University of South Carolina Libraries
* QIDP ovdHrs.] Novelized from the J .Picture Play of the name by George Kleir Copfnffci, 19to, kr A4?La4? M HU(HM SYNOPSIS. Plerpont Stafford, banker and railroad magnate, w ith his rlxteen-year-old ; 'daughter. Gloria. Is wintering at Pnlm ; Beach. Gloria Is a vivacious but willful < young lady who chafes under the re .BirtuiuiiK cami 01 k Rdvei ih-ss nuui niivm ' he repeatedly escapee. Her childish capers cause young I>ootor Hoyce to fall In love with her. She steals from her room j at night and in an auto plunges Into the surf, where she leaves the car Becoming lost in the everglades she falls Into the hands of the Seminole Indians. She ?< 'rescued and returned to her fatlver, who had offered a reward for her return. Olo- , rla falls In love with her rescuer, Frenoavi. j Five years later she leaves school and ! meets Kronenu at the theater; his at- j .tentlon having been occupied with her j sister-in-law he has forgotten Gloria. FOURTH EPISODE * Gloria went as If blindfolded through the glittering throngs in the j corridor of the Metropolitan. It was ! a cruel humiliation to her young heart not even to be recognized by the man she had waited for through five eternal years, the man she had loyally considered herself engaged to all that time. nut rreneau was not long in mining out his mistake. Gloria had run away from her father to run to Freneau, only to run away from him in turn, i Old Stafford, looking for Gloria, en- . countered Freneau, shook him warmly by the hand and asked: "Have you seen my daughter?" Then he realized with a shock that ; the man Freneau was engaged to his i daughter. and that tho respite of five years was up. Tho mortgage on Gloria's heart was due. Stafford glowered at the handsome young enemy of his happiness. But Freneau had suddenly realized 1 that Gloria was Gloria. lie made haste to pursue her. He caught her 1 just as she paused at the door of the Stafford box and put up her absurdly 1 small handkerchief to catch the ab- 1 surdly large tears as they escaped 1 over her pink petal cheeks. ; Freneau deftly turned his slight 1 into a compliment ? ' i "Miss Staffprd?Gloria! I was so dazzled when I saw you that I couldn't Apeak. You were tremendously pret- 1 ty as a?as a kid; but now, with your 1 hair up and all this grandeur on,! J 'you're?you're a goddess. And you're 1 mine, aren't you? You're still mine!" . His impetuous charge staggered her, 1 but she was too deeply hurt to forgive him at once. She shook her head dolefully and punished him with 1 PnrrAT,, tlion n.Uk ? ? ? T? I imiiun laiuci 111*111 Willi UU^l'l . Ill spite of all he could say she slipped 1 into the box, closed the door almost ' on his fingers and vanished. He cursed his stupidity and turned away. He joined a group of men seated in a box. among them his partner, Frank Mulry. who was beaming like a full moon v rpped up in broadcloth and white linen. FYeneau began 1 peering about the house through his Ho Lost No Time in Preambles. I opera glass. He fastened them on j Gloria where she sat brooding bitterly. The first great meeting with her lover had failed to live up to the dreams she had been cherishing for five years. Her father leaned over and tried to interest her in the opera. " 'Boris Godunow' is iny favorite opera," he said, "and Amato is in splendid form tonight." But Gloria hardly heard the sonorous orchestra or the thundering chorus. The music was little more to her than a loud wind blowing about her the ashes of her dead romance. By and by the opera glasses went roving idly along the boxes. They suddenly brought Freneau before her with a Jump. He seemed very near and the lenses of his opera glasses were like eyes staring into her own. She eoiUd not help smiling back into his appealing smile. Indeed, when he began signal her to meet him in the [porridor she was tempted to consent. IAS "t tfCEr vlotion To the girl just out of school that would be a frightful adventure, more exciting than her wanderings in the .everglades and her capture by the Seminoles. She shook her head at Freneau and turned to see what her father thought of her flirtatiousness. She saw why he liked "Roris Godnnow" so much. Tie had never slept better. Now, with her chaperon goue to Dreamland, it looked to Gloria an if Providence meant that she should pursue the adventure. She did not know th^t l>ois Stafford, ; seated in David's box, was taking in , these wireless signals from one side ! of the horseshoe to the other. She did not see how Ix>is glowered at Freneau's alluring grin; how fiercely she frowned when Freneau rose And left the box, and how frantic she was when Gloria nroso and left hers. For j Gloria, seeing Freneau go. hesitated only a moment, then rose and stole away. too. leaving her father in a