The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-10


WAS under "A contract with tho the
nter ana tho management would not
allow her 10 break &c. 80 hsT NE asa
not change 20 any great extent Hh'
had told the doctor mat she mao
made hor confession 10 hcr husband,
and tho former believing her IN spite
Of his knowledge ~ tho verhcily ut
"snoW birds ais he had called them.
wtH helping her io diminish th'
quautlty ~ tho drug without any
great suffering Poppy wnH very
huupy uud her llfe was fun ~ In
tprDHt and excitement u was not
such a difficult thinE RA they had all
told her. this breaking OF tho co
raInc habit They had frightened
her for 80 rcnH0u iiut the doctor
told her that % reaction would come
ana that she must prepare for u
Il was only fcw weeks after her
marriage when Poppy WIN shocked
10 hear thai tho doctor VINO htd
taken such "A strange iuforoHt IN her
had been found dead In his bed. Nh"
was conscious ~ "a Itsp, sense ~ re-
grot and also of rolI'p Sho hrd lost
good frlond ana powerful ally
but shO had also lost a. ruurr" ~
great danger She had always dread
cd the day when D." might ma OUT
that she had deceived him and thh'
hor husband was siili ignorant Ut
the fact that she was drug thk'i.
PoppyH married lifo was running
fairly smoothly She was nervous
and hlrh strung, hut Nobrrt was
calm and most cuu7ldernic. lio was
kindness itHIf hn1 wrapped hrr
about with every luxury At limos
their Wills clushcd nud Ioppy hll
not always win, but she appreciated
10 the fun tho advantages OF her
husband position and money bul
Il was moro through the FEAR ot
Robert than her love FOR him ihhi
she was putting up her battle against
cocaine. At times she disappointed
him bitterly ~ wife, but he never
showed his stHappointmcnt To her
and was a model % gcntlcness ana
tender patience.
Robert SCHUYLER had been Interested
In lnnumerahle philRntropic schemes
and shortly after his marriage re-
ceIved tho appointment to a very |
position In well known |
public body This neccasitRted his |
doing u great deal Of public work /
n mi n certain amount OF entertain
ing was connected with it lie was |
anxious that Poppy should |
take her place at his side as wife and |
hostess OF his house Poppy was not
A accustomed 20 this sort OF public
She was quite nt
homo As the hostess OF n small gath
srlnE but those public, or semi-pub-
Ilo affairs, with some noted person
IN the honored guest filled her with
dread. She tried TO DO her part but
each time it seemed harder than
The one before. she longed desper-
ately for a whlh Of the forbidden
drug. but she persisted In her strug
gle 10 resist. Tho sudden death OF
Dr. Manning had Sobered her
great deal,
Poppy might have kept IN tho /
almost overwhelming fight had II
not been that abe suddenly camo |
down with Influenza. Her recovery
was slow, for she had exhausted og
great deal Of hor vitality before sue
oumbinR TO the disease. She wns
weak and terribly depressed, The
family doctor who attended her. q |
famous, kindly old man, but rather |
"a atuous, was distressed at her low
vitality Through his aid the con |
tract at the thcater AS broken and /
Poppy was free from the harasaing /
hut shc was also with
Dut the excitement and stlmulous
tha4 thev furnished.
The time for those SENT public
at which she must
be gracious hostess drew near.
Robert suggested that his sister
might take poppy's place but size
knew that his heart was set ON her
being AZ his slide.
How she longed for DR. Manning .
lie had been so KIND. and seemed To
be able TO help her as no one else
sver had And strangely enough, be-
rause he was dead ana she had I.
learned something of'thc tragedy " .
his own love trfair she struvo hard T.
10 keep the prothiEe she had made I
10 him--tu struggle against his vice
and her own.
Years ago ne had been In love .
and engaged, 20 a sister ~ Roberts, /
h very boautlful girl, ana had been .
IDEALLY happy until as the result OF
Illness he had contracted tho cocaine .
habit lAconquered ono side Of his
viii, MIN for love he could pot
give Il up. But there was another .
,ide which had strength that even
iope could not Kill lie refused 20 .
ink his lie with an innocent girl /
lie broke or his cngaG and .
,ever saw Elise again Robert rare
" ever spoke of this sister, she had
lied some years previous, but Poppy /.
thew he stlll mourncd for her.
II was a wretched morning, cold /
hull and depressing Poppys vital ,
". mFcady nt very low chh was
.ffectcd most acutoly. The previous
light had brought very little sleep
nd she was ready 60 cry from weak
less There was no end to her de.
nands upon the nurse who had been
Win her since her illness.
Finally when she was dressed shc
sclarcd shc was going out The
urse made no objections She had
lmost reached the limits OF her en-
urunce and she thought a little
hRnec of air and scene might prove
encfclRl 60 her patients temper a.
veil as her physical health Poppy
.ad mtimatcd that she was only go
ng into tho park opposite the house
ut no sooner did she reach tho
walk than sho hailed a passing taxi
md was driyCu downtown. Near tho |
heater where she had worked sho /
dismissed the ear and walked hy
rs familiar door Tho next moment
he was face Co face with Tom Arm /
tronE lie looked In the very pink /
u condition, happy and prosperous
NTH hands outstret,hyd he met her
Poppy belmont by. an that's