The Detroit times., 1917-11-16
The Epenin6 Story
His Fortune.

J Copyright 1915 ~ " Werner
A frnwn sl0vls otersg-eal law
renee GrisWCld face. 1ia.lr~ our
the pleased expression which had
fingered after The departure of Mis-.
Geraldine Clemens Iie had yemem.
Gered thai ha had na rieh 90 he
pleased there was Rose bark home
Ia tha small 'uAu which he had
left year before and n memorv Dee
could stll feel her farewell tears
upon his cheek ais d had whispered
20 hey thar She WAS fhe dearest
girl In me world and he Intended go
work like mad 10 speed the iiUe
when hr- could come back for her
Well. he asked Of himself almost
angrily, she still was first IN bis
thoughts. wasn't she2 That need
not preclude his being deceuriy p0-
ltc 70 other women certainly
Moreover it would BE decidedly i'm.
polite 10 be otherwise 10 the onl5
daughter of his employer Law.
renee had a vague notion That what
Miss Geraldine Clemens wanted She
generally had, and if il pleased ner
vaE-apt fancy just az present to dis
tingui4h him. suo0rd nate in me
big brokerage Offices ot hev parent
what could he do about 10 except
chat with her cordially
He need NOT have wondered why
she had been attracted 70 him, had
D. % Tao VI.
There Vas that abou, the seq of bis
broad shoulders fho hght IN bis
eye. and the curve on bis mouth
which saM thar here WAS one wao
was NOT Of the ordinary ort-anc
Geraldine Clemens. the spoiled and
pampered beauty Of three seasons
had reached the point where she
was very weary of the kind OF man
she had met On some hundreds ~
teas and score upon score of dances
There might be valuable timber
among them bur they were All cu'
aftFs the same pattern and hf
yearned for novelty she found +
in Lawrence. or course. she had
known thar the world held men who
were not asked 20 dinner parties and
who did NOT lead cOtiilous but new
IN had she studied one ar Close
range II had CHANGED thar bel
father had introduced Lawrence p,
her one dav when che had dropped
| in 70 wheedle an extra check from
him, and she had liked the admra
] ton .u his cye she was rer
! beautiful and fragile and wonderful
Ia her simple dark sllt thaf zoe mar
would realize cost q scandalcus sum
her silver FOX furs and drooplrg na1
So when she came again PIE pnus
ed a. his desk. mlfd upon hiu an'
scattered all thoughts ~ business
/ This had happened so frequently
! char the office diacrcetiv smiled an.
/ I.aNFcuccs ears bad burned IN
loathed feeling eatterei y h
knew De wos Hn bad read q th
society columns All abou lus' ho'
fcied and popular MiHs cIemen
was aud most apparently she re7l
liked him lt seemed perfectly ua
ural that she should ask him 90 cal
Lawrence told himself be was go.r
partly a. matter NJ ousinc-s g
was not fool enough ~ leopardi7
his fob hecause az silly acruul
ana II Rose knew ths circUm ta1rs
she would understand perfectly 6f
wanted him 70 get ahead n fl
world. didn't she2 And tho chan'
20 become more closely Rcque.uff
with his employer certainly mr.
not b. neglected So he went chloe
| fully 10 cal upon iis employers "a
| chatting daughter, and ~ did mr.
| disturb The pleasure of his eFenir
that hts employer was not Fisl1i'
There We're other callers fra
evening, and The fact that she seen
ed a. glad 90 sec him ~ ihe me
OF her own set uhtly hoi-tered "a
| hts selfesteem All Doe lacked no.
20 be able 90 meet thom ON fh.
own grounds WAS money. and ?
! intended 90 make money,
That was why be had come p
/ Chicago Then irrclrvsntly hc A'
gan 90 consider the marvellous mai
II ner III which she arranged her bal
plain. shining swirls % hair thu
apparently stayed Up Of its own sol
ton Not one girl in q thousan
could choose the style on hairdro
ng and -til be pretty 10 drmo'
strated what real beauty fhc ~
1 He mad a tWlnge oLconecIoDcc %
reaching hIs room Nhen Do av
stH, unluswerct JRofe'- l2sf lcffr
T. was too lato tonight Thar wa
positive. II De were 90 have c'ea
read on tho morrow for the Office
tie hoped Rose would undfN'nn
that. because business came FIRST
was as much In her interests al h0
own
There ra- something fine about
siri accustomed 20 $40 sorts Gf d
fentlon being SO kind 20 him whs
sbe knew he could not afford ~ zen