Monday Evening
THE EUGENE GUARD
Thro Six
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TT WAN llli! Iimt niRlit of tiloria'n;
girlhood.
Tomorrow would be Iht wedding
dn.v !
Nlio Mood looking down nt III" wlntr
aatin ilri'HH iriiiil out on hir bt'd.
It had Im'i'ii worn by two iiIIht
hriilrn .... Iht Btniiilmntlii'r mi'!.
Iiiti-r, lnr own iiiotlivr.
Hut I certainly 'lon't intend to
haw the kind of life lln-y had I" (Iloria
liook hor holibwl )i-nl nt tlie white
u'iiIIk of hor room.
. . . Hit ili'liil (rrnililiriol ll'T. whom--,-l.u-.,ni
linnilx liH'l raimil ten
cliiiilri'li!
Ten children! Think of It ...
Gloria Hlni'ldi'i-pil.
- "Not for hip!" flip imi'l aloud, "Not
if i know myself!"
Of ronrar, I'iik mlelit wnnt chilli
veil. II,. iirobnlilv would. Mont men
.11,1 until Minn. Vli.v not. "in tln'.v
l,n,l none of tin! hollier snd !"'" of
hnviiiir t hem
They could BO on llvln t li i r Uvea
while III" wlvoa liml ' and trenli
nemi rnrhm for the children.
They could nodi about, dnlii a
they pirnaril. Fur their women were
ife nt home, rhnined to the cradle . .
No, aim wna not Roitig to nave
bahiea! Not oven one!
Bo that i that !
Then Olnria'l thought" flew down
Btalrx to tlio altllng room. Khe knew
her mother waa there in the old rock
er, mending atocklnga. Hho waa al
waya mending. And still the basket
was always full. Jt held an endlcaa
"poor Motherl How hard aho work-
"iTher waa nothing for her but
bonaework and her family, year after
year. Va goda, what a life!
... A woman waa either alave or
doll.
But If aha wa a slava, It waa her
own fault And thafa all thera waa
to It.
Olorla had made up hr mind that
aha waa through with hard work,
forever, laat week when ahe had anid
goodby to her typewriter and her
. . .
y Beatrice Burton 1925 NEA SERVICE mG
'Here Are Hero And Heroine of Flapper Story
Olorla lifted the old wedding dreaa
from the bed, and put It on the
clothea hanger In the oloaet. Hut the
aiik waa heavy and the droaa and off
into a heap on the floor.
"Motherl" Olorla called down
atalra, "Will you coma up here right
away? 1 want you to help me with
thla tricky dreaa. Jt keepa foiling
off th banger."
Olorla Oordon'a mother waa a
mall brown wren of a woman. All
ber life aha had "babied" her beauti
ful daughter. 1
Now aha hung Uie dreaa neatly In
the clnaet Then aho turned down
(ilorla'a bod, and put a hot water
bottle between the aheeta.
"Dear ma, Olory," aho fretted, "I
don't know how you're ever going to
get along without me to take care of
you, when ynu'ro married and gone!"
"Don't you worry about me," the
girl answered, "I'll be taken core of
' all right. That'a what I meant to
day when I told you I didn't wnnt to
learn anything about houaework. You
aee, If I don't know how to do It,
lrk will have to hire a maid for mo
right from the start."
- Klin aot her lovely mouth In a firm
red line.
"I had different Idena when I waa
a bride," Mn. Gordon anld quietly.
"1 thought a woman ought to help
ber huabond."
"I know you did. . Yonr Idea of
married life waa to tnka care of your
buiband. Mine la that ha ia to tuke
car of m!" Olorla abrilled. "Where
you ran a corpet aweeper I'm going
to run an automobile!
"I've mndo up my mind that I'm
going to be Dlck'a awcethenrt . . .
not hla houekeepor. I'm going to
atay In bed till noon, and keep my
look and my husband!"
Bhe crossed the roomto her dreaa
Ing table, Bhe leaned forward and
atudled her face In the mirror.
Kha knew that ahe wna beautiful.
Bhe bad red-gold bair and durk ryea
and laiihea. ller akin wan mnooth and
white aa a gardenia. And the forces
that had modeled her features had
mado them clear aud fine.
llut behind thia aweet and womanly
maak. ahe waa wildly diacontented and
ager for life. And Life with a
capital 1 wna beginning tomorrow
With her wedding day!
Tomorrow alio would burnt forth
Ilka a butterfly from lta cocoon, and
fly away. Away from thia alinbliy
bouse, and the alarm clock that had
wrenched her from aleep at aeven ev
ery morning for the lnt two yearn.