peaceful slumber which all the clamors of the Russian opera could not disturb. Outside the Stafford door Frencau waited in ambush. He was rewarded by the appearance of Gloria. He was so delighted that when she asked him why he had motioned to her to meet him he could tliuik of nothing better to sav than: "I thought you might be hungry. There's the buffet upstairs." Gloria smiled and understood ami accepted the challenge. She said she was famished. The corridors and the massive stairway were empty at this time and they scampered up to the refreshment, room like children. Gloria was enchanted by the array of cakes and oecame hungry in the presence of the feast. She poked her finger at the most toothsome "Give me this, give me this; one of these, two of those and a chocolate \nd plstache ic? cream?and some lemonade." Love had evidently not ruined her young appetite. t, ?. Freneau led her to a table and they began to renew old acquaintance. She , renewed her five-year-old expression of gratitude to him for rescuing her Prom the Indians, and he had neither the courage nor the honesty to admit that it was not he but Dr. Royce who had fought the chief to a liestill. Freneau and Gloria had many things to discuss, but ne did not tell her all the mischief ho had been up to in the five years' test. That went without saying. They did not know that the room filled up with a chattering mob when the curtain went down, nor that the chattering mob disappeared when the curtain wont up again. Oiar'a prattled on, munching her cakes and ice and sipping her lemonade. Suddenly she felt her ear seized in a familiar grasp. Her father had wakened with a start when the orchestra quit playing. He had blinked about in the sudden bright lights and missed his daughter. She was lost in tlie mazes of the opera house. Ho was tempted to offer a reward for her, as he had when she decamped into the everglades. He decided to search first for her himself. Ho found the estrav in the deserted buffet, spooning up the last of her ice cream and the best of Freneau's flatteries. He dragged her out of heaven. She fought him all the way down the stairs, but he would not let her go. He would not let Freneau come near. At the next intermission her father tagged along like a younger brother. Refore she could get to Freneau her sister-in-law, Lois, captured him. Lois rebuked Freneau for his attentions to Gloria, and reminded him of his oaths of fidelity to her own unfaithful self. He made light of his interest in Gloria and was avowing his devotion to LiOis when her husband appeared at their elbows. They masked their confusion &fl best they could and Frenoau sauntered away. David glowered after him and glared at his wife. He had not forgotten that FYeneau had been his rival for Idols' fickle heart before they were married. He did not dream how deeply she was involved with r reneau now; Dill tn? Ilrst seed or suspicion was sown. Lois' father, Judge Freeman, had not forgotten Lois' early Infatuation for the young broker, who had & gift of making women reckless. He saw how David was miffed. He saw also how Gloria tried to reach Freneau, only to lose him in the crowd. The Judge was trained in observing human nature. He even ventured to speak to Gloria. "I wouldn't think too much of that Freneau follow if 1 were you, Gloria.' "But you aren't me, are you, judge?" Gloria answered impudently, and the judge retired, mumbling: "No! I'll THE HOMY HEB I have to admit that." | Then Pierpont came tip and com pelled Gloria to go back and listen to mere opera, when she wanted tc hear Kreneau's glorious voice. When the last curtain fell and the multitude flooded the corridors she did not get a glimpse of hiin. Her father kept watch over her and Gloria went home | amazed at the cantankerous meddlesomeness of parents in love affairs. She told her father that he ought to be in better business than playing the demon chaperon, but he only smiled. She was all he had and he wanted to keep her to the last moment. He wanted also to make some investigation of Freneau's behavior and his reliability as a Bon-ln-law. H* J had heard but little about him, but that j little was not good. The n-ext day a rescuer appeared in unexpected guise. Her aunt, the great Hortensla Stafford, called to see her, raved over her beauty and hailed her as a graduate from the ranks of girldom. "You must have a coming-out pari ty," she said, "and take up the duties of womanhood.." Pierpont violently Insisted that Gloria was only a child. But he was only a father and merely a brother to Hortensia, so she waved him aside as a nuisance. Gloria embraced her fervently and thought her an angel. She changed her mind when it came to sending out the invitations for the debut, for Aunt Hortensia was a stickler for social selectness and she loved to blue-pencil doubtful names. ? 