Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-09-14

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miss the money. and I'd really love tel
do 1t. You tried TO do me q favor
There's no use arguing. X s FIJI,
"Well, don't be stubborn or hastysl
You could use say. ten thousand doll
lars. 1t would keep you going very
nicely, and really It's only the price
Of !, new auto" lssIS
WHY do you offer me SO rnnchi N
she asked, curiously. s. s:ss
Because like YOU OH, neaii
like not 'love!' Because think
you're good and will need money t1s|
remain good. You're not an OEdip4r3s
woman. Miss knight; you can't live ~
ordinary women live. now that YOU'RE
famous. New York won't let yo.i.'
You're very kind and genef0ns
after all that has occurred and 4 ftni
knowing my reason for being here i
MY dear child. you didn't choose
your family, and AS for the other. thlS
women of my set marry for money
Just as You plan to do. So do women
everywhere. for that matter. and many
of them make excellent wiyesyes
far better than IL they had married
poor men, Few girls as beautiful 40;
/ you in any walk of life are allowed to-
marry for love. Trust me. woman
like Vol. ii she lives up 1.-THE 0blt
cations of wifehood, deserves bettet3
than one. who takes a man for l0vaa
and then perhaps goes back on her barr,
grin. Will YOU accept my offer ~ ssss
= No. Rut thank yoH, :
l"rllinli it over; there is no hurry
and remember l want to help With
one Of his infrequent. wan smiles. ~
it warmly. though her face was rat
and strained. 4 rs
She was far too well balanced fol
hasty resolutions. but her mind once
made up.. was seldom changed. It.dia
tressed her grievonsly to leave hSs
people but at the thought of remaiI1
ing longer with them every instinct
rehelled. Fer own kin, urged by
greed. had not hesitated to cheaper
and degrade her; their last oftense
coupled With all that had gone before
i was more than could be borne. Yet
she was less resentfnl than sad, Tor II
{ seemed to her that this was the bfE
ginning Of the end. First the father
had been crippled. then the moral fbeI9
of the whole family had disintegrafedl
until the mother had become aNharpJs
4 the brother Il scamp, and she, LOrelet
a shameless hunterof men. Now ths
home tie. that last bond Of respect:
ability. was to be broken. III
Her first impulse was to take up hat.
abode with Adoree lDemorest, but q
little thought showed the inadvisabilftys
of that. lin her doubt she appealed to
Lilas. broaching the subject as the twal
) girls We're dressing after the perform
ance. 80 sss
/ When Lorelei had made known bel
decision. the other girl nodded her q n.
i prevail.
II don't blame you a bit a girl needs
liberty. ] have five rooms, and a Jan
to take care of them: they're lovely
II can't afford an expensive place.
4 well. there are some three room,
]. flats in the rear. anlI have 1t! Ger
J tie Moore kept one. but she's gone %
the road. Its all furnished. too. re
it hasn't been subiet you can get It at
your own terms. The building IL re-
spectacle. ton; it's as PROPER a. tls
/ Iiitz. I'm dining alone tonight. Come
to dinner with me and We'll find ONT
all about it.
], Lorelei would have preferred dit
/ ferent location. not particularly flesif-
/ ing to be near I4ilas: hut there Yves 10
4 time in which to look about. and the
necessity that faced her made my
assistance welcome. Without more
! discussions she agreed and the tys6l
! girls rode uptown together.
The Elegancia, where Lilas lived.
was a painfully new, overelaborate
/ building. with Gothic front aid d:
! Gotham rear-half its windows spaSfe9
with rental signs: Six ported palms
/ a Turkish rug and a jaundiced JnfnGis
can elevator boy gavean air Of svel-
come to the ornate marble entranee
{ hall.
Lilas fitte,l a key to the first door on
the right as they went In, explatntn6,s
I'm on the ground floor. and nnd "
. very convenient"
Ito be Continued
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