The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-11

Lois that should have been devoted
to the intricate stratagems-not to
say treasons and spoils-of Wall
street
He and Mulry in the flush of their
early successes had spread out-had
established branch offices in Albany,
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago.
ST. Louis and Pittsburgh. While the
tide set their way these branches
served as so many hands to gather in
shekels. But when the hard times
came upon the financial world they
served as SO many mouths to feed.
The Office Of Freneau & Mulry be-
came one of those dismal places
where the pay roll is weekly agony
and where the watchword is every
thing going out and nothing coming
| in"
When Freneau at last awoke to real
ize that bankruptcy instead of plutoc-
racy was likely to be his portion he
turned back to his work with a des-
perate energy And now Lois found
that he was as fierce an Office man as
her husband. He had engagements
when she was lonely.
She naturally imputed his neglect to
some other charmer. She could not
believe him guilty of overwork. She
grew jealous and their meetings we're
stormy She kept his telephone busy
to make sure that he was at his desk.
She began to annoy him. He wished
to be rid of her, but she would not
be Tilted.
It was during this crisis that Gloria
marked off the last month of her five
years ordeal. She was ambitious
enough to go on and finish her course
and get her diploma. She compressed
her last year of schooling into half a
year and graduated all alone in mid
winter.
She dashed into her room at college
for the last time, with her solemn
mortarboard askew on her head, her
shoulders, and in her hand her parch-
ment diploma Tin Latin that she could
nearly TRANSLATED She looked like a
little Portia for moment.
She threw her diploma in air and
her mortarboard after it. She whipped
off her black robe and began to juggle
school books, letting them fall where
they fell. She danced Jig over her
scholarly past and made HASTE to
pack her things and dart out to meet
her future. Future" was her spelling
of "Freneau"
The journey to New York from
school was as long as the journey to
New York from Palm Beach had been
years ago; only then she had been
travelling away from her romance
now toward it,
When her father met her at the
train she Rugged him almost to suf
location, then asked him how dear
Mr. Freneau was the last time he saw
him
! "The last time saw dear Mr.. Ere
| neau was at Palm Beach," said Pier
pont, who had almost forgotten his
name and had hoped that Gloria had
forgotten it entirely.
AS soon as she reached the house
on Riverside drive and embraced the
old servants and shook hands will
, the new, Gloria took her father into
his library and asked him for Mr.. Ere
neaus telephone number She haC
!, found "Freneau & Mulry" in tn,
book already, and she said: do 20,
suppose that that Mr.. Mulrys Ere
neau is my Mr.. Freneau?"
81 don't know, I'm sure" Pierpon
! grumbled. But 1t wouldn't be yer,
, correct to telephone a busy man
. would it?"
! 81 suppose not" Gloria admitted
, where's a pen? I'll write him"
? How long has it been since yo
! wrote him last?" said Pierpont an1
iously.
\ "Why, I've never written him at all,
q Gloria answered, shocked. Il prom
a Used, didn't I?'
I Pierpont kissed her brow with
n profound pride. Then he ventured t
q say, Don't you think 1t would
r nicer if you waited for him to loo
s you up?"
r Gloria gnawed the end of the pei
u holder a moment, and then sighe
IS with all the impatience of youth i
n the shackles of conventionality.
suppose so.' She flung down the pc
" and wondered how she could manag
h delicately to attract Mr.. Freneau
e. attention without seeming to.
% by the way" said Pierpont, there
a big gala performance at the Metr
sr politan Opera house tonight, a speci'
e. benefit for some war relief. Woul
sr you like to go?"
n you betl" cried Gloria with schoo
g. girl elegance.
is At about that time Freneau was jul
TX putting down the telephone in his O
IN dce- Lois had called him to say thu