niK JIKK: OMAHA, NATUKDAY, MA1MJ11 ti, l'Jlo.
11
In the Gloaming
By DOROTHY DIA.
After all, moat houco parties are rola
tekes. One sees people at too close
range. Only the very young care to
look - at the stage through opera
STlasse. or to know
their acquaintance
intimately. When
one arrive at the
year of discretion
cine la Kind to cherish
r ctne'a Illusion and to
, know one's friends
without knowing
tlrolr secrets.
Nevertheless, I nc
rerted tlie Imitation
when AlUia asked
me to be one of a
party that she was
entertalnlnK at The
Beeches. There were
several pretty girls
staying with her,
some u n attached
men, and Tom Mor
ton and h!s I. ride.
"Good heavers!" I said" to Alicia the
ftrst night of my visit, aa she rame to
; my room In her dressing gown for a
talk, "what made you ask her?"
"nceause I couldn't ask him without
her," she replied.
"Even you." with 1
must see that " I
' withering cmphas's
Oh. I suppose so," I answered Alston-
olately. "hut why the balance of ua
have to da pennance when an adorable i
man marrle a sheep woman, or an n- j
tram-lug woman marries a human stick j
of a man. I don't know. We didn't com-
mlt the crime, asd we ought not hnve to j
suffer for It. It's a beastly unjust law
. nf ancletv thai makea us have to out un
with nice pcople'a detrlmentnts."
"True," replied Alicia, "but." brighten- "ne s n wmow.
Ing up, "after all, she Isn't as bad as I "Oh, Mrs. Graham," said one woman,
anticipated"' , ("aren't you inhumed to expose us to
never hod your power of Imaglna- such a danger?" ' I
tlon,1' I fetumed. "I never expected any- ' "Hew long has her husband been dead?"
thins worse han the, reality." . ; uked another. -"Has she begun to take
"Afen't we a little unjust lo her?" be- ' notice yet?" 1
gan Alicia. "I am sure she seems very! Alicia began to frown. "Do you know,"
gcod" ; sho said sweetly, "that such things are
,' The 'Virtue. of a potato,". I Interrupted, j shocking when said of Mary Overby?
sctmfuily. . fc'he h been a widow for several years.
"And as for her belnj homely" put' In '
Altca. I
,"Jt .Un't the ugliness," I . returned. "I;
never ob.'ect to that in other women. On
th ejnlraty, it 'endears them to me. The
pia:nr.r tno better,, hat sets my nerve
on edge . rtr .rearty-rnadcrieee. You feel
4ha& rhe got hor' opinions, and her re- 1
llglon. and her clothe, ail ready. made ''
.from ths. best people, and that they ar- j
all thoroughly .orthodox. !. don't sup- i
Vrtc ....she. .ever wore a Vtmono, op ate a
th.nf Mint wag Indigestible, or had aa
original siiv Impulse in her life."
."She. I always so calm and collected,"
began' Alicia. ;,
"That's JuM It," I -sa'd, "you couldn't
get up an argument with her to save
ynrr life. And. she'd nlwaya be fatally
right If 'you' did. Juut fancy the misery
of. be'nE,. married lo n person - who
wouldn't quarrel with .you?' ' ' .''
''She Is a queer c'ol. (for a manw'Hh
Torn fiery dlspostaori ttr Lhave "mfcaiC 1
Alicia admitted, "but !t waa a fine match
for him, and showed that ha had-tnora
practical , sense than we ' supposed V
"Tou mean she had'aJu of mertef,'' I
eald hruroJly. ' ; -V. ..
"Do you think Tom o you thing tha
money Influenced him ?T Alicia asked.
"No, I don't," I said -hotly, because In
my heart I was sure U had.' Tou see, I
have known Tonl and loved him since ha
was a allp of a lad",' and ao I felt that I
had tha right to rata hla wife If I
wtnjted to.' . ..
"He is such a brlllant fellow," pur
uad Alicia, calmly, "and, er-er-though
hla wife Isn't exactly aulta ar-er-ona of
lit, you know . I was glad to hear that
', he had. married a woman, with money,
nd . she's got bags of It. He needed only
a little, .help at the . beginning of hla
career,' and they cay he's quite sura of
Ms nomination for congress now.
