The Detroit times., 1914-02-05
CHAPTER n.
(Continued from Yesterday

labk, IL ; SO nara TOT lut ~ say
appreciate your thoughtfulness IN
wanting 20 help her and ] know she
would. too, but ! don't think the IDEA
of Fay's working ever occurred 10
either OF MS. OF course the ClaytOns
are only the plainest kind OF people.
He's fisherman, and Mrs Clayton
has helped ont by doing washing fo'
the boarders during the summer. but
they've always treated Fay as II she
were a princess that is. they did as
far as they were able. The very ro-
nance ana the mystery or her being
washed ashore, and the fact that she
never even knew her own name, have
made them treat her better even than
the have their own child They have
always believed that she came OF peo-
pie OF quality, and whether SHE did
or nor. they have regarded her as
something TO be looked up TO- anu
much better than themselves. Their
! belief in this idea has been So real
( that they have made the other people
in the village believe It, and, 20 be
+ quite frank. | think the girl believes
3 It. too. OF course / have thought that
& Fay might leave the Claytons ana
Pleasantyille some day when she was
older. hut il would be because she
married-never TO go on the stage or
TO work in an Office / think II she
did either IL would XIII the poor old
Claytons."
I.nsk gazed gloomily al the chaul-
feur's back. and sank deeper into the
Welding cushions of the car. For the
moment he was greatly discouraged
at Fielding's views because he knew
that the young mans words would
have much if not everything TO DO
with the girls final decision.
well. YOU know best, suppose,
he said. slowly shaking his head, but
il seems an awful wasted life 10 me
for girl like that Think how proud
you would all be If she Went or the
stage and made good just IS you re.
going TO make good on the street To-
be famous actress would surely be
better than spending her days IN q
Jersey village know It's all ri&ht'
now in the good old summertime, but
consider those winter nights hun,
it's awful just to think OF it,
I.usk pulled himself up To the edge
OF the seat and his narrow little body
fairly shivered at the very idea.
4 KNOW WldL OA lAttAAtf iNAN'+@e
said. Its pretty hard during the win
ter months, especially for girl Win
Fay's spirits. And then she loves 10
be going all the time. The only fun
she gets is skating and tralnplng
through the pines. Most OF her time
Fay spends visiting the old sick peo
pie in the village
Awful" Lusk sighed. awful, Just
think IL over Porter. Take your time
and try 10 see both sides. Besides
imagine what fun IL would be for you
10 have her in town and to be able 10
take her about and show her the
sights. ! know just the place TO give
her a start. friend OF mine. lsador
Harberg. has big interest IN must
cal show that opens in New York IN
August, and they expect TO keep it IN
town all winter. Even II they should
go on the road, | could take Fay out
and put her in something else. Har-
! berg says they don't begin rehearsals
before the first OF July. SO you see
ii you told her now she would have
plenty OF time TO think it over
Fielding nodded.
"All right" he said Il may be
wrong. I'll speak to her about il,
anyhow. and then YOU can have
talk with her afterWard"
For long time after this the two
men sat silent while the car pui'red
on Its way over the hard smolth
roads. Curled up in the corner. us
hands clasped about his knees, L.lsk
smiled at the excess OF his own en-
thusiasm. This love of gaining his
own ends had always been an obses-
sion with him. and it was this same in
domitable will that had carried him
To his present success i'm business.
The idea OF taking this country beauty
10 New York and dolling her up in
fine plumage had at hrst appealed TO
him as all amusing idea. certainly
worth the giving OF a small position
in his office to Porter Fielding Now
that there seemed TO bcssome DOS
sibility OF opposition on he part OF
Fielding himself aud the kindly folk
who had adopted her the hight
seemed just SO much more worth the
while.
Like most OF his class. Max Lusk
was fond or the envy OF the people
OF his own world OF boughten pleas
ures. He saw himself leading this
unknown girl with the beautiful color
and the wonderful red hair down the
aisles of the big restaurants She
would be better dressed them any
woman in the place. and the men and
women sitting at the tables would
gasp with wonder at her beauty and
want TO know where I.usk had dis.
covered her. He would taIae her to
the theater and sit alone with her
in stage-box, SO that all the audi.
ence, as we'll AZ his friends on the
stage, could see his latest conquest.
And later. when she herself appeared
on the stage more beautiful and more
wonderful than any OF the other won.
en- there, then he would SIT down in
front, and her smiles would be Tor
Max Lusk only. and he would be the
envy OF all or the other men I'm the
fheater He would send her flowers.
big bunChes OF orchids. TO be worn al
her corsager or beauty roses with very
long stemSl which she would carry I'M
her arms. and every night one OF his.
automobiles would insect her at the
stage door and wlIisk her on TO sup.
per with him. The little broker
smiled complaceutiy AT these pictures
OF his great bohnty to the girl, and
In every pictHe he saw Max Lusk
shining In the reflected glory OF her
brilliant success
The idea vi Fay coming 10 New
York filled Weddings mind 10 the ex-
'clusfon or svery other thought. The
crucial moInent OF the girls life was
~ hand. sp d he believed that he alone
would dec Idle the course which s1e
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