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rtas
By Mr, and Mrs.
. Rupert Hughes
ELEVENTH INSTALLMENT.
Aroused from its winter sleep,
David's country house was aglow
with good cheer. Gloria, her father,
Doctor Royce and David and Lois
hadVome up to play for a little, to
throw off the family tragedy and the
formal duties of their city life, and to
forget them boisterously in the open.
For men and women resting in the
shadow of a crime they behaved
strangely like children turned out in
the yard to play after a rainy day's
imprisonment. They ran through the
house shouting hilariously to one an
other as they found their skates and
wtaps for a trip to the frozen swim
ming pool. The dogs added greatly
to the excitement by loud barkings
of. "Come on out." and by a remark
able gift for getting in the way.
No one played harder than Gloria.
She was trying to convince the others
that she had put the mourning off
her mind as well as her body. She
wanted to find out what her people
were concealing from her, and why.
' The Stafford family lark was soon
invaded by neighbors. A tobogan
ing party f'om another country
house appeared. There were no invi
tations or only mumbled words, for
ceremony had no place among flying
snowballs, and dignity, could riot be
kept up after a bump on the ice.
Gloria found herself the victim of
the attentions of a large jovial man
whose playfulness was a little too
heavy for her liking. She was. about
to snub him when someone casually
alluded to him as Frank Mulry.
Gloria staggered in the snow at
meeting thus by chance the man she
had tried in vain to overtake in
town. Mulry, never imagining who
she was, thought that she had slipped
on the icy snow; he put out his hand
to catch her. Mulry was always ready
"for flirtation. Preparedness was1 Mul
ry's motto.
Gloria studied him a moment. This
was the i partner of her murdered
lover) He was too amiable of mien
to be accusablsbf such a crime. She
acquitted him of wishing to do away
with Freneau. In fact, the papers
(aid that Freneau's death had nearly
wrecked the firm. Mulry did not look
. bankrupt. Gloria did not know that
her father had given a large sum of
money to Freneau a few days before
hi death and that Mulry was living
on that
There was a shifty flippancy in
' Mulry 's eyes and manner that made
Gloria distrust him. She felt a little
added distrust of her dead lover for
having such a man as a 'partner. The
hateful proverb about "birds 1 of a
feather" ran through her mind like
a tune. In, any case, here at last? was
(he man she sought, and she was im
patient to question him. There were
too many people on the crest of the
hill to permit of conversation there.
So she dared him to a toboggan
ride.
He accepted. ' She got1 aboard and
he steered. They swooped like a
descending airship. But at the foot
of the hill the toboggan careened
and slid Ihem deep into the drift be
fore it capsized.
Mulry, for all his bulk was agile
and he waa soon helping Gloria to
her feet. - , -
"Thank you a million times, Mr.
Muiry, sne said, -you saved me
from drowning in the snow.
He beamed and congratulated him
self on making such success with thii
pretty creature. He had not recog-
mzea ner. ne naa seen pnotograpns
of her in Freneau's possession and he
had teen her at the opera. But she
was disguised to him now by her
close-fitting cap, her rough sport
suit, and, most of all, by her coquet
tish smiles. Suddenly he had to leap
for his life to escape another scooting
toboggan. On it were David and Lois
and a young man from the same
house party of which Mulry was a
member.
"Hurt yourself, Gloria?" David sang
out.
"Did you get hurt, Miss Stafford?"
the other young man cried.
Gloria shook her head and called
after them, not noticing that Mulry's
eyes were popping snd his jaw droop
ing. He had pieced the name together.
"Gloria Stafford 1" He had come up
here to escape her and he had just
coasted down the hill with her, and
ahe knew his name! He remembered
Doctor Royce's warning of the danger
of meeting Gloria face to face. ,
He pretended to be suddenly ill.
He begged Gloria'a pardon and said
he must go home. He was too big
for Gloria to hold and she could not
run after him without attracting at
tention. She stood bewildered while
he got away.
Later she telephoned to his host
and asked to speak to him. She
learned that he had just taken a motor
to the train. .
Gloria forgot her suspicions of Lois
in her newer suspicions of this man
Mulry. He was evidently running
away from her. Therefore she must
pursue him. His flight waa evidence
of some mysterious guilt.
: Gloria cut short her visit to the
country and announced her intention
of going back to town at once. Her
father and brother were used to her
whims and did not oppose them now
adays out of pitylfor her.
