Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-13

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her father. With Gloria's expiaa Al ~.
raised b. her pride il her father al
most TO boast, all this was brought
bac.. to him He still smiled but his
heart went dead within him. The sun
which had shone for him SO gloriously
only minnie ago was now hidden be-
! hind the blacklist cloud in the heavens.
Selfish as they wished to be. for 4
time they were forced to join in the
general conversation and satisfy I'll 3
curiosity of the others concerning pro-
! vious mountaineering
When did you and Gloria meet?"
Kerr asked the newspaper man.
First on steamer going to Ell
rope"
/ of times on the continent" added
/ Gloria.
! There's no need now of your fear
j ing you will be lonesome Miss Gloria"
was Mrs. G1lbert's comment How
4 lucky to find an old friend"
/ YES, indeed" replied Gloria, with
such spirit that no one could believe
{
thing. Il command you to come to see
me at once. Mr.. Wright. | know hard
! ly soul in Belmont. You see ] just
came home this morning"
Thus within a quarter of an hour
after meeting the boss of Belmont,
/ Wright found hil. elf invited to his
| home The circumstances that had
/ brought about the invitation he would
/ have considered out of the range of
/ all reason half an hour before. He
! knew the game too well not to under
| stand how the easy boss works and all
| unconsciously Gloria was seeking TO
| further her fathers plans.
Through friendship, loyalty and a
sense of obligation which one is rot
| permitted to forget, the political lead
er obtains active cooperation where
to deny him would appear base ingrat
| itude. To keep from being placed in
such a position was Wright's one aim.
| Consequently, to Gloria's invitation he
merely murmured a polite assent, in
wardly resolving to find sufficient ex-
cuses to make it impossible for him
| to be a visitor at Locust Lawn. Yet
| something within him at the same
time was telling him that he must see
I Gloria often.
! AS they were now leaving, DR.. and
| Mrs. Hayes came to say good night
to Gloria. Gilbert and Kerr found this
the favorable moment to slip out OF
the library unobselVed.
I
I've told Mrs Gilbert how sorry we
are we have to be going, because
so wanted to have little chat with
| you," began Mrs Hayes. "I'll give you
only day or two to unpack before
come to call"
Please don't wait for that to hap
pen,' urged Gloria I've lived in
! trunks so long that I'd feel like a
motor without gasoline i'll should take
all my things out and hang them on
hooks like civilized people do"
Il wonder if you could be interested
in some settlement work I'm doing"
continued Mrs. Hayes.
Don't let her rope you into that,
Miss Kerr" protested the doctor
Isn't it fashionable?" inquired
Gloria cautiously.
Not fashionable and highly insani
tary," was his verdict "A germ is no
respecter of persons. My wife's liable
to bring home anything from measles
to socialism"
But think of the poor, unfortunate,
| ignorant people,. pleaded Mrs. Gilbert
who with Mrs Hayes was interested
! in a mission established in a. poor
quarter of the town by the Presbyteri
an church
That's what / tell him., said Mrs
Hayes.
1T isn't our fault, is it," asked
Gloria To her, settlement work was a
sealed book Slatternly women with
| troops of dirty sniveling brats re-
PEELED her Were she ever to develop
any philanthropy along these lines
she was sure that the work would be
carried on vicariously.
| (TO BE COA,TINUED) Id