The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-27
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Lsonard sav The gown Tor the nrst
time In he Van Tyle's drawing roon-
His artistic senses were stimulated to
= degree quite foreign 10 them. for
Leonard vas not Of IN artistic nature.
He was the more surprised. then. that
gown worn BY . perfectly strange
woman should % excite his admirar
t1un.
Therefore. In view Of the strange
emotion awakened within HIN. he
went Immediately to his hostess and
craved an Introduction to the girl in
the pink dress-
His hostess raised rebuking eye
brows 1T him.
| Pink. Ny dear Eric, that is new
dawn. not pink" She let fall the
last word rs II it were q word erased
nom the latest dictionary for society.
AN right. new dawn" laughed
Eric, rejoicing that he was q mere
man and not expected to know pink
from any other color. He followed
his hostess until she had plotted him
and left him at anchor beside Elise
Waterman, who had turned with q
delighted smile at his approach. and
Eric knew the girl outmatched her
'. new dawn gown both in beauty and
the effect on his senses in general
Eric fell in love with her. He was
.. | q struggling journalist, with scarcely
! enough OF worldly goods to hold him
!. securely in the world of success. Yet
his precipitate fall into the realm OF
!. love was none the less violent
When he danced q few minutes
later with Elise and felt his hand
touch the back of the new dawn
gown and realized that the girl her
self was within it Eric vowed that
he would write the points on his pen
In an effort to make himself worthy
to win Elise Waterman for his own
Before the idea for the great play
came to him, Eric saw as much as
possible of Elise. He tried, without
putting 1t into words. to convey tt
her the knowledge that she was the
mistress of his heart, and that ont
day he would tell her so. 1t seemed
difficult. and yet Eric felt occasion
Z ally that Elise was sending queel
q little telepathic messages of rathe
delightful import into his inner con
seriousness. The knowledge only in
spired him the more. and his senses
reeled in anticipation of the da,
upon which his tongue could express
the love he bore her.
When the great idea came to hin
for the play that was to make hir
famous Eric made the one false ste
in his career. He went OF into tn
seclusion of the country to concer
trate and left no address benin
him
When Elise Waterman read hi
brief note OF farewell a feeling {
depression swept over her. She fe
suddenly very lonely. and knew ths
she would not be really happy unit
Eric Leonard returned to her sid
She wished that he had at lea:
trusted her with his address.
So the days wore on and Err
Leonard created the parts of a gre,
play in the five months he worked
his enforced seclusion. More than
little dragged and tired from siren
Gus tension of nerves and energy,
made his way back to living beins
and the city of friends.
He had no premonition, no hint
the tragedy that was awaiting hi
in town. Elise WATERWAYS faith
by had been found guilty of embezzl
G. ment, had been sentenced. but escap'
c. punishment by a shot. Elise. feelil
ION the disgrace keenly, had disappear
les, from the face of the earth. At lea
up. Eric Leonard found his search T
old her in vain. His misery did not. no
ven ever, prevent managers from readil