Away from the neceeaity of working
aix days a week aa typist for a real
atata firm.
And miied up with (ilorla'a lore
for Dick (Iregory waa an enormous
gratitude toward him for taking her
away from all thia to a life of ease
with him.
At leant, Olorla Intended that It
fthnuld he ease . . . mid lilmry, too.
Hhe waa tired tp pi'nny-piurhitig and ;
bnrd work. ltrsil lired. I
A job and n tiuwiiicnn rnrecr were
all very well In their way for gills
who weren't beautiful and desiralile ,
, . . girls whom men ilidn t wnnt.
Hut with n face like hem . . .! '
Then elie turned out the lights above i
the dressing tnhle. i
Hlie climbed into bed, pulled the)
Cover around her shoulder, and !
eleepilv kiKHi-d her mother good itijtht.
...
Two lintir ltfr Mie ph. up itt hdl i
ila t with tli fVilihg that i
B.Hricnn' ItHif rnllnl her.
Shfl lififntl. No ikuiihI In thr;
dlirttIlt'l ll'Mlkif. j
Then nnltl-itlr wht rntA n low j
"Hob White" TvhUtle nut nf iior.
Tiirk! I
Hhe Mtl)ii hrr fpft ovr tli ii1f '
f the hod. nnl flfw tn the wintJow j
There In et'"! flown on th monlU l
Ifinn. She hennl him Imifih itn nh
threw ... the wirulow.
"It' our wp.Minf (tn." he fiifd
Ten minntrw fter twelve! Iliiwn
tnjr bride ?M
"Oh, JHtk. how nlHttsI nf jrotiV
CloH arIiI, rinKperitlfil. "Ion'r yon
know II hnA lurk to eee ynnr br"le
nti y.mr wi'ihiin tiny brforr the
prprhr mnketi hir jour? .m b
eiele. vthnt will the ncialibori. think
if ther nee yottV
"Oh, bother the nelThbor! Ther
won't be your iieighbrtrn nfter tomor-
Wsm-y& : t f fF f ( ftzt y& u4i
GtorU Gordon
Dick Gregory
row, anyway," Dirk repliefl In a etnjte
whinper. "Kook hern, I want tn kinn
you. . . I'vfl been thinking nbont
you nil evening (luring that rlnggontvl
bnrhelor dinner . . .
With n hang, Olorla ahnt the win
dow, and went bark tn bed.
She lay there waiting for the Bound
of Pick' roa'lflter. Hut. there was
no eound anywhere eieept the lnue-
aome shriek of a train in the distance.
At lant ahe. got up and looked out
of the, window. Dirk hadn't moved.
He wan still waiting for lim kiB.
Olorla opened the window,
"Why In the- world don't you go
home?" ahe naked eronBly,
Dick didn't anawer at once. Ho
stood twirling his hut In hla handn.
"Oh, have a heart, Olory," he said
finally, 'Vomo on flown tn tho front
dnnr for juat a minute, , , , I must
kifti you, drnrt Uhink, it a our wed
ding day." 1
Olorla hesitated. A ft or all, where
waa the harm In one little kins In the
dead of night? n another twelve
hours they would bo man and wife.
All right, I II be right down, bIio
whinnered.
hho put on her bathrobe and thruat
her baro feet Into slipper. Hho tip
toed out into the hall.
Halfway down lho stairs ahe
panned.
'Jlils waa not the thing to do!
Hho was making borne If cheap
. "eaay." Tho way to hold n man
was tn keep hi in guessing. To klsa
him ao seldom that love-making
would never lose Its tang and flavor.
A man was a born hunter. Ho
loved tho rhaie. As soon as he got
what ho wanted he was off at top
sperd for something else, fur somo-
body elue!
Well, she would keep lii'k running
after her! Hho would never go to
Itlm as she was going now! Never!
Phe turned and ran bnck tn hor
room.
"IHck!" aha railed softly from the
window. He emu n out f rum tho
shadow of the porch.
'l arllng, I'm not coming down,"
Gloria said. "1 juat can't, li wouldn't
h right. You shouldn't have nskvd
me to do such a horrid thing!"
Without aiiHwerlng, 1 ick crossed
the lawn and started his car,
Gloria Iny In bed listening to the
sound of It. tShe heard It for a long
time, aud she knew that lick had
gone out on tho avenue, to take one
last look at the limine he had built
for her.
What a hoy he wn!
