The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 28, 1916, Page SIX, Image 6
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SYNOPSIS.
Pierpont Stafford, with Ms daughter
Gloria, is wintering nt l'alm Beach.
Gloria Is a vivacious but willful young
lady who chafes under the restraining
hand of a governess from whom she repeatedly
escapes. Her childish capers
cuuse young Doctor Royce to fall in
love with her. Becoming lost in the
Kverglades she falls into the hands of
the Seminole Indians. Gloria falls in love
with her rescuer, Freneau. Five years later
she leaves school and meets Freneau at
the theater; He has forgotten Gloria,
l.ater Freneau persuades her to forgive
him. Gloria's sister-in-law, l.ois, becomes
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covers In her an ally. Freneau goes
sleighing with Oloria. It results in pneumonia
for Gloria, whose family becomes
incensed at Freneau. Royce is
summoned. Freneau's finances being low,
he approaches IMerpont Stafford. Doctor
Royce warns Freneau of his conduct.
lx>is threatens him with dire punlshihent.
Her husband. Gloria's brother David, becomes
suspicious. Freneau spends a week
with Dels in the Catskills. He plans to
)iave Mulry send Gloria a bunch of telegrams.
After Freneau takes leave of
Gloria she sees from her window an attack
made upon him. Doctor Royce convinces
her that what she has seen is the
result of a delirium. Later, a telegram,
followed by a letter, comes from Freneau.
She replies, but her telegrams are returned.
She accidentally sees the supposcd
suicide of Freneau reported in the
paper. Gloria swears to find the murderer
of her lover. Royce becomes
alarmed and tells what he knows of Freneau
to Mr. Stafford. Together they seek !
to prevent scandal from enveloping Gloria
She accuses them In her mind of conspiracy
against her. Gloria sets about
if) run down Freneau's murderer.
Royce warns Mulry to tell Gloria nothing.
Gloria calls on Mulry and there
Fees Lois who is also worried. Gloria's
suspicions are aroused. Royee endeavors
to show her the difficulty she faces.
Gloria goes to David's country home. She
meets Mulry, who flees at once. Gloria
insists on going to Palm Beach. Again
she sees Mulry there. Tie leaves for the
North. She Is recognized by her one-time
captor, the young Indian chief. He tells!
her that Royce and not Freneau was her i
rescuer at that time.
TWELFTH EPISODE
Tho young Indian chief who hail j
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louuu me giri iiioria, a tattered run-1
away, lost in the everglades, and had 1
tried to marry her, had been the cause
of her falling in V>ve with Dick Frenaii.
After five years the Indian was I
Ft ill only a poor Seminole selling his
wares to Palm Bench visitors. But i
<*loria had loved and lost, had been
the unwitting object of Freneau's intrigues
and the helpless witness of i
his murder. ? ?.
Now the chief had attacked the only J
foundation of her trust in Freneau. !
The Indian had laughed at Gloria's ;
story of the courage of Freneau and
had given the credit for the battleto
Doctor Boyce. The young chief
was in danger of unconsciously de- J
stroying the romance he had unconsciously
begun. Doctor Itoyce had disclaimed
the credit, and Gloria had
been overcome with remorse at suspecting
Freneau.
jsnn, tne suspicion rested there. It
Gloria Returned Gradually to Consciousness.
kept flitting back to mock her whenever
she tried to resume her quest.
"What difference did It make who killed
Freneau if he had been dog enough
to take a young girl's gratitude and
adoration and praise for bravery when
he had been a poltroon?
She was worn out with alternating
between upbraiding Freneau and herself
for turning against him on the
word of an Indian. She could not find
Frank Mulry, and she did not cure
much whether he hod gone back to
New York or not.
She loitered about Palm Beach and
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responded to none of her father's up- 1
peals or her doctor's efforts to bright- i
en her eyes. She went buck to New I
York at length. Of evenings she re- j
fused to go out. She sat while her
futher pluyed solitaire. She played
curds with him once or twice, but
j she wns so absent-minded that he pre-1
ferred to play alone or occasionally
with Judge Freeman, a kind of relation?that
is. he wns the father of
Gloria's brother David's wife, Lois.
One evening while the two old men
were playing Doctor Itoyce dropped in.
lie found Gloria In a deeper lethargy
than usual, lie cudgelled his brains
to think up something to interest her,
but without success until the Judge
rose and said:
"I hate to quite when I am winning,
Piorpont, but I'm overdue at the
Mulry Had Been Arrested for Speeding.
night court. I mustn't keep the criminals
up late."
"That's it," muttered Royoe.
"That's what?" Pierpont inquired. ,
Royce, startled from his reverie,
apologized.
