Show SERIAL E R AL STORY S ST T O 0 RR Y I 1 HER SA INFINITE I 1 VARIETY ro y by brand whitlock illustrations by ray walters toe culbright Culy right iwa by I 1 bubb co SYNOPSIS senator morley vernon visit with tile his ludw wa was antt ly ty a cau from his hi political anwa 1 at the state both regretted it the girl more then thon he lie batum nhe she I 1 lal a I 1 ar arranged ranked to attend a 1 dinner that evening hith file him she raid paid 8 lie ev ani tr fr a it witla nit lonal nat bince for him on vernane neton a il d el ok in the tie w icnatz nate hn he found IL red 1 ross accompany I 1 by a ilea i lea for suffrage for women n lie ile met the au t boreas 1 ditria M iria areene of chicago who proposed proponed to convert him into veil rig fur ur ho bo ii Is resolution no 1 misi hilas cret no secure cicurel I 1 verane N arnn a promise to tote for if tie 0 1 mool rf ullon he lie alga bidel aidel her by convincing others lie took it IL lank to the fil r fillas orene rie enns u cited 1 with I t h I 1 the he lieutenant gov erncr vernon ll 11 admitted to III a if that hi suffragette had fi ed a str e ln ke fei fe I finx liil ditl in him he lie figgat to read his hi francees flan cees letter arnon anon ninde made a real great speech h in faor ct of suffrage aided by from NUNN G the resolution wa as male ts a etcil order bernon mon wae was anth 1 ae on the proman is for the res re alution he ife wae was n uth rh fn ml greene a company coniti any vernon thoughts of 0 amelia he ile took lillas arterie on Or one terie and 11 lal I 1 out trans rian for the of the redo bullon vernon e speech a great newspaper he ile atae as being neff neg i 1 ti amelia who had nut not anser ana erid td hin letter CHAPTER VIII continued vernon was of tills this crowd moving from one group to another smoking laughing talking hh ills heart may have aten a little boro sure at tho the thought of amelia a strange neglect ut of him but the soreness had subsided until now it was but a blight slight numbness which ho he could forget nt at times and when chedid he did think of it it but gave him resolution to play the ganse game mure wore fiercely ho lie found it pie bisant us as he threaded his may through the crowd to halt sen a tors as he fact them and say well we the ionian suffrage rosola tion comes up tomorrow you 11 be for it of coursell course it g gave alvo him such a legislative and importance to do this aa As ho he vaa as going leisurely about this testing somo some of the sensations of a parliamentary leader cowley the correspondent of tho the courier cr ac tic carted him and showing his teeth in that odd smile of his asked it if ho he cared to say anything about the resolution only that it comes up as a special order in the morning and that I 1 have no doubt whatever of its adoption by abo senate 11 have ou on assurances from 1 from everybody and every assur unco once said raid vernon all for it come an I 1 have a claar they went ent over to the isar cigar stand and when they bad had lighted their cigars coley aa said leti go out for a 8 little walk I 1 ma bo be able to tell you something Bom ething that will III interest you CHAPTER IX vernon was glad enough of a breith bre ith of the ciering air and they wont down he tile to tho tile sidewalk along the curbstone many men had place d chairs and arid in these cool and quiet od dlee ot the lim brietling ling stream of voli tica they joked and laughed peace full sixth street stretched td aidi aftic dirk dirl anil antl inviting vernon and cowley turned Bouth and arid strolled along com con s the air ft as duclous aft art er the blazo of the hotel tho the blick huo pho 1 of a ino loon onless leee night was aas restful 11 their ciglia were mere abt it ive 1110 just got hold of a story bt lit I 1 gin cowley after they had injo d the night for a tit in silence I 1 vo ve juat just got hold of a story lie shoki of course as always fron th h detached standpoint ot of a man khith you ought to enow hat Is it ita asked vernon porter and a are against ii your resolution cowley spoke th s namoa names in a tone th thit it toll how kutik any appo opposition would be and wright wl ind his ills fellow fellows are against it LOO fie ile added nonsense 08 I 1 said vernoll Ver anell you 11 BW see reli flee cowley but bey told mo oh wei tint e all ill right they e changed in tl th 1 last it da dai or t two a vh h 1 I nell el they eny day lla its risky from parla they think tr ti ej alread havo nit all the load the willit to carry earry in the fai fa campsa n R sides ld bey they 11 ll ll it I 1 the nay say there therell no den till for each stich a radical step and eo so MI no rt ria a eon ron tor for taking it vernon ernon in all right said 11 cowley in th hi care I 1 tone ot of one who has barged si duty valt till you so st MIS overman lathrop lan hin I 1 in acre to morrow mrs ortman hodge I 1 vernon topped still till in 1 th n adit of tit walk and turned in it irl line aln annl tw far te coey corley calo enold jd the tho little 9 he te I 1 ad lu ill i but they re aji u or it ornon mutters etem ob well you kno thoy they n never v e took the tham wy TIM piously riou sly 0 ot I 1 course tiny 1 it la in ibe home just to line ne up oil roan man amet for th tho apportionment portion ment bill they thoy diar t think it would mould amount to atil thing yes I 1 know but maria marla burley groue A ell she a a pretty woman oman you bet elie she Is s said ild vernon and allen be down tion here again tomorrow too iia she aid said cosloy bugely with his strange smile yi e but look here charlles Charl Char liell lel ver non exclaimed don dont t you go mixing me up with her now understand ob I 1 understand said coley Cof and he laughed natu hiu bernon ernon reached the hotel ho he eel set to work mork in earnest ito I 1 to tr tramped about half halt thu night until be he hod had swa seen ever eler st s who could bo be found he ile note I 1 a change in them it ho he did not find th ni hostile host lie ho lie found enny of them bihy and reluctant nut but when hen he lie went u his room he had enough prom isca isea to allay ills hig fear fears and to toro restore etore la in a measure his confidence and he tie fell asleep thinking of maria marla oreene greene hap py