The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-02


tenpernmentnlly nn actor, felt the chill
Of this lack OF interest and would GER
tainly have fallen down on his part
had he not been prompted BY Mrs.
Darnell. He was glad to hasten away
to fnd the elusive taxi.
The renl George Everett rot ottt ol
his limousinc on the corner OF vn1der,
Bit avenue and hurried through the
revolving doors: brisk dclonair. Ulrt.
decided, with thar happy style wANll
! denies foppery and avoids surveillance.
1t seemed strange that be should have
' Il photograph In his hand at which he
looked intently until he got In the con
course. There he stopped und. With the
picture stiIl In his hand. commenced
watching the faces Of the people
X thronging through the gates under the
vast dome. AS he waited he frnwned
slightly why had John porr sent
tim diirins business hours ON a wild
goose chaser He thought OF this ar
ticulately and then smiled to himself,
"A wild gooser' he muttered. 1t
brought up darkling sunset vistas,
lakes smooth as quicksilver under the
evening sky. and slim, gray. beautiful
birds homing downward The frown
left his forehead
After al II VIII he good TO see some
body from ont OF doors,' he said TO
himself
Half an hour later he discovered that
he had irretrIevubly missed the ar
rival OF the Chicago express and with
1t Ruth Gnllon lie went back into
his car and drove to his office. Once
there he called his head clerk. an an
cient and fragile man. as crisp and
Wall street. and told him to see at
what hotel Miss Ruth Gallon was stop
ping. 'rhcn be wired John Dorr:
III broadway, New York.
John porr Master Key" Mine. Silent
Valley. Cal.
Could not find Miss Gallon at train Am
seeking for her, as 1t Is important that
the business be settled Immediately. Wire
any possible address
GEORGE EVERETT
Far out on Broadway. above the
eighties. an of,ersitor was ticking Off
another message addressed to Harry
W'ilkerson II read.
Is A West Eighty-rourth St. New York
Harry Wilkerson. Master Kew" Mine. via
valie Vista Cal:
Everything all right George met Rnth-
She ia now with me and waiting Further
particulars Have seen Everett under
guise OF prospective purchaser Of stock
The girl Is charming.
JEAN DARNELL
Some houses. iike some people. should
never be illumined with sunshine. and
Mira Darnpll's residence. overlooking
the Hudson. was Of this type Its dun.
red stone trout, marked by windows
that seemed blind to all That went by,
was not distinctive IN that neighbor'
Good. A thousand doors within 4 mile
Would have suggested to the passerby
nothing more nor less than the great
oak portals within which she lived. To
Ruth TALON. ~of course. the house
seemed tremendously formal and state
~. Within she found an atmosphere
SO absolutely strange and alien to all
she had ever known that she shrans
within herself and had nothing to say
until she had been conducted to her
own room un the third floor and dis
Greet mnid was busy nnpacking her
things. Ruth felt that society Ind al
ready laid Its restrictions on her. She
recognized the maid as the gown and
hat policeman.
This silent. but exceedingly obtrusive
parsonage having retired Mt last. Ruth
studied her surroundings. When she
had completed her survey she thought
10 herself that there were two things
wanting One was Il silk haired Per
sian cat and the other flaming color.
el scarf across the bed that completed
the altogether Of an apartment severe
~ luxurious. Then she tried to ana
lyze the odor. delicate yet insistent.
which she WIS ever afterward TO asso-
ciate With Jean Darncll and her expe-
rience In New York
At last she traced II to some palIid
flowers IN the great green and dark red
vase. whose unwhoesome beauty was
that or plants whose roots have never
been IN good. sound soil. They looked
to her much like lilies. whose pads had
tloaresi Oh some dirk and opalescent
pool. yis,id with odors OF tbe night
She was still stirring nj these and
shifting their scent through widened
nostrils when Mrs DarneIl knocked on
the door niid entered slowly. She had
changed her street gown for n negligee.
which INSTANTLY caught the girls ap-
prrcintivc eye.
"You look henutifuI." she said quick
ly Jean D;,rneii turned her tawny
eyes on her aiitl smiled faintiy.
II am not usually MP until noon." she
responded ~and-i am getting old. my
dpur She threw ont her jeweled
hundS with n sfarking gesture of half
comic resignation Ruth laughed.
John Irfr says everybody gets old
in New inrk. Don't you like nimr
Mrs Daruell iooked into the clear
eyes OF Ihe Eirl and almost failed, to