Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-12-27

Gloria issued q declaration OF indie
pendence as O o as she reached her
room. II began with I'm too old to
have Q governess."
"Thanks!"' Miss Sidney snapped.
You're more than welcome," Clio
ria snapped back. Il want ons thing
understood. This Is the last time I'll
stand being treated as a child. I'm
not one. At my age my grandmother
was the mother OF my mother. and IL
you don't change your treatment Of
me I'm going to run away and marry
the first man I meet"
People who are always going to do
things never do them" said the gov.
erness. with the primness OF a copy.
book. But il you're SO old and wise
suppose o prove il first by doing
your algebra lesson. It's very sim.
pie"
They never made my grandmother
learn algebra" Gloria protested.
They never taught her to run an
automobile either"
That's another thing. My brother
has a car OF his own and | haven't
even a ~pushmobile. Half the girls OF
my & have their own motors. l can
q shame that my father won't buy me
one"
Perhaps IL you learned your les
o n he might reward you with a car"
This rainbow OF hope brought the
end of the storm. Gloria beamed and
ran to slip out Of her bathing suit and
INTO her luncheon frock. The govern
ess almost smiled as she wrote the
problem on the blackboard she used
neau is a sample. Oh, dear. this awful
ALGEBRA"
She stood pouting at life in general
and study in particular. She turned
back to her task and stood in so mel
ancholy a posture that Doctor Royce,
passing her window and seeing her,
paused to study her for a moment as
IL she were a painted figure in a paint
cd G9aaa He thought she was paint.
for Gloria's lessons. When Gloria
came back Miss Sidney pointed to the
figures.
ITS very simple. my dear" she
said. You have only to multiply ar
b by alb"
But
Work 1t out yourself. dear, and call
me when il is finished"
Gloria stared at the problem and felt
herself slipping back into childhood
at a breakneck speed. She had no
raora idea of what 1t all meant thep a
newborn babe. She put on a pair OF
big tortoise shell sp~ectacles. but they
made her look younger than ever and
gave her no help. She could see that
foolish arb. but she could not see why
anyone should want to know what
would happen il you did such a fool
ish thing as to multiply it by itself.
When the blackboard blurred before
her eyes she moved 10 the window and
stared at the glittering merriment Of
the crowd. Everybody was at play ex-
cept Gloria: people in bathing suits.
yachting flannels. golf toys. tennis
things. bicycle clothes. motor gear.
They streamed along the walks. the
sand, the piazzas, sat in wicker chairs,
or rolled along in Automobiles"
BY and by Gloria saw Lois Freeman
come in from the links. When Dick
Freneau sauntered up Lois deserted
her father at once. Gloria did not like
the way she ogled Mr.. Freneau. Lois
used the same languishing express
sions Gloria had seen her working OF
N David.
Gloria wanted to run out, and warn
poor Mr.. Freneau that Lois was a de-
ceitful mink. Mr.. Ferneau had such
lovely. trusting eyes: 1t was a crime
10 lure him on. Gloria meditated.
They a he's a broker-whatever
that 10. I wonder what q broker
breaks-hearts probably. IL Mr.. Fer
Soon she must grow up to womanhood
and-she must owe omeone and why
not him? She was very rich. but his
own future was gorgeous in his
dreams. and Gloria was, the mos;
gorgeous thing in his gorgeous
dreams,
Then he r~eproached himself for tire
mood and grew sad at the thought OF
the years that must roll over Glcria's
sunlit head before be could even pay
court to her. And In those years what
dangers might she not encounter
dangers to her health. her soul. her
happtnessf He longed to protect her