Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-05
..vrlsbt, 1914 by Louis Joseph Vance.

~ her house. IN New YORK DrlNen n, to SEER SEER
shelter houses and finally enters the house
q o. = rich family. No one Is az nome ana
sally fssr't,SSeUf ssT own for them AS she is ieav
fhepsb fs sbs sees a man trying to open safe:
As he works s,nscsed ana S by another burglar.
" tgo men grapple and the hrst rs likely
y e pyerwhelmed when Seiiy So Dreans dronaj ani
s n Y ~ scufle, and covers the men. me
y. IN blue serge. the hrst nursIar' as
sas .s,rs out the other. Then Sally fees from
4 NJ house. ,..,,...,,. s,,i, ,roo,s tho b,r-
wansssrihbsss nss has beffiended at Grand Central
s,s,,en and insists that he get her an ae-
ecmodalon to Bost2m bsro hey he bSppsr sp nUw pre
& sne sneeas tSst sally is one of his profession.
tenSs rSs burglar reveals himself as Walter
eavasessicb sally blundered. He was open
~ inio ,Ss safe. Of which he had forgotten the
inngmsiSation ing M when the true burglar attacked
eoinVi'A s,n As sally hears this confession. Adele
8 nn.ash dIvorcee, the sister Of Savage,
stanolsIn ~ The matter is explained to her,
ana ' ss secretary to their aunt. They
8 ssssEs'' a letter Of recommendation and all
,lsh tha owl train to Boston.
take ,a,espam w announces that the Standlsh
,on,s has been robbed after all, apparently
y the burglar gEs Tno sSy %nS rs tn soy "Te nothing
AZ ssyage's presence IN me mouse, SO that
~ may collect her burglar insurance; ran o
& There are two men staying at the house,
s ,Itiiston and Trego. The former attracts
s IN, very much. The latter Ia WeEt-
srper sn,g who seems out Of place Can and !, who
,siss 10 be friends with hHr. -
s.iiH going meets Set fyttieton and they confess
sSsiy love TO each other. t.yttleton is dis
respectful and they 9uarre SSor are het .ronso Tis
tSinss occur. There Is signal light from
shs bav TO a room in the Gosnold house:
i.yttleton and ieaously reproaches her IN q
secular way, but agrees to say notninE ~
s viii keep galst Soneerpnsf tes ne ssiy
CHAPTER XI-(Continued).
8 Mrs. Standish was studious IN her
S avoidance of him without appearance or
+ men slight His nature and Lyttleton
& we're essentially antagonistic. Sally's ami
mus had been well defined from the
vsrv beginning. when she had resented
8hJs being both physically and tempera-
mentally SO completely out of the picture
& N that existence to which she aspired.
& nut reconnaissance up that dark alley
s demonstrated It an indisputable impasse
and SALLY gave It up, reserving the griev-
s. .ncs for tender nursing (she had very
E human weakness for selected wrongs) and
8turned her attention to the puzzle involv-
Ing Lyttletons business on the beach at
IA a m. and the signals exchanged by the
3yacht and the window.
Nor did she make much headway in
.hls quarter. Instinct indicated a deli
ztate harmony between those events and
4the formless shadow to which Sally had
all along been sensitive, of something
eouivocal in the pretensions of Mrs.
Standlsh. But that clue played will-o'-
the-wisp with her fancy, leading 1t ever
farther astray in a bottomless bog of
black bewilderment
d None the less, she had just succeeded
In establishing to her own satisfaction
the probability that her sponsor had
been, If not active in, at least acquainted
With. the business of the signals-reason-
ng shrewdly upon that lady's highland
Cd treatment of Sally's insinuation as
consequential-when Mr.. Trego elected
10 appear for breakfast.
That unhappy young man had been
more wise II he had not taken 1t for
s ranted that clock would be too early
E Or Sally as we'll as for everybody else
Tho didn't make breakfast in bed a
8 habit, and more diplomatic person
Would have been at pains to prepare
himself against that inevitable rencontre
with young woman of eXacerbated sem
dbillties. Nothing could have been more
surely predestlned to ghastly failure than
his cheerful assumption of a complete
Understanding, with the hint implicit
that. having done Sally a signal service,
he was willing to let bygones be bygones
and take as tacit a sense of obligation
not easy for her to express.
"Helo!" he saluted the charming vision
of her with undisguised pleasure and sur
prise. you down already! Why, l made
sure had at least two hours lead of
the field"
yes" Sally agreed quietly; II am
Early l presume"
Want to be careful" Trego cautioned:
ITS hardly the thing, this early rising
you know; it's not really 'clawss; It
isn't done"
to. And cheerfully unaware of her self
restraint, Trego armed himself with
plate and foraged at the side-table, with
is array of silver-hooded hot-water
dishes.
Been for SWIM" he volunteered with
thrill Of coarse creature satisfaction in
hls tone. Wonderful water along this
eoast-not too warm, like the Jersey
osaenes-to my taste, anyway, and not
'oo all-hred cold. as 1t generally Is north
q tne cape, but just right. Like bathing
y champagne properly chilled. No such
Plek-me-up in the world as a dip in the
lfisd it"
dare say" said Sally briefly, and
sas very glad she hadn't. But that
a,saoiully long climb up from the beacn
she amended, feeling it obligatory
4sSn sS1- her not to seem too short of civility.
iou DON'T mind that when you come
M. y after SWIM" Trego declared.
s only In anticipation, when you're
mug between sheets and debating the
~, claims of the distant beach and your
Ianuy bathtub; then, l grant you, the
s'''np up the cliff weighs heavily in the
-sa's Oh disadvantages"
"A ~ afew out the chair adjoining Sally's
ia ~ e,'aeked the half of an iced canta-
'suh eut after the first mouthfuI put
1osn his spoon.
ssar' please" he said with a dep-
ma grimage. indicating the bowl
s,sh. osyehd the girls place. II know /
lssas. 70 go In for salt IL want to come
nS osh as a regular guy, but if YOU
~ tel on me, I'm going to enjoy
~ ~ melon In my own primitive Western
asy Thanks "eS'e''
sieh sVinmltted ,1a the objectionable deed
a., = hperal hand "FrightflIlIv weird
assIsa he mimicked with a chuckle
nina II takes the rude, untutored
zsss,ls " barbarian to be satisfied with
+ hlstnhs thing with sweetness instead
M. .,p...ssness, doesn't it?"
s.i.. prefer salt myselfn said tba