The next morning Gloriaamade an
other journey to Mulry's office. She
went early to make sure of catching
him within business hours. The sten
ographer told her that Mr. Mulry had
gone to Palm beach the night before
with a rich client who had invited
him to be his guest.
Gloria was furious at this new es
cape. . She pondered it all the way
home. When she saw her father she
told him that he was not looking at
all well; he needed some golf and surf
bathing. He ought to go to Palm
bcath. He accepted the suggestion
heartily. He was more than willing
to undertake the goli-'and he was
eager to get Gloria out of the region
; of her sorrow. He was so worried
over her swift alternation of gloom
and gayety that1 he invited Doctor
Royce to come along as a member of
the family party. He did not have
to ask Royce twice.
Gloria had not been to Florida
during the last five years. To her it
was hot so much a flight from her
romance as a return to its birthplace.
It 'was at Palm beach that she had
netlter fate. It was there that she
had made her girlish escapade in
David's racing car, and wrecked it
in the everglades. - It was there that
she had wandered into the heart of
the wilderness and into the heart of
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the young Seminole chief who would
have forced her to be his squaw, if
her brave Freneau had not rescued
her from him. And now her lover,
who had escaped the dangers of the
jungle, had been stain on Riverside
drive; her romance had ended in van
ity and despair.
She found the pleasure paradise al
most the same.
A little more gorgeous, perhaps.
but all the gloomier fur that. She had
come from the white winter of the
north into the sudden July of Florida
and her heart ached anew remember
ing how love had bloomed in her life
under the tropical sun of Freneau's
eyes. It was like going over an old
album of souvenirs to revisit the
scenes of that faroff yesterday. The
same thronas seemed to be dancing
the same dances, bounding through
the same waves, still sipping their
tea under the palms ill the royal gar
dens of the Poinciana. '
She had almost forgotten her pur
pose in coming here when she caught
sight of Frank Mulry's broad back.
He was stepping briskly, he din not
know that he had caught sight of
her first and made off in disgust and
amazement at her translation to his
new retreat.
She dared not run after him and
she could not keep pace wtih him. She
lost him in the maze ot the bazaars.
Later she saw him stepping into one
of the rolling i chaira propelled by
darkies on wheels the familiar
"afromobiles" of Palm Beach.
Poor Mulry was winded by his
speed and he wanted to get to his
hosts cottage. But he caught a
glimpse-of Gloria also chartering an
afromobile." ,To his horror her ''af
romobile" made after his. He dared
not put back to his hotel, He ordered
his driver to turn down a bowered
path and to give him all the steam
the blacks could afford.
The motorman was vigorous, but
the passenger was heavy. Gloria was
light, but her African was weak. It
was anybody's race with, every pros
pect of a spill for one jockey or the
other, since the paths were filled
with dawdling strollers and the bicy
cle had come back into fashion.
Everywhere women in exquisite
dresses were roving about on pedals.
Dozens of "afromobiles" also clut
tered the racecourse. Now, Gloria
gained and was about to head off her,
man, when a messenger boy on
wheel cut in ahead and it was neces
sary for Gloria's chauffeur to back
pedal wildly or endure collision.
Mulry would ahoot ahead and re
joice at his triumph, only to find him
self in a tangle ofjedestrians. His
one-darky power machine began to
feel the effects of bis bulky- cargo.
Mulry applied gasoline in the form of
a dollar bill brandished ' in front of
popping eyeballs and that gave him
the advantage for a time. But even
money cannot - furnish everlasting
Dower, aid the heavv breathing back
of him told Mulry that his engine was
about to die.
He looked back and saw that Glor
ia's car had taken a wrong (turn and
shot down another avenuf. He gave
three silent cheer tor himself.
Thus ended one of the most blood
curdling rolling chariot races since
Ben-Hur's day. Mulry paid his ex
hausted man well and took the near
est way to the cottage where he was
guest He did not leave it that night,
and it was well, for Gloria hunted for
him everywhere.
She would not dance, though many
asked her. The music hurt her cruel
ly. She remembered how aha had
wanted to dance that moonlit night
So long ago, but had been put to bed
by her heartless governess. She re
membered how she had suffered till
she could bear it no longer, and she
had risen to dress in the dark and
steal out, leaving her governess
a-snore.
