The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-11

She saved herself little by explain
,ing: II might have been worse thar
tied to q stake II / hadn't been res
scued by Mr.. Fre-I mean, Doctor
Royce"
Then she fell into such a deep med
itation that Stas could hardly recall
her to finish the story. 1t was not yel
ended when the butler and the second
man marched in with two towers Of
pasteboard boxes-Stas' trousseau had
arrived.
Now there was excitement, indeed
and Gloria and Stas forgot the mere
Indians in the thrill of dressing and
being dressed. Gloria began to fear
that she had adopted hopeless fop
when she saw how Stas strutted in
his fnery. In his Knockers and frilled
ent leather shoes, and derby hat, he
looked like a pocket Beau Brummel.
And then her rapture turned to alarm.
The boy began to cough, to turn red
and purple in the face, and to shake
with paroxysms.
20, dear! o, dear !" Gloria moaned !;
@'he's had a bath, and it's given him
pneumonia. The doctorl Quick, l
must get him to the dOctOr!"
DIR. Stephen Royce was trying to
practice the proverb, physician, heal
myself" He was dressing the wounds
Of battle he had received the night
before In Gloria's defense. He was
plastering his fist and approving it for
its good work when a caller was an
nounced. It was Lois Stafford. She
had repented of her affair with the
dead Freneau and was trying to live 1t
down. Idleness was both temptation
and distress. She wanted to know If
there was not some work she could do.
Royce told her that there were always
poor people in plenty and lonely sick.
He gave her the address of some of
his patients who would never pay,
but whom he treated with none the
less care.
AS she was leaving she met Gloria
coming in with the boy. Royce was
disguised because Gloria looked angry.
He should have been delighted at the
hint of possible jealousy. Gloria cold
Iy informed him Of the boys bath
and its terrible consequences. She
made the boy cough for the doctor.
Royce did not seem to be as much
Impressed as Gloria had been. He
set the boy to laughing and got him
to put out his tongue by making faces
at him which the boy Knocked. Then
he said:
"It's nothing. Just little tickling
In the throat, eh?"
81 guess So" Stas confessed. II am
Hckled all over"
cine and turned to Gloria. She asked |
him again why he had tried to deceive
her about the delirium.
"Wby don't you tell me the truth
now? What is Lois to your
Royce protested that Lois was moth
Ing to him and that a doctor has his
-secrets-like priest. Gloria was furf-
GUS. She gathered up the child and
was about to storm out, but she
paused, meditated whirled, and went
to him impulsively.
"Forgiye me. You saved my life
twice. You fought for me then, why
against me now?"
He answered sadly, 81 am not fight
Ing against you, Gloria. Some day
you will know it, but not from me-"
Gloria went out sadly and Royce in
.dulged in little delirium of his own,
cursng his luck in managing always
to have his devotion misunderstood.
He was glad that Lois repented her
liaison with Freneau, but he wished
that she had chosen some other person
for father confessor or some other
time to call.
In the majestic blue dining room
of the Bankers club, Gloria found
Casimir already installed. PierpOnt's
influence had secured the engagement ]
for him and money had provided the
neat costume that changed Casimir |
almost as much as Stas had been t
changed The captain waiter placed a I
cushion on q chair for Stas and mo-
toned Casimir to lift him into it. 7
Casimir had not yet recognized his I
own boy, disguised as he was with ,
bath and rich mems clothes. But Stas I
recognized his father and Rugged him '
With vigor to the amazement of Aunt t
Hortensia, who had been invited to V
he luncheon so that she and PierpOnt G
night agree on some new interest for b
5loria. They agreed to postpone the Il
ask till after luncheon. By that time T
Sloria had flown,
AS the luncheon neared it's last
curse Casimir was beckoned out by h
n notwithstanding waiter. When he t
eturned he was evidently suffering a h
reat emotional strain. He made blum e
ers and was so excited that when t,
'ierpont rebuked him Gloria took pity h
n him and asked him what the trou- E
lie was. The captain was aghast. p
or waiter to have personal troubles
uring meal was as bad as for SOL tt
Ter to stop battle to write letter
ONE. But Gloria was "she who must IL
e obeyed.' Il
Casimfr told her that he had just re- d,