Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-11
ByMr.
and Mrs.
Rupert
Hughes.

rear thelr nome 10 pieces now! Rave
you the right"
! Gloria answered drearily: 81 haven't
the strength That's about all |
know"
She walked out upon the lawn
where the sunset was adding almost
intolerable beauty to the majesty Of
the river and the Palisades, The vast
old peaks, the relentless judges, were
: being softened into a tenderness by
the soft colors from the sky Gloria
sat down on bench before softly
splashihg fountain whose waters were
made rosy by the light. Royce found
her there and sat down by her He
was tired aid very solemn with the
last rites OF old Trask'
is your heart at peace at last,
\ Gloria?" he murmured,
Al peace, no" she gasped, 1T is
all in chaos"
About Freneau, mean"
! mo, hate him now--or at least
TN trying to-"
~Don't hate him. Gloria, Don't
hate him."
you ask thati"
"Yes, for how was he to blamei He
was born what he was; he went the
way his nature drove him. He had
little help from women except to be
what he was, He paid hideous price
for the wrong no did"
Don't you hate him.
/ "No."
"Or anybody
mo. Hate is not only unchristian,
Gloria, it's unscientific; it's ignorant.
1t comes only from an inability or an
! unwillngness to understand. ] can't
bear to think OF youn dear heart CIV
ling out such poison as hatred i'm
plies"
"You want me to love everybody,
=, them
yes
! Including you"
1 %GloriaW
4 What more might have been said
there was no telling for Aunt Hor-
tensia came bustling down the lawn
| with yard length OF committee lists
and tasks for Gloria. Before her
tempest Of garrulity, Royce took
| flight. Gloria was kept on the run for
days and nights. She worked as only
rich women work when some orgy OF
charity is on foot,
Gloria in turn'kept everyone in her
neighborhood scampering. Her father,
| her fathers secretary, even her BROTH
|er's wife, she made use Of.
Lois responded to the lash with an
enthusiasm that surprised Gloria, She
began to understand that idleness had
( been a more cogent excuse for frivol-
, ity than she had believed when Lois
! gave it. She saw that Lois heart
which had yielded too easily to the
Establishments OF Freneau, yielded A.
easily in the ailurements OF unselfssh
labor.
/, The plans for the Polish fete were
changed again and again. The boy
Stas was so much in the way thai
Gloria set him q task to keep him ou'
I from under her feet. He brought Il
: the children OF the vicinage and cstab
lished himself as their leader.
Some of the rich tots, like theii
: parents, were good fellows; few o,
them woeful snobs. These latter
twitted Stas with his origin, where
upon he had resort to the wild arbitra.
nnent of battle, and two or three small
bloody noses ruined two or three
.. handsome suits Of clothes. After tina,
Stas was the accepted leader.
In his researcher among the picture
books he found > "Pied Piper Of Ham,
:. lin" and made his Aunt Gloria" tell
Ehim all about Il. He decided that she
SHOULD be the pied piper and h
! would organize an army OF children
. for her to- pipe away, She kissed him
, for the inspiration and that event wal
!. one of the successes Of the afternoon
. Mobs of,people thJongod the Stafford
estate on the afternoon, uf the festival
: and tie roads outside were quadruply
, lined with automobiles
. There was no hesitation about EN-,
(. ploying piratical methods Of extortine
, from the rich as much money as they
, had been reckless enough to bring
/. with them. The hollow eyes OF the
: ragged starvelings Of Poland would
: have filled with wonder II they coud
! have seen in far-off America the we'll
fed, silk-clad aristocrats revcling II
their behalf. II was astrange way Of
getting food for the hungry, but II
l was the fashion Of the day, apd mos,
important OF all, il accomplished 1T
purpose.
.. The world was so packed with
tragedy and 50 bounded with cries fol
, pity that 1t took something more thar
, sorrow to wheedle funds from the
weary public. II took beauty aht
entertainment. Gloria furnished thes,
, in full measure at her festival. In heI
ragged doublet and hose, with hei
. feathered cap atilt, she danced ant
piped, and the children followed abou
, the lawn with moving audience til
! ahe led her little army into the grea
cave that Picrpont had ordered con
: structed in one Of his hills.
The mothers left behind pretended
t to weep for their lost ones, and they
t begged the pied piper to return. Sc
] Gloria, contrary to tradition, can't
! back from the cave, and, surrounded
by her kidnapped troop, bowed anc
bowed.
Gloria was good and tired when thu
/ last Of the spectators had gone home
{ impoverished. She stretched herself
out on the divan in the living room
{ and felt her old loneliness come bach
: upon her. Her task was done and shs
, was of no more use to the world, for
J Of course, her father had pointed ou
i to her that her project to take tn.
!: funds to Poland in person was beau
$ tiful impossibility. There were, severa
: million soldiers between her ant