She had envied David his liberty
and had stolen the car that David
brought around so that he might take
Judge Freeman's daughter Lois for a
moonlight spin and spoon. Gloria
had not prevented David from niar
rving Lois, and she had run herself
into a aeries of adventures that had
promised everything wonderful only
to stop short in black disaster. Her
poor, brave, patient lover was gone
from her life already and she was
only 20. , i ,,
Frank Mulry did not dance that
night, either. He sat at hi window,
listening to the music, and wondering
how long this game of hide and seek
would last. He was tempted to go out
and surrender to thfs young girl who
waa stalking him with such relentless
stealth. .
But he thought of the money her
father had given to Freneau and he
was afraid he would have to give imp.
He thought of his share in Freneau s
trickery and the ugly look it would
have in court He beat his fat head
for some clever lie that would explain
everything gracefully, but no inspira
tion came and he went to bed like a
spanked and supperless child.
The next morning Mulry looked out
late upon the flood of sunlight gilding
the liquid emerald sea. The breakers
called to him. He could not resist the
summons. . He stole down a corridor
and along an unfrequented walk to a
bath house. He unpeeled his clothes
and saueezed into a bathinir suit and
so made into tiie ocean. Friends ojn.
nis lolling on the beach said that the
water rose when he went in and fell
when he came out. But Mulry was
happy. He wallowed and dived like
a porpoise till he was blissfully weary,
then he stretched himself on the sand
for an Oriental snooze. ' ,
He heard a voice that sounded
familiar. He sat up. Gloria was com
ing along the beach directly toward
him. In her sea clothes she was the,
approval of all eyes except Mulry's.
He did not make the mistake of the
ostrich. He buried his entire self in
the sand and tried to hold his breath
till Gloria got past. Luck was against
him and she casually stepped on him
as she crossed his equator.
When she had gone, he exhumed
himself hastily and made for the
water to clear off the sand that loaded
him. : Just as he set his toe in the first
froth, Gloria sighted him. He could
tell by her start that she recognized
him. He ran into the waves, she fol
lowed. He dived through the first
breaker and' a second and a .third.
When ne looked back she was not to
be seen.. He laughed and began to
float which was the easiest thing
he did.; Suddenly he saw a red turban
come throuKh the wall of a big billow.
Under it appeared Gloria's face. Mulry
struck out to sea. Gloria came crawl
ing after. He was astoaished to see
how well she swam. , But he swam
well, too. , , -.
He wondered if he would have to
cross the Atlantic and he regretted
the necessity of landing in Europe
with his bathing suit and nothing else.
He was still at some distance from
Europe when he suddenly felt a
twinge of pain in his ankle then in
his knee in both knees. He was
doubling up with cramp I He knew
real fear now. He looked back, to
shore and the far-off, misty crowd. He
shouted for help. Nobody heard him
except Gloria and he placed no re
liance in her. , - -
She called to him, but he was past
answering. Gloria had been raised as
an athlete and her brother David had
taught her how to rescue drowning
people. But her first practical demon
stration alarmed her. She had .not
counted on so huge a barge to take in
tow.
She set up a cry to shore. No one
heard ier. No one missed her except
one man. Dr. Royce was looking for
her. That was not strange. He was
almost always looking for her or at
her. . I'ierpJiit did not know where
she was. David and Lois had no idea
of her whereabouts. She was not
among the crowds on the beach.
Royce stared out into the farther
waters. He saw her turban or at
least he was afraid that it was hers.
He saw her put up her hand, though
he could not hear her cry. : .
He howled to the life-saver in the
boat and pointed to where Gloria
swam with one hand, the other clutch
ing at Mulry'a collar. Tne life-saver
bent to the oars; the shallop slipped
across the waves and Royce plunged
in and swam with all his might, diving
through the white caps,, cresting the
big rollers. The life-saver checked
his boat along-side Mulry, took him
from Gloria, hauled him over the stern
seat, and left him face down, heels in
air, while he offered his hand to
Gloria. Gloria shook her head. She
felt better for having saved a life. She
did not really care, her life was too
sad. She ordered the life-saver to
make haste with Mulry.
"Take good care of him," she
shouted. "He belongs to me."
The life saver thought she meant
that he was her husband. He thought
it a pity that so pretty a girl should
have so much husband. But he did
as he was told and hurried Mulry
ashore, A
Gloria felt lonely and afraid when
the boat was gone.- She wondered
if she could make to land. She did
not really care, her life was too sad.
