Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-22
GLoria's Romance
THIRD INSTALLMENT.


quisite of the nieeties OF existence hat
been hers as regularly as the breath
She drew. SO she had wearied %
them and rebelled And now she hac
found that adventure was not alto
gether pleasant, either A prineva
Jungle inhabited by primeval peopl,
Twas. to say the least, distinctly IN
comfortable
II had been a busy day for one
young girl. Within twenty-four hour,
she had stolen her brothers auto.
mobile, and endured Indian captivity
A She had had her first proposal oil
f marriage-and from an Indian chief.
I For the first time she had wanted 70
die. For the first time she had
tainted. She was rather proud of that
lit was so nice and old fashioned to
faint Also, she had been rescued
-~Td by such handsome mani And
50 modest he was about il
She had all these thrilling expert
cnees and there was happy ending
also a happy future. She believed she
was in for a romance When hand
some young men save the lives of
young women they have 10 marry
them don't they? OF course they do.
II is absolutely necessary. Anything
else is inartistic.
Gloria felt it especially lucky that
since she had 10 be rescued fate had
been polite cough to select a good
looking reseuer for her, The more
She studied Mr. Freneau the better
she liked him He had a nice name,
too nice, manageable name.
The only fly in the ointment was
the bad behavior OF DR.. Royce. She
had thought him charming But now
he sulked and moped. lie did not
want even 10 come along back to
Palm Beach in the big motor that had
brought her father and brother down
10 the edge Of the everglades. But
her father made him get in
\ Fortunately there were long dust
coats in the car 70 cover Gloria $
squaw costume and Dr. Royee's dis
reputable wreck Of evening dress Mr.
Freneau was spiek and span he was
like a hero in a play or a novel. He
'could save a heroine rom frlRhtful
danger and not spot a collar or
rumplc a cuff
DR.. Royce was sight: muddy.
black and blue. his clothes full OF
holes and himself full Of aches and
bruises. The knuckles Of his lett hand
Nyere bleeding. He nurSed them
as if they we're broken, but he
did not mention that he bad smashed
them on the jawbonc OF knife
brandishing Indian while Freneau
was stealing Gloria and the credit
for her rescue and even her affec-
tions.
DR.. Royce was qlum because he
did not know just what he ought TO
do. He was confronted with a duty
that he could not solve. II was like
some obscure disease, hard to dag
nostlcate.
To speak up and denounce Frcnead
AS liar and thief was impossible.
Royce had no proof that Freneau
had played either the cad or the
coward He knew only that Freneau
must have seen him battling with the
Indian, and decent man would
have come to the assistance OF a.
fellow white. Even If Freneau had
felt that he ought TO put Gloria IN
the boat first, he might have come
back to help Royce. But Freneau
had left Royce to his fate. That was
ugly
Boyee heard Pierpont Stafford say
10 Freneau MY boy, you've earned
the $4,000 reward offered You've
eatned a million dolIarsP
Now Royce felt that he understood.
Freneau had been coaxed into the
everglades by that $4,000 lottery
prize. He had won it, and 1t looked
as if Freneau were expecting to WIN
@oria's love in the bargain. For
Gloria was simply devouring him
with her eyes.
Royce knew little about Freneau,
and that little was not TO his adj /
Vantage. Frcneau neglected his Of
flee but neglected no opportunity for
a love affair Dr. Royce had come TO
Palm Beach as the private physician !
Of old Judge Freeman, and he had |
abundant opportunity to see the influ
enee OF Frencau on the Judge .
daughter Lois II was not a whole T
some influence. Royce dreaded the !
look Of alteration in Glora's eyes as
they dwelt on Freneau But what /
could Royce dos He could not order
Nj Stafford not to pay Freneau
the reward. He could not boast OF
bis own deeds So he kept silence.
On the long ride back to Palm
Beach they passed the spot where
GlorIa had left her brothers racing
aar ln the ocean They paused 10 [
'ook az H. Several men and team
n mules were struggling TO drag It /.
,ut of the water
David grew angry and wanted %
snoW what Gloria was going TO do 4
bout getting him another car She
aughcd st that heF father did not
a.N her much spending money She
VIZ mot buYlng motor presents with
Nhat be got Bur when Piernopt
stw tha big waves prawiluk ever enc
Al and imagined What danger Gloria
iad escaped hr had Het fhr heart ln
ehUst tlnfR. he said
il FaU hsAaNF yourself David lN
lpk sou deW cav Itt worth q huu
lFrt M lhem W hate Gle rhild safe /
4tte p Fefb nice tai said Z
tla8 "AHd ! promise H9u tnf
& tgH aWaE So fhg everglades 0 4
n NitN sFnmale again IN
n NWf That was uH Ntal chan tHe
Hi Mt rW 'Nio inst 81 EEsst dan !
Boo alIf8 civilization
Nhf9 i0fy fazhed tta GeFali
mlHat Gloria paired tHEh a.