. "She doesn't fire my fancy,".! said, pre
tending to stlffle a yawn, "bnt no donbt
he. la jnadly Hn lo e with her. I am told
Maereare people who actually prefer mush
and jnllK
, t"Ah,":.repUed Alicia, hopefully
1. "aHe'ij
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EIGHTH EPISODE.
Her Husband's Enemies.
CHAPTER II (Continued.)
When June eame into "Mrs. VlUard'
room tiie . conversation again atopped
'abruptly, but the group no Im
mediately. .
"Oh, see the pretty nuraie!" hailed
Cunningham. And June glanced down la
embarrassment.
In that moment of her downcaat eyea
Tommy Thomas and Mrs. Vlllard, Blye
and Edwards, all glanced at Cunningham,
Ha flushed and walked nervously over
to the window.
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be the making of him. She'll discipline
him." "But I dont want him disciplined."
I said crossly, as I put her out ot the
room. "That was the charm of him. You
never knew what he would do next."
It waa perhnpa a week after this that
we were sitting one evening In the gloam
ing. There waa a glow of a wood fire
burning Itself on the hearth, and the
tinkle of spoons against teacups, and
Tom at the piano singing. He had Just
sung a passionate love song, full ot
despair and longing and hopelessness.
When It ended there was utter silence for
a minute, and then' a man stirred In his
long chair.
"Tom can draw the tacks out of tha
carpet when he tings like that," he aaid.
with an attempt at flippancy.
. "I dlsllUo all such songs and the man
ner In which Tom sings them very
much," said T6m's wife, disapprobation
In her voice. They ei seem almost Im
proper." "You are always right," Tom replied
with mocking bitterness, I thought. "Now
the sentiment of that song, commends It
self neither to your Judgment nor your
morals. Why should a man cat his heart
out for love of the woman he can get?
A fool, isn't he?"
"t do not care to discuss such topics,"
rc"" ,onlB w,l- H"r-
11 wat iUBt minute thsf Alicia
eniereu. waing a yellow telegram j
in the "lr- j
"After all. she is coming.; int It too
delightful?" she said.
" "l"'! know whether It 's or not" !
I replied, seelnc I haven't the slightest j
,(,pa wh he is." j
"Why, it's Mary Overby. She is the I
most fsscinnting woman I ever met." !
said Alicia, bv way of explanation "and j
fer at that goes, hut it Isn't that!
which set's her apart from other women!
and gives her a look of I don't know
what a fort of exalted spiritual rxpres-
L"lcn as of one who has talked fa-e td
face with rrlef, and been sanct'fied by
It. She never mentions It. but I found
"t quite by chance that she had had a
"lory In her life that was a romance."
Tom's hard fell with a discordant I
crash on tlf- key's of the piano and hla
i180 turned white. "Dont tell." he said
all the a.orlea worth Veiling were told
ages ago." :
"This isn't mnoli of one."- said Alicia,
"and I suppose It's rather commonplace
affer all. It was lust thnt Mary was
married when- but a mere child to a dull,
commonplace man that she outgrew. Bhe
lived with lilm comfortably enough, how
ever, until one day they walked Into her
monotoua life js young man who was,
one might say' the other, half of her
-soul. , Nek her one dreamed of any danger
until It was" too late. " Then he went
away, and Mary took up the burden of ;
life again, hut her heart waa broken."
."Vow that she la free, perhaps he -f 11 j
nvMid It. Hearts are easily patthed when j
one knoas how to do It," suggested one !
of the men." !
"No." said Alicia. "It was a double'
tradegy. There waa aome woman who
waa crasy after him and she waa a good j
match, and ho waa desperate, and felt j
n. no waa none wiin love anyway,
and In the aort.of revulsion that often
comes to a man who has missed the
woman ha wants, ke married the woman
who wanted hinC 'If Is curious, but I've
never heard who was the hero of Mary's
romance, and I'd g-Ive anything to -know."
"Tom," -1 aald sharply. "I left my fan
In the drawing room. Will you find It
for ana?" - - - -
Tha next morning when ha came down
to breakfast Mrs.- Norton told up that
Tom had received a letter calling him to
town, and that he had left on an early
train. She aaid that she waa glad to sea
that he' was putting business before
pleasure and that there waa nothing like
marriage to settle a mam
it at the Movies.