in the thought that she would mould bo be there with mith lier her charms to off offset set the social influence of mrs airs overman hadgi anthrop CHAPTER X vernon vant down to breakfast the next rooming morning m earing wearing the new now sum mer clothes his tailor bad had sent to him from chicago the day before he ile bad had a flower in his buttonhole a red rose indeed showing his colors for the final triumphant day lay the rotunda of the hotel swept sept 0 of t the litter of the night before was clean and cool and tho the morning air of a perfect diy daiy camo came in refreshingly at the be open doors the farmer mem bore bers confirmed in the habit of early rising were mere already sauntering aim lessly about but otherwise state siner still slumbered tired out by their labors of the night before vernon in the nervous excitement which arouses one at the dawn of any day thit th it la Is to bo be big with events hal hall risen earlier than wis bis his wont ont 11 he e hastened into the dining room an and 1 1 c 1 0 shell hell be down here again to moprow too 10 there at the first table his eye alighted a on sat bat maria marla hurley burley dorcene sho she saw him at once for she faced the he door and she greeted him with a brilliant inith ath bp rInging step he rushed toward her both hands extended in his ta lager gerness noss she half halt rose to take them their greeting pre eting silenced the e early irly break tasters for au an instant then he be sat down dowl opposite her and leanta over with a radiant faco face aa as near to her as maht be considering he the width of tit the e tablecloth able cloth and the areti fast things b be e awen and so oure here at last I 1 I 1 he ex ox claimed ills ilia eyes took in her toilet remarkably fresh it was though it had been made on tho the sleeper it give vie lone une of those eyl vl dences of being but the I 1 late ito flow lowering eying ot of a toilet that hid been mado made the night flight before na ail do tho the of some under similar circumstances she site wore ore this morning a suit 0 of f b brown to arl tailored faultlessly faultless li to to every fl hat at seam senin and a little turban to mitch it be sido aide her plate lay her veil her tier gloves und and a briss tagged key and her face dear clear and rosy in ka its rich beauty w wis 19 good to look upon the waiter halter had just juat brought her strawberries john to roe me s ild vernoa vernon to the waiter walter ill take my breakfast hero here may AIRY I 1 ho ile lifted his eyes to 0 o miss greene a burely said she wj 11 have much to discuss and eo so you re here again it last rebated vernon as it ho he hod had not al ready mado made tho the ame jams observation he kid ill Is lime ilme preap a little more U eu on the th at last she inest have hase noted that fact for ehe she blushed blu thed red as is tho the str tra anber berried riso bile begun began to turn over lan a critically poled fork and did aou come down alone vernon went ent on no ho not exact exactly ay eld sold al miss iss green greeno mr mrs overman hodge la and I 1 believe several mie mis overman hodge lathrop 1 I think aid said mem greene that she sits ite behind there aa M a twinkle in the ee ees sho she lifted for an instant from her berries vernon scanned the binl ig room thore there mus mr ira overman hodge lathrop in nil all her and ee es beside her sheltered snug under her all protecting wing as amelia they were at a long table mrs overman hodge lathrop at the head had and m with ith them halt half a dozen m women omen ees severe ere end and most respectable the bat all of them erect pecking at their food with mith a distrust that waa was not so much a material caution as a eil evidence dence of their to most of the things with mith ahl h they mere thrust in contact every day their hats scan ely trembled such was tho the immense lin menso pro propriety of their attitudes they did not bend at all even to tho tile cream vernon who mho wag was taking all this in at a glance wilm hit mrs overman hodge lathrop was severer than he had hall eer imagined it pos possible for women to be oven even such a woman oman as she ho lie would mould not hae halie been surprised had he lie suddenly been told that her namo name hail had acquired another hy by phu certainly hir hr dignity ind had been reb there she sat with her broad shoulders and ample bust her arms jeopardizing the tile sleeves oi of her juiet jc iet it was mas the most impressive break fist piat table ho he had ever seen it might hive given him a vision of tho the future when he should hai havo a secured for worn en all their civil and lial rights and tho the nation had progressed to te fe male lieutenant gen ails who would be forced at times to dine in with their staffs nut but ho he had no such suh vision of course the very spiritual aversion of those women to such a thought would have prevented it oc curtly in point of fact his regard in an in slant stant had ceased to be general and had become speciale having amelia tor for its objective she sat on tru tto right of her commander a rather timid aide and she seemed spiritually to snuggle more closely under liei lei protecting shadow u with ith each passing moment she seemed to bo be half frightened and had the look of a little girl who Is about to cry her iler gray fiaui 1 m with ith its bat hat of violets above her dai hair was mas on the tile instant half pathetic to vernon she sat facing him hir hr face do downcast there was mas no conversation at that table it wag was to bo be seen at a glance indeed that among those ladies there would be need for none all things having been prearranged for them vernon noted that amelia seemed to him more dainty more friggle than sho she had ever been before and bla his heert surged out toward hei bet then she raised her ees slowly and held him until from their depths sho she stabbed with one swift glance a glance full of all accusation indict meat ment and reproach the stab went A ent to his heart with a ii pian aln that made him exclaim then per perceiving celsIng that the complicating cornei ts Is were mere fiang he lie rose hastily hab tily and with half an apology to miss arcene ene he lie rushed aar across oss the loom tto TO dr |