Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-03
ODIA,C DOMANOE MRS. COPYRIGHT


was thankful for the mint, and said So
she advised Royce 20 do the same, ana
she set ABOUT trying to imagine gooo
nom ue patrol wagon.
1t was wasted energy for, though she
didnt know il, she was going right back
TO the night court she came Irom-go-
ing as a guest and not as a spectator.
AT that very moment the ponce wires
were notifying Judge freeman that a
rand had been maze ana a load OF prls-
Uners was coming. me courtroom was
empty. The attendants We're yawnlnS.
e, ire nudge was sentencing a young
pickpocket He dismissed court, rose
and went TO his retiring room. Gloria s
tatner was there, lmpauentiy LOOKING at
his watch and wondering where on
earth mis- daughter was. He mad search .
ed for her in vain and returned TO the
place OF her disappearance.
The Judge was taxing off his robe
when the attenuant called him TO the
Telephone lie listened, nodded ms
heau, put up the telephone and turned
to PlerpOnt:
1--WE nave 90 wait little while. They
have just raided an east side dance
hall"
Pierpont looked at his watch for the
unnum bered time and paced the noor'
ing Girl Tonight"
The old crone had fallen asleep
Oh Glorias shoulder, her hat Leatn-
er was tickling Glorla's nose. Gloria
and Royce looked at each other. she
Struggled close TO him for shelter. lie
was very tender with ker Sne recolled.
remembering, and said:
70. forgot I'm not speaking to you
any more"
TO he1s 10 n
ed ner back on him. She hated him I'M
mensely, considering how much she lik-
ed him. Tren the wagon backed up
The police yelled, All OUT Gloria
recognized where she was. She dld not
know whether to be glad or sad now
that she was coming into Judge Free
mans power.
The prisoners were hustled down an
alleyway ana through an iron door and
upstairs like frightened sheep. Then
they were herded- into a big room of evil
odor and appearance. Gloria cowerej
before the disgrace of being one of the
common victims of the law. The law
looked different to her from here, and
she felt almost a sympathy for the dis
rer utable crowd thai had been gathered
in with her.
Then she saw Frank Mulry. She had
forgotten his existence, to say nothing
of the fact that she had abused justice
and asked the judge to detain him. Null
~ had not seen her when she whispered
to the judge. The sight Of her now as
one of a huddle of such wretches made
him question his eyes.
He had fled from the SHOWS of West
chester to the palms of Florida to escape
her, anG back again. only to be caught
IN a cell as fellow prisoner. But Clio
ria forgot her own dubious position in
her triumph. She advanced on him and
murmured: And now, Mr.. Mulry, l have
got you at last. L want to have few
words with YOU
"Sit down." he said, Offering her a
place on n bench.
NO thanks" she answered. He rose,
and she demanded:
What do you know about poor Mr..
F'renau's death that you are so afraid
to tell me?' Mulry could not escape.
She would not relent. Why did he
write me those letters before he went
away? Why did he deceive me as to
where he was going? Where was he
actually going?'
When, in that strange place, in
spiration came TO Mulry, and he
spoke the beautiful lie he had not
, been able TO think of before. He said:
Miss Stafford, poor Dick had moth
He was i'll. His doctor told him he
must have an operation for appended
tits. He would have to be in a hospital
He was afraid that if he told youi that
lit would endanger your health. You
were so ill then, and so frail SO he
lconcocted that imaginary business trip,
and wrote the letters, and as | was go
ing on a journey to our branch offices.
he had me mail them. l only learned
Gloria almost swoone6 with joy. The
explanation was so like what the Dick
she loved would have done that she
could not doubt il. 1t was too beautiful
not to be believed. 1t lighted the whole
Gimgy cell with it's radiance. Her love
cor Freneau came back in blaze of
splendor. She seized Mulry's hand and
wrung il. She had much more to say
TO him but the police began to yell
Ito the prisoners ~ cone along.
1t was q cruel turn to harsh fact,
but she hal once more her ideals and
her mission, and she marched into the
courtroom with the pride of little en-
press going to her coronation. She was
lost in the crowd, and the judge did not
see her at first. Nor did her father,
who sat at his side.
The police told their story and thrust
Doctor Royce forward as the chief Of
IeQUSE. w ucu lllC JuNSS saw AAAiAl AiC
was astOunded; and then Gloria emerg-
ed and the judge sprang up from his
desk Pierpont leaped from his chair.
Of all the places in the world to find
his exquisite child!
The Judge asked Gloria to explain.
She moved around behind the bench.
The CtsiCer whose hat she had taken
off tried to stop her ara force her into
the witness chair. She slapped at him.
He hacked away. The judge, smiling,
Permitted her to march through the
clerks gate and back to his own desk.
Pierpont confronted her, and she
paused to straighten her hat and kiss
him Then she shook hands with the
gasping judge, drew up q chair, and
sat down to explain while the policeman
and the prisoners CAPPED at her. Gloria
told her story, rising now and then to
point to Choey and the other thugs.
ALL OF THESE EnE