Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
CHAPTER yT-tContinued).

"Ciot to hurry you KNOW, savage III
formed her bruskly; "only 20 minutes to
snatch bite before our tram leaves LOT
the island"
They hurried down platform thronsed
with fellow passengers similarly haunted
byl the seven devils of haste, beneath a
high, glazed, but Opaque vault penning
an unappetizing atmosphere composed In
equal parts of a stagnant, warm air and
stale steam, into restaurant that had
natently been up all night. through the
motions of swallowing alternate mouth
fus of denatured coffee and detected
rolls. UP again and out and down another
platform-at last into the hot and dusty
haven of a parlor car.
Then Impressions found time for read
iustment. The journey promised. and
turned out to be by no means one of un-
alloyed delights. The early morning tenn
per discovered by Mrs. Standish offered
chill comfort to one like Sally, saturate
with all the emotions of n stray puppy
hankering for a friendly pat. Ensconced
In the chair beside her charge, the pa
troness swung it cooly aside until little
of her was visible but the salient curve
of a pastel-tinted cheek and buried her
nose in a best-sellng novel, ignoring
overtures analogous to the wagging of a
proptiatory tail While Savage, in the
chair beyond his sister betrayed every
evidence of being heartily grateful for
a distance that precluded conversation
and to n providepce that tolerated Town
Topics. Sally was left to improve her
mind with a copy of Vanity Fair, from
contemplation of whose text and pic
lures she emerged an amateur adventur-
ess sadly wanting in the indispensable
quality of assurance. 1t wasn't that she
feared to measure wits, intelligence, or
even lineage with the elect But in how
many mysterious ways might she not fall
ahort of the ideal of pOD1 fOrmp
What-she pondered gloomily, chin in
hand, eyes vacantly reviewing a country
side of notable charms adrowse in the
lethargic peace of a midsummer morning
way?
Nothing, not even her own normally
keen power of observation, offered any
real enlightenment.
She summed up an hours studious re-
fection in the dubious conclusion that
good form had something subtly to do
with being able to sit cross-kneed and
look arrogantly into the mpertinent lens
of camp-follower's camera--to be inn
pudently self-conscious, that ls-to pose
and pose and get away with it.
The train came to definite stop, and
Sally started up to find Mrs. Standish
afoot, smiling down at her with all her
pretty features except her eyes and Mr..
Savage smiling in precisely the reverse
fashion.
"All out" he announced. 'Change here
for the boat. Another hour, and-as
somebody says Henry James says-there,
In manner of speaking, we all are"
They struggled across a wharf to
fussy, small steamer, Mrs. Standish lead
Ing the way with an apprehensive eye for
possible acquaintances and, once estab-
lished with her brother and Sally in n
secluded corner of the boats upper deck,
uttering her relief in candid sigh.
Nobody we know aboard she added
smiling less tensely at Sally
"Eh-what say?" Mr.. Savage inquired
from a phase of hypnosis induced by a
glimpse of good form in a tailored skirt
of white corduroy.
Nobody of any consequence in this
mob" his sister paraphrased, yawning
delicately.
"oh," he responded with an accent of
doubt. But the white corduroy vanished
round a shoulder of the deckhouse, and
he bestirred himself to pay little atten-
ton to Sally.
That's the island" he said languidly
waving his hand. THAT white-pillared
place there among the trees-left of the
hghthouse-that's Aunt Abby's."
sally essayed a smile of intelligent re-
sponse. Not that the island failed to en-
chant her; seen across fast diminish
ing breadth of wind-darkened blue water,
patheu III BOluen Inlu-HOFnlnB uBnL, llS
villas of delicious gray half buried in
hillows of delicious green. it's lawns and
terraces crowning iuted gray-stone cliffs,
from whose feet broad beach shelved
gently into the sea, 1t seemed more beau
tlful to Miss Manvers than anything she
had ever dreamed Of
But what was to be her reception there,
what her status, what her fortunes?
I've been thinking" Mrs. Standsh an
nounced when sidelong glance had re-
assured her as to their practical privacy,
about Miss Manvers.'
Il hope to heaven you've doped out a
good one" Savage interrupted fervently.
In the cold gray dawn 1t doesn't look so
good to me. But then I'm only duffer
Perhaps it's just as well; If I'd been a
good liar | might have married TO keep
my hand in. AS ii Is. never forget to
give thanks, in my evening prayers, for
my talented little sister,
Are you finished?" Mrs. Standish in
quired frlgidly.
I'D better be-
Then, please pay close attention, Miss
Manvers. To begin with I'm going to
ehange your name. From now on it's
sara Manwaring-Sara without the h."
Manwaring with the silent as In
wrapper and wretch?" Savage asked po-
For Sally's benefit Mrs. standish spelled
And the record of the fair impostor?"
savage prompted.
That's very simple. Miss Manwarlng
came to me yesterday with a letter of
introduction from Edna English Edna
sailed for Italy last Saturday, and by the
ume she's back Aunt Abby will have for
gotten to question Miss Manwaring's Gre
What did I tell you?" Mr. Savage
Nasged solemn head at Sally There's s
art for yout"
She comes from a family prominent
socially. in''-Mrs Standish paused
traction of a -"BIassillon, Ohio"
Is there any such placer"
OF course"
What a lot you do know AdeleP'
But through a series Of unhappy acel-
oents involving the family fortunes was
eoiised to earn her own living"
Is that all2"
isn't It enough7'
fienty Simple, suceinct, stupendousl
= has only one flaw
and that. IL you pleasef Mrs. stan
alsh demanded, brlstling a trifie.
II amt possible for any one TO be
prominent socially IN place named Mas
salon, Ohio. It cant be done-not In
h1see never heard of before"
DO you understand. Miss Manwaringf
ne woman asked turning an impatient
shoulder to her brother
FeFfeetiy.. sally assented eagerly
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