Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-02-05

On Cat.
There was a shifty fippancy In
Mulry's eyes and manner that made
Gloria distrust him. She felt a little
added distrust Of her dead lover for
having such n man as u partner. The
hateful proverb about "birds Of a
feather ran through her mind like a
tune. In any case. here ut last was
the man she sought. and she was i'm
patient 10 question him. There were
too many people on he crest Of h
hill TO permit Of conversation there.
So she dared him 10 n toboggan ride.
lie accepted. She got aboard and
he steered. They swooped like a de-
scending airship. But mt h foot Of
the hill the toboggan careened and
slid them deep into the drift before 1t
capsized.
Mulry, for all his bulk. was agile
and he was soon helping Gloria to her
feet.
"Thank you a million times. Mr..
Mulry." she said. you saved me from
drowning in the snow"
He beamed and congratulated him
self on making such success with this
pretty creature. He had not recog-
niged her. lie had seen photographs
of her in Freneau's possession and he
had seen her at the opera. But she
was disguised TO him now by her
close-htting cap. her rough sports suit
and. most Of all. by her coquettish
smiles. Suddenly ne had TO leap for
his life 10 escape another scooting to-
bOggun. on IL were David and lois
and n young man from the same house
party Of which Mulry was a member.
Hurt yourself, GloriaT' David
sang ont.
Did you get hurt. Miss Staffordf"
the other young man cried.
Gloria shook her head and called
after them, not noticing that Mulry's
eyes We're popping and his jaw droop-
ing. lie had pieced the name to-
gether. Gloria Stafford" He had
come up here 10 escape her and he
had just coasted down the hill with
her. and she knew his namel He re-
membered Doctor Royce's warning OF
the danger Of meeting Gloria face tol
face.
lie pretended 10 be suddenly Ill. He
begged Gloria's pardon and said that
he must 20 home. lie was too big for
Gloria 10 hold and she could not run
after him without attracting atten-
ton. She stood bewildered while he
got away.
Later she telephoned to his host
and asked 10 speak 10 him. She
learned that he had just taken a mo-
tor TO the train.
Gloria forgot her suspicious Of Lois
In her newer suspicious Of this man
Mulry. He was evidently running
away from her. Therefore she must
pursue him. His flight was evidence
Of some mysterious guilt.
Gloria cut short her visit to the
country and announced her intention
Of going back to town ut once. Her
father and her brother were used tOI
her whims and did not oppose them
nowadays out OF pity for her.
The next morning Gloria made an.
HAlltA .yNBllitA W u = tlnNts Ii'
went early within business hours. The
~stenOgrapher told her that Mr.. Mulryi
had gone to Palm Beach the night be-
fore with a rich client who had in
vited him to be his guest.
Gloria was furious at this new es-
cape. She pondered II all the way
home. When she saw her father She
told him hat he was not looking at
all well he needed some golf and surf
bathing. He ought to 90 to Palm
Beach. He accepted the suggestion
heartily. He was more than willing
TO undertake the golf and he was
eager to get Gloria out Of the regiorI
OF her sorrow. He was so worried.
over her swift alienation Of gloom
and gayety that he invited Doctor
Royce To came along as a member OF
The family party. He did not have &c
ask Royce twice.
Gloria had not been TO Florida dur
ing the last five years. To her IL was
not So much a flight from her romance
as a return 10 Its birthplace. Ii was at
Palm Beach that she had met her fate
Id was there that she had made her
girlish escapade In David's racing car
and wrecked II In the everglades. i.
was there that she had wandered into
the heart of the wilderness n int
the heart Of the young Seminole chief
who would have forced her to be his
squaw, II her brave Freneau had not
rescued her from him. And now her
lover. who had escaped the dangers Of
the jungle. had been slain on River
side drive; her romance had ended In
vanity and despair.
She found the pleasure paradise al
most the same.
A little more gorgeous. perhaps. but
all the gloOmier for that. She had
come from the white winter of tho
North into the sudden July Of Florida.
and her heart ached anew remembering
how love had bloomed In her life I'M
der the tropical sun of Freneau's eyes.
IL was like going over an old album of
souvenirs 10 revisit the scenes of that
far-of yesterday. The same throngs