"I think Ciloria needs diversion of
some unusual sort, Mr. Stafford. Now,
wuiie 1 would not cull .Judge Freeman's
decisions u diversion, exactly,
I do think that his night court would
be interesting enough to compel Gloria's
thoughts."
"The very thing," said IMerpont. "It
will appeal to her, and possibly she
will try to mother some of your black
sheep, if you'll let her, judge. Will
you'tuke us?"
"Of course; glad enough to have
you," answered Freeman.
Gloria received the proposition languidly,
hut consented to be taken
along. When they arrived at the
courthouse they entered Judge Freeman's
room, lie donned his judicial
robe and they followed him to the
bench, where chairs were placed for j
them on either side of him. 10verybody
in the courtroom rose as the judge
entered and then sat down with
him to the banquet of Justice. Gloria
sat at his left, and frequently he :
leaned toward her, explaining a cuse
or answering a question.
She became at once another Gloria,
vividly alive and interested in the hu- !
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Sometime# the row of faces seemed
like her childish memories of the
chamber of horrors in Mine. Tussaud's
waxworks; then again tlie
beauty and nobility of some countenance
would completely bewilder her
when the .judge told her that it belonged
to tJie worst conlidence man in
New York or to a professional beggar ;
who would certainly refuse any offer
of real work, however real the re
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<ilorlu was constantly amazed at the
Judge's insight into human nature und
his general fairness and tliscrlmination.
A ferocious Irishwoman of huge proportions
bogged protection of the court
from a much battered and meek little
husband whose heud bore, among oth- j
er decorations, the outline of the fa
miliar flatiron. IJ13 face was almost
lost in tlie wilderness of bandages and
adhesive plasters. His legs were a
complete wreck, and he clung to the
officer's arm for support. # The Judge'
motioned the policeman to take the
stand. As he did so the little man
tried to follow him. He was restrained
and upheld by another, officer,
who protected him from the threatening
uppercut of the woman.
The policeman on the stand took
the oath and tried to conceal his grin
as he explained:
"Your honor, the lady had me to arrest
her husband for assault uud bat
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The spectators shook with laughter.
Kven the solemn Gloria had to smother
her snickers. The Judge pounded
on his desk for order. The court officers
silenced the spectators.
The judge motioned the woman to
the stand. The policeman stepped
down. The injured inuocent begun to
talk on her way to the chair. Siit
was interrupted to take the oath, and I
threatened the clerk, took the oath
with indifference, and begun ut once
to harangue the judge about the wickedness
and brutality of her husband:
"His croolty is somethln* uhful. I deuiun*
protection for the poor, wakej
woman I am."
The judge tried to quiet her. She
readied out her hand imploring help.
Seeing Gloria, she appeuled to her. |
Gloria recoiled in terror. It took two
policemen to get the woman from the
witness stand, but it would have tuken
a hundred to silence her. Next
the timid little husband was put on the
stand. He told his story briefly, and
the judge sentenced him briefly to
"Thirty days on the Island for rest
and recuperation." He received from
the little man a smile of beatific gratitude;
then he turned an unmistakable
glare of triumph on the wife of his
bosom and marched safely past her
under the shelter of the police. The
wife bustled out of the court through
tin* spectators. They opened an alley
quickly in the face of her wrath. |
Next on the docket was a sad-eyed
and timid Hungarian waiter. As he
entered from the detention cell with
the officers an agent of the (Jerry society
came from among the spectators
leading a ragged little boy, seven or
eight years of age. The waiter and
the boy, father and son, flew to each
other's arms. Then the waiter, casting
one heart-broken glance at the!
boy. turned to the judge and poured
forth his story. His name was ('asinur;
bis son was Stas. He was out
of work, with a sick wife, living in a
miserable room. An ambulance had
taken his wife to a hospital and then
the law had taken his child away
because he was unable to give it proper
care. lie had fought to keep the
boy and had resisted an ollicer.
Gloria listened tensely while tears
of sympathy gathered in her eyes.
To her the man's story was finished.
The judge shook his head sadly. He
was powerless to restore the child to
his father, and he was about to sign
the paper committing him to the children's
society when Gloria rose from
her chair and commanded a halt in
the proceedings.
The court was thunderstruck as she
turned to the judge, crying:
"Give me the boy! I'll take care!
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Tho judge was amazed, hut when ho
saw how serious Ciloria was ho inur111
urod to IMerpont: "Tho child will
ho a toy for hor. Lot her have him."
l'ierpont groaned, and tho judge nodded
his consent, if not his approval.
Tho judge conferred with (llorla, and
she took a card from hor case and underlined
her address. Tho judge gave
it to the father and said, "Tomorrow."!
Tho father howed and scraped to
tilorlu ami, pushing the hoy's head,
made him bow, too. They wont out at
the gale together, so suro of protection
henceforth tluit Gloria, the author of;
their contentnienr, sat i)uck, proud i
and comfortable as a purring kitten.
