The Parma herald., 1915-10-21

i ChAP3kN vis-Co0tinued.
i Flodis stared 1t him fascinated. ~
bird By snake. Try A. she could,
Il was impossible to deny his accusa-
Ition.
Hold on = minute. nowl" He shook
his Anger imprsssivsly. I'D give =
good deal II was satisfied he wouldn't
BE- married before midnight"
rIodis could stand II no longer. It
was usslsss to attempt to hide her
feelings from this man. Her heart
was bursting. "Oh. 90 would /. II /
had the money!" shs cried, wosbe-
| gone.
Jonas leaned back. with . smile Of
victory on his face. wall. guess
J got 10 the woman Of II II last" he
gloetsd. "AlI women Il Just Alike.
when you come right down TO 1t. One
man among : thousand have / found
but woman among all those have
not found'--that Il. different. But
that's neither here nor there. / sus-
peotsd you was sweet on Hall; your
face give you dead away. wan. then.
miss" he brought It out deliberately,
seems to me our interests ought to
be Identical"
What d'you mean" Something in
Flodis's subconsciousness was awak-
snsd.
You. bein' . woman, don't want him
to marry anybody else. Wall. neither
do l." He watched her closely. heart
lsssly.
Il ses," said Flodie frIsidly, be
cause you'd lose . fortune"
"oh. It Amt the money. miss. don't
you misintsrpret my motives. l don't
want cent Of It for myself. It's what
Il can do with 1t. Soc here; II Hall
gets that money. he's bound to throw
It away on all sorts OF foolishness. II
he marriss tonight, some sheep-head-
ed, sxtravagAnt woman will have the
spendin' Of It," He watched the shaft
strike Flodie. and went on. WHARF
-. II ! inherit it-why. got my plans
all laid out a'rsady." He leaned for
ward sarnestiy. why. do you know.
miss. thsy's hcathen In the tropics
what don't know what clothes be. let
alone the Bible. They tell me they
Amt = toothbrush nor pair o. corseas
In all Polynesia. And all Of them mis-
cradle niggsrn got to be damned ever
lasting. Then theys hospitals in
tend to endow. and tracts ought to be
printed" But Flodie's eyes were cast
down. He saw that he had lost his
audience. and came back to his best
argument. Think o. Halls wife
throwin' that cash round on partiss.
and low-nscked dresses-to say nothin'
O. balls and concerts and theaters!''
WELL" Flodie said. with a pathetic
lock In her face. Il don't see what we
can do about II. He's made up his
mind to marry tonight. and he's al
ready proposed to three women"
Jonas whistled long and low.
Looks like We got to get to work in
hurry. don't III Sec here, miss" he
spoke slowly and emphatically. you
can do It. Why. women is born for
tricks like this. What's that jeremiah
saysf "A woman shall compass a
man. That's right. too. You'll md
. way and depend on ms to helm ALL
can. What dye sayf"
Flodie's mind had already 5umped
to the task. Why not try to save Hall ?
that was the excuse she gave her
self. To be disloyal to him was un-
thinkable. but to prevent q lifelong
unhAppiness due to his marrying any
one Of the three women he had pro
posed to-ah. that was another thing,
What II she could accomplish Il. and
get tho best of this scheminx hypo-
critic into the bargainf There was q
magnificent chance for a woman's
strstsgyl Suddenly the thought came.
beautiful. complete. She jumped up
excitsdiy. Il knowi" she cried.
"whatr Got an ides aready!" Jo-
mas grinnsd.
"Yesl I'll tell you. I'm goins to
get those three women together in this
room-and then-Ill Just let nature
take Its course! II something doesn't
happen. then don't know anything
about women"
Jonas chuckled. delighted. wall.
that viii be = picnic, won't I'll BY
Jimmy. I'd like to see the funi"
No" said Fiodie. "youn have to
leave. I've got lots to do. II I'm to
manage this thing. and I've got to 60
II alone Now. let's seel Wait . min
uts-Hall's giving = party tonight
supposs l tell him that invited you.
and you come round at about eleven
o'clock. Then Ill tell you how mat
tiers are going"