Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-27
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ry," she said you saved me from
drowning i'll the snow"
He beamed and congratulated himself
on making such success with this pretty
creature. He had not recognized her.
He had seen photographs of her in
Freneau's possession and he had seen
her at the opera. But she was disguised
to him now by her clOse-fitting cap, her
rough sports suit, and, most of all. by
her coouettish smiles. Suddenly he had
to leap for his life 10 escape another
scooting toboggan. On II were DaVld
and Lois and a young man from the
same house party of which Mulry was
a member.
Hurt yourself, Gloria?' David sang
out.
Did you get hurt, Miss STAFFORD
| the other young man cried.
Gloria shook her head and called after
| them, not noticing that Mulry's eyes
were popping and his jaw dropping lie
| had pieced the name together. GLORIA
| Stafford" He had come up here to es-
cape her and he had just coasted down
the hill with her, and she knew his name!
He remembered DR.. Royce's warning Of
the danger of meeting Gloria face to
| face.
He pretended to be suddenly i'll. He
begged Gloria's pardon and said that he
| must go home. He was too big for
! Gloria to hold and she could not run
after him without attracting attention:
| She stood bewildered while he got away.
Later she telephoned to his host and
asked to speak to him. She learned that
| he had just taken motor to the train.
! Gloria forgot her suspicious of Lois
| I'm her newer suspicious of this man
Mulry. He was evidently running away
/ from her. Therefore, she must pursue
| him. His flight was evidence of some
mysterious guilt.
! Gloria cut short her visit to the coun-
! try and announced her intention of 60
| ing back to town at once. Her father
and her brother were used to her whims
and did not oppose them nowadays out
| of pity for her.
The next morning Gloria made an
| other journey to Mulry's office. She
went early to make sure of catching him
| within business hours. The stenographeI
] told her that Mr.. Mulry had gone 10
Palm Beach the night before with rich
client who had invited him to be his
guest.
Gloria was furious at this new es-
| cape. She pondered ii all the way home
When she saw her father she told him
that he was not looking at all we'll; he
needed some golf and surf bathing He
ought to go to Palm Beach. He accept
! ed the suggestion heartily. He Was more
than willing to undertake the golf anC
he was eager to get Gloria out of Lhe re.
gion of her sorrow. He was so worried
over her swift alienation of gloom anC
gayety that he invited Doctor Royce &c
come along as a member of the family
party. He did not have to ask Royce
twice.
Gloria had not been to Florida during
the last five years. To her it was not 81
much flight from her romance as a re
turn to it's birthplace. 1t was at Palm
Beach that she had met her fate. 1t was
there that she had made her girlish es
capade in Davids racing car, arC
wrecked il in the everglades. 1t was
there that she had wandered into tht
heart of the wilderness and into th'
heart of the young Seminole chief who
would have forced her to be his squaw
if her brave Freneau had not rescued hel
I from him. And now her lover, who haC
/ escaped the dangers of the jungle. haC
been slain OH Riverside drive; her ro
nance had ended in vanity and despair
4 She found the pleasure. paradise
4 almost the same. A little more
gorgeous, perhaps, but all the gloomier
for that. She had come from the
white winter of the north into the
sudden July of Florida, and her heart
ached anew remembering how love had
bloomed i'm her life under the tropical
sun of Freneau's eyes. 1t was like go
ing over an old album of souvenirs to
revisit the scenes of that far-off yester-
cay. The same throngs seemed to be
dancing the same dances, bounding
through the same waves, still slipping
their tea under the palms in the royal
gardens of the Poinciana.
She had almost forgotten ir purpose
in coming here when she caught sight
of Frank Mulry's broad back. He was
stepping briskly. She did not know that
he had caught sight of her first and
made off in disgust, and amazement at
her translation to his new retreat.
She dared not run after him and she
could not keep pace with him. She lost
him in the maze of the bazars. Later
she saw him stepping into one of the
rolling chairs propelled by darkies on
wheels-the familiar Automobiles" of
Palm Beach.
; Poor Mulry was winded by his speed
I and he wanted to get to his hosts. cot
; tage. But he caught glimpse of
Il Gloria, also chartering an automobile
} To his horror her automobile" made
p after his He dared not put back to
: his hotel: He ordered his driver to turn