Omaha daily bee., 1922-03-06
By RUBY M. AYRES.
tCopyTight, 1922
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Elizabeth tonyers, country Rlrl, IL
! visiting her city cousins. They take her
/ TO u ball. She feels keenIy the contrast
between her dowdy. home made frock
and the smart clothes the other women
wear. The only person In the gathering
who takes pity upon her II Pat Royston,
I who tries, with some success, TO teach
her TO dance. Eiizabeth's relatives tell
her that he Is dancing teacher; that he
! D. married, and that she In not TO meet
him again. Eliznbeth's uncle: with whom
/ she made her home. dies. On her way
! home she meets Royston, but he does not
recognize her. Walter Sheath proposes,
but she rejects him. Her uncle leaves
her only 100 pounds. She determines to
| find some way to earn u living. but mt
the insistence Of her uncle's attorney, she
returns to her cousins home ut london.
The cousin tells Elizabeth she Is in des-
pcrate trouble and asks for loan. Now
go ON with the story:
Continued from Saturday,
HE was my uncle as we'll as
yours" Dolly said deiiantly. He
might have left me something if he
LETT you 100 pounds. 1t drives me
wild to think of all that money CO.
ing to a wretched hospital-20,000
pounds, wasn't it?'
"Yes." There was a painful ST.
lence, then Elizabeth said: "Hospi-
tails do lot of good, don't they?"
Dolly shrugged her shoulders.
oh, | suppose so, but they
couldn't have wanted the money as
much as we do. You may not be-
lieve it, but we're on the rocks,
mother and /; that's why she's so
wild with me about quarreling with
Neil Farmer; he's rich, you know.
He could set us both up for life if
| married him."
"Why don't you, them" Eliza
beth asked.
Dolly stared at her, then sighed.
"Why not?-goodness knows! Be-
cause I'm fool, | suppose" Tears
came into her eyes, and she winked
them fiercely away. "But you don't
want to hear about me-" she went
on more lightly. You'll lend me
the money, won't you?" She paused,
then added: Look here, if you'll
let me have 50 pounds I'll take you
to tea one afternoon where you can
meet Pat Royston again"
There was sharp silence; the
blood mounted slowly to Elizabeth's
face till she was scarlet to the roots
of her hair, and her lips moved
twice before she could frame any
words.
Then she said: "I-T don't want
to meet him, thank you"
Dolly made an impatient gesture.
Don't be silly! You do, l know
you do. Why have you come to
London to learn dancing if you don't
want to meet him? My dear, I can
see through you; I wasn't born yes
terday. If it's mother you're afraid
of, she won't know; III work it for
you, and | won't tell anyone"
Elizabeth drew her hand away.
She felt bitterly ashamed, because
she knew that there was tingle of
truth in what Dolly had said, but
she answered steadily:
Thank you. | don't want to meet
him, and | certainly am not going to
learn dancing with him. Buff
you're really in trouble l can let
you have Is pounds if you will pay
me back. If l was rich I'd give it
to you gladly, and more besides, but
that 100 is all l have in the world.
81 said I would pay you back;
surely you can trust me
Elizabeth answered simply. "If l
lid not, / don't think I would let you
have it. | can't afford to lose it, you
see"
Dolly gave a sigh of relief. "You
lnow you look quite pretty with yout
lair down." she said condescending.
Y. why do you screw it up so?
It looks frightful." She rose, stretch
ID her white arms and yawned
well, when can | have the money
?"
Elizabeth hesitated. "If you really
want it" she said at last "I've only
got SO pounds with me-, Mr.. Junkers
would not let me have it all at once.
will give you rs.
She thrust her hand beneath the
pillow and brought out a wad OF
totes. Dolly stared.
Heavens! Do you carry it about
With you?" she asked.
Il thought it SAFEST Elizabeth ex-
blamed.
She counted half the notes into
Ter cousins hand, and Dolly tucked
hem away into the low bodice of
ier white and silver frock
You're dear she said: "and
III pay you back the very minute
can, you may be sure, and-you 7
Won't tell mother, will you:'
NO" I.
Good night, then
Good night" :
But after Dolly had gone Eliza !
'eth could not sleep; she lay, star
ng into the darkness, haunted by 1
Ier cousins offer.
I'll take you to tea where you
sill meet Pat Royston again" :,
And she had refusedl
She could almost hear the heavy Q