At twenty, nlie wan more worldly
wiao than IMck, in spite of his thirty
years and hifl reputation as a lawyer.
He wan like wax in her hand). She
rould make him utterly miserable by
refusing him a kiss. And when she
was tendnr he would willingly go
through fire and water for her! He
said so,
.... When she did JUhh him. she
was never thrilled by It. What ex
cited her waa the power that kisi
gave her over him ! v
Yes, Hick was mad about her. He
would give her anything she nuked
for. And she wan not going to be
slow in asking for the thinks she
wanted , , . leisure, love and luxury.
It ii t above all, luxury!
L Gloria's first thought the next
morning was "This is my wedding
day.
Her second was "This Is the last
upon hers that wero so smooth and
cool,
THAI TICK II.
j J Ell honeymoon wh the most won
derful time of GlnrifiV "
She slept the mnrniiijr 1
breakfasted plegantly at
In thp afternoon sh
hired n fiacre to take tin up
the steep road to Mount Kojal. or
our. into the country. .-
They ate in ipiaint little French
restaurants.
And (iloria shopped!
She bought bends anil enrrings and
more than a dozen bottle of French
perfume, w!iile Dirk stayed In the
hotel reading.
(iloria had never known anyone who
read so much as he.
"For a rising young lawyer, you're
unite n high-brow, it seems to me,"
she snid one morning.
She was lyiuvr bnck in n long chair
while the hotel hair-dresser marcelled
her reddish gold h.iir. She laughed
almost scornfully.
Dick made no answer. He sat
morning I shall have to wake up in j down mid picked up a book, only to
this dingy old room, thank good
ness!"
She hated everything in it, from
the battered brass bed to the imita
tion ivory toilet set. j
Ity tomorrow morning sho would
be the wife of a man who could buy
her wonderful things .... a toilet
set of silver, perfumes, lacy hand
kerchiefs, chiffon stockings too thin
ever to be mended!
She had made up her mind that
her honeymoon would he a shopping
trip, too. With IMck to pay tho bills!
"Sweetheart," Hick had said, "let's
honeymoon in some quiet place where
wo can be alone." Hut she had
laughed him to scorn.
"Don't you know you can be lone
lier in a big city than anywhere else
In the world, silly V" she had asked.
"I've decided on Montreal. It's ro
mantic, but it's full of lovely shops
and restaurants. And we shall stop
at the ltitit .... and be very smart
and Ititxy!"
1 bck had laughed. Ami she had
her way.
So when n certain train rolled
across the country that November
night, Mr. and Mrs. ltiehnrd Gregory
were on it. Their drawing room was
packed with brides' rose.
"You're like n rose, yourself, my
little Glory! All mine at last!" Dick
murmured. His arms held her close.
His eager lips pressed down hungrily
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"... I nuit klu you, dear! ThlnK, Ifa our weddlno day." "Oar
llrtg, I'm not tomlnn down," aha aald aoftly. "You ahouldn't hayt
aaked me to do auch a horrid 'thing."
put it down. Ilo filled his pipe mid
laid it iiulijjhttMl, nn the dri'SKi-r.
"t'oine here, reytleHM mini. I wnnt
tn tulk to you." tiloria held out to
him n nihil hand. "I'd you know, it'n
nwfully eold out door? 1 nearly I
froxe yenterduy. 1 need n inhu. I'd
like n fur onn. I've bven lookiiiK nt
ono in tiuit little nhop thiwu the
ntreet . . . . "
ller voire trailed off. The lulir-ilt-epser
hud finished her work nml
wnn puttiui; her Iron nml hnishoe
nwny in a little hlni'k ling, (ilury paid
her.
...
The moment the door hud elosed
beliiiul her, lick mine nrroiia tlie
room. lie iut Ilia hnnd under
tllorin'a elbown, holding her nwny
from him.
"Look here, ptenne don't linve peo
(ile hiiiiging ni'ound here nil the time."
lie nnid. "You're heniitiful enouch
without having your .hnir rurled
every time the wind Mows. I want
you nlone, nil to mynelf . . . ."
With midden p.'iioiioii he pulled her
to him. nud kissed her eyelids, her
mouth, the little hollow of her throat.
'Wonderful! Iteaiilifnl!" he mud
Mis voice wan ehoked and queer.
tiloria could feel the henting of his
henrt nitninnt her own, nud the quiv
ering of hin hands.
Wit li one of her own she pushed
him nwny from her. Nhe nmoothed
down her ruffled hnir.
