Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-17
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COPYRIGHT 1916 BIZ ABEL AIDE n, HUUHEc

much UNDERSIGNED and scratched out
read:
Your angelic telegram received. II
was terribly welcome. l did not sleep
but l dreamed horrible dream about
you. Overjoyed to know you are safe
Please take care of yourself and tele-
graph on receipt of this that you are
still all right. Much love.
Dispatching her telegram by a serv-
ant, Gloria gave her attention to the
breakfast tray her nurse placed on the
bed The invalid turned up her little
nose as she uncovered the plate of Cruel
but ate II greedily, nevertheless, anC
then, worn out by her emotions Of the
night before, but in peaceful frame
of. mind at last, she settled herself fol
long, refreshing sleep.
A few hours later when she awoke II
was to receive another message.
The telegraph company notified hel
that her telegram to Freneau at his no
tel was not delivered: Party not known
there"
Before she could recover from her be-
wilderment, close on the heels of this
message came a special delivery love
letter from her lover written on the
hotel paper and postmarked Albany.
Gloria was completely dazed, her brain
IN Witt OI htAdulSI4OhS' " AN
could she do? Where could she find hel
lover? Was he alive or dead?
This time in the boudoir of her home,
Lois Stafford paced the floor, staring
at the photograph of F'reneau which she
had stolen from Gloria, Despair tore
at her heartstrings. She sobbed and
beat her breast. A knock at the door
brought her to herself and she called:
who's there?" The voice Of her hus-
band came through the door. She cast
a look of anger at the door, then hid
the photograph. and dried her eyes
hastily. Then she forced a smile and
admitted David, she forced an Offering
of flowers i nhis hands.
Il thought you were on your way
SOUTH" Lois exclaimed as she embrace
ed him with apparent fervor.
II decided not to go and turned back
Are you sorry?" he asked hungrily.
She answered: MY love" and clasped
him close.
She was afraid to ask him any ques-
lions lest he ask questions of her.
The following morning Gloria, still
see-sawing between joy and anguish, re-
ceived a telegram from Freneau at Buff
falo She telegraphed to him at his ad-
dress there. Later in due time letter
came from Freneau on the hotel paper
The next day a message of love came
from Cleveland. Now she called the
hotel on the long-distance telephone.
The clerk insisted that Freneau was not
there and had not been there. 4
1t was the same with messages FROM
Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Pitts
burg. Gloria felt that she was being
slowly driven insane But her bodily
health improved throughout the week in
spite of her mental distress and Doc
n A.T1 Not CHI furI.N no
down to the dining room for her break
fast. She was gla' of this because
Dicks letter from Pittsburg had prom
Used that he would call on her that morn
ing. She wanted, to welcome him In
state
She herself had a royal reception from
the servants She was dressed in j
trailing breakfast gown of orchid chif-
fon, and she bowed to the bowling old
butler as if he were her prime minister.
Her father escorted her to her place.
then whipped open his paper to the
financial page and vanished behind 1t.
Gloria turned to- the page of social
gossip in another paper. She had pref
ty well lost track of the world. She
laughed as she read a few paragraphs
to her father Then she turned to the
front page and only now saw the big
headlines announcing: "Freneau Dead.
Body Of Well-Known C1ubman Found IN
Lower Bay. Mystery as to Death. Sui
eide Hinted. Financial Affairs Known
to Have Been in Disorder"
Gloria's eyes widened. Her fingers
clenched and crimpled the paper in an
guish. Her father, looking up from his
paper saw the wild terror in her eyes.
He hurried to her. She handed him the
paper, and while he read. she rose to
her feet unsteadily, leaning on the ia
BILE for support.
AS soon as her father understood the
news he put his arms about her. But
she gently thrust him from her and
stood gazing great-eyed into space. she
was seeing again what she saw that
night beneath the monument All her
girlhood seemed to drop from her. Her
small figure grew terrible with agony,
her little white mouth was drawn with
determination to have revenge.
She lifted her hands to heaven in SOL
emn conservation and made her vow:
"I will not rest until I discover the
murderer of Richard Freneau and bring
him to Justice
Then, waving her father aside, she
marched out into the hall and up the
great staircase like a young queen going
to the guillotine.