Show I j The Ey Evening ning Telegrams Telegram's I I Dally Daily Short Story BY BETTY BETrY ByLA ALFRED OLA ULAY Yr y bt un 1918 by the News NoW'S paper ka actual ute life when a poor young man admires and loves Joves a a. rich girl he heiY iY- iY to her hat at tl is money Humph It Is mere It Rill buy breakfast foods n ni and i take ke You Into Into tho shows show but It cant can't buy feu such uch love ovo M as r I have for tor you Aid she looks ot at him and replies You are are a thousand Umea right flax Hu- We will Rill get mauled and lIvo tn In a room iwo cotta cottage e a. a and id I win will take In in and to support the What dross 1 have havo I will give to the he heathen and then wo we will have noth- noth or nG to bother us ua It I. I somewhat different In the Mot ry 1000 The poor young Oung man sees tho rich lady gliding gilding b by In her auto HIs cart began beran to thump He Is In love Jovo be- be has busted a a. madlY tiro III eve on and aM yet realising the terrible lion hor- No ible ble gulf gult thorn Hefe e Ja out ot of a job out oat t ot money and he be tobacco stores Mores wont won't trust rut him tor pre tt e. e Your inches of the tho lace on bat girls girl's rIs rI's dress would mean ea a porter porter- ter- ter louse lOUIe steak Sn in onIons for him ut aW alas no steak steak-no smother for tor him Henry Lt Bt was wu born of I le parent Th They wore too poor to be e olae When Whon he had worked hi le levat vat gy through college and CAme out with I good general on ho found that I inch men were worth a salary of 0 about Ito a week k After looking vain In-vain vain for tor a a. be accepted lt it He became rate lints secretary tary and librarian ll-branan to a Mr Ir cott r. r Scott was Ras chIen chiefly known as that nan that lived next door to Mr Mc- Mc ibe and the latter wu was chiefly known a to be worth million dollars Ie IC b a wife and daughter and the was beautiful Her name was toms tom On the morning that Henry St Claire umed bis duties and within half haIt an our lour after assuming he be caught his hie Light of Mass n Roma as she drove from he be house In inan an auto There WM was Instant on his hI part There was noth noth nr ng on nh as she didn't know that such young youn man existed In 10 four or five days the young man was a deeply In love lovo and tho made him to the th fullest extent the th helplessness ot of his position JUon In lovo With an heiress whose auto anto would run run him down and then than speed aWl away It he be lingered to take look at hurlIn hurl horl horlIn In love with reith an aristocrat rat and be a nonentity In love with a a. girl and not salary enough to buy bet ber shoes 1 If size she became becane hJ his wife Love Lave to Is that neither sex flex CAn be blamed for tor but good sense does docs not always go with It When en young youn Mr Ir ht St St. Claire realized the gulf between theme them he e turned to thoughts of suicide It was h his employers employer's cook thAt thorn them into other channels Betty Baker was a mIddle middle- aged woman who had had her own troubles with the god ot of love Jo She was W a good cook but she believed ed that all alJ mon an and all women were born tree free and equal She considered herself of the family and It If snubbed sho wont ont on a for higher wages Mr St. St Claire had not been In the h house two hours when she entered the tho library and took and began I Now No then you are no better than I am andI and 1 am no no bettor better than you are aro- while wo we are are both as good as the master and mIstress Yes You are a a. good looking young o c man and they say Sity you ou hit vo a good education WenT Well 2 nut But you are working for 10 a week weak I I have got to make mako a start sart he said Fald Anda And poor tart start Jt it Is my boy And have you Dome come In here to taunt roe me with m my poverty Bush Betty etty Baker taunts no no O one 0 She sometimes gives advice but oho n never ver taunts Arid And you havo hava come to give me ad- ad vico vicor I 1 have e and when I think I need advice I ask It ot of you There Theres a a. rich girl next door HYes sho's got Fot a a. mighty heap heal ot of money I HJ see And she hasn't a 8 lover loser She She's a bit QUeer How do you mean queer She reads r books Dont your rouT Not that kind air She wont won't read a a. book unless It Is a story of a knight or a hero or of of some rich girl marrying A A. poor young man who has her life ure And how hot does doeR It come that you know so much about the rich girl next door asked the private e yI y I 1 was as the cook theta these for seven seen long years yuu and only QuIt a year ago when the mistress ot of the tho mansion got to showing that she he felt faIt herself n a heap above me mc Miss Roma Romo and I were like Uke sisters 1 know her better than her own mother does doe B But t tho advice 1 WAlt Waite A. A week weak Young St St St. Claire wu was slightly consoled by the tho knowledge that Miss MIes Roma Mc Mc- Cabo aS waa romantic She Sho had a a. father who wasn't a hit bit that way war and the chances wore that ho be would have ha something to tolay say lay about It 1 The girl would mars fi a poor oun man or or none at all hIe He as a a. poor young man an all right but she ehe had a a. full tun halt half million others to pick from According to the cook ook Miss Ml Roma wanted a hero He waa perfectly willing willingto to become a hero but where wee wall the opportunity op- op Mr fit St Claire hadn't the nerve to put himself In the tho meetIng meet meet- Ing the girl ir Not lol There Thero Was was' no hope hoP for the tho young man He must mourn himself Into the grave throUgh unrequited love What left him without a ray ot of hope was that Betty Baker was rebuked for sitting In tho par par- lor JOr with her feet teet cocked UP on another chair and she zhe hid had stood on her dignIty and quit hor job tIt took ten days and 2 3 more n a month to get her bel back again and after she had got the kitchen running In the same old way into the to say ea Is It suicide for tor you It might as as' as aswell well be was as the melancholy melan- melan choly choh reply That can keep for a a spell like Boston Bos- Bos ton baked beans I am going to Miss noma and tell her you aTe are perishing of your love 10 for her your heavens no Not a word In your praise until after arter the event But what event Young man Mid aid Betty Baker In solemn sol sol- ol- ol tones tone Mies Roma w walks In her sleep Mr St. St Clair looked at her in a al bewildered bewildered be- be way Yes sir she do and her own mother dont don't know it it Many is 18 the tho night I have followed her and brou brought ht her back to herr her bed TB Is It possible She gets ets up slips Blips on IL a wrapper and andJe Je leaves ns the tho house hooe At the tho back end ot of these lots as you must know runs the river She will Ita go down there thare and stand tand tandon standon on the ha bank But Yes Yea she takes her ho 1110 tn in her h hand nd ovo every sho dOM does 1 It I ha have ve saved It a a. dozen times over It fe now up to you To met mel Yes sir We will now see whether you are a hero or a a. nIncompoop Your bedroom window overlooks the McCabe back yard She walks Just at midnight ht wh when n she walks You must watch and fellow fel- fel low Jow her and be beon on the spot inV In cue case she abo falls Into the water You will wUl then be a hero horo and and- And what For an educated eti young man you i are tho stupidest est thing r I over ever saw Figure Jt It out for yourself I have havo rot work In Inthe the tho kItchen Nether Miss Roma noma McCabe ever walked In her sleep or not has never been told There came however when Mr St. St Clair saw a human figure leave the McCabe back when door he new flew downstairs and followed It to the tho river river- when he stretched forth hi his eager hands and And there came camo a a. day when Mr rr rc- rc Cabo rose up in hIs wrath and pointed JoInted the way ay out ot of the tho library to a hero And another day when Betty Baker stood with arms akimbo and said SUck Stick to it It young oung maul They cant can't beat a walking girl and a a. hero bero of a a. young p Anti And IL a marriage mamae that took place about a a. year later prove that Betty Was riS' riS right t. t |