The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-27

BOOu Oh any girl OF WOmhu ne lOCuoSu
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.
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 OPP
posite knob Then Gloria let go, and
the governess went staggering back
ward across the room, while Gloria
with shrieks 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 fetal.
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 push, saying: you go make
her let me alone. Tell her she'll be
sorry if she doesn't"
The capitalist fioundered 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 a bathing suit
He made his way to Miss Sidneys
presence and mumbled Would you
mind if Gloria had her morning swim,
please?"
The governess explained to him, as
if 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 go into
the water. Nevertheless she had fla
gravity rebelled, secretly arrayed her
self for the bath, and fed. 1t would
never do to let her have her own
way.
"Er-um-I see," said Stafford. He
bowed meekly and returned with still
less courage to face his daughter.
A widower with woman-child of
sixteen is pathetic enough at best, but
Gloria was SO effulgently sixteen, so
eagerly alive, and so enchantingly
pretty that her father was disarmed
by a mere glance at her. His anger
was sure to melt in shamefaced
smile.
In the meanwhile Gloria had made
the most of her stolen moments and
with swift overland strokes had put
number of cleaning breakers be
tween her and the shore.
She turned just in time to see her
father reckoning to her with his best
imitation of the stern parent. She
knew that the governess had cowed
him, and she did not wish to humili
ate him by her own disobedience.
So she swan back through the
heads floating on the water like ap
pies floating in a Halloween tub. Il
made her boiling mad to be disgraceC
before all the important people. Sh'
could see some OF them grinning a
her Her brother David openly ridi
culed her and splashed water owe
her
She pretended not to notice him
but, reaching her father at last, sh,
hurled herself upon him and duckel
him under the water Then she scram
bled to the beach When the enrage,
governess seized her by the wrist Gle
ria tried to pull her into the froth
But the governess was too big for he
, and she hauled Gloria out Of the re
mantle sea into a hard world of dr.
sand and drier mathematics.
Q Gloria skunk along in a white rage
] a storm brewing behind her eyes. Sh
was not often sullen and never mol
( bid. She was made up of joy, sunligh
. and mischief, all the fresh and swee
+ of life. But she loathed being told t
b do things or not to do things, forbid
den, commanded-in a word, bosseC
o She was poised at the nameless stag
D between childhood and girlhood Sh
] was not what is termed out" yet he
I FESTIVE spirit made it impossible 70
l. her to be kept lin" She was tired @
3 being snubbed.
0 Her brother David, some four year
= her senior, made life increasingly lone
+. some for Gloria by his freedom an
~ he superior, worldly airs he assume