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CHAPTER Lv Continued,

CHAPTER 1V Continued
His motto had been. 60 after what
YOU want and bring It home,' He
who had not often come back foiled.
: prided himself on being a go.gctter
He wanted Mem and he went after
her. He was willing even to bring
her home.
CHAPTER LEX
There was no difficulty about
meeting Mem for a man whose name
smelled of millions honestly amazsed
and gracefully dispersed.
Austin Boas came humbiy to rfem
10 pay his respects. and his enorm-
Gus name made her tremble as her
bisuue daintiness set him aquiver.
He was shy, ashamed Of his own
lack Of heroic beauty; and Mem was
dazsd to find herself feeling sorry
for him. Pity was q dangerous
MOOD for her.
Boas gazed at her with eyes as
hungry and as winning as tho eyes
OF the dog Strongheart- Like the dog.
he was earning wealth that he could
not spend for his own happiness. And
yotiou. He would give his life to one
who would rub his head.
IL Boas had had any lurking
thought of dazzling Mem into a mer-
Scenary submission to his caprice. he
never revealed 1t
He was not at all the vicious capi-
taIist she had read about and seen
so much film. bribing poor gels to
dishonor.
He sent her flowers but they were
pretty and appealing rather than ex-
pensive. He made no proffer Of Jew
elry. never suggested money. Life,
she found. rarely ran true to fiction.
Mrs. steddon was usually in the
offing, and Boas may have thought
that she was one OF those canny
mothers who try to force rich gal
Isnts into matrimony. But when
Mrs. Steddon was out of sight Mem
was a little moro elusive h ever.
Boas revealed to her phases of op-
ulence that she had eve imagined.
The most striking thing about them
10 her was that they were not SO very
opulent, after all. His home was
eomber and dull. his servants cozy DC
ne4ghbors. his own manner humble
His art gallery, when he led her and
her mother into II, was severe, q
mere background for paintings, and
after all, not many paintings there.
Mem knew nothing about tho virtues
of what she saw ana she cried out
equally over the things he had
bought by mistake and the happy
investment. Tho Boa automobile.
which carried them to and from
their hotel was a good car. but OK
ceedingly quiet. Mem had ridden In
a dozen in Los Angeles that were far
more gorgeous
He might have won Men via pity.
IL he had not tried to win her from
her career. He was a monopolist by
Inheritance. and he wanted all there
was CT Mem.
He promised her everything that
money could buy or love could pro
nose. with the one proviso that n
none should not % her own earn
ing. but his gift. and that h public
should see her no more
Mrs. Stecdon was all for him. She
pointed out to Mem how GOOD the
Lord was in sending her such a eaten
-she emphasized h good she could
do with millions-the poor she couio
feed and ,clothe-the churches
could adorn or build-the missions
she could endow. But a parents rec
Communication is the poorest character
a lover can possess. Contradictory
'torments wrung Mems heart she
was human enough to covct a n
the hauteur Of money. but she had
outgrown the aoihty to entay. or
.ven snoure, the old-fashioned para
.itsm of the woman who takes and
takes and takes
Girl. had decided that It was no
longer flattery or good wooins 70 pc
offered a life Of nonentty. "ho
wanted to DO anybody1 silly curry.
~,ooks7-and accept a. a oompnmsnt
the promise, Thou shalt not WASH
dishes MOI yet feed the swine. but SIT
on a cushion and sew a I'm seam
and feed upon Strawberries. sugar
and cream-"
Boas had one terrific rival. the
naany-ho6ded monster.
It Ia not hard, TO scduoe an aeues
from the stage. but It Is hard TO Keep
her off. Tnere is a courtship that
the public alone can offer. and no
one man can give her as u ap-
plause as a nightly throng. That FORM
of polyandry is irresistible to most OF
the women who have been lucky
enough to got on the stage or n
screen and TO win success there.
Ono day Bermond summoned her
to his New York office and said
eHow about getting 10 work AGAIN.
I've got a great story fer you and
they need you at the studio. On your
way back on can make personal ap'
peerances at -four or five cities, but
IT'S back on h Job for on. eh? That's
right That's a good girlI'
Bermond offered Mem neither ease
nor devot,on-except devotion to her
publication. He offered her toll and
wages. h~ar6ships and discomfort
sleepiess malaise and bad press no
tees.
And she could have flung her arms
about him and kissed him.
Austin Boas was at the station 10
see Mem off. For his last hin he
filled her drawing room with flowers
poor things that dropped and died and
yyers flung from the platform by h