"lo yon think you enn nfford the
eont? It's four hundred dollars . . .
the one I wnnt. dear." she nnid cool
ly, "ll'n B Jacket of Siherinn squirrel."
She laced her fmgern nt tmck or
hin neck, and held her face up tn hin. ;
"Sny you'll get it for nie," ahe snid.
Without a word Pick nodded nnd j
turned away. He picked up hia pipe,
and hin hook. t I
Tin going down to the n.en's
lounge for a while." he said shortly.
I'll meet yoii at the elevator at two.
We ll hunt up a new place for lunch,
shall we?"
...
And no it happened that the new
Mm. Uichnnl tiregorj came home
from her honeymoon wenring a costly
fur eont. fragrant with scent.
The, went to dinner thnl first
night with lick' father and mother
in the old homestend.
"llolvpoly pudding!" nnid Kick
when Maggie, the maid, brought itt the
dessert, "I'll net mother made it
just for me."
She certainly did." answered old
Mr tlregory. .Mm. (Iregory beamed
at (iloria.
"IMck nometimen hnn nervous in
digestion, as yon probnbly know, m
denr," she nnid in her rich contralto
voice, "and when he has an attack. 1
alwavn cook everything for him my
self ..... very carefully. "ou un
doubtedly Will, too."
"I can't cook." tiloria nnid In a
very email voice, "I can't cook at
'''
Mother flregory frowned. Then
her wide brow cleareil
"You will learn," he smiled com
fortably. "You will learn "
Ami tiloria nmile.1 bnck with hr
ripe lips. Hut there wan no nmile in
her amber yen. They were like
pool, of water that no aunlight has
warme.1
. . . che would never learn to cook!
She wouhl neer be a h.otrh,,M
drudge, her bands shmelc! with
washing dishes. ller DAiin brokeu.
. ... If Hick's mother thought thin j
.. L .. I-...l ..f i.. k- ui.n )aH mnr- ,
rieil. the wan jolly well mistaken!
.
(iloria widened her pyen. She
turned to Mother tiregory.
"Ity the way. I'll need a cook right
away." she nnid sweetly. "1 wonder
if Maggie would know of anyone who
wants a place. If Hick has a weak
stomach, my efforts nt cooking would
kill him, most likely."
After dinner she nod Hick walked
home to the new house. It was white
Willi green shutters, and it nestled
among the everKl'eens that surround
ed it. Kverything in it wna fresh and
new. !ick and she hud spent hnppy
months buying furniture for it.
"I nay. (ilury, I wonder if we can
afford a cook," Pick began the firnt
of whflt (ilorin Inter called bin "econ
omy sermons."
'i'l..... l.n.l itivt eome into Hie little
l,se Clorv switched on the lishlnl
and sighed with joy. The house with
its Chinese runs and yellow silk cur
tains was a dream. A dream come
true! t
"Afford a cook? Why. of course, j
we can nfford a cook." she nnid.
It was absurd that n successful huv- j
ver couldn't nfford a cook for his,
wife! ., I
"I'm not so sure." Pick said. Me ,
set their bags on the floor and drop-s
lied into a chair.
"Vun see. dearest," lie went on.
"tlie furniture isn't unite paid for.
Ind our honeymoon sent a inousiu."
dollars to (he four winds. Then, there
was the fur eont I gave you ...
Well, for goodness nnke. whnt l"l
vou want to get married for. if you
couldn't afford to keep up n home,
tiloria nskrd with midden fury. She
. . i ..i... ii-ou sure that
W c.S I ireo. n,: " -
I lick's mother hnled her. ,
Your mother thinks that I ought;
to spend my whole life cooking, so ;
vou think so. too! Well. I'm not go- .
ing to . . . d'vnii hear? I'm not going
to frv nil the color out of my checks;
standing over a red-hot stove for (
hours and days and years !
Then she burst into wild nobbing
and ran upstairs.
She threw herself on the bed ml
their room, and waited for Pick to.
come to her. She wauled him to com
fort her. to forgive ller. null to tell,
her she could have n cook.
. . . j
Hut he didn't civne. Wie listened.
No step on the stairs. :
Then tilorv began to ImnsH. Not
as she had ever laughed before in nil
her life, but with great gnspn that
shook her from head to foot.
And us she Inuglied team rolled
down her face.
Ml at once she wan nwnre ot
Pick standing nt the foot of the bed.
II- hnd n big pitcher in Inn hands.
Then she felt the sling of ice-water
in her face! , , ,,,,,
It choked and blinded her. Hut
she went on lnufhing and crying. Nie
tried to ntop. Sin- couldn't atop.