1- ? * - " ' - - vjiwiiu, liiaue uui a use or inose sho wanted. There were dozens of girl friends and a few young men she had known from bnby-carriage days. She wrote among these the name Richard ; Freneau with loving flourishes. Aunt I Hortensla ran liim through with one ! straight thrust of her deadly blue pencil. Gloria protested, but Horten- j eia answered: "I don't know him. I don't wish to j know him. You have no time to know ; him. Who is he?" When Gloria started to toll her she would not listen, and Pierpont had one cheerful moment. Gloria, however, would not let her lover be snubbed so arrantly. She know that argument with this imperative relative was worse than useless, so she merely nod- : ded her head in obedience and sat about to circumvent her. fluttering about again while her aunt returned to her own list. Gloria annexed an ! invitation, an envelope, and a pen. and the deed was done. An invitation to Mr. Richard Freneau reposed in tho basket with those all ready for the mail, and with elaborate innocence Gloria danced over to her ignorant relation. When that invitation was received at the office of Freneau & Mulry it seemed like a message from heaven : to the almost broken brokers Th? business was in fearful shape and they were about ready to close up Gloria Tried to Dod shop unless some miracle should occur to tide them over. Mulry had hoen pacing the floor, discussing ways and means; Freneau was disgustedly beating a tattoo on the desk, when the office boy entered nrli )i V? a wtn nil A.. It.. A 1 '* tt ivii me mail. Ull IHO lUJ) liij I HO large envelope. Opening it. Freneau read that Mr. Pierpont Stafford and Miss Gloria Stafford requested the pleasure of his company at a debut dance on a certain afternoon, j Freneau proudly showed it to Mulry. Mulry blew a long whistle and said: "What right have you got to get this?" "I saved her life," Freneau replied. Mulry laughed, "Ah, go on." When Freneau told him his version of the ) story, vividly describing how little i Gloria had been lost in the everglades J of Florida and taken prisoner by a tribe of Seminoles, and how Freneau had tracked her through the wilderness and saved her from the young ! chief who was determined to make ' the girl his squaw, Freneau's language A ID, CONWAY, S. O. had all the vividness that only fiction . achieves. But Mulry still laughed: i "You never saved a kitten from a poodle." He knew Freneau. i Freneau was furious, but Mulrj > looked him up and down with a con teraptuous admiration. Then, sober ing quickly, and taking the invitation from Freneau's hand, he slapped hln on the back and said: "The main thing is that she thinks you saved her, so it's her turn to savt you. Marry her quick! We can bor row a big wad on your father-in-law'f mere name." Freneau saw the point and prom Ised. His triumphant smile did nol last long. His mind shifted back and forth like a shuttlecock, weighing all the chances. There was his entanglement with Ix)is. What a double-dyed fool he had been to flirt with Gloria's sister-in-lpw! How very careless of him! She might spoil everything. She would be bound to see and know something of his courtship. He felt sure he could win Gloria over again as he had won her heart five years before, provided he could still pose in the light of a courageous and faithful suitor. But Lois must be kept from ruining everything. His host chance lay in speed, he thought, and his ability to keep Lois quiet. His face cleared and his most charming smile was turned to Mulry; "All right. We'll marry her." Standing at the head of the famous Stafford stair, in lino with her aunt, her girl friends, and Lois, was the most exquisite debutante of the season. Aunt Hortensia had seen many in her long life, but she heaved a I small, polite sigh of great pride and contentment as she glanced over the I imperious young figure at her side. Miss Stafford had Insisted that simplicity be the keynote of her niece's attire at this afternoon reception in her honor; but the cunning of the dressmaker had contrived to cause the appearance of simplicity over a most complicated study in beauty line. Yet above the wealth of fabric the Joyous youth of Gloria shono forth transcendent. The house was so filled with flowers sent by admiring friends and hopeful suitors, that the affair was like a merrymaking in the gigantic conservatory. At the loot of the steps stood a footjnan. resplendent in powdered hair, with silk stockings, red velvet coat and kncebreeches. At the edgo of the receiving line the old butler, Griggs, kept calling each guest's name clearly and distinctly, so that the hostesses need not puzzle their wits over who was who. , Gloria's heart pounded proudly beneath her chiffons, it was not