She forgot her pride in the abrupt
entrance of the man she had pursued
in vain for weeks. It was Frank
Mulry. An ollicer brought hltn forward.
ife had been arrested for speeding.
lie was indignant. Gloria
crouched behind the judge's desk, so
that Mulry could not see her while i
he explained: "I was going only eight
miles an hour." The policeman
laughed aloud with sen,n and indicated
that the speed was nearer
eighty.
Gloria tagged at the Judge's robe, j
He bent down to hear her whisper:
"That's the man I've been chasing for
weeks. Tut him on ice till I can get
at him." .fudge Freeman nodded and
ordered Mulry sent back to the cell.
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| Blulry pulled out a roll of money
and looked inquiringly at the judge,
hut he shook his head in denial. Mulry
was led away, erestfullen and disgusted.
Dragged haek to the detention
room, he tried to bribe the pollceinun.
This unheard-of insult was rejected
and Mulry was thrown into a
corner, while the policeman looked oil
the next candidate for Judge Free nun's
consideration.
I The officer called to a prisoner who
had slumped on a bench with his back
I to the others. He d!d not answer.
I The policeman went to him ami tapped
him on the shoulder. The man turned
j suddenly in fright. He regained some
composure as the polceman smiled at
him. lie smiled hack craftily.
Gloria and Koyce were whispering
and laughing together over Mulry's
wrath. They did not see the new prisoner
brought in. When he came to
the bar the officer spoke as he handed
up the complaint. The judge nodded
wearily and said, "Plain drunk.
First offense. 1 >iselmrged."
At the sound of the Judge's voice
Gloria looked up. Her casual smile
changed slowly to wonder, incredulity,
conviction, wild excitement. She
sprang to her feet, pointing at the
man and trying to cry out. She toppled
and swooned as Doctor Koyce
leaped to catch her.
The prisoner gaped in amazement
and started to leave, but the policeman
cheeked him.
Koyce carried Gloria out of the I
roota, followed by Pierpont ami tin*;
judge. Koyce deposited Gloria on a
divan and, putting a cushion under her
feet, ran to fetch a glass of water
from the ice water stand. lie sprinkled
her face lightly. The judge and
Pierpont murmured together in bewilderment.
Gloria returned gradually
to consciousness, looked about, still
dazed and wondering. At length she
saw the judge, lifted herself to her
feet, and, linally gaining her voice,
pointed to the door, crying, "That man
?that man is the murderer! saw him
when he killed my Dick!"
She 1 airly assailed the juiif."1 io drive !
him back to the courtroom, crying I
"Quick ! Quick ! Stop him !"
The judge walked out more slowly !
than Gloria wished. Gloria started to !
follow. IMerpont restrained her. Koyee !
tried to quiet her.
The crowd in the courtroom was i
still in a Hurry of excitement when i
the court ollicer called for order. The !
tramp was greatly alarmed. He struts- I
Kled with the policeman. The judge I
entered and paused with one foot on !
the step. He stared at the tramp, then }
back at the door, hesitated, set his jaws I
in stern resolution, motioned to the of- j
licer, and said, "Release him."
The policeman holding the tramp let
him go. He threw a glance over his
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shoulder at the judge, then hurried i
through the gate and through the'
crowd and out. The Judge waited a |
moment, pondering deeply.
An olilcer brought to the bar two
fierce looking desperadoes. The judge
motioned them to wait and left the
court room, pausing at the door to control
himself.
When (iloria saw the judge returning
she ran to him demanding, "Is lie
there? Is he a prisoner?"
The Judge shook his head and mumhlod,
"He had gone when I got there."
(iloria llevv into a fury and commanded,
"Then send some one after him."1
The Judge shrugged his shoulders, nodded,
and went slowly hack to tlie court-!
room. The outside steps of the court!
were lighted by street lamps and tliel
court lamps. Various people wcrei
loitering outside the courtroom or go-1
lag up or down the stairs when the!
tramp canto down, forcing his wayi
through, the crowd, lie ran Into a'
policeman standing there. The po-j
plicetuaii gave him a shove and hei
hurried away.
Hack in the retiring room Gloria
thought hard a moment, then made up
her ndnd, and darted for the door to1
the street.
IMcrpont checked her. "Where arc
you going?"
Gloria answered, resolutely: "To,
lind that man." . i
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Her Casual Smile Chan
She tore the door open and rushed
through. Itoyee seized Ids overcoat
and dashed after her. Down the private
stairs to the Judge's room ran
Gloria, followed a moment later hy
Koyee. Keaehinjj the street, Gloria
stared lip and down, wildly searching
the crowd. She w> s frantic to see the
tramp. She turned to Itoyee, QuestionI
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nini go. Why?"
