Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-25
ELLEN ADATR MEETS
A TALKATIVE LADY
ON The DOORSTEP
She Wonders What the
Future Now. Will Bring.
A Little Widow Is a Dan
gerous Thing.
CIIAPTER II.

Oidle pldCC NtCD L ElObu quite dlOnp buI-
side my uncle's house, that first sad night
in Philadelphia.
Gone OFF to l1urope!" rang through my
stunned brain. The house shut UP for
three long months" Where was 1 now
to turn.
remember noticing how the little
children raced along the pavement, each
on one roller skate. In the light of tho
street lamps-how very early 1t grows
dark in Philadelphia - their little faces
shone with happiness. think our little
English boys and girls have roster cheeks,
but these Americans had pretty little sun
burnt faces.
Where was I now to turn? l did not
know. One cannot live for long on IS!
How foolish had been to come this long,
long way on mere surm,sc. I saw that
clearly now it was too late. Gone Oft to
Europe" aud the house was closed,
a woman from the ucNt-door house
now came upon the scene She may have
wanted to be kind, l do not know.
thought SHE had the shrilcst, harshest
voice.
Yes. he has gone" said she, ARE You
his niece? From England, do you say?
Dear, dear, ! thought you had a foreign
ipnk' In mourning tool What friend OF
Cours has dfedo guess its real nasty
of your uncle going off like this, just
when he was expecting you! Amt men
the meanest things
"He did not know that was coming
here" seid dullv .You see. only wrote
three days before I saiIed-I sailed a week
ago. Its no ones fault eScept nv own"
A FLATTERING CRITICISM
,his str,,-o ir,7i,-i1u,l STARING ir+ert,,,
-,, -,
AT me- arms ahuhoo' llere am ''"V"
style to you either. The way you f1N your
hair went out three wears ago! 1t sort
oe a,,i., ,.,,,,, ,,,o .,,,.,-t a., .ro .,,,a
%l ,S,t +o,'y your taSe, InUaS" al '"P sane same.
lhat queer oId-lashioheu way. l guess
YOU need a bit of rouge on those pale
.tnFrH Yon,iI I' nsve p" ost s4'Is' bcoS here Tn-
less you smarter up a bit,'
Can you sive me my uncle's present
eaaress. ~ sunny &sNeu, ask l@r llJr strange
"And that car't," said she, "Your
uncle came it rather naughty over me,
After that ailius wife Of his died. three !
years aEo, l tried 10 be real sociable, over |
the back yard fence or nights. ] pulled !
three lathes of wood out, SOS l could .
keep a CHEEKY eye on hinl-for I'm /
widow, and can sympathize with men! |
You ought to get another Wife says l.
1T amt natura-like, for a man like YOU |
to live alone" He'd be sitting there of an
evening, smoking his pipe in his little
back yard, a real -Ood-loOking man he
isi But whenever I'd come out, and try
hit. of conversation with him, WIN
he'd act real stiff and naughty and then
make some excuse and get M and 20 into
.be house. 4 SEQ the fence - broken
he would cav aIrays ,.ar, norita ,TiI
:. renairad Threa times he r,andsd tbs
Tencs ,ayer pr,eesi1e- 7 l,ad made tho roIs
nv, r,,-r.1se'., Sha .i1,bad Zyf+b = rs-,i,is-
cnrt Iooly IN rar Lar9 eve - r-,ass yo,1
,mcie's Sxe5 real elegant. said she re-
.i.s1,. .'>'u -e1' ''-
EreStu!ly. -.
t,I nat ,is 81 ~ -, 80 ~ ~ e. ca.
"!r ny ~. - t+t.u +,. o'U ''o'
care ""ere was no" u ID'"'
A PLEASANT PROPOSITION.
.r .,,... ,,o, b,ya coo5ssn r,+ -
money Win you ana "ouId MAKE II
worth my while il took you here to-
night7'' continued the hard-eyed widow.
..ap+,,,, ..r,,, o,,,.,,,~-, W., -.,.,,,,a,
- W.
of beer along, so we might have a nsrtv
and be real sociable. guess I could fix
up that hair OF yours ror once and make
toJG al - ,.,I ou a'!, ul al
bit and stepped around more lively The
chaps here like a bit OF sun"
Inc prospect a'o not -ouho e-p7ng.
hhuaueTea at tIs FVFE luea OF "nRI Aer
parucu,ar conception OF 4 DIT or run
h'.gh! y pe r., ,....- ,-,.
tliHh u otI,.' :" % an hnt~!'
IaIitIy sua. Leit SO uFed, ana yet |
,,, coutu mo-. Mou'o "'t 7i''eF 'I'aI UNKNOWN
WHO" mouse
me DreWln6 storrn th4n broke upon my
mead, heaa, Montns or PoIltS FebnI upon my
Iiteie i Pa. ns4 SoH'L ''.e "'Ho ana no"
], ms unfortunate niece, reaped the whiri-
MlIu' WIZ me "atoW .al -aTEe rocaol.aTY
shu one sIeet sIlt oL nelarnor Fhat
ourieu IA'eht was uhsaFIneH uhuL II grew
te.iolo. 49,,
q crown %, .t''s uHEn!HS clrclfd