The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-05

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the room. and when she caught
in his eyes a CLINT OF that look,
compounded hal' OF amusement and
helf OF pity, which once had so
profoundly perplexed her, she was,
divided between the impulses ton
laugh and to cry.
But she did neither. This sort
OF thing was what he had invited,
aid this, for the present, was what
he should have.
She did Invite him TO have
chair, and little C~biously he
pulled one up facing ner, perhaps
couple Of yards away, and sat
down
He was sorry, he began by say.
ing 10 have been obliged TO cut
short her nap, especially as there
was still time to spare before be-
ginning 20 carry out the plans he
had tentatively made But with the
possibility in' view that she might
wish to revise them, or perhaps
reject them altogether, he had
thought Il better TO take them up
with her now.
She assured him that she felt
perfectly rested and restored and
quite ready to hear about his plans.
II was at this point that Gene
we've, who was not only a nice
eirl but a good BIT OF a heroine.
Chered household duties as her ex-
cuse and left them alone. Patrick,
directly he began to talk, shifted
his chair 2 little and looked fxedly
out Of the window.
He had made his plans, he said.
with reference 10 the newspapers.
The story in the morning paper
Lad sounded rather cruel, from the
jocular and almost derisive tone IN
which Il had been written. Ger
tdinly in their frantic anxiety about
her 1t had stung like whip.
II came TO see that they had
Tlayed It like that" he went on,
"as a hedge, from a misgiving thaN
d. tie thing might turn out TO be
some sort Of gigantic hoax. It was
largely my fault that they took
II that way; for ! refused, in spite
Of the others, either to give out
anything to the reporters or TO re-
rort your disappearance to the DO.
49, "hANh VI Abui sc huulu nave
been the same thing. ] didn't deny
anything, nor invent anything; sim
rly stuck TO It that we had nothing
to say. II you had been carried
on either by force or by seduction
But | had sort OF bed rock
confidence, based on n belief that
i knew you. somehow. better than
any OF them, that neither OF those
things had happened to you. OF
course, when the whole night
passed and the morning :"
He broke off there Just in time
q save her from breaking down
altogether and went on In a man
ner much more eudurable.
We'll, as things have fallen out,
that line OF mine leaves us a loop
hole, II you care to take II, Prin.
cess. You dldh go to Crown Point.
where they were all looking for Won.
You didn't get photographed ann
you didn't sign your name to any
thing. And the story Is nothing, in
consequence, hut a series Of prodig.
ious and rather incredible rumors.
On the strength of that fact this
is what | have arranged. The order
for the private car has never been
cancelled and your whole Chicago
party, including your mother. arc
going to so down and get on II In
the Santa Fe yards this evening
exactly as If you were with them.
and as If nothing had happened 1t
VIII be attached TO the limited When
II pulls out.
Il have arranged with Mr.. Stokes
hes the man who owns this farm
Ito drive us over in his Ford this
evening to Joliet---it's only a little
more than thirty miles; and when
the limited makes its stop there
SouIl get on. No one will see you
or be looking for you. And when
The train gets to Los Angeles, tho
tame train it's been announced all
along you were going to take, you'll
get off with the others. Holden The
was the head press agent for Leda
Swan. Incorporated will give out
tonight a publicity story that
you've been out personally 10 look
over a location and buy some prop
critics for a picture.
II that's done in the right way.
! think the story OF your having
run away with Lazaref or anyone
else will go up in It's own smoke.
Everybody who likes TO think of
finself as a sophisticated and In
credulous person-and that Is about
nine out OF every ten Inhabitants
OF the United States-will believe
the whole thing was plant and
tnat we'ye stung the newspapers
for about million dollars worth
Of free advertising. They may re.
sard 1t as a rather unscrupulous
piece OF business on the part OF
your star, and very likely as a
little cruel to you, but there won't
bel think you can really count on
this, Princess-one single smallest
spatter OF mud that will stick to
you"
Shed taken advantage OF the
fact that her face was In shadow
TO watch his pretty intently through
ell this, and she hadn't interrupted
once. Even now that he had fin.
lshed she remained silent. After
moment he got up restlessly and
vent TO the window.
so" he concluded, ''if that's
along the general lines Of what you