Show I I Daily Short l Fiction Story BETTYS BETTY'S BROUGHAM By DOROTHY DOEOTHY DOUGLAS Copyright 1914 1911 by tho McClure Nc News News- s paper Sn Syndicate David ld Graham had lost many nights nighta of sleep pondering over the decision of a suitable and useful gift for Celeste The Tho brief brier n advertisement In the morn Ing pa paper r. r which his roaming eyes oyes caught was wan almost as fiS an as Inspiration from the sky ISky Electric brougham for tor sale Newly Newl upholstered In gray Most suitable for lady Immediate sale 1500 1300 B. B Lane Hamilton street The el very thing commented Graham with a R. relieved smile And since It Isa la Is laa a ladys lady's brougham It will m no doubt have all the equipment necessary I 1 II will go up tw today and have hav a look at It Ho Hc I reflected that before the presentation presenta presenta- tion of or the gift to Celeste Celesto at Christmas Christ Christ- mas rens she would have hac consented to become become become be be- come his hta wife wife- Graham m Int Intended to ask her the momentous J question on on the first propitious occasion Late Lute in the ho he went ent to tho the address mentioned in the tho a advertisement If It tho the brougham should prove tOr tory Graham Intended Intend to have it sent to lies Ills garage s and left there until the Christmas holidays Upon reaching he heas was as ns surprised that one who owned nn an cl electric brougham would live ll In so 80 poor a cottage Reduced circumstances ho he concluded concluded con con- an and dropped tho grotesque I knocker that seemed oddly out of ot place on the shabby door doo Tho The girl who answered was pale slim and unspeakably wistful Graham was suddenly aware of an ache in his throat He did not know exactly why I have hae come com in regard to this Graham Graham Gra Gra- ham sal said and held out the slip from the tho morning paper Wont ont you jou ou come in the girl suggested BUg sug bested In Ji A. A q voice from which all the gladness hart gone one Graham went inside and stood awkwardly awkwardly awk awk- ward scarcely knowing how to continue continue continue con con- ids his stran strange e errand lie realized then that In the girls girl's entire makeup there was no hint of ot color that she sho was suffering a loss that had wrung every oVery drop of happiness from her life Graham was not used to sadness It affected him perhaps tho the more poignantly poignantly My brougham brougham is in n tho the garage at the corner of ot the street she told him If It f you ou care caro to look at it before before U She could not go on and the that struggled struggled struggled In her Up Ups was more mom heartbreaking than n a burst of ot tears would have been I do want to 5 see e It it Graham said quickly He Ho He was tearful fearful of ot snatching the frail figure In his arms to try to comfort her Stra Stranger er tho though h he was Wa his arms anns ached with purely purel sympathetic longing to give some somo kind of ot solace to this lone lono sufferer The Tho feeling was not that which prompted him to take CeI Celeste Ce Ce- I leste te in his arms I 1 am om looking for tor Just such a one as you describe you He lIe went out and followed the direction of her glance The small brou brougham ham he found fount there was an nn exquisite example of ol luxury Every modern equipment for tor a d dainty woman woman's womans s comfort was as there Graham Graham Graham Gra Gra- ham realized that only the hands of or love could coul have provided So 50 dainty an equi equi- page It would send Celeste Into raptures raptures raptures rap rap- tures of or delight When tho the canvas covering co had been put back carefully on the tho brougham Graham returned to Betty Detty Lane She received recel him with eyes that strove to conceal their apprehension That she was making a valiant effort to hide her emotion was evident to Gra Gra- ham She feared his answer yet she knew that her hor treasure must go She was conscious of ot a n feeling of or safety Something told her that her little machine machine ma mn- chine would not be e roughly handled bandIed if Gl Graham ham should purchase It Two thousand is not too much for it ho he told her It t Is in every way suitable suit suit- able for m my needs It is a R. gift s for alady a alad alady lad lady ho lie added thinking she sho might be interested in the tho fate of her carIt carIt carIt car It Is la breaking my ray heart to heart to dispose of ot It it Betty found herself telling himM himl him M l Mv father father her father her voice oleo