Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-08
CHAPTER X111-tcontlnuedD.

s,iiