The Morgan City daily review., 1917-03-07
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stairs and banged the hatchWay down
Gloria studied the girl. She had been
beautiful, and still was pretty but too
sad. Just now she was too angry. Nell
had been fighting against her father
till this unknown woman appeared
from nowhere. Now Nell was all for
her father against the world.
Gloria spoke to her, questioned her
about Freneau. Nell did not answer
at all, only in grumbling monosyllables.
Gloria tried to bribe Nell to let her
escape. Gloria offered larger and
larger sums till. Nell would have been
dazzled if she had been convinced.
At last she spoke:
"Say, who do you think you are?
The Dime Savings bank? And who do
you think I am? I amt on auction.
II your father had all the money you're
maxim up he has, do you think you
could buy my father with it? MOI"
Glora liked her better for that, but
she was none the less determined to es-
cape If she could. She talked no more.
But she thought harder than ever be-
fore.
Nell went on getting her fathers
supper at the little stove, Gathering the
| pans and jabbing the fire with the pok.
er angrily.
Gloria had often steamed up the
Hudson on her fathers yacht. This
was her first voyage on q canal barge.
The place was extremely unlike her IA
! ther's yacht, but the SAVIOR Of the fry
ing pan made Gloria democratically
hungry. When Trask came back, how
ever. his cold eyes took her appetite
away. But not his own. She watched
him wolf his food; she felt that he
was half insane, a relentless fanatic
on q wild crusade.
His eyes kept rolling in her dinec-
hon. He found her 50 mysterious that
he was half afraid Of her. He re-
membered the loneliness OF that win.
ter night by the Soldiers and Sailors
monument. He remembered the ap-
pearance Of Freneau alone and no 9TH
er human being in view. His very
hands remembered the death grasp
they took on Freneau,s throat. He
smiled. That was one good deed, ct
least, he told himself.
But he could not imagine how this
girl could have seen him. How could
he guess that she had sat at her win
dow with binoculars to her eyes and
watched the whole tragedy. He be-
gan to grow superstitious. Gloria was
apparently able to perform miracles.
She wore the invisible cloak. Perhaps
she would leave as mystically as she
had come.
Finally he grew brave enough to
shout out. at her: "Who are you?
What was Freneau to your
Gloria knew that anyone who blus-
tiers is likely to be weak, so she an
swered coldly: "Never mind who
am. The main thing is, who are you
and what was Freneau to your
The very name Freneau seemed to
madden Trask. He emitted loud yelp
Of hate and derision and left the table. |
He moved toward Gloria, but changed
his mind or deferred his purpose and
went up the stairs, closing the hatch |
and fastening It above. There was
nothing reassuring In his last look at |
Gloria.
Nell was clearing up the table when. /
the saw that Gloria was faint with
hunger or terror. She offered Gloria
the remnant Of the supper. Gloria was |
glad to get It. She ate like another |
pauper. She felt that she would need i
what strength she would acquire. Her
Wits were dancing % she tried to think |
ont q means OF escape. She could not !