The commonwealth., 1917-02-13

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be there. She had something i'm {
portant to tell him. Everything she
had to tell him was immensely i'm
portant nowadays to her-and i'm
nensely unimportant to him.
The thing that agitated Lois was
her knowledge that Gloria had come
back to New York and was still in
love with the memory OF Freneau.
Lois vas in an anguish OF fear and
Jealousy and she wanted to compel
Freneau to swear that he would not
forsake her for Gloria
Freneau was oblivious OF this, but
he had no intention of keeping hls
promise to Lois till Mulry, who mad
overheard Freneau's end of the con-
versation, said: Come along | got
stung for couple Of tickets You
can have one Of them We might
meet somebody who might give us a
line on the market
So the Roneolike Freneau went
with his FaIstafian partner. They
haunted the promenade of the box
holders wishing to be seen in ex-
i}ensive company
G!anCing over the balustrade, Ere
neau caught sight of Lois mounting
the stairs with her husband She was
looking for him, and he smiled back
st her With stinted grace He did not
notice that Oh the other stairway Of
me big double zigzaa piaroonf Stat
ford was coming uD with vision Of
young: IoyeI.Y.ess a. his side He GiG
-2ot 'z-1CE.- C.cc-. -;c..s.- t.;--2 fIe did uot
sec her cute: f.c- father arm and
almost cswccn 71it-, delight.
re might have Observed! I'll this ana
still not have susnectei Who the girl
was, for tie Gloria he }2ee9 found II
sauaw costume. in the eve@s @siades, tne
Gioria who had eZchanso;1 VOWS with
.3-a on the yaranda oH the Poincianas
.aa Gloria wl2o lafi waved fareweIIs
to E2i1n from the rece7ine train i've
years aro, had ali but recaded from
lis memory What recoE1cctio7t he
had Of her was of g little siZtee7l-year~
Old thing with her hair down her back
aid az aIr o1 almost childish iIaroas
lurity.
The Gloria who marched I'D The
, broad steps Of tic Metropolitan was
; 2 young lady Of twenty, one with her
) hair up, her head full OF k2lCwledge,
and her features changed as the bud
!. is changed when it becomes a rose.
Her costume was the latest thing from
! Paris, still Paris in spite OF the war.
, Gloria could hardly climb the steps
! 10 the level Of Frelcau. Her father
! Old not know him, but she did. She
. left her fathers side and hurried to
UTenGau's. He Gid not hear her o1
s know that she was at his elbow, tre1n-
,, bling with rapture and irving TO keep
;. from crying his name aicud and seiz-
y j23g him by the arm that had saved
her from the Indians She coughed
= a12jl z2a do pot hear. At :ast she ven
= ".,red the terrific decd Of tcdching his
> sleeve with iaar Gnge- TIP Re turned
4 and she nUrn,ureG
MT Freneau, [ believer"
. he turned, saw that most exquis-
= 10 creature had addressed him, Won
:, ;1Gred who under the gun she was, lift
= et! his hat, made 2 violent ptetense
: al remembering her perfectly, having
3 net her just the Gay ozfore, and ex
9 c]aic1c9: why, hello! IN SO GLAD
u you got mere"
= He put out his hand, cuG hers fell
away before ne could clasp it. SIZE
# had thrust her arm into her fathers
V elbow and hurried him along toward
= the door Of their bc-Z while Freneau
xnirIed and stared.
! HTulry stared, too and muttered
Good Lord, who's the new peach witt
,, Old PierDont?''
< at must be his daughter; 1t'i
G1oria.' Freneau gasped.
= His daughter! Do ycu know ner?'
p s'know her!" Freneau laughed
'sWell, rather! I'm engaged to her il
a way
y Engaged in a way!'' Azulry repeat
"a aG well, marry her quick Her ole
X mans money will come in might.
handy"
n Freneau leaned against the balus
ID trade thinking SO hard and recast1nl
IN mis- plans SO rapidly and with sucl
T enthusiasm that Lois not only touched
N his arm but pinched it fierce1y befor'
"a he noticed her. Then he stared a
"a her with cold Indifference that ver1
fed her widest fears.
"a Meanwhile Gloria was sitting II
- miserable splendor on a little gol'
al chair in q box like prison cell t.
ID her, and she was batting her eyes fas
to shake away the tears that cam
Il. pellmell. She was wringing her lttt
white gloved hands and trying not q
n oob aloud: 'He doesn't romemoe
,eL mel He doesn't remember mel"
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