The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-17

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/ pAuy There were Hl many tl.ur.
/ +" urranE" Tor thr bail which give
! prDWls" ~ being the Pr"itov SEN
: H1iiun Daisy h1l luurcd for Poppy
| found that Mario was occupying
| moro and moro Of her thuuphr u
| wrN ns h"r time Sho hardly know
! how she folt toward him when Do"
! was mot there Hho hated hIw uW
! "hru 'hny w,rD together ahp r.l'R"i
! Chat b." fascinated her aH uu ulhrf
! man nJI over done
l.ui Ehn wac not urglrDliug iJh"ft
! To rect us VA" compared him with
| laurent. shr fcli her love and ni -
| Wtubou Tor her husband iurruus'
and fho spent pa much time aH pos
Hhi" with him lut the knDwl'lr"
% inu deception ahu WAS practising
against him affected her terribly.
Ifnn whom Robert was near her Hu"
know th,ro waH barrier between
hem, hnrrior she had erected her
"rIr through which src could not
pass. Her lies. hcr deceit. separated
hrr utterly and completely she
NncW Robert thought Chat he loved
her bu' hu really loved only mo
woman Doc thought her to boz. not
mo woman She really wn9 "a woman
NC would hate and drtpIs'
ruppg suffered trrrIhlN. Even tho
magic uf cocaine could not HlWlNE
lIzpcl tho melancholy though sho
had increased tho amounts she took
enormously sometimes fear almost
oycrm1sterud her anh she wondered
that Robert did not see how rhcr
nerves were going 20 pleuos and Fu4
poet that something was wrong But
love is blind. they my. Rud Robert
had no thought Of dOuhtluR his wife,
Mario was very different sort of
a man. lie did not set "A woman on
a pedestal llc pretended TO no
higher standard than "a determine
tlon to make the best of cverythiRg
pnd credited others with q like am
hition IIe prided himself on being
very modgrn and FREQ from all old,
fashioned Conventions and had AN
nsinuatiug way OF making a woman
feel that he saw IN her a kindred
spirit Poppy fslt daring and origi-
nal when with Mario hut with Rob
Crt sho lclt herself what she really
was "A Iiar and a cheat woman
who had sold horself FOR tho most
worthless puttnEc
Mario was really genius He
lAAh n NNHhfl VI wy ANl NNlNN AN'
design. The dress no planned FOR
Daisy was simply exquisite
"One realizes that for such a. she
ono must he discreet discretion ls
her metier." he said TO Poppy with
a half smllo and hq designed a dress
FOR her that he called Spirit OF the
Dew" that had real poetic beauty
tbout Il. DalSy's husband was on
chanted with it--snid II made him
feel "good"--the sort Of feeling that
came over him when he heard
church bells ringing IN the country.
But there waa nothing 10 suggest
church bells about the dress that
Marie designed for Poppy She was
TO so as the spirit 81 Liberty III
was hardly the Aperican variety
Sho Vas 10 symboilze world That
was shaking OF the trammels OF
tradition II WAS mist of red and
white and gold, a beautiful creation
but one that spoke more OF license
than liberty Poppy didn't show tho
design 60 Robert But she never
wore the dress and Robert was
spared the hurt no would have felt |
II he had seen H.
There was no doubt OF tho fact |
that James Montgomery could not !
bear to have his wife out " his
sight for very long This means that
Poppy and Mario had many con
fcronces by themselves. when two
people are working on the same
thing. caoh eager TO mako success
of Il, intimacy ripcns amazingly. She
felt that sho grew to know"Mario
more after "A fortnlEhtH association
with him than she would have known
him in year In the ordinary way
They talked "A lot. lie was n spleu-
ala talker. vivid and interesting. lie
had travelled everywhere. or course
his own personality entered into the
conversat toms but he was never tire
some as people whT talk great
deal about themselves usually ARE
lie had n strange fantastic mind
hat was Interested IN all sorts ~
unusual things -orinctal mysticism.
spirituRllsm. etc Poppy was inter
cstcd IN these things. too. In a way.
though q rather frightened her as
she dolved into II.
She liked TO listen 10 Mario's
stories, his queer theories about old
houses In which he took an immense
interest lie believed they were
lmpregnatcd with the spiritual em-
anations ~ the people who had J
lived IN them who had loved. sui.
fered. and struggled between their
walls
Iio had two years before acquired !
an old house built I'm 1900 ana had |
restored II and furnished II with !
furniture OF the period lt was sev,
crnl hours Eide from thN city. or |
the hcatSn @a0k of tourists and |
away from summer places.
II would love TO have YOU SEQ u. o." !
he said 10 Poppy one day. 1T Ia n |
curious old place and l know you !
would rave over some OF the old fur
nlturc and china have found And |
The gardens are perfect There are /
a hundred acres OF ground with itl
and Il really Is q lovely spot"
IL sounds wonderful" Poppy
answered.
"Come-you'u motor m there
some day with me and see -" ne in
luircd plcadinEly l know YOU would
aniov A. Wen sEct Daisy and her
husband 10 go, too. ana have a jolly
time"
n might he able to ro mn ror an
afternoon Poppy answered COM
"hut Mr.. SCHUYLER would /
not like tr have me go away just
now"
Some dragon. chat husband OF
yours" Mario answered
This remark rather ANNOYED
Poppy, Sho was beginning 90 fceI
that Robert was "a little hN 0f
dragon c9'hat NE was not pbor0ihsr I
trusting her. He seemed Co DO