Presentlv she heard the low runib e of
Pick's roadster under her windows
. And the next thing nhe knew
it wan broad daylight. ' r'he ' l"'r
own bed. very tiled end hungry.
"Whnfn happcnc'IV" nhe asked her
self Kor she felt blue and iinlmpp.v
as if something dreadful were hanging
r her. Then nhe remembered last
"'"Pick!" Clorin culled, "(Hi.' Pick!"
Immediately he appeared in the
doorway. 11 f-iv as covered w.ll.
hither, mid he held .i nlmwng lruli.
"Pick (iregory. wliv did you throw
that water into my (nee lust night V
(Ilorin asked. Pick grinned.
"Hccause 1 thought you had hys
terics, and I guessed right." he cheer
fully answered. "I went out and got
Hoc Seymour, and he gave you noine
pills to put you to sleep, or you d
U..1.1.. i -et . nr lainih-
prooiioi.i i"
ing. I'll ndinit that the laughing gol
my goat."
"Well, don't you ever dare to throw
ono drop of water nt nie ever again,
no mnlter what 1 do." (Ilorin said
solemnly, "or I'll wnlk right out of
this house nml nevi r come bnck.
P'you umlcrstiind V"
Instantly he wns beside her bed
holding her close, stroking her per
fumed hnir.
"Pnrling. I was a brute to do it. but
I'd nlwnys heard that ice wnter wan
a sure cure for hysterics ..."
Hick stopped talking nud tint n
finger to his lipa in warning. Krom
the stairway came the tinkle of dishes
and the aromatic uracil of fresh cof
fee. Maggie, Mother (iregory'a maid,
walked into the room carrying a huge
tray!
"Here nhe in! The world's best
cook. Hick nnid with a flourish,',
"Mother has promised to lend Maggie I
to us for a few weeks, until jou get
your bearings, Glory."
"Indeed. 1 wanted to come, Mr.
Pick," Maggie nnid heartily.
"I phoned Mother last night that
you were ill. and Maggie came over
first thing thin morning." Hick ex
plained when the door had closed upon
Maggie's broad back. "And she sent
word that you were not to worry
about her. She says nhe can get
along beautifully, alone, for n few
weeks."
It had not occurred to Oloria to
worry about Pick'a mother in a maid
lesn house. She neetned no large and
capable ... so adequate to any of the
small worries of life.
...
There was breakfast for two on
the big tray . . . chilled grapefruit,
shirred .eggs, and coffee with thick
cream.
(iloria beomed nt Pick over the
rim of her cup. Her eyes were soft
as a child's, once more.
"Parling, I won drendful last night,
wasn't I V Tell me I don't denerve
nuch a duck nf a husband," she cooed.
She patted Pick'n big hand. She was
yielding and adorable now thnt she
actually had a cook in the hotine.
For she had had her own way, an
nhe nlwaya hnd nince the dny she won
born!
"I'm afraid my Glory Is a spoiled
child," Pick nnid, but his voice wns
deep with love.
"Next time she has a tantrum I'm
lining downtown and play poker all
night with the boys." he finished.
Gloria gave a gasp of surprise.
This from Pick!
".lust you try staying out nights!"
she cried. ".lust you try to pull any
thing like thnt on me! Do you know
whnt I'll do?"
(To be continued Saturday, May IB,
and daily thereafter)
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"A PROGRESSIVE WESTERN INSTITUTION WITH
HIGH STANDARD INSURANCE AND THE BEST SE
CURITIES IN THE WORLD'
Our Ordinary Life Return Premium policy costa you midline In event of death within
twenty years from date, since ALL PREMIUMS THSREON ARE RETURNED WITH IN
TEREST to the Beneficiary IN ADDITION TO THE FACE OF THE POLICY.
rh event ot 'accidental rteath ALL PREMIUMS WITH INTEREST are returned ami In addi
tion DOUBLE THE FACE OF THE POLICY IS PAID.
This contract also contains provisions for the return of the face amount of tho policy If
you live to maturity, anil' disability benefits If you are incapacitated as provided timler'tlie
disability clauses.
TWO GOOD MEN WANTED "03 UIT0CCUFI2D TERRITORY
Write or call on our jpncrnl arjsr.t,
MR. J. A. HENRIE, 1438 East ISth Street
EUGENE, OREGON", for information
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And Vaudeville Attraction
Also DANCE 'Till The
Cows Come Home
For Benefit of Baseball Team
LADIES BRING YOUR BASKET
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