trembled perilously peril pern o y near to o raking breaking my my fath father r it to me mc it Il was his first gift RIft after he had made his money monc Ye We struggled for tor years years-he years year he he and I. I She stopped ed seemingly seeming seeming- ly Iy lost in a dear dream of the past And n then urged Graham softly Well we Yell we came am to Now ow York Torl from the Continued on pace nac-c S. S DAILY SHORT STORY Continued from page pac 4 t. w west t on a n trip we wo had planned d when our ship should sail lall In We e had scarcely touched eastern soil soli when a bad ball Investment Investment investment Invest Invest- ment lost him everything c She paused again a aln and her eyes closed close tI It Jt was too much for him him he he She brushed brushell her eyes ees swiftly I must sell everything I have she finished with a bravely attempted smile Grahams Graham's natural Impulse was waN to offer her the tha money for her brougham with the understanding that she continue to use useL It L lie knew lenew however howe that tho the slim girl girlIn irl irlIn In n her somber clothes would refuse his offer orter Something of or pride In her bearing made him change chango his words word Tho The only Wa way I can bo be of ot service to you ou is to purchase the tha brou brougham ham he said aid gravely vel I need nee not Inform you Oll that hat it will have the tho best of care Thank you OU Betty nodded and ond found no more words When Graham came came the tho next lIa day forthe for forthe the ho the car ho noticed that the grotesque knocker had been taken from the door When he again entered the tiny cottage he be is pa saw too that all preparations for Immediate removal remo had been made The knowledge gave Kae him an unaccustomed thrill of ot power Evidently the golden shaft haft of ot attraction had darted between them h m There is a small mall farm out In central Iowa that hns has been holding l out waiting arms to me over o since I slipped away way from Its lure I leave In the morn- morn InS InS' ng Sho lifted brave eyes to Grahams Graham's face are Please care are for m my dear brougham I I car care very much for It When he had left her Graham felt peculiarly depressed d. d Ho lie attributed the unusual mood to the girls trl's own reflected sot orrow He had the gray ra brou brougham ham put carefully in his garage o and covered cred with mth double cubic canvases When 11 hen he would have had ad tho time B. 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L that was wag delicately delicate engraved en eu- raved graved on the panel of the door removed remo he e found himself unable to 10 do so 10 There might have been heen a vague feeling that Bett Jetty Betty Lane would one day want wont her treasure back In that hope Graham left lett as she had used It Sometimes when hl his chauffeur was as not about bout Graham would lift the canvas HR ano and look ook with swiftly Increased emotion at atho tho ho girls girl's dainty equipage Once when ho o stepped within it he seemed conscious of f a 8 lingering fragrance There was a n faded rose rOM l lying on the tiny gray ra ru rug Graham did not touch the flower Clower though some erne strange longing aro arose o within him to lake ako It t up and to touch ch It ft with his fingers He wondered whether hether or not the girt girl Irl tad ad worn the flower Clo vCr beneath the soft toft l OCt curVe of her helP chin Celeste was wali forgotten or otten Ile He Ic rejoiced that h hp he had heard beard a n rumor minor or of f her engagement to It was wacl when such thought crept into his ils mind that Graham tried to 10 convince himself el that Bettys Betty's sentiment over o the tho car ar had J prompted hIe his own romantic f feel feel- I I Int lags And yet et et deep underneath It all b be knew kne new that ho he would give a tremendous amount mount of his worldly goods to s see e Betty neU smiling within her brou brougham lIe He knew also that thit he mind and no other man JUan would be he beside c her Sho would ha have haC C a slender b band of ot gold on her left ha hand nil a and ami nil he ho Javid ld id Graham would wourl have put It there The letter totter that tat Betty tt received from him ilm sent gent a warm rush ruMi of color to her gradually cheeks chee 1 and ami a n r flutter I of f swift dreams rC to her heart D Graham loves lo mc me site sho whir r lIe He loves 10 me me better hette than any auy- hns In ln- the th world It Jt seemed to her heras hers I as s If that thit t other pc person on s ml I oil with h her Imer l' l |