The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-12

good looking for his own good or tn,
good of any girl or woman he focuset
his eye upon. Freneau was magnets
and he was great fun, but David Stat
ford was good business. To captur,
the son of Pierpont Stafford would b,
high Misunderstanding tremendous.
The Judge, her father, Rept his eye
on Lois more than on the golf ball
and landed in the bunkers with regu
larity. He knew that his daughter
was up to some mischief, but he was
sure that it was not the innocent mis-
chief Of the obstreperous Gloria.
Gloria Stafford, exquisite in hel
bathing suit, was like bisque figure
come to life-very much to life as
she stood outside her bedroom door
and held the knob against her gov
erness, who tugged in vain at the op
posite knob. Then Gloria let go, and
the governess went staggering back
ward across the room, while Gloria
with shrieks OF laughter made her way
of and down the corridor and out to
the beach.
The beach being no less than Palm
Beach, she lodged among throngs of
the well known, the much photo
graphed, who were also making their
way, though more sedately, to the
SURF 1t was twelve o'clock, the fash
ionable bathing time. To be seen in
the water more than half an hour
earlier or more than half an hour late
| was socially fatal.
The governess followed the fugitive
In hot haste, but Gloria sought refuge
in the crowded ocean. She dived and
stayed under as long as she could, but
Miss Sidney deserted her at once and
gesticulated violently, commanding
her to come back. Gloria merely
bobbed her pert little bonnet and
splashed in behind her father. Miss
Sidney persisted and Gloria gave her
father push, saying: "You go make
her let me alone. Tell her she'll be
sorry if she doesn't"
The capitalist floundered out with
the apologize manner Of an over
grown schoolboy, for even he was
afraid Of the governess. And he was
not very impressive in bathing suit.
He made his way to Miss Sidney's
presence and mumbled: would you
mind if Gloria had her morning swim,
please?"
The governess explained to him, as
il she were talking to another child,
that Since Gloria had positively re-
fused to work out her problem in alge-
bra she had been forbidden to go into
the water. Nevertheless she had fla
GRAVITY rebelled, secretly arrayed her
self for the bath, and fed 1t would
never do to let her have her own
way.
"Er-um-I see," said Stafford. He |
bowed meekly and returned with still |
less courage to face his daughter.
A widower with a woman-child of |
sixteen is pathetic enough at best, but |
Gloria was so effulgently sixteen, so |
eagerly alive, and so enchantingly !
pretty that her father was disarmed
by mere glance at her. His anger
was sure to melt in shamefaced
smile.
In the meanwhile Gloria had made
he most Of her stolen moments and
With swift overland strokes had put
! number Of cleaning breakers be-
ween her and the shore.
She turned just in time to see her
ather reckoning to her with his best
of the stern parent. She
new that the governess had cowed
i'm, and she did not wish to humili-
to him by her own disobedience.
So she swan back through the
eads floating on the water like ap-
les floating in Halloween tub. 1t
lade her boiling mad to be disgraced |
efore all the important people. She
)uld see some Of them grinning at
err Her brother David openly ridi-
lied her and. splashed water over
er.
She pretended not to notice him,
ut, reaching her father at last, she
lrled herself upon him and ducked !
m under the water. Then she scram-
ed to the beach. When the enraged
,verness seized her by the wrist Clio S
a tried to pull her into the froth. t
ut the governess was too big for her G
Id she hauled Gloria out of the ro- y
antic sea into a hard world of dry | t
nd and drier mathematics. 7
Gloria skunk along in a white rage, | S
storm brewing behind her eyes. She O
as not often sullen and never NOR
d. She was made up of joy, sunlight =
d mischief, all the fresh and sweet z
life. But she loathed being told to
things or not to do things, forbid +,
n, commanded-in a word, bossed y,
e was poised at the nameless stage g;
tween childhood and girlhood She q,
IS not what is termed "out," yet her -
stive spirit made it impossible for =,
r to be kept lin" She was tired OF oe
ing snubbed. 10
Her brother David, some four years -
: senior, made life increasingly lone "1
ne for Gloria by his freedom and -,
J superior, worldly airs he assumed =,