The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-08-13

| the dreadful thought hAd bsss put into
eHseotAoa. He haA besa esrtain ~
vosh naoa soos astt1cial oouraoa
Il eafAseel u his soal anl hslpsA
him fAsAioa a. sxtsoor1iaasy sails-
vse0ous aAd trsouIeaa. ~ aaos ~
lees . s0lls.
-vIeaa:' haaasds1 Q reckiaas youeA
across - tahss. asA Viels (vAe ~
prsssot 10 ~ 0AksaD WA - -
worn foa ~ seAOe - Q Haos thaatas,
vAsre - AaA. that eveaiag. aetsl
powerfully the past os Q vreassA asA
ianocslt naidsaAood) hsSsA wildly for
- tasta0A Perhaps Broadway. II his
cv0A ~ deeddsd % this most unussal
vay of askiaS Ase the fatsful quss-
tioa! She hal ~ high hopss Of hin.
Perhaps"
no" hs aasvsrsA tAsckly. -auass
again. Three sssssss. It's sotag y
take soos brains. I tell you that! In.
tsllset's the ssly tAias'u DO It. WAo-
ever susssss risAt gets . cigar"
There was oaly oas snoag tha
ladies pressat vAo vas not favored
by some spscslstiye miad, and that
one was the right oos.
Gusssse after sussssr named some
Of the yosas and vivid creatures Of
that almost wholly young and vivid
feminine company. noas guessed the
only fadsd flower IN tAs eay group.
Broadway. never dreaming OF the e.
ony which nllsd the faded Aovsrs
much powdered bosom because oe The
omission Of her name. feeling few emo
tions. really. other than the kesa ~.
sation OF relief from his financial vee-
riss. stood smiling soosvhat vacantly,
but. On the whole. without much pain.
upon the puEsled party.
20 on. gssss with your brains," -
gsnially suggested. ITS mind, not
foot.work. that will win the prise"
But nons guessed.
Realizing that In this WAS something
like reflection on her fitness for the
eovetabls position OF consort to the
youth. Mrs. Gerard attracted every.
ones attention. presently. by . won
derfully feigned embarrassment - she
rose and stood by Broadway's side.
The party gasped. but rose to the oc-
casion a soon - 1t could get its
breath again. II was incredible, and
there were those among the guests
who were 20 sure Of this that they
believed joke was hidden somewhere
In the episode. but the majority were
20 we'll trained to Broadway's genius
for producing mad extravaganes that
they simply charged this up - one Il
them.
A dancer who had been brought up
from the cabaret below after one
O'Clock and closing time had come,
sprang lightly to = table. and. to the
destruction of the floral lobster and
some notably ine glassware, did = gay
pas-seul among the wrecks of sangui-
nary shells and emptied bottles. The
head waiter smiled. knowing that
whatever might be broken would be
charged up In the bill At double value
and paid for without question by the
Sensational spendthrift, to whose own
wealth was now linked tho extraordi-
nary fortune OF the recent John Gerard
Wholesale leather) who had made his
millions. married . very vital lady
Of his own ripe years and then died Of
sheer antiquity. to leave her, trium.
phant in superior vitality. relict and
craving for that gaiety which life with
him had not provided.
Broadway" breathed the ancient
lady with 4 skillfSl stimulation of en-
barrassment. You naughty. naughty
hoy!"
Naughty. possibly; but how sx-
tremely lucky!" said the wholly un-
expected brideGroom-elect without =
CULVER. much to his own surprise and
decentralization.
As it broke up the party rioted with
Joy, very largely alcoholic. Ms. &C.
rard's car. when 1t came up BON its
hiding place around the corner. was