The state herald., 1917-06-22

Trask Tell
was kept on the run for days and
nights. She worked as only rich wom-
en- work when some orgy Of charity
is on foot.
Gloria in turn kept everyone in her
nelghborhood scamperlng. Her father,
her fathers secretary, her brother and
bis secretary. even her brothers wife,
she made use of.
Lois responded to the lash with an
enthusiasm that surprised Gloria. She
began to understand that idleness had
been a more cogent excuse for frivol
ity than she had believed when Lois
gave It. She saw that Lois heart,
which had yielded too easily to the
Establishments of Freneau. yielded as
| easily to the allurements of unselfish
labor.
The plans for the Polish fete were
changed again and again. The boy
Stas was SO much in the way that
Gloria set him task to keep him out
from under her feet. He brought In
the children of the vicinage and estab-
lished himself as their leader.
Some of the rich tots. like their
parents, were good fellows; few of
them woeful snobs. These latter twit-
ted Stas with his origin, whereupon
he had resort to the wild arbltrament
Of battle. and two or three small
bloody noses ruined two or three hand
some suits Of clothes. After that Stas
was the accepted leader.
1n his researches among the picture
books he found 'Pied Piper Of Ham,
lin" and made hi. "Aunt Gloria" tell
him all about 1t. He decided that she
should be the pied piper and he would
organize an army Of children for her
to pipe dway. She kissed him for the
inspiration and that event was one Of
the successes Of the afternoon. Mobs
Of people thronged the Stafford estate
| on the afternoon Of the festival and
the roads outside were quadruply lined
with automobiles.
There was no hesitation about en-
ploying plratical methods Of extorting
from the rich ~ much money as they
had been reckless enough to bring with
them. The hollow eyes of the rugged
starvelings Of Poland would have filled
with wonder II they could have seen
In far-oR America the well-fed, silk
clad aristocrats revellng In their be-
half. It was Q strange way Of getting
food for the hungry. but 1t was the
fashion Of the day. and most important
Of all, It accomplished Its purpose.
The world was SO packed With
tragedy and 20 bounded with cries for
pity that It took something more than
sorrow to wheedle funds from the
weary public. 1t took beauty and en-
tertainment. Gloria furnished these In
full measure at her Festival. In her
ragged doublet and hose. with her
feathered cap atilt. she danced and
piped. end the children followed about
the lawn with moving audience till
she led her little army into tho great
cave that Pierpont Ind ordered con.
structed In one Of his hills.
The mothers left behind pretended
TO weep for their lost ones. and they
begged the pied piper to return. SO
Gloria. contrary to. tradition. came
back from tho cave. and. surrounded
by her kidnapped troop. bowed and
bowed.
Gloria was good and tired when the
last Of tho spectators had gone home
impoverished. She stretched herself
out on the divan In the living room ind
felt her old loneliness come back upon
her. Her task was done md she was Of
no more use to the world. for. Of
course, her father had pointed out to
her that her project to take the funds
to Poland In person was beautiful
impossibility. There wcre several mil.
lion soldiers between her md Poland,
md tho price Of the voyage. even II
she could make II. would buy several
thousands Of loaves Of brcad.
She was In 10 forlorn a humor that
whom Doctor Royce took chair close
to her md poured forth his praises,
shc accepted them hungrily. He was
encouraged TO tho widest hopes by her
response hnd he kept launching his
chair closer and closer.
His head wns almost touching hers
when her father had como into tho
room with the proceeds Of the festival.
There were baskets Of bills and boxes
OF coin and the total was thousands Of
dollars.
Royce fell back dishenriened. He
Ind forgotten how rich 0lorin was, and
how poor In comparison wns even his
success, He had been ON the point n