Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-22

while his own eyes were devoted to
casting such evil spells.
Unconseiously Lois revenged her
husband on Frepeau, for while
Freneau was causing Lois to forget
her duties to the partnership she
had entered into with David Stafford
her fasolnations led Freneau to neg
lect his duties 10 his partnership with
Frank Mulry He spent time and
money on Lois that should have
been devoted to the intricate strata
gems-not to 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
served as so many hands 70 gather
. ia shekels. But when the hard times
came upon the financial world they
served as so many mouths 20 iced
The office OF Frencau 4 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
H."
She naturally imputed his neglect 10
some other charmer She could not
believe him guilty OF overwork. She
grew Jealous and their meetings were
stormy She kept his telephone busy
10 make sure that he was al his desk
She began 10 annoy him lie wished
TO be rid OF her but she would not
be Tilted
u was during this crisis HAT Gloria
marked off the last month i her I'VE
years ordeal She was ambitious
enough TO 90 on and finish her course
and get her diploma She compressed
her last year OF school into half
year and graduated all alone II mid
winter.
She dashed into her room at col.
lege for the last time, her somber
black gown flying from her shoulders
and IN her hand her parchment di.
/ ploma Gin Latin that she could nearly
translate) She looked like little
Portia for a moment
She threw her diploma II the ar and
her mortarboard after it She whipped
\ of her black robe and began 10 iugflc
school books, letting them fall where
\ they fell She danced ig over her
scholarly past and made haste 10 pack
4 her things and dart out 10 meet her
future 'Freneau" was her spelling
Of Future"
The journey to New York from
school was as long as the journey to
New York from Palm Reach had been
years ago, only then she had been
travelling away from her romance,
now toward H.
When her father met her AZ The
train she Rugged him almost 10 suf.
location, then asked him how dear
Mr. Freneau was the last time he saw
him
he last time ! saw dear Mr., Ere
neau was at Palm Beach" said Pier.
pont, who had almost forgotten his
name and had hoped that Gloria had
forgotten II entirely.
as soon as she reached the house
on Riverside drive and embraced the
old servants and shook hands with
the new Gloria, took her father into
his library and asked him for Mr.
treneau's telephone number. She
had found "Frencau & Mulry' In the
book already, and she said, DO YOU
suppose that Mr.. Mulrys Freneaus
freneau is my Mr.. Freneau"
u don't know, I'm sure" pierpont
grumbled. But il wouldn't be cor.
rect 70 telephone to a busy man,
! suppose not" Gloria admitted.
where's a penn I'll write him"
How long has il ben since YOU
wrote him lastf" said Pierpont, anx-
why, Use never written him Al
al, Gloria answered, shocked Il
promised, didn't n"
Pierpont kissed her brow with a
profound pride. Then he ventured
to say, Don't you think il would be
you upl" '
Gloria gnawed the end Of the pen.
holder a moment, and then sighed |
with all the impotence OF youth In
the shaekles OF conventionalty. Il
suppose So" She flung down the /
pen and rendered haw she could |
manage delicatcly to attract Mr., !
freneaus attention without seeming
to.
by the way said Pierpont
there's a big gala performance al the
metropolitan opera house tonight a
speeia benefit for some war relief. |
Would you like TO gof"
You betF cried Gloria. with
school girl elegance.
At about that time Freneau was
Just putting down the telephone n
his office Lois had called him 10 .
say that her husband was taking her (
to the benefit and she hoped that he \
would be there, She had something \
IMMENSELY important To tell him. Ev- |
erythtng she had 10 tell him was inn.
mensely important noadays 10 her 4
and immensely unimportant 10 him.
The thing that agitated Lois was
her knowledge that Gloria had come
back 10 New Notw and was still n
love with The memory OF Freneau
Lois was 10 an anguish OF ier and
lealonslY and she wanted Ia compel
freneau 20 swear thar he would NOT
forsake her tot Gloria
ffencau was ohliyioua al this. but
b had no intention 81 keepiug his
promise 20 Lots tll Mulrp. who had H
overheard Frsnesu's end 81 the com
Rrf8silon. said Come along / aot A
slung Zoe a couple 81 tickets. Yon /
SAN have one ~ them We might
meet somebody sho might give NJ
ltWr un the market