The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-10-26

Lois that should have been devoted
to the intricate stratagems-no tC
say treasons and spoils--of Wall
street
He and Mulry in the flush of their
early successes had spread out-had
established branch offices In Albany
Buffalo, = Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago
st. Louis and Pittsburgh While the
tide set their way these branches
shekels. But when the hard times
came upon the financial world they
served as so many mouths to feed.
The Office of Freneau & Mulry be-
came one of those dismal places
where the pay roll is a weekly agony
and where the watchword Is every
thing going out and nothing coming
| In
| When Freneau at last awoke to real
ize that bankruptcy instead of plutoc-
racy was likely to be his portion he
turned back to his work with a des-
perate energy And now Lois found
that he was as fierce an Office man as
her husband He had engagements
when she was lonely.
She naturally imputed his neglect to
some other charmer. She could not
believe him guilty Of ~verwork. She
grew jealous and their meetings were
stormy She kept his telephone busy
to make sure that he was at his desk.
She began to annoy him. He wished
to be rid of her, but she would not
be Tilted.
It was during this crisis that Gloria
marked off the last month of her five
years ordeal. She was ambitious
enough to go on and finish her course
and get her diploma. She compressed
her last year of schooling into half
year and graduated all alone in mid
winter.
She dashed into her room at college
for the last time, with her solemn
somber black gown flying from her
shoulders, and in her hand her parch-
ment diploma Tin Latin that she could
nearly translate). She looked like a
little Portia for a moment.
She threw her diploma in air and
her mortarboard after it. She whipped
off her black robe and began to juggle
school books, letting them fall where
they fell. She danced Jig over her
scholarly past and made haste to
pack her things and dart out to meet
her future Future" was her spelling
of "Freneau"
The journey to New York from
school was as long as the journey to
New York from Palm Beach had been
years ago; only then she had been
travelling away from her romance,
now toward it.
When her father met her at the
train she Rugged him almost to suf-
location, then asked him how dear
Mr.. Freneau was the last time he saw
him.
''The last time I saw dear Mr.. FIRE. |,
neau was at Palm Beach," said Pier
pont, who had almost forgotten his
name and had hoped that Gloria had
forgotten 1t entirely.
AS soon as she reached the house
on Riverside drive and embraced the
Did servants and shook hands with
he new, Gloria took her father into
ais library and asked him for Mr.. FIRE.
neaus telephone number She had
found "Freneau & Mulry" in the
book already, and she said: do you
suppose that that Mr.. Mulry's FIRE.
leau is my Mr.. Freneau2"
II don't know, I'm sure,' Pierpont
,rumbled But it wouldn't be very
correct to telephone busy man,
would it?"
Il suppose not Gloria admitted.
Where's a pen? I'll write him."
How long has it been since you
wrote him last?" said Pierpont anx-
ously
"Why, I've never written him at all,''
1loria answered, shocked. II prom
sed, didn't I?'
Pierpont kissed her brow with
rofound pride. Then he ventured to
ay, Don't you think 1t would be
icer If you waited for him to look
ou upw
dlOAAo 6udW Co LILO CuQ I'll luC pou-
Older moment, and then sighed
nth all the Impotence of youth in
he shackles of conventionality. Il
oppose so.'' She flung down the pen
nd wondered how she could manage
elicately to attract Mr.. Freneaus
ttention without seeming to.
"By the way" said Pierpont, there's
big gala performance at the Metro
olitan Opera house tonight, special
enef1t for some war relief. Would
on like to go?'
you bet!" cried Gloria with school
lrI elegance.
At about that time Freneau was just
utting down the telephone in his Of
CO. Lois had called him to say that