half bad to be a young queen in one's own palace and at last to be considered a I real part of it. Yet as guest after guest was presented to her aunt she gave each only an instant's graciousness, then her eyes went beyond and her ears strained for the magical oft the Gnatlike Suitors. name of hor iflol?Freneau. She did, indeed, give a little extra honor to one old friend. As Dr. Royco mounted the stairs Gloria ran forward from the line to greet him specially. She presented him to her aunt, and his heart glowed warmly with Gloria's welcome. Aunt Hortensia's keen eyes lit up with pleasure as she greeted him, too, for something about the look of his eye and the grip of his hand gained her worldly wise favor. But Gloria's affection for Royce was not lore, and when he turned back to her for a word he found her distrait. He sighed and passed on to Lois, waving her little hand to someone in the arcending stream of guests. When Dr. Royce had shaken hands with the rest of the hostesses he saw Krene&u already holding Gloria's hand. There was an expression of ownership on his face, and he made no bones about incidentally holding up A line of indignant guests. Royce saw th? look of adoration In Gloria's coun ^aM>. A^il I^BW]|^HB|gVv7 h J^'w ' ''I yUV^^BV jDP^HllH IIBP^HH^^!^iii^^H^Hf:' X''-\B |hw ^ |jbi^^sbhi^^^^^uinb ^B^n^Huffiww.;.v.ic8HRfl|^DH|BRBnp9WI^S^PM Mm ra^jcUmtnHMnMNMMBH^BVME He Fastened T tenanre, and he burned with righteous Jealousy. From this time on through the entire afternoon Royce made himself a Nemesis on the trail of Richard Frencau. Through the ballroom, the tearoom, the library and conservatory Royce followed the Gloria-hunting man. He could not do much, but he hoped to shame Froueau a little, auc he put all his contempt into his eyes ! whenever Freneau's attempts to get a j word alone with Gloria became too flagrantly expressive. The chase was watched also by another?the terrified, conscience-haunted wife of David. Lois had given up j her peace and happiness and her respect of self for the prize that she now saw being taken from her. She felt no repentance, but only a helpless rage. Gloria had counted on dancing the I first dnncp with Mr. Freneau. She i was so beset with wooers that he could not roach her. lie was not the only man in New York willing to make lovo to the heiress of the Stafford wealth, who was. incidentally,' dowered in her own right with a beau- ' ty and magnetism that would have' mean! a fortune to any girl. Gloria tried to dodge the gnatliko suitors: "May f have this dance? The next? The one after that, then?"! They followed her among the pillars about the ballroom floor. They cornered he** at la^t, and Dr. Royce con-' fronted her. She was about to take ! him in desperation when she saw Froneau at her shoulder. He was the man of men, but a sudden shyness overwhelmed her. Her betrothal to him had not yet beon ratified again, and she was afraid to let everyone see her choose him. Her humid eyes caught sight of her father, who was smiling in the hope that there waR security in numbers. She made a dive at him and made him her beau. Everybody admired her tactful choice: hut Pierpont knew more about investments than about the fox trot, and he had more rheumatism in his muscles than grace. He made a sorry figure in the crowd of i dancers, and finally collapsed in i Royce's arms. Gloria giggled. "I turn him over to you, doctor." Rovce laughed till he saw that she ; surrendered herself to Freneau. Then : he frowned. He was in a miserable dilemma. He could see that Freneau cast a spell over the young soul of Gloria, and he knew him to he unworthy of the girl's trust. Rovce ' knew that Freneau was a cad. He had stolen from Royco the fruits of! i his victory over the Indian chief, i Royce had fought for Gloria and for ! his own life while Freneau carried her off. And now Royce wanted to. j save nor rrom rreneau ns ne naa1 ! saved her from tho Seminole. But, j alas! this was quit* another matter, 1 for Gloria did not want to be saved. Royce could not bring himself to declaring the truth of the matter, for ho could not endure to exploit his own ! prowess. Ho know enough of tho world, too, to know that if he wont I to Gloria with criticism of her cavaj lier, he would only add to Francau the i charm of persecution. He was in the ! presence of a complication of dangcrj ous symptoms, and ho did not know j how to act to prevent their developing into a plague of troubles. He could only do what he could to keep Freneau assured that his conquest of the young girl's heart would not be opposed. ' Suddenly a careless glance at T/>is gave him a start. She was In such distress that he moved to her to offer his help. She was watching Freneau dance with Gloria. She saw how content they wore together and her heart