'Reallv the enstume la null harnmln
to you," he added In a tone he had never
used to her before, one of extravagant
respect.
Indeed it Is, dear," safd Tommy
Thomas. Sha siiooeH an irm a.mimji
June's waist protectlngly, and Mrs. Vll
lard gioncea up at her . companion with
moist eyea. '
"Well, well see you later." aald T. J.
Edwards, with a rlumn iii.mni
heartiness, and. rising, he bowed to the
Iadlea "If there's anything I can do let
me know." His small eves roved tn
June, but there wss no natmnlcin
fatherly glance In them and no disposi
tion to pat her on the ahoulder.
June was pussled. There seemed to be
a distinct change in the attitude of all
tlicae people toward bar. TeatorH.. ..-
had pursued her with a mocking cer-
taiuiy in wr.icn there waa an underlying
Inenlenre. bti inw fK. j ,
" . --'iiru m nave
lost that note of overfamillsrity, and she
llkea the change. Only Blye was tha
same. Hla black eyea glowed when they
rested upon her, and he atlll wore his
suave smile, though somehow he Beamed
more irsnn. June found herself aud-
I rfulllw Ulm I -1- ,r , .
ui.' r anayaeo man.
As she turned to smooth Mrs. Vlllards
pillows Uo three men axchanaed
and the suavely smiling Gilbert BIya
stroked hla blade Vandyke. ThV tnni
their eyes as by one accord to the beau-
m ui runaway bride.
Ned Warner at tha v.i-v Mwmn ( -
which BIya and his crowd ha3 hanged
their tactics toward Juna was. after In
terminable red tape, securing the address
of the owner of car No. Manor, and, that
secured, ha hurried out to the beautiful
home-of Mrs. Vlllard up the Hudson. II
came to it by the lower road and. as he
approached -the house he na'w M.ri. i.
the, sloping hillside garden. He stepped
n the shelter of the wall to consider. A
few dajVago his. first impulse ahoulj
have been to. rush un tn .! nt
j her and compel her to tell a-tiat she
knew, but Marie had proved herself to
An Age-Old
Little maid and woman-grown the unwise and the one verged
In the labrlntu of Love'i winding ways has alnce Cleopatra turned
compelling eyea on Antony and tried to keep him always by her side
In unambitious dreaming (and before and since) elnce little brown
girls on the river that flows through the crumbled Garde of Eden
laid wistful lands on Love's departing shoulder and drew him back
Vtll now, when feminine kind wears ruffles and little black hats with
grotesque funnies in them, fawn-tops on their shoes and their hair
sleeked up as though they were scard from all times until now, woman
clips the wings of Eros thinking this will hold him fast content!
But. oh! It doesn't not ever work! Ix)ve with clipped wings
develops the mad yearning to sneak! If he can't fly the fence, he'll
crawl under, even W be never dreamed of leaving before. For love
will go bis way, mind you whatever you do. His dreams come from
nowhere, made of the fragile gold of bis mind! In ardor he clings
close to your heart, content to let the world go spinning past. If he
saunters out to clear his brain of dreams and mix in common things
be a slippery customer.- She had denied
knowing Ned on his first meeting with
her after, the runaway; she had denied
knowing earnest and easer and black
Aunt Dcbby when that faithful servant
of June's mother had happened upon
Marie tn the market, and only yesterday
Marie had run away from the entire
family, taking June'e collie. Bouncer.
with her. There was little to be gained
from Marie. If Ned wore, able to force
himself In and search the houae Juna
would be hidden by soma one or be
helped to escape, aa had happened yester
day at the Widow O'Keefe's and also at
the Bond Securities building and every
where else. So there was but one thing
to do to conceal himself about the
grounds until June herself should appear.
He adopted that course, and the weary
hours dragged on, noon, afternoon, even
ing With tha duak the luxurious limousine
of Gilbert Blye left the hospital, and In
Its brilliantly lighted comfort sat the
precious June and Mrs. , Vlllard. Tommy
Thomas, Orln Cunningham and Gilbert
Blye. Strange what a difference this
day had made in June's feeling toward
theaa people. They liked her. If their
view a of Ufa were not her views she
could keep her own. They seemed to
have discovered that she meant to re tain
her ways of thinking and living, and It
was so much nicer since they had ap
parently acknowledged this. ' Now her
work sa companion to Mrs. Vlllard would
be much more pleasant. They were chat
ting la gay. comradeship as they Irew
near the Vlllurd home.