She was beginning to droop and fail
when Royce appeared at her side and
set her hands on his strong shoul
ders. She liked him better than ahe
thought she did. He swam magnifi
cently. He saved her and she was
glad to be saved. ' ,
When at last she staggered ashor
and tier father embraced her, wet aa
she waS; she looked about for Mulry.
He was gone. The life saver had re
vived him and he had tottered away.
Gloria did not know whom he was
visiting. He was not in the hotel rcg-
"THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES, MR. MUTRV."
isters. She did not know that he had
gone to his friend's cottage, slammed
his clothes in bis trunk and suitcase
and returned north.
, One of the picturesque features of
Palm Beach life is the presence now
and then of Seminole Indians, who
come up from the everglades to sell
baskets and other samples of their
craft, rattlesnake skins, and trinkets
of various sorts. Among those who
stood offering bargains of the sort
were the young chief who wanted to
marry Gloria and the old squaw,
whose horse Gloria had tried to steal.
They recognized her when they saw
her wandering slowly along, scanning
the crowds for Mulry. . ,
Gloria paused and stared at them.
She did not recognize them at first
and stopped to price a souvenir of
her captivity. But she noted the wild
glare in the eye of the romantic ped
dler and suddenly remembered her
swarthy suitor of five yeai-sago. Her
old fear came back to her for the
moment She started to escape. The
chief clutched her hand and com
pelled her to pause. She was hardly
reassured by his soft words.
"Don't be" afraid. Nice squaw, nice
squaw." :
She could think of nothing to say.
He did the talking..
"Many years since squaw- run off.
You got husband yet?"
Gloria shook her head and sighed.
The chief .sighed, tdo with relief
He spoke grandiously. "'All right.
You marry me now?"
Gloria was almost as much embar
rassed by this second proposal in the
Poinciana gardens as she had been
bvthe first in the everglades. She
could not imagine what to say. The
chief crowded closer to her. sudden
ly his face hardened as he looked
past her. He clenched his fists and
reached for a knife. Gloria followed
his eyes and saw Doctor Royce in the
distance.,Shc wondered why the chief
should hate him. The chief explained
with a dog's snarl.
"That man nearly killed me once.
He take you from me.",
Gloria pointed to Royce question
ingly. The chief nodded. Gloria pro
tested. She could not permit the
glory of her rescue to be taken from
her dead love. "No, no. it wasn't
that man. It was this one" she cried
and caught from her gown a little
portrait of Freneau in a locket.
The chief clutched at it and looked
hard. The chief's lip curled 'with
scorn. He laughed almost.
"His? Humph I Him white liverl
Hiin runl That man there hand me
big wallop. Ugh I"
Gloria was indignant. The chief
described with vivid pantomine and
guttural words the true history of her
rescue, his own proposal of marriage,
Gloria's swooning with terror. Fre
neau's arrival, his terrified retreat be
fore the chief's advance. The struggle
for the chief's knife,' and finally the
tremendous uppercut that had knocked
the chief. Meanwhile, during the
fight, he had caught glimpses of
Frenau's hasty gathering up of Gloria
and his escape with her, leaving
Royce to his fate. .
Gloria was aghast at the story. As
the chief went on with It-; Royc.e
sauntered up and 'paused. The, chief
turned on him and was about to at
tack him. Royce fell into an attitude
of self-defense, but smiled and spoke
soothingly and put out his hand. The
chief took it. He was a good sports
man and so was Kovce.
Gloria looked from Royce to the
picture of Freneau in her locket. A
terrible doubt of Freneau assailed her.
She seized Royce by the arm and
dragged him to one side, demanding;:
"It was you that saved me. Why
didn't you tell me?"
Royce looked sheepish and shrug
ged his shoulders. He did not know
just what to say. Gloria looked at
the locket with hideous new suspicion,
then turned and hurried away with
tears springing to her eyelids.
Royce stared after her adoringly.
Gloria wandered far down the beach
alone. She was in a hopeless frame
of mind. She dropped to the sand
brooding over the crumbling of her
hero's glory. From the sea the ghost
of Freneau seemed to come to her
and, kneeling by her, take her in his
arms. She thrust him away, crying:
"Coward I Cadi Liar!"
The ghost retreated sadly into the
sea. Gloria wept over the picture in
her locket,
Royce, coming along the beach,
found .hei He knelt down at her side.
