival circussa bidding for the pub
lio. beating tom.tamh blowing horns
and ssaAiH9 out band waeoas and par
aAeA While yecGls vas Yoasyia6 q