Ned Warner, as the shadea ot night
drew In, ventured Into the Vlllard garden
Decree &
But
Never
and nearer the houae. Aa ho crept up to
ward the back porch tne door opened,
and June's collie came bounding out for
an evening run. Bouncer had no sooner
hit the open than lie gave a loud yelp
and came tearing straight In Ned's direc
tion. ' He jumped mad circles around Ned,
leaped upon htm, barking hla loudest wel
come, ran halfway up to the houae, ran
back to bark hla Joy at Ned again and
started to bring Marie!
He had no need to go all the way.
Maria had come out on the rear porch
to see what was the matter with Miss
June's pet, and tha lights from the hours
glistened on her high cheek bones and
her liberal supply of gums.
Ned had stepped back among tbe buahes
with the . hope of edging himself ever the
wall' before Marls could arrive. To his
surprise, however. Maxle, though she
looked down In that, direction, did not
come. Bhe called Bouncer, and together
they went Into the house. Ned took ad vantage
of Maria's Indifference snd of
Bouncer's confinement to slip rlosrr and
look In at the windows, front, side aad
rear. The lower floor was brightly Illum
inated, and the front porch light was
lit, as If some one were expected. June!
Some Instinct told Ned that she was com
ing. He concealed himself behind the
shrubbery near tha porte-cochere and
waited.
Suddenly he Involuntarily tensed him
self. Wheels were approaching. Then a
brilliantly lighted limousine sped Into
sight, and a It , turned the curve Ned
saw In It his beaut'ful runaway bride.
Over her was bending tha dark, hand
some face of the black Vandyked Gilbert
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m A Wjj0$&mm
Clipping . Eros
Held Him Yet
for a little while, if his heart Is yours, he will sail back to dream
again and eat your salt.
But of the gold of bis dreams tarnish, and his gase and feet
wander, and he soars out of your garden on freedom bent all you
may do Is. remember that hla own mother said be was a villain (though
very sweet!), and forget him softly. If be be ardent and faithful,
eager for his nook In your heart, give him the world for his play
ground, bold him aloft to the winds of the earth, and bid him gayly go
where he will this love will hug your knees. If he be of a roving eye
and wandering fancy, give hirn the same , wide world. Perhaps he
will linger wondering about the state of your heart, fearful for his
plare at your feast-table, anxious for his own tiny rose-yard since you
opened the gate to him!
But don't clip his wings! For the best Danny that ever was, who
never dreamed any more than to look through the knothole of his
fence, will grow a mad desire to get away. He'll burrow out If he can't
shin the wall! NELL BRINKLEV.
Advice to Lovelorn
Prort Voir Character.
I sm at present employed by a large
wholesale coal company, earning a fairly
food salary, and have excellent prospects,
am ii and contemplate marriage.
I am dearly In love with a young lady
whose parents object to my attentions,
although we do hsve secret meetings, and
I am positive we know each other's mind.
Through some unknown channel her par
ent have heard rumors regarding my
character which are absolutely fabie. Hor
parents will not conunt to our mar
riage. As we sre both of age, would you
adviite an elopement? We are deolrous of
having the ceromony performed on
Thanksgiving day, the twenty-ninth an
nlvcrnary of my mother's wedding day,
"DOC" NICKKllHON.
If the girl's parents have heard rumors
regarding you character, how likely are
they to feel that these reports are fale
if you persist In meeting their daughter
clandestinely T Go to them frankly and
ask for a chance to disabuse their minds
regarding your failings. Tell them that
they love their daughter and you do, too;
Blye, his eyes glowing and on his lips
that despicable smile. '
With an oath Ned stepped forward. At
last his moment had arrived. Within
another Instant as Oilbert , Blye helped
June from the Hmousme Ned would have
the scoundrel by the throat.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
$ By Nell Brinklcy
t'opyright. Intern'! Nems Service.
By Beatrice
Fairfax
that you are as anxious for her happiness
aa they arc, and that you want a chance
to prove that it will be assured with
you as her huaband. Don't elope. Be
tween now and your mother's allver anni
versary you can win the faith and truat
I feel you deserve.
