The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-01-15

Kerr, through HIS henchmen. exefts ev-
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fhe il not being recelxed BY the best 30
elsty ana ts unhappy she tskes up set
editor Editor to % msst 1 then It dilosrt's offeS.
Calling at 0ilbsrts Office TO solicit . do
nation Gloria meats Wright.
CHAPTER xIll-contInued.
some time soon. hope. I'm sick
And tired Of Il all here. Gloria To
day it has scanned like tho game isn't
worth the candle. What do you think7"
I'm all In the dark. too" was her
confession Slowly and surely in the
shadow Of her shattered hopes and his
unhappy conflict Of duty and desire
were they being drawn closer together
than even they had been when they
laughed with the spring and dreamed
OF the days to come in a radiant sun
shine Of unwhispered love.
Il don't know what to think" Gloria
weat on In q low tone. II don't seem
10 understand Belmont"
why don't you 60 away1 Don't
yqN want tot"
What fort know the life out
there" She made a sweeping ges-
fuTe which seemed to encompass all
the world outside the four walls which
shut them in together. 1T wouldn't
really satisfy me any more-to live
an I used to live." t-..
"Yet your life here" He left the
rest to her.
mo, this doesn't satisfy mo ether -
in 4 word, Gloria, you're not hap
py."
Instead Of replying directly. she
asked with a dropping Of her hands
to her sides In a hopeless fashion:
us anybody In the whole world
happyf Are you happy7'
Don't you think amt"
I'm afraid not"
The appealing way she looked at
him, her whole soul yelling up In her
eyes, brought him to his feet and set
him to pacing nervously up and down.
He looked fatigued, distressed, beside
himself with care. She forgave him
everything but his studied refusal to
lot her share whatever weighed upon
him. Could he not see. she thought,
how she yearned to tell him that
whittier he went there she would go
also. that his joys would be all her
Joys and that his burdens would be
divided with her. that love divided all
Morrow and doubled all Joy?
Wright could stand it no longer.
He saw her before him, trembling with
that same emotion that shook him,
Adame with the same fire that burned
within him, mutely questioning him
with her big. soulful eyes. How could
he make amends for that month Of
Aeglect except by telling her what she
long ago had guessed. but what more
recently she had right to doubt7 He
tslt weak where he wanted to be
strong. To hear from her lips that
abe loved him was all that he needed
10 make him invincible. With her &C.
knowledged love In his heart there
was nothing he could not do.
oh. Gloria, can't tell you what q
Aght I'm making. You wouldn't un.
aerstand. Business is business. out,
vide woman's realm. but I've missed
5ou 20 much this last month"
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breath. Joy. she found, could some
times prove the twin Of pain. That
This man. this strong, fearless man,
IN his struggles had missed her, had
lntfmated long1ng for dependence
upon her, made her heart bound. Love.
even when his banners have been
aung forth to the breeze leagues b.
lore the castle wall 10 reached, never
seases to be surprise when at last
the knock at the gate 10 heard.
you've no right to say your work
b outside of woman's realm IL you've
III you've missed something woman
sould supply"
Something the ono woman could
supply" he corrected.
II must be going" she said. rising
from her chair: I'm afraid Mrs.
Hayes isn't coming"
He stepped between her and tho
door. letting her take several steps
Forward. because they brought her
closer TO him. before he said: