The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-02-26
The DkUGHrER of
DAVID KERR ste
'3g Harry Er5 1ootle
Illustrations X H1Y I@l7=~' -

The last words she uttered In
piercing tones horrible to hear as she
swayed back and forth, keeping time
with her body to the cadence Of her
cry.
Gloria tried to gather herself to-
gether to meet this new attack, but
without much success. She felt 30
weak from the shock that she was only
able to rise from her. chair with diff
Guilty. Wy
You're out Of your head. You're
mad. Keep still. I tell you" The
men still standing irresolute, she
turned upon them. why are you
there1 Leave this ROOM"
LAttle Ella was enjoying herself
hugely. Gloria's every pleading tone
was music in her ears. Her eyes
burned with excitemeat. Yet tho cruel
cat delayed to crush the mouse. Its
Quivering was too soul-satisfying.
Realizing that II she admitted Gloria
was the daughter Of David Kerr the
men would forego their pursuit Of
Wright. LATHE Ella knew her best
course was to deny the relationship.
Don't you 60. Turkey" she yelled.
It'll ten you the truth" She turned
to Gloria. II wisht the boss had q
did Tits Z lie. Turkey.
She's not Dave Kegr's girl. He'd laugh
to see = daughter o his In such =
hell-ho1e. I'd watch her to see that
she paid the price, she glanced at
Gloria malevolently. "if-k he had a
daughter. An yer pertectin' the man
you lovel" she Knocked. well see
how tho boss daughter loves"
Her laughter was terrible. The men
could not think her the same woman
they knew. Gloria started in alarm.
She felt the woman was mad, and did
not know what she might do.
What are you going to do?" she
asked. SIS
Now Ella was sneering at her. She
knew how 70 choose knife-blades for
words. In everything she said was
the cunning and the cruelty Of a lost
woman. Gloria was suffering, she
could see, but there was still another
chord which would vibrate to misery
Since time began jealousy has been
a flaming sword In the hands Of an
interruptions antagonist who knows
how to use 1t. To make Gloria think
that she was defending man untrue
to her. was something. TO make her
believe that she had been defeated by
the greater charm Of Little Ella her
self. was far more.
do you think I'd "a let you hid
that man II he'd loved you? Never.
You dom know why he come here. but
I do. He come to see me. He loves
me-" .....4 ,...
She beat her breasts a. she spoke
to emphasize her words and her eyes
sparkled with the challenge she had
just hurled at the daughter Of the
boss. Gradually. bit by bit. the veneer
Of civilization had been Clipped away.
Gloria no longer saw the gulf that sep
arated them. She knew only that by
cozening words this other woman was
trying to make her think she had been
robbed Of her own. Her weakness
left her. Now when she summoned all
her strength. she joyed to find It did
not fail. Az Little Ella proclaimed
that the man they were hiding had
come to SEQ her. Gloria sprang to the
side Of the bed. and cried with all the
indignation Of an overweight soul:
''You- ne!' -......
That's what you say, but down In
your heart you know It's the truth.
Il amt the first time he's been here.
oh. he's told me about you, the boss
daughter; but it's me he loves"
The men were forgotten In this duel
so elemental that 1t could have had
the stone age for it's setting. On one
side. hate as bitter a. the grave; on
the other. love and faith stronger than
death itself. 7@.-
every word you utter is 4 lie," Clio
ria biased. III you loved him you
wouldn't have called these cutthroats."
"Why dom you tell 'em yer the boss
daughter now1' tainted the other.
Look here, Ella" Ryan broke in.
we're tired o standin' here like fools.
Quit yer gassin' an make good"
you'll git yours all right. She's
not David Kerr's daughter. Don you
let her blu6 you. know where she
hid I'm. III tell you where he H."
Gloria turned upon the men.
i've told you the truth. ana I've
warned you. Don't you come q step
closer" Thsn she threatened the
IT you dare to speak a."
Little Ella was not to be inundated.
when she dragged him in." she be-
gan, "she locked the door. an then
she"
Gloria was standing at no great dis
lance from the bed when Little Ella
began her betrayal Of Wright's hiding
place. Az she realized that In an
instant the secret would be out, her
she suffered every Ill In the long sick