Uos'f Flirt.
Desr Miss Fairfax: I am IX. My par
nt. to whom I ant devoted, have not as
much money now aa formerly. Therefore
our home Is not aa nice aa It waa.
, lately I have bevoBMi lonesome because
all my girl friends have men friends, but
most of them become acquainted through
flirtation. This I have never practiced
bncausn I know It Is not right and I have
too much self-respect, but I am very
sorry to say 1 have been tempted to ob
tain friends this way. a. w.
Don't worry about tha shabblness ot
your home. You letter shows refinement
and culture and you are surely tbe sort
of girl who will be admired by discrimin
ating people and 'won for herself alone.
Don't flirt. You are not the sort of girl
who could so lower her standards with
out suffering from a feeling ef self-abasement
aad august. Keep up te your ewe
best standards In everything, and If you
are ashamed of a little., honest and re
spectable poverty, think how you would
suffsr at the consciousness of common
and ordinary actions that mads you seem
a poor sort ef girl to the men you met.
The
Free Will
Marriage
Ily ADA rATTEKSOX.
A former president of the I'nlted Ststes
has been arguing for the free wilt mar.
riage.
Yes. there sre two kinds of marriage,
that of free will and
that of necessity; tho
one made from
choice, the other be
r auii one must. This
is his description of
the Tree will mar
riage: I wish that every
woman In the world
were so situated tnat
she did not think It
was necessary for
her to marry It she
did not want to. This
Is a proposition that
I am nreuared t i de-
'fend agnirst all com
ers. I would have
the matter so or-
ranged that the women when they come
, decide and make their choice, should
hsve a full nnd free choloa. and tpiet can
i ha waehed when they are put In a
situation where that which they choos
II. not a life they select because It Is bet
ter than aome that they expect, imi -that
they look forward to with unmUsd
! happiness. .
1 ..i .k.ii irtve mv daughter as good an
education as I can," he said, "so that
sho shall marry only when ah chooses
to marry and not because of circum
stances. '
This is the best modern parental at
titude. You who are prince today may
he pnuper tomorrow. Let your daughter
be tralnsd to do something- which can i
supply a community with necessities i
rather than luxurlea. The first pinch of !
hart times Is fetl by the purveyors of
luxuries Theaters are closed. Thearrlcal
managers fall. Actors salaries are cut
SO per cent. The concert singer finds
herself without engagement. .Women
who have their dresses made do without
chiffon dsncing frocks and limit them
selves to serges for the street and last
'winter's dancing gown made over for a
house drees. The man who had an auto
mobile last year sells It or at least keeps
the old model and marches resolutely
past the factory where this year a model
is displayed. The girl whs took piano
lessons and French last year may have
to dlspcuse- .with hnn hla.
ho while a girl may be rich In the ac
complishments, she would better ground
heraeir In enough of domestic science to
keep a boarding or lodging .house, or
enough of dressmaking to keep a shop, or
enough management to keep a tea room,
or enough of hat trimming to keep a
millinery shop. For food and shelter and
clothes and hats we must 'have.
Such training wilt banish from a'glrl's
heart the great misgiving, the fear that
she will not be able to earn her dally
bread. It will make a girt free to marry
t ha man she wishes to marry, ot '. to
marry no man at all.
"If every girl were trained to follow
soma occupation, which, If followed. Will
make her Independent ot marriage as a
means of support, aha need not marry
except In obedience to tha dictates ef her
heart. Today many a young woman
marries because aha reasoned, 'I may
never have another chance. This one
will have to support ma, and If I Can't
atand my lire wun mm i can aivorce
him.'
"Such a marriage carries In Itself tha
seed of separation. I believe one ef the
most frequent causes of divorce is just
thts entrance Into the marriage stata for
some ether reason than love.".
It Is a strong argument, this by a for
mer chief executive of our nation. Think
It over, you mother, and you father, and
decide to give your girl notonly as good
an education as possible, but a training
In aome means of. livelihood. This not
only to enable her. If she marries, to
marry a man aha loves, for you may be
one of those unromantio folk who think
that doesn't much matter. But give her
this ohance, to that she may not add
! another Item to the work of the busy
divorce courts, for you do want your
daughter's marriage to be a lifelong one,
don't you?
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