| Show p PARADE I by Evelyn Campbell Copyright by Evelyn Campbell Service It Is an old saying that one half bat ot of tho world doesn't know how the other half baIt lives Until recently It had al always always always al- al ways been applied to the poorer half halt the tho the called no-called submerged section section for for there thero was little mY mystery or uncertainty uncertain uncertain- ty In regard repard to the livelihood of ot tho rich or those those- regarded as na being In to the prosperous class But all things change and the security of or wealth Is not so Treat great reat as It once was as Market upheavals now Inventions and th the tho pen en- en dency to add more speed peed to the swift pace paco of modern affairs may change n a days day's time the complexion of or a business and shake the foundation of or ofa ora a fortune The man with a Job Is often otten better placed than the one with a top-notch top commercial rating raUns Instead of or a poor poorman's poorman's poorman's mans man's wondering where he Is going to get tomorrows tomorrow's breakfast t. t It Is more than ever the case caso that such a distressIng distressing distressing dis dis- problem confronts the so- so called rich moan man One has only to look lookaround lookaround lookaround around to note many executives of yesterday yes ves- who are iob Job s Job seekers today One tendency has not changed namely name name- ly ty that of or striving to be a part or of tho the parade parade maintaining maintaining appear appearances n cs- cs up the bluff Tho The mystery as asto asto asto to how these live Is la even greater greal r than that which surrounds surround the livelihood of ot the unpretentious poor Their story Is an Interesting one and andIs Is 18 handled with fine dramatic dramatic- Insight by tho the distinguished novelist Evelyn Campbell in her book entitled Parade Here Is fiction or of the day day fiction fiction of ot otan an absorbing and enlightening sort In Linda lIa the author has drawn a n heroine who commands the readers reader's prompt understanding sympathy sympathy sympathy sym sym- I pathy and regard Her temptations adventures defeats and triumphs comprise comprise com com- I prise a n record ecord that will linger long longIn In the memory I I CHAPTER I 1 1 Behold the Lily It was Lindas Linda's father Haverhill who planted the Idea so firmly in her mind that It took tool the root of all noxIous noxious nox fox ious Ions weeds and flourished nourished there He loved the child and the hardest thing about d dying was the thought of leavIng leaving leav leav- ing lag her yet et she had to live and face Cace life and he honestly believed that he was telling her the truth They were together In the bl big third floor front bedroom that looked upon the avenue Sounds came ume dimly there but far away breaking through the sullen murmur r of the streets they could hear a band playing It was the sixth of September and that year It fell upon a Monday The house wa was not their house It belonged to a n distant cousin of Lindas Linda's mother who had lent It to the Haver- Haver cr hills while she was In F- F Europe rope She Shedid Shedid Shedid did not know that she had provided a n place for Jim Jim Haverhill to die in Linda was Just then s seventeen enteen with all the promise of the great beauty soon to be hers er E Everything about her was of a It slightly exaggerated settle scale her slimness the excessive grace of her young bod body Her eyes were vere a t trifle too tuo large and deep too deep too black Her Iler pallor and the pathetic line of her herred herred herred red lips were too compelling One looked at Linda with suspended breath pitying her for her loveliness lo because it Is well said suld that women who are too beautiful are n never ver happy and Linda was of that sort It was vas a warm day duy with the uneasy sultriness of September Lindas Linda's Ion long white arms had drawn the daybed close to the window and her father lay luy there gasping for the time elusive air lapped in the staid magnificence ma of the time borrowed house and ln longing ln through h his unruly spirit to he be oui und mind away any from It all nil even en while his Mesh flesh clung to the girl irl beside him He lie was wa tin flit spectacular ruin of what had hall been a chumming charming person pelson too tot fine tine for what had befallen him him but not nut hl hi big enough to ade evade It Even en nm now he wore n a purple silk dressing gown and his hid linen was so pure that even e the Intense intense In in- tense humidity could not degrade It ItlIe Itlie Itlie lie was as ns cur carefully fully dressed as us he had ever er dressed for dinner timid and ue tie looked with disapproval al at his dau lIter crushed frock and open collar dollar There Is time to change e before luncheon h he tie said wit with h the faintest reproof hut but my dear lea r