turned siek. Rut hefore Havpa rnnld i reach her a determined youth cut In on Gloria's dance with Freneau and dragged her from his arms for the rest of the dance. Then Freneau hurried to Lots. Instantly Lois was better, smiling once more, for now It was she whom 1 Freneau encircled with his arm and > piloted through the skipping and gild' Ing traffic on the ballroom floor. Freneau held Lois tightly and whls1 pered to her honeyed lies. He explained that he had to be polite to his hostess and that Gloria was a dear 1 child, but, of course, she was nothing 1 to him, while Lois was all in all. 1 And Lois believed. > Bad women are, of course, bigger * J fl h?Tnr A Mi ii *^^BTVIT7C^^BB^^EB9BB9B99flB hem on Gloria. fool8 than good women; otherwise J they would ho wise enough to be good. But, being fools, it Is not strange, perhaps, that they should be so easily fooled. They can seldom believe or , disbelieve truly. The intuition upon J which they so confidently rely constantly plays them false, and belief becomes the servant of wish. That dance over, the godlike young heart breaker betook himself again to ^ the t~ail and followed the Stafford ill ions. \ Gloria had had enough of the guests. \ She wished that they would all go \ heme. Instead they were still pouring V in. The slam of the doors of their ' cars could be heard even here, as mo- ^ tor after motor rolled up, emptied its ? ??? lii'uimi rumunis oil me marble steps and rolled away. ^ What Gloria wanted now was a solitude for two. Freneau was raor# than willing. Seeing a young man coming to whom she had promised several 1 dances and given none, Gloria fled j among tlie crowd, motioning Freneau to follow. She led the way through. * the dense wilderness of the conservatory to a marble bench, appropriately placed at the feet of a fountain where a little old marble Cupid presided. The trvsting place was evidently popular, for Gloria flushed one brace of plover when she parted the branches. She did not recognize the young man and woman who scurried away, hut she understood their longing for quiet and would have apologized it y they had lingered. Rut now that they were gone she smiled at Freneau and invited him to sit beside her. "This is the nearest to the everglades we have," she said. He lost no time in preambles. H6 began: "Gloria, dear, I've waited five years for this moment, and I want you to know that my heart has never for one moment?" 1 There was a rustW of palm leaves and the swish of skirts. Someone was invading their Eden. He sighed: "Na hope!" Gloria whispered: "Never mind; , come out to our country place tomorrow and 1*11 take you for a sleigh ride hf'hliul niv nrmi'na An/I T* 11 /li-l?n " *44 J |;v/uivu, XAIIU I I A U I I Y %J, Krencau chuckled as he understood. He drew closer to the delectable witch, only to see over her shoulder the eyes of an earlier witch. It was Lois. Fearing that Gloria might see her she retreated. But Doctor Royce had followed, too, and ho had seen Lois' face as she watched the lovers. He understood now the fever that he had noted on her face a while before. He understood, too, that he had an ally in his battle against Freneau's prosperity with Gloria?not an altogether desirable ally, but all allies are welcome in love or war. And this was both. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Biggest Little Dairy Country. Denmark holds the world's record for intensive farming. After Germany had taken Schleswig-Holstein, Danish experts figured that their development must come from within and they proceeded to develop the arid wastes of Jutland, which liavo now become tremendous producers of agricultural and dairy products. The Danes claim that they have solved most of Europe's intensive farming problems and that much of German efficiency in this direction has been learned from them. The little kingdom is one of the great 1.. * 1 V ? uuiry producers 01 uio world ailCl its butter ia exported to every part of the earth. It is found in Mexico, and even in the far-off islands of the antipodes as well as in Patagonia. Its reputation in Europe, particularly in England, is unexcelled, and vast quantities have been shipped for years to all the countries of Europe. American business men have always admired the wonderful cow-feeding methods employed by the Danish farmers who tether their cattle in rows in such a WAV that thAV nan aat H?i* a ? VWV UUV N l/CI mm section of grass in a day. The next day they are moved forward in the meadows and it is worked out on such a minute basis that by the time the cows have reached the end of the pasture the grass is again ready for grazing at the beginning.?Wall Street Journal. The legal blanks printed and for sole at The Herald office are the product of experience. Try them I when in need next time. I