Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-01-13
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RUPERT HUGHES

Treneau was ~dishcnOroble. l-aneau
was Enthusiastically an adventures 1rl
what the world calls a cad. but he 3
bora Cf gentle people. he lad GOO
blood IN his veins. rs his wo-idy
gIaces showed. lie truly adcrci Gloria
and wanted only her. There was
sharp torment in the aEonies he en-.
dured fearing tho loss OF her through
his previous sins. His punishment vas
not far OF and ne was to meet Il
with neither peaceful thoughts nor
clear conscience. He had enneahad
himself In so complex q web of .n-
trigue and wrongdoing that the rr1b-
lem or escape was ever more complex.
"Nho knows? If Gloria had been
a woman when ho first saw her. me
woman she now was. instead ~ the
child then. she might have saved lis
soul and his life. But be had 10 take
the present as the past ave il 70 him.
and hope for e future or more straight.
forward life.
Late that night in his apartment
FTcneau started the batch Of love iet.
tcrs and kilograms for Gloria. He be-
came interested III them. and so clr.
ried away by the fervor he infused
into them that early dawn and hia
valet found him asleep al last ID
his head resting IN sheets Ky parer
that bore such messages as.
MY darling Gloria. AS ! tale-
Fraphed y0u. I arrived safely. alt
missed you terribly. This week of ab
enc WIN seem an eternity"
This was on a letterhead o. ne
Hotel Ten Eyck IN albany others
were from other hotels. The last one
he had written was Oh the paper "a
the Fort Pitt hotel, Pittsburgh In II
he said:
The eternity w this long week IA
over. / return tomorrow TO youI
arms
re sealed the letters. wondering
what would b. the answer to thorn
He took them IN the Office. ana tAc
noxt day when Mulry took his train
WY Albany he carried with Dim these
letters. he was well pleased with Chs
network 0f does that he and rrareau
had woven t0 deceive Gloria. Put II
is much easier to carry ont plots in
Action than I'D fact.
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David Lois and her father, Judge
Ere man. were foiag % the opera that
night ana they topped t0 soe Gloria
On their way. Gloria was sitting Tx
on hrr chaise longfie stll pale anl
somevr-t weak. She submitted
rather than invited. the in Jaw kiss
tnat Lois brushed over her cheek
Then She turned 20 David and poutei:
ron dear. some people have al THE
lucS. You are going 70 hear Geral
dino Fa-rnr in Madame Butterfly
while Z must lie here doing nothing
They won't even DAD mo read, thc s-in.
Y " ana things" sha made a mou III
her nurse. "hnd ! DO dcsnise 60 Pc
read to. lrst wait until 7 get out 0i
their clutches. III make UP for this;
rl he Madame Butterfly all over the
place.
David smiled at her innocence in
tha aliua.on to Butterfly, hut neither
hc nor Gloria knew that Lieutenant
FnEorton was n white w00lly lant
compared TO Gloria's own lover. Ere
rcau.
Lois had moved away from Gloria
toward the bedside table. whore 2
f-emol photograph ~ FrcHeau Looked
%tauntnriy AZ her. A jealous desire foi
possession came over her. She I0rred
TO take the image of the man ON
Gloria as well AS the man himself
The within became Immediately Q
necessity TO her. She glanced across
~ the group about Gloria. No one
was looking her way. a smile curled
at the corners AZ her lips ANA q tri
umphant CLEAN shot for a moment
into her handsome. sulicn eyes as ahS
slipped the picture into her opera Gag
Lois was utterly ~maddeled and dos
perate n her passion FOR Fgencau l
ION the knowledge that shn Wns tr naa
him made her utterly ruthless YIN har-
self Is TO all who might ctand in Inc
way ny her last days with him.
She must be alone with Treooau
uninterrupted ~ plead ln I'd
give az Gloria and TO ran away with
her-1F. failing that, 70 set ha her
lettcrs ana gain time to reconstruct
her hfc ana recover from her loss
she carried tho stolen photograph
with her to the opera and laughed %
she imagined Glcria's frantic search
fcr it.
The next morning, M she was going
Freueau's letters. her father
dropped in unexpectedly. One oil FIRE.
nrau'S envelopes had fallen to Tile
ioor unncleed by Lois. The Judge
=tcoucd to pick III up Chr her. Ha saw
F~1ne3u's name and trained as he was
In -lc Wiiea "a criminals, he suspected
Lois at once and fa!ly accused her 0l
ma intrigue with Frencau. She mere
ly fl0urced away III q temper, saying.
\ am old enough 70 takc care OF
myself. If yon want -O believe evil
Of your own laughter-why. believe
it."
She lra Judge Freeman du~mbfounded
and fi- acted. IN the afternoon. while