yeti you should not be n negligent because we are art alone i You know father that there arent aren't any servants I shall have to cook th the luncheon myself I Haverhill Ha shuddered Ue Lie Infinitely preferred no luncheon at all and told her so If an unfortunate nute circumstance compels you ou to perform such such- such such a u duty treat duty treat It as us play u a Jest of It lt my dear never lear never admit even cn to yourself that flint there is 18 IH necessity That Thai ThatIs Is the only way ou can nn conquer conquer conQuer- conquer f His Ilis rough overtook him and find was smothered hy Ity a n square of ot soft linen delicately perfumed I When r this Ills was over cr sat a t wit with b her perfect chin cupped clipped In her hand gutting gazing into limbo time the al almost empty St pf- pf white I lint hot ot breathless I wish father r I wish wish wish- What m my may dearest I wish we v didn't have e to pretend By Dy October It will mill Iii be over u Ie if it said wit with h another not h cr cough tin evening ten ill not even en dreaming of the he it truth he uttered il You Von will vill Ir et nil this this- He lIe sent a n contemptuous glance around the handsome room roam u. u If in his eyes Its comfort US sus squalor It has Iy been Iwen a II lilt little II I misting p. p up for us both oth flare iu-e iu I get my Diy health again It ii will be so easy Wil With h m my connection connection- Jim Haverhill had been a It finan financier cier that K Is he lie sold said his good name his Impeccable e und and u a few other things s for stock in various enterprises en en- that might jr rr might not hn have ve I been selling seIlIng gold bricks or their equiv equiv- I f 1 i t- t J i i JJ i i j alent Nobody but himself knew how varying his success had been heen but when the string snapped It l cn caught ht him with empty po pockets l ets and a vast and poignant regret He was sorry he had ever had n a child l III 1 could get hold of enough h to see aee you through until through until you are married he said suld looking piteously at Linda She wanted to hide her tears Look father futher she cried gaily leanIng lean lean- Ing over to peep Into the street beneath beneath be bp- neath the haughty brown and ochre awnings Look I 1 Theres There's the mounted police pollee and theres there's a band the band the first one and find dozens coming What a I funny drum major Arent Aren't they queer so so far down like down like lead lend soldiers I Iso Linda was young enough to be thrilled It vas was really a magnificent I sight and costly enough to command i 1 tp 1 I I 1 I V I L t I I II I y I t rt ri rv r i v 4 N v iT 5 Linda Was Just Then Seventeen With All the Promise of the Great Beauty Soon to Be Hers respect The fhe city had lent every public pub puh- public lic spectacle it possessed The cheering cheerIng cheering cheer- cheer Ing became prolonged Linda parted the geraniums until untila a n little tunnel gave them uninterrupted ed view 0 dear the nice shiny ones have all gone by hy she said as asIf asIf asIt If It she had hail been heen speaking of pebbles The procession changed ed Its charac charac- ter The horses the glitter and the dancing drum major vanished and other men were coming now walking abreast In eights marching men in to ordinary druh clothing red red rell faces pale palefaces palefaces palefaces faces awkward hands Some ome of them shambled some lifted their feet gingerly gingerly gin gin- gerly gerl as If they hardly knew how to use them Like a n lon long gray tur turgid stream they merged Into the dimness of the street that was presently lost lostIn lostIn lostin In the cavernous distance These outnumbered outnumbered out out- numbered theIr ny leaders n a hundred ten hundred to one yet they were content content content con con- tent to follow dumbly tr trying in with a sort of pitiful eagerness to keep step stepto to the mu music lc Who are the they cried little Linda with a childs child's ea eagerness erness Then she drew a n vivid picture with a couple of ot words They remind m me of ot a grub and a butterfly Those men men men- Jim Haverhill lIa looked d long bong and steadIly steadIly steadily stead stead- ily at lIt the nver never ending ending procession The fhe first In Monday September he said slowly Labor day The one day In the year yen I when the workers ers of ot the world come com out to show themselves them selves sel and see what the they have C done J Linda lost Interest O 0 they are Just workingmen worl she said saki How many there are Where do ale they thy live What do they find to do Haverhill gave ave her a n strange look It t mil may have ha been lInt hat i- i H thai flint moment he glimpsed her profound ignorance and glimpsed hl his own iniquity In leaving her so But Rut It wa was too oo late lote He uttered his short king hat laugh the most mirthless sound imaginable TO UP OF CO CONTINUED |
