Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-29
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arlstocracies. representative houses, and
encroachng tenantry
Inc solitary symptom of tenantry In
evidence here was a perfectly good
| American citizen In shirt-sleeves and
overalls. pipe i'm mouth, liberation in his
men, calmly steering a wheelbarrow
down the drive. Sally caught the CLINT of
! his cool eyes and experienced a flash of
intuition into a soul stepped In contem-
plative indulgence of the city crowd and
its silly antics. And forthwith. for some
! reason she found no time to analyze, she
felt more az home, less apprehensive.
As the car pulled up beneath the porte
| cochere mild-eyed footman ran out to
help the valet with the luggage; Savage
| skipped blithely down and gave a hand
to his sister. offering like assistance to
Sally i'm turn; and on the topmost Of
| three broad. white, stone steps the chat
! elaine of Gosnold House appeared to
| welcome her guests-a vastly different
| personality OF course, from any of SAL
| ly's somewhat incoherent antlcipations.
Going upon the rather sketchy sugges-
! tons of Mrs. Standish, the girl had pre-
| inquired Aunt Abby as a slSittish female
| upward of three-score years aud odd
! Eahblns creature with a wealth of empty
gesticulatlon and parrots vacant eye
| semi-irresponsible, prone to bright colors
and an over-youthtul style of dress
Sne found, to the contrary, lady OF
| quiet reserve, composed of manner, au-
| thoHtative of speech, not lacking in hu-
NOR, of impeccable taste in dress, and
| to all appearances not day older than
/ DO. despite hair like snow that framed a
face of rich but indisputably native com
pleXion
In her regard, when it was accorded ex-
clusively to Sally, the girl OWNED
mildly diverted question, quite reasonable,
as to her choice of travelling costume
| Otherwise her reception was cordial. with
| reservations; nothing warranted the as.
sumption that Mrs Gosnold (Aunt Abby
by her legitimate title)N was not disposed
to make up her mind about Miss Man
warng at her complete leisure. Interim
she was very glad to see her any friend
of Adele's was always welcome to Cos
| mold House; and would Miss Manwaring
be pleased to feel-very much at home?
At this point Mrs. Standsh affection
ately linked arms with her relation and,
with the nonchalant rudeness that was in
those days almost a badge of caste,
dragged her off to cool and dusky cor
ner of her paneled reception hall to ac-
quaint her with the adulterated facts
| responsible for the phenomenon of Miss
Manwaring.
BE easy" Mr.. Savage comforted the
girl airily trust Adele to get away with
II. That young woman is sure of a crown
and harp in the hereafter if only be-
cause she'll make ST. Peter himself be-
lieve black Is white. You've got nothing
to worry about. Now I'm off for a bath
and nap; just time before luncheon. See
you then. So-long."
He blew a most debonair kiss to his
maternal aunt and trotted lightly up the
broad staircase; and as Sally cast about
nj n Y
or the pleasure of her betters Mrs. Cos
mold sailed her.
"Oh. Miss Manwaring!"
The girl responded with an unaffected
diitidence apparently pleasing in the eyes
of her prospective employer.
my niece has been telling me about
YOU" she said with an engaging smile,
land I am already inclined to be grateful
to her. 1t isn't often-truth TO tell-she
makes such prompt acknowledgment of
my demands And I'm a most dsOrderly
person, so I miss very much the services
of my former secretary, DO come nearer"
Sally drew within arms length. and the
elder woman put out hand and caught
the girls in a firm cool. friendly grasp.
Your first name?" she inquired with
look of keen yet not unpleasant
scrutiny.
sarah" said Sarah blunty. "Manar-
ing" stuck in her guilty throat.
spelled 1t out.
THANK you; l recognize it nowl" A
shrewd, sidelong glance fiickered amuse-
ment at Mrs. Gosnold's niece You
come from the Middle West, understand
and you've had rather a hard time of 1t
in New York. What do you do best?"
'Why-Ive tried to write" Sally con-
fessed shyly.
"Oh! Novels?"
Not quite so ambitious; short stories
to begin with and then special articles
for the newspapers-anything that prom
ised to bring in little money, but moth
ing ever did,"
"Then, I presume, you're familiar with
typewrters?"
"Oh, yes"
and can punctuate after a fashion,"
81 think So"
you don't look it; far too womanly.
unless your appearance Is deceptive. to
know the true difference between a semi