Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-19
- The
Dancing Master

Dy RUBY AYRkA
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Rayston. except In Elitzbeih's eyes.
save perhaps his remuneration oi her
love, but . woman's ideals are, amer
all, set by her own requirements
rather than by any standard OF per-
lection, and 80 II Was with Eiits'
beth.
shs loved him; she wanted him.
aud nobody else in the world could
ever take his place. She had only
desired success to please HIM, ard by
the irony OF fate ], wSs because OF
linn that she had failed
As vet she only vaguely realized
what il meant, and that now she Mas
entirely dependent upon Farmer iof
her future; ior the moment she Was
a prey 10 her o~n desperate nnhap.
piness and longing.
Then Mime. senesiis arrived. zih
miserable scenes OF rage and yitupeta-
ton began all over again. when
Farmer tried 10 interfere and stem
the tide Of her ,oluhllily. madame
rounded on HIM,
She said that he was greatly 10
blame Tor Elizabe,h's ienominons
failure: she fAsed up aud down the
room. running her fingers through
her cropped hair iranlieally.
"You spoil her: you are a tooi. 4
great big TOOL also.' she screamed at
linn. "Will she try: VIII she Work
when she knows you are there wait
ing Tor her to just drop into The arms
YOU hold out. She iail. and Y do not
matter. She do not care. You take
her: bu, Tor me. what is there Tor
me- | have failure. what would
YOU. Ny good name II is gone: II Is
down in the dust. No more am
famous: no more they come TO me;
1 have 10 leave London. am
ashamed. The duchess she never ASK
me 10 her house again. Oh, eould
kill myselff
.You're talking rubbish" Farmer
said cur,ly. you're not ruined. Any
one could see that il was pure nerv-
rusness on Elizabeth's part. shc
started well enough, and she will try
again some other time, and all sha'
we prophesied for her will come
true. She is not well: have seen a
change in her for weeks past. we
ourh, no, to have subjected her TO
the strain tonight" =.
He stood beside Elizabeth. his
arm on her chair, his eyes dehant
Madame snapped her fingers mn
pudcntly in his face. You are rich.
For YOU il is Messing. nossingv she
declared. "You lose money; you
have more, but ! have none. ! de-
ptnd on what can get as from
you. but not again will ! take her.
and she looked at Elizabeth with
savage eyes. mot again | take a
second risk; not all the money in
London will buy the work OF Vic
,orine Sencstis a second time She
bent closer TO Elizabeth. "You go;
YOU leave my house." she said.
Farmer stif1ed an oath; his face
vas purple with rage. you're
mad; you're out OF your mind" he
said hoarsely. "How dare you
speak to her like this? Hasn't she
gone through enough1 And now
YOU threaten to turn her out OF the
house. You will do nothing Of the
sort-you hear. Elizabeth will stay
until take her away as my wife"
Madame shrugged her shoulders.
She walked over to table, found a
cigaret and lit it with shaking
fingers. Alter few puffs she was
ouieter. She wiped her hot face.
80, that u it," she said. very
well, now we know. She stay here
till you marry her, but you marry
her quick and take her away. /
have no room in my house for lit
tic fool who get frightened because
there are crowd and many eyes"
"She will stay here till | can mar
ry her." Farmer said obstinately,
"and you may rest assured that It
will be as quickly as possible"
He knew Nine. Senestis well;
knew that in her present mood she
held all his money - nothing: her
pride was damaged: she considered
that her prestige had irrcvocably
suffered, and that was thing she
could not forgive.
Elizabeth listened apatheicaily;
Farmers words conveyed very little
10 her: she only realized that he was
kind, and that in him she seemed to
have a friend. When presently he
told her it was time she went to bed
aud that he. would settle with Nine.
Sencstis and come again in the
morning, she obcyed without ques-
ton.
She went up to her room and
tried to unfasten her frock. but its
iastcnii,gs were obscure, and she
felt too tired to trouble. She was
still wearing it. sitting on the side
OF the bed, her eyes fixed on the
floor, when. an hour later. Nine
Scnestis came into the room.
Madame looked triAe ashamed
and her voice was kinder when she
spoke to Elizabeth. Neil Farmer
had presented her with handsome
check for the loss she chose to con-
slider she had suffered that night
and she was beginning to realize
that. after all, it would be foolish te
quarrel with him; he was an inhu.
entail as we'll as a rich man.
You stay here" she begar
abruptly. you 60 to bed and sleer
like good girl. We are friend.
again--hey?"
Elizabeth raised her eyes, bu
made no answer. and madame wen
on: "You are fortunate. Mr.
Farmer, he love you very much, h
make you his wife, he marry 20,
quick" she laughed hastily. "Yo'
marry him to pay all the many deb
you owe him"
A painful color crept into Eliza
bcth's pale face.
"The debt I owe him." she echoe,
almost stupidity; then with rus
she remembered the money she ha
borrowed from him for Enid San
ger. and afterwards for Roystor