Koyee shrugged his shoulders ami
tried to dismiss the riddle.
Gloria rounded on him with sadden
doubt. "And you told me it was all
n delirium. Why?"
Itoyee was startled by her tone.
lb* lowered his eyes before her. and
J lien spoke suddenly: "It is too eold
for you. I'll tret your furs."
lie tried to lead her inside. She refused.
There seemed nothing for him
to do hut leave her there and go for
her wraps.
She stared at the crowd, then on sudden
impulse ran down the steps to a
policeman standing on the walk. Timidly
she tapped him on the arm. "The
man who just went by so hurriedly?
he was poorly dressed, had a slouch
hat and a heard, did you see which
way he went?" she asked.
The policeman pointed to the right
and Gloria started immediately to run
that way; The streets were ill lit and
poor, but she hurried on with hardly
a glunee at her surroundings. To lose
the real murderer now was unthinkable
to her; to have had him there in
the very arms of the law, the man
whom she had seen actually do her
lover to death, onlv to have him ???
cape again, drove her Into a frenzy.
She rail on, peering into dark doorways
and alleys. Judge Freeman,
whom she had watched all evening
mete out punishment to far lesser
crimes, had actually made no c?fifort to
eut< h this demon for her. What was
the mystery of it all? Why were they
all in league to thwart her and to refuse
vengeance on I lick's slayer?
Her brain was whirling, her searching
eyes ached and burned as they
peered vainly alio,'id for the dread figure
of the tramp. So absorbed win
(Jloria in her pursuit that she gave
110 thought to the dangers she was
exposing herself to, and the dangers
were many. It was a had district, a
very hot bed of crime and poverty.
The hour was midnight and she was
alone?a young and beautiful woman
carrying money and jewels, as well
as her own priceless girlhood, but the
impetus of her search carried her on
without a thought for her own safety.
Doctor Itoyce and her father had
returned with her wraps to the courthouse
steps only to find her gone, and
wil l with anxiety, they started recklessly
in pursuit, each taking a different
direction. Hy misfortune neither
of them was right.
Meanwhile Gloria hastened on. She
actually caught a glimpse of the tramp
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doorway gnawing a crust of broad
hungrily, and she redoubled her speed,
but he started on and turned the corner
of a street while she was In the
middle of a block and when she got
there he was nowhere in sight.
Suddenly sin* realized she was tired
and weak, that she could actually go
no farther, and that she must rest. As
she slackened her pace she was
alarmed at seeing a rough-looking
man cross the street toward her; he
reeled as he came on, so that she was
further aroused to danger at thinking
him under the inlluence of liquor.
She did not know that this was one of
the numerous dodges of the pickpocket
and that she would have been safer
with an actually intoxicated man. She
looked up and down the street as far
as she could see, but there were no
policemen in flight, uud, hearing steps
behind her, she turned to seek protection,
only to find three men more evil
looking than the oncoming drunkard.
Suddenly the whole world of Olorla
Stafford seemed to crumble before her
eyes. Her dreams of vengeance, her
hopes of ferreting out the murderer,
indeed the murder Itself became unreal
as the immediate danger to her
own person was felt. She longed to
scream for help, but plucklly stayed
quiet and, backing into the steps of a
tenement suddenly, threw the following
men into surprise for an Instant.
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ford. The sudden plunge into u wh{)
now world?u world of maliciousm*
and crime; a world where inurdere
went free and bandits gained the
aims unchallenged ? appalled In,
Breathing in little frightened gusi1
she leaned against, the friendly ra
ing and tried to reassemble her scd
tered views of life. i
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Dire Possibility.
"Maybe It's lucky they didn't ha<
moving pictures when Shakespeu'
wrote." "Why?"
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"He'd probably have put Hamlet )
to the form of a 's'nario' and left IV
| poetry out." '
Quite So.
"What is the difference between
horse track enthusiast and a strawho
ry grower?"
"I suppose the principal different
Is that while one Is trying to pick tf
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pickers." I
Preparedness. I
Rill?He always curries a parachufl
about with him. I
| Jill?What for? m
I "Oh, he makes ro many rash stntJ
! ments he wants to he prepared to lJ|
himself down easy." U
Likely as Not.
The auto had broken down. A rql
of legs protruding from underneath 1
seemed to indicate the presence <1
someone attempting repairs. V
"Break down?" inquired a passerbl
"Oh, no; only playing hide-and-setl
with the works," came in muffled sal
casm from the voice belonging to t)
lege.
But the questioner was not eastt
daunted. \
"What power car is it?"
"Forty horse/' came the reply.
"What seems to be the matter?"
"Well, as far as 1 can judge," ai
swered the car's owner, crawling fro
I under the wreckage, "39 of the hore<
have bolted and the remaining one ;
too upset to answer questions."
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