The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1923-04-20
INSTALLMENT NO. 5.

be Off. He found the chauffeur wait
ing. John hesitated a moment, then
said:
You can go. Henry, I'll walk"
Swinging along Fifth avenue,
John Emerson thought many things.
If she did not really care for him
why had she asked him such a ques-
itn? This was the life he had always
wanted to lead. Here he was, a real,
live human being. romance within his
grasp. Love. he felt. was there, too.
The quick. pulsating events of the
day, the strange. weird sensations of
the night. Life Life all about
What girl How beautiful How
sympathetic! The theaters! How he
loved to sit beside her. This was
what he wanted. A little brightness
fling at youth again He was
supremeIy happy.
These thoughts filled his mind even
as he turned the corner of Forty-third
street and neared the Biltmore. They
were still flaming. when he reclined
in an easy chair and heard the tinkle
of his telephone.
"Mees Glira, eet ees," the valet an
nounced.
And when John took his telephone |
be heard again the voice of the won
derful girl.
'All right" he said at last, "at /
the races tomorrow. I can't think of
anything I'd rather do than go along
with you Surely, I'll be with you
Goodnight"
But as he uttered the last word his
glance fell upon picture of visit
ful-eyed woman of thirty-eight set in
a small frame ON a table across the
room.
Mary" he gasped, in hoarse
He sat there long, gazing
in the picture. AS his eyes rested l
on her own he seemed to see in them
yelling tears, questions, fear. Not
once could he find resentment, al
though he searched with all his might
or this Finally he dropped his gaze. v
Then his hands went to his forehead, Il
md he sat there more than an hour, OF
linking over all the strange hap ll
Jennings of his VISIT in New York, of ST
iloria and OF Mary. st
After while he Strengthened, "a
)oked solemnly into the picture and IN
aid in tones SO audible that the valet WI
anne peeping from behind the door III
ay. KIN
"Oh, Mary, my dear-just one re-
lore day. Just tomorrow at the oil
ices, and then I'll come home" ey'
The following day the sun shone COZ
rightly, and as John and Gloria wa
ok their places in the great grand
and surrounded by the elegance rem
hich New York alone can supply to the
o sport of kings all the world ter
emed gay. the
AS the prancing, restless horses he
ok their places at the post, roars era
applause went up from the throngs, low
d Gloria. in her excitement, tugged nid
ray at her escorts arm until John laos
nerson felt he would be forced to v
spond. He did not know how he
uld do it, He only turned to her
d said:
Gloria, you are wonderful"
She seemed not to hear him, and
again took up his glasses, the
10 AZ, tsn Oh -
the great crowd. Not more than
snty feet away from him, he be-
an interesting scene An elderly
pie sat there. AS the getaway
roached. he saw the little old man
, excitely from his seat and emit
great hurrah for his chosen horse
he did this his wife chagrlned
reached UP and caught
husbands coat. dragged him
into his chair. John saw by
look on the faces of the two
wife was scolding a husband.
here were John and Mary again,
thought. The husband filled with
desire to see life and appreciate
the wife bent upon destroying
y illusion, every hope, every spark
cal enjoyment which might come
way. He resented this. He want
o tell her so. He pitied the poor
} old man who had been SO
ly suppressed.
lrning now to Gloria John saw
rise like a frail, wonderful bird
oh her arms wide and cry out in
enthusiasm as the riders raced