The Detroit times., 1914-02-18

rnen OF wealth and of socially con.
spiCuous position whom Do had
known heretofore only hy hearsay or
I Through the newspapers. and whom
he had always held In kind OF awe.
he found in reality Go Doe more kindly
and more simple iu their thoughts
and 30 their WAYS of living than the
people. much less prominent whom
he had known before For The frs
+ time since he had come 10 New York
he no longer felt the lack of wealth.
These new friends seemed to he play
ing game of give aud take. and 10
De- quite willing 10 accept his cour.
tesy, and his good looks. and his golf
and tennis as an entirely adequate
contribution.
or Fay be heard nothing. and saw
bat once tie had gone TO "a dinner
and later to theater-party TO The
Bellies OF Barbary and from the back
Of the box. he had watched her
throughout the evening and. perhaps
even more graceful and charming in
her manner than ever, but whether IN
was on account OF the women in tho
box with him, OF for some other rea.
son, he found himself regarding her
With new eyes For the first time IN
did not seem possible to him that
this girl on the stage dressed I'm her
gorgeous clothes her lips and cheeks
rouged, and her eyes smiling through
penciled lashes, was the same gill
whom he had known and grown no
with at Pleasantyille once when
she stood very near his box. he
caught her eye and smiled and nodded
10 her bnt she give him ON sign OF
recognition. During the remainder
or the evening he found himself con.
Stanuy wondering Whethereit was bc.
cause she was sun angry with him.
or becarse she was as morbid as She
had been about herself and conscious
Of the difference between her position
IN life and that OF the woman with
him in the box. He hoped and rather
expected that she would call him up
at his office the following morning
but this hope was not realized and he
soon forgot the incident.
Il was when he stopped long enough
TO look at her photographs ia his room
that ne recalled the days when Fay
had been nearly all OF his life. There
were other moments, too. when his
thoughts turned back TO her often
when he was at late dinner. sur
rounded by friends and all OF the com
forts and Injuries that money makes
possible. he would suddenly remom-
Der that she was at work. parading
up and down the stage. or changing
her clothes in a hot stuffy dressing
room. At such moments he would
make a mental vow that he would
write TO her the next day and seek
her out, whether she wished It or not
and Try to do something 20 make her
! life brighter. and 10 have her share
! the happiness that had come 50 sud
denly and Unexpectedly to him But
in the morning he would regard the
affair with a calmer and what he as
sured himself was saner judgment
In the rush OF other AFFAIRS. he would
decide that IL was better to leave
matters as they stood and 10 trust
TO the future To bring Fay and him-
self back to their old intimate terms
OF friendship.
II Fielding had been busily occu-
pied during the month he had been at
work In his new position, Fay. on her
part, had done her best TO try 10 for
get the time when her happiness de-
pended solely on him For few
days after her last unhappy talk with
Porter at his rooms she had refused
invitations of every kind had wan
dered about by herself. gloomy and
depressed, and had not only spent the
best part OF her mornings and after
moons in the Yorke fiat, but had re-.
turned there every night as soon as
the performance was over But the
Yorke family no longer Interested nor
even amused hr Mrs York and An
gle Club fought with each other In