Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-24

OF skin from his nose with her finger
nails and beat him on the mouth TIL II
bled.
AS she ran she heard him sputterins
and calling into the dark, III get you
for thisl You'll SEQ I'll get your
Silver did not stop running till she
reached her boarding house and locked
herself UP in her room. There she proke
down in storm Of tears.
She felt no remorse for her broken
pledge; It was good to dupe the devlli
there could be no perjury with the prince
of evil. She vowed that she would not
belong TO Krug though his master him-
self came down the chimney Dreaming
fire Rather than that, she would leave
the flock Rather than belong TO a man
whose touch she hated she would go back
to the freedom OF her old life. Whatever
its faults, 1t left her free at least Plainly
she was not meant to be a swallow. The
others ate and ate and ate and grew only
the thinner for II. But X she touched so
much as a pudding 1t went straight 10
her cheeks. Heaven evidently meant her
to be fat, and she would yield TO heaven'
In this grim resolve she fell asleep and
dreamed herself hungry cash girl again.
When she woke up the cash girl fed,
but the hunger remained. She was the
first one in the dining room, and she ate
as II she were condemned to execution
and this her final breakfast upon earth
She left the house for exercise and
passed q billboard where the flight OF
Brunrs birds was Autographed with more
Imagination than Bkill. But this critic
was no better than the artist. and Silver
felt great sorrow In her heart at giving
UP her wings,
Grief depressed her 80 utterly that she
sought nepenthe In the only stimulant
that gave her respite. She entered
bakery and bought lavishly. She came
forth carrying a large paper sack bulsing
with kickshaws.
She hurried homo like robber with
bag of swag. AS she ran UP the steps OF
tho boarding house and darted through
the door she collided with Mr.. Bruni AZ
the sight OF him she was overcome with
guilt and shame and remorse. She hunS
herself into his arms and embraced az
much OF him as she could encompass.
Amazed by the onslaught and the out
burst. he led her into the empty paTior,
settled her In a chair. sat down by her
and asked
"Leetle keed. you are seek7 You have
bad news from homer Huh2'
ITS meself Tvo bad news FROM"
Silver whimpered, and with that begin
ming told him all poured out the little
history of her saccharlne past. showed
how the balefult habit of food had fast
ened Its tentacles upon her, till now she
was lost beyond redemption. She con-
fessed that tho cause OF her swoon was
n useless effort to starve herself into
shape But she said never a word Of
Krug his influence or her compact with
| him or his threat against her. She turned
in a soppy resignation punctuated with
| Bobs.
Poor. fat. old Bruni, who had a smile
for almost everything. did not smile at
this tragedy he did not make fun Of
| Silver or minimize her torment. He had
| tlA 80 nnI Inuf
| There was no excuse she could have
| given that could have made 80 straight
| for his heart. He took Sllver's dimpled
hand into the cushions of his and spoke
with as much sincerity as II no were con-
soling and counselling a ropentent Mag
| dalene.
CONTINUED MONDAY