Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-15

painless waste. Those who have gone
in to search Tor others have usually had
TO be searched for themselves
n Royce had not known that this boy
would have told him, for when Royce
asked him to get down and help In the
search for Gloria the boy shook his
head with emphasis.
"Cmp-umm, mister Folks that gifts
lost back IN yonder stays lost for keeps"
This did not for a moment tempt Royce
20 give up. lie was about 70 let the boy
80 when II occurred to him that Gloria'f
father would be frantic for aome word
or her whereabouts he found pre-
scription pad IN hls pocket and a Bit OF
pencil and ne wrote o note.
Pierpont stafford ROYAL poinciaua
found Gloria ear ia the surf ana hel
fOo'J1 ints ieadin, into ~" tiElades.
am following hsm, but think you had
better organize searching parties 10 beat
STEPHEN Joyce
lie gave this to the boy and a bin from
The small roll be found IN hts pockets
He made the boy promise % 20 10 the
nearest telephone and transmit the mes
snge TO the hotel Tie also asked the
bog to explain TO Mr. Stafford where
here" was Royce had no idea himself
The boy told him "We-al are bboto
half ways between Pompano and Colo
hatchee"
Royce's face did not brighten nj this
and the boy with contempt for such
ignorance explained that Il was "goIn
on forty mile south Of Palm Beach
lie promised 10 deliver RoYce's mes
sage and also 10 give the alarm among
the nearest villages. Then he rode away
and Royce returned again 10 the chase
increasingly appalled, at the thought Of
Gloria alone there.
Now and then he found some hint Of
her, a shred of silk from her Paris frock
torn away by cutching thorn, He
found even a loop OF vine where she had
loitefed lie was puzzled by The curious
sequence Of her slipper marks till he
realized that she must have paused TO
swing like a carefree child. This gave
him little comfort At least she was not
afraid He understood the very whlm
OF hers that made holiday OF the flight.
Thus far he had followed her through
the illumination OF the moon and the
glowing dawn. But the broad daylight
did not bring him the help lie counted
on II merely emphasized the confusion
Of the labyrinth.
Gloria had not been long in finding out
that there can be too much liberty az
well as too little No child wandering
IN dream through nghtmareland could
have seen moro fantastic world than
that Florida ENHANCEMENT She was en-.
traneed NJ first. but az length she had
had enough She was done with fairy
stories. The dense foliage became u tire.
some reality. She learned from the ex.
perience OF torn flesh what saw grass
or sword grass or knife grass meant
and she nearly learned what poison the
cotton mouthed moceasin" carriers In
Its lethal fanga
The Scst Of the adventure was soon
gone; the effect Of fatigue grew upon
her. She would have been moro scared
II she had not grown 70 sleepy. She
would have been moro sleepy IL she had
not been 80 hungry She found a cocoa
nut, but could not break Il. She grew
angry and bit AZ Il in vain She cast II
aside and found bananas growing In
huge bundles. She stayed her famine
with these
She kept trying to find pathway out.
/ At length she came across footprints
and rejoced to find at last sense Of
human companonship She would fol-
low the tracks till they led her to some
body's home, The very word brought
tears to her eyes Then she recognized
that the footprints had been made by hei
own satin slippers now hopolessly be-.
mlrod and torn,
She had read Of lost people who walked
In circles till they died Of exhaustion
She felt ready 10 die 40 already But
mainly she was yawning her pretty heat
off she beat about the bush and sale
Shoe" 10 any crncodiles or boa con
sirictors that might be IN hiding. Thot
she stretched herself out and began
little prayer She could not keep awak,
20 finish II Ia her sleep She drenme,
herself hack In the beautiful he'd sht
had fooushly LETT She dreamed tina
she was asleep ln her own room.
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her. and her father and brother we're IA
conference with the Palm Beach pollee
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