The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1916-11-29

freneau was handsome-much toe
good looking for his own good or the
good of any girl or woman he focused
his eye upon. Freneau was magnetic
and he was great fun, but David Stat
ford was good business. To capture
the son OF Pierpont Stafford would be
high finance-something tremendous.
The Judge. her father, kept his eyes
on Lois more than on the golf ball,
and landed in the bunkers with regu-
larity. He knew that his daughter
was up to some mischief, but he was
sure that it was not the innocent mis-
chief OF the obstreperous Gloria.
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Gloria Stafford, exquisite in her
bathing suit, was like a bisQue figure
come to life-very much to life as
she stood outside her bedroom door
and held the knob against her gov
erness, who tugged in vain at the op-
.posite knob. Then Gloria let go, and
the goyerness went staggering back
ward across the room, while Gloria
with slrieks Of laughter made her way
off and down the corridor and out TO
the beach.
The beach being no less than Palm
Beach, she lodged among throngs Of
the well known, the much photo
graphed, who were also making their
way, though more sedately, to the
surf. 1t was twelve o'clock, the fash.
ionable bathing time. To be seen in
the water more than half an hour
earlier or more than half an hour late
was socially fatal.
The governess followed the fugitive
in hot haste, but Gloria sought refuge
in the crowded ocean. She dived and
stayed under as long as she could, but
Miss Sidney deserted her at once and
gesticulated violently, commanding
her to come back. Gloria merely
bobbed her pert little bonnet and
splashed in behind her father. Miss
Sidney persisted and Gloria gave her
father a push, saying: You 60 make
her let me alone. Tell her she'll be
sorry II she doesn't"
The capitalist foundered out with
the apologize manner Of an over.
grown schoolboy. for even he was
afraid Of the governess. And he was
not very impressive in q bathing suit.
He made his way to Miss Sidney's
presence and mumbled: Would you
mind II Gloria had her morning swim,
please?"
The governess explained to him, as
II she were talking to another child,
that since Gloria had positively re-
fused to work out her problem in alge-
bra she had been forbidden to 60 into
the water. Nevertheless she had fla.
GRAVITY rebelled, secretly arrayed her.
self for the bath, and fed It would
never do to let her have her own
way.
"E@um-I see." said Stafford. He
bowed Meekly and returned with still
less courage to face his daughter.
A widower with. q woman-child Of
'ixteen is pathetic enough at best, but
Gloria was SO effulgently sixteen. 50
eagerly alive, and so enchantingly
pretty that her father was disarmed
" q mere glance at her. His anger
vas sure to melt in q shamefaced
mile.
In the meanwhile Gloria had made
he most of her stolen moments and
With swift overland strokes had put
} number Of cleaning breakers be-
ween her and the shore.
She turned just in time to see her
ather beckoning to her with his best
Of the stern parent She |
new that the governess had cowed
i'm, and she did not wish to humili-
to him by her own disobedience.
So she swan back through the
eads floating on the water like ap-
les floating in q Halloween tub. It ,
lade her boiling mad to be disgraced
efore all the important people. She
Duld SEQ some OF them grinning ct
or. Her brother David openly ridi-
nled her and splashed water over
Of.
She pretended not to notice him,
ut, reaching her father at last, she
urled herself upon him and ducked
I'm under the water. Then abe scram-
led to the beach. When the enraged
3verness seized her BY the wrist Clio
q tried to pull her into the roth.
ut the g0verness was too big for her
I'D she hauled Gloria out Of tho TO
antic SEA into . hard world Of dry
md and drier mathematics.
Gloria skunk along In q white rage.
storm brewing behind her eyes. She
~ not often sullen and never NOR.
d. She was made up Of Joy, sunlight
Id mischief, al the fresh and sweet
life. But she loathed being told to
things or not to do things. forbid
n. commanded-in . word, bossed.
70 was poised 1t the nameless stage
tween childhood and sirlhood. She
~ not what II termed out" yet her
stive spirit made It impossible for
= to b kept ''in." She was tired Of
ing snubbed.
Her brother David, some four years
e senior, made life increasingly lone
me- Tor Gloria By bic freedom and
. saDegioe. worldly airs - assumed