Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-13


never pun through and wouldn't
want TO.
Never until she left LoreIefs house
i and turned toward the white lights Of
/ Broadway did Adoree Demorest fully
/ realize whittier her theatrical career
had carried her. Adoree knew herself
to be pure But The world considered
her evil, and evil ia It's eyes she would
remain At this moment she would
gladly have changed places with that
other girl whose life hung in the scales.
John Merkls had never lost interest
in Lorsiei, nor forgotten her refusal
Of his well meant offer OF assistance
scter beauties aud Hobilfties OF which
she was utterly unconscious ft-not &C
tuslIy devoid. soon after his talk with
/ Bob he telephoned Hannibal Wharton,
making known the situa ton in the
( most dtsag reeable and biting manner
OF which he was capab Die Strange TO
say, Wharton heard him through. then
thanked him before ringing on
When Hannibal had repeated the
news to his wife. sh4 moved slowly 20
/ 8 window and stood there staring down
into the glittering chasm Of Fifth ave-
nue. Bob's mother was 8 frail, erect,
impressive woman. wear3ed and sad
f dened with the weight % her husbands
millions. There had been a time when
/ society knew her, but Of late years
/ she saw few people, and her name was
seldom mentioned except in connection
I azesAb. h.es~ k,zrz zEF
+ ton was gerenelv conscious Of her com
/ pIete accord with his every action. and
! IN reporting TerkIe's conversation he
spoke musinRiys Bs 3 man speaks to
himself
John loves TO be- caustic he likes
F to vocallze bis dyspepsis. the old man
muttered. Mrs. Wharton did not stir;
there was something incorporating
I'm the rigid lines Of her back and in
I her stif1y poised head People of her
/ kind always have children" he con
tInued. "and that's what I told Bob. !
+ told him he was laying up trouble for
himself"
Bob had more to him than We
thought" irrelevsntly murmured the
mother.
( More shan re thouehtg" Hanni-
+ bal shook his head Not more than
I thought I knew he had h in him;
/ Won were the one
No. no, We both doubted. Perhaps
( this girl read him.
+ Sure she read him. snorted the
/ father she read his bank book. But
fooled her"
DO you remember when Bob was
born? The doctors thought"
! of course remem ber"' her nus
/ hand broke In Those doctors said
you'd never come through 1T
Yes; I wasn't strong
But you did. I was with you /
/ fought for you. Wouldn't let you die.
F Remen Der ftE7 The speaker moistened
/ his lips why, never forgot"
/ Bob is experiencing something Ike
: that tonight
I Hannibal started, then be fumbIed
uncertainty for a cigar When be had
IT lighted he said, Eruaiy We'll. it
made a man Of me ! hope It'll help
/ Bob
( Still staring out across the glowing
lights and the mysterious. inky blots
+ that lay below her, Mrs. Wharton went
On You are thinking only Of Bob, but
/ I'm thinking Of her. too. She is offer
ing her life for the life Of little child.
/ tustaa offered mine"
There was a silence, then Hannibal
looked up to find his wife standing
over him. with face strangely humble.
Her. eyes were appealing. hsr frail hg-
u~e was shaking wretchedly.
My dear.7 he cried, rising.
"I cant keep 1t Up, Hannibal.
can't pretend any longer It's Bob's