Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-06

"Sura' hdoree hasn't seen her"
Possibly" Pope eyed his caller !
speculatlyely. $50 you decided to /
jimmy her into society. eh. Who was
at the party? Oh. heavens" he ex-
claimed, as Bob muttered over the list
of names. How did she compare with
those sacred cows"
"Oh, great. The men went crazy
over her-I knew they would"
"Eut how dil the women treat her?'
why al right. didn't notice any
thing"
what? No. of course you didn't.
You were probably too drunk 80 no
tice much" Bob flushed. We'll,
something must have happened to
alarm her aud, since you were too
maudIin to he Of any assistance. She
evidently took the bit In her teeth.
can't blame her For heavens sake.
why lid you set her in with that
crowd? If you wanted to take her
Stunning. why didn't you hire guide
and 90 into the ed-IigAt diStrctf'
Bob defended himself listlessly.
That's the ouly crowd | know; it's
the only set that's open 10 Pittsburgh
furnace mans son. Those people aren't
50 bad; | guess they're no worse than
the rest. If a person goes looking for
nastineSs he can find it nearly any
where never did-and never saw
anything very scanda!ous around that
bunch"
Cones observations ore never very
keen when they're made through the
bottom of n rlass" observed poue.
Bob exploded irrj(ahlv. IAN right.
lieutenant PLAY .Jerusolpm ON the
cornet while mass the tombouriue
want NV wife NOT n .Rnllington
Booth' ON the terrors Of intemperance.
She's the only ncrson who can straight
on mo mn was doing fine.
Had a lob III 20 straight to
hell again if don't find her" There
was no doubt OF the mans sincerity:
his mental and his physical condition
were ohyjous
pope did his hest 70 ronor the wreck
ooa in so,no daorae md hoviro n,,;-
etaa tho sufrorar he snt ont far Miss
Demorcsts home
,doroo o,od ~ stoh.,r ro;,od ,oc
loco ansunro, his inc bnn rono@.
niyinc him. h,acrod the danr ha.ti,r
ovnos,,g = fano oror.ast VIII, 1oc.uro
ana ,o,,to,,,,.
"Ahaw sho ovc,,,ro1 ",,,r ora
pono,. sonsiti,.o o,,o ro,oiro, ,aforo +,,,
dorcn cb,Ironrn ~ bor ta,.o rnr,ri,hIv
cha ,,rooto1 hi,,, with oort,,,oI,,. in
rarioh,v he eroso to tba chol,onoo ou1
overramo bcr attack, invoriahIy she
foueht him on every suhiect Ana vr+
nj, tho ti,o ho vaouolv sr.,nctpd ti,ot
tbpy were rpuIly in ronplcte accord
and growing TO like each other.
.J've come ia see IorcIei." he OK
planned anahly.
"Sho's not here"
"rhon I'd like ia tall; with Won" The
door ouonnd SLIGHTLY. ana Pane smiled
whnrcupon the opcuing narrowed
"No Won can't come in. I'VE iust
cleaned house"
In dcsncrotiou tho man exclaimed.
"T won't SIT down. but must talk TO
you. Really, must bout-ducks. IL
nothing else"
"DucEs" Adorcc's expression al
tered.
Lets be sensible. want you TO
Ike INC, rope urea 10 appear aiilaoi''
nut the eH"fl resulted III p'li''' "
Silrk'
'huh.
I'VE IKE the same tllih@S-letS D"
1 Irlehus. You hoeuh zen '4e amy 'A!A'
about Lorelei pat l 90 want your ao-
wee about BOD
Il suppose there's no reason why
vou shouldn't come in. You'll probably
wriggle in somehow, even If you have
to steal a key. If YOU don't know the
truth you'll probably make M some
thing about Lorclci as You did about
mc--buzzard.' Pope began to per-
/ spire, as he always dld when deeply
embarrassed. Bot the door swung
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