The Dolores star., 1918-12-13

~ ~ darkly as he rode home
behind the glass windows
- of his luxurious limousine
@ No matter which way he
~RS turned his unhappy old
eyes he saw evidences of
the happy Christmas season; and he
had quite determined to ignore Christ
mas after his only child. Eve had
fiouted her fathers objections to her
marrying poor young inventor and
eloped with George Lane, the afore-
said inventor.
Although Eve had pleaded for for
giveness from her stern parent. Hiram
Jenner merely refused to listen to her ;
he turned a deaf ear 10 the pleas Of
her friends In her behalf; returned
her letters unopened and in every way
possible enacted the role OF hard
hearted and pig-headed father whose
daughter had disappointed him.
And the worst of it all was. said
Ewes friends. who chung loyalty to
her, the only Objectionable thing about
George Lane was that he was an in
ventor-and that was decidedly an adj
vantage, for sometimes-in fact. quite
often-inventors made lot of money.
If that was what was worrying Papa
Jenner. And why should ii worry
him, they argued. when the Jenner
fortune was enough to launch three
or four inventors on the sea of sue
cessi George Lane was not in Ewes
social set. but he was fine fellow
well educated. well bred and mighty
good looking-and they loved each
other 10 distraction.
Hiram Jenner was turning these
things over in his tired mind for the
hundredth time in the past year. He
| nourished n bitter resentment and
jealousy. That his motherless daugh-
ter should have chosen a strange young
| man-in preference to him. That was
the sore point-one of them. The
| other sore point was that he believed
young Lane wanted TO marry money
so that he could finance his idiotic in
ventionS. Well, he wouldn't get any
| OF the Jenner fortune!
A tire on the Limousine blew ont at
this moment and shattered the train
VI .lE JeIlneT thoughts.
I'm afraid we can't get home. sir"
reported the chauffeur moment later.
Shall l cali taxicab, sir?"
MOTH take car home: its only
few blocks and one is coming now"
So Hiram Jenner left his motor and
swung onto the platform of north
bound Madison avenue car that would
| lava 1t-i,B nfb
| There was just one seat left and that
was in the forward end by the front
window of the car. So Mr. Jenner sat
| down, fumbled for n nickel. and then
sat gloomily watching the broad blue
clothed back of the motorman on the
\ platform outside.
| There was something familiar about
that well-shaped head, covered with a
crop Of thick, fair hair; and the way
the shoulders were squared reminded
| him very strongly of George Lane the
| night he had ventured TO ask Mr.. Jen-
ner for his daughters hand and heart.
The fellow is on my mind" growled
Mr.. Jenner to himself. still staring at
the fair head beneath the neat cap of
the motorInan.
Suddenly the man turned his head
and Hiram Jenner felt a distinct shock
| of surprise when he discovered the
classic profile of his son-in-law.
"Oho."
So they had fallen upon evil times
| and the man had given up his foolish
inventions and had gone to trolleylng
| Times must be hard indeed with them.
And Eve, how could she stand priya.
ton?
Hiram Jenner was worried. He felt
a vague sickness as the car became
crowded with people laden with
| Christmas packages. No matter which
| way he turned he was confronted by
| ns-Christmas-and presents
and happy sIniles-and the laughter
OF children. He remembered how he
| and Eve used to 20 Christmas shop
ping together and Was Eve
going shopping this Christmas? Had
she any money! Was she suffering
while her father rolled in luxury
while her fathers servants perhaps
Jared better than Eve herself?
And George Lane-why, the fellow
must be Iaade of good stuff after all.
for he had gone to work at a mental
Job rather than beg from his rich
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