Gloria turned to him with the old
question:
"Why didn't you tell me that it was
you who saved me, and not Dick?
Royce gazed into her sad eyes pity
ingly. He was unable to dear- the
death blow to her trust in her dead
lover. He spoke gently.
"It was Freneau that found you
and saved you. I arrived a little too
late, and I simply held off the Indian
chief while Freneau made sure of
your safety."
Gloria studied him with a longing
to believe in i'reneau. He did not
flinch. She thanked him and he rose
sadly and walked away. He had lied
to her because he loved her. But his
heart was almost bursting with pro
test against the sacrifice.
When he had gone, Gloria put out
her arms to the sea. crying:
, "Dick, Dick, forgive my suspicions
and come back to me!"
From the waves Freneau seemed to
come forth again and, sitting down
beside her, take her in his arms. She
wept, then rose and accompanied by
his ghost, moved slowly and sadly
along the beach.
(To Be Continued.)
SERMONS TOO OFTEN
ETHICAL LECTURES
Eev. L. Oroh Says There Is Not
Enough Preaching of Christ
as the Savior.
EXAMPLE OT MARTYRS
"There is too little preaching today
of Christ as the Savior of mankind,
the Redeemer of the world," said Rev.
L: Groh at St. Mary's English Lu
theran church yesterday morning.
"Sermons are too often mere ethical
lectures, mere , moral dissertations,
Mere harping on 'Christian duty,' mere
abstract holding up of Chrjst as the
'perfect example.'
"Christ, of course, was the perfect
example, and Christian duty is of great
importance. But these things are sec
ondary to the great foundational fact
of all Christian religion, namely, the
death of Christ for our sins.
' "Without ' this,- mere moral living
and mere good deeds are nothing. I
believe that the preaching of the won
derful fact that Christ died to save us
should be a part of every sermon
preached." I
Rev. Mr. Groh's text was "He who
seeks to save his life shall lose it and
he who loses his life for My sake shall
save it.
Saved Tbem in Greater Glory.
He pointed out the examples of the
Christian saints and martyrs, many
of whom lost their lives for Christ's
sake and saved them in much greater
glory.' . -
"Too many people today put other
things before Christianity," he said.
"This is true of many even who are
ostensibly active Christians. One
man said he hadn't heard a sermon
for twentyxyears. He was always in
his place at church, but his mind was
busy with his business plans while
the sermon was being preached. He
waspresent in body only, not in spirit.
"The 'peace that passeth under
standing' comes from faith in Christ's
redemption. Then 'those that trust
in the Lord shall be like Mount Zion,
which cannot be removed,' and 'as the
mountains are round about Jerusalem,
so the Lord is round about His peo
ple.' "To those who believe in him, God
gives what is good for them. This is
not always what they ask, for that
may ndt be best. Frequently it is
just the opposite of what they want,
but eventually they see that this is
just what was best for them."
Woman Shooti Mad Bull.
Mike Zlmnes. a farmer living eait of
Three River Falle, Minn.', u laved from
being trampled to death by an enraged bull
by the courage and prompt aetlon of hli
wife.
The animal took offense at the flapping of
Mr. Zlmney's raincoat and attacked him.
throwing him to the ground and breaking
several rlbe and his collarbone.
Mrs. Zlmney, neelng the plight of her hus
band, quickly secured a shotgun and some
shells. While she had never attempted In
use firearms of any kind, she managed to
load the gun and shoot the animal, stunning
him sufficiently to enable her to drag her
unconscious husbsnd out of danger. Mr.
Zlmney was brought to the hospital here for
treatment. Minneapolis Journal.
Teacher Kills Rattlers.
Mies Joe Sherman, teacher at the Fry
school, a few miles east of Butler, Mo., a
few days ago dispatched a colony of rattle
snakes In a neat and .expeditious manner
and did not show a trace of "nerves" after
the act.
The snakee were discovered by the chil
dren of the school and Miss Sherman was
notified. Oolng to the spot where the rep
tiles were, she procured a stout club and
began the slaughter. After she had killed
them she calmly removed -the fangs from
their heads and the rattles and buttons from
their tails and when the time came to rail
the children "to books" she resumed her
duties aa though dispatching deadly rattle
snakes waa a part of her daily work. Miss
Sherman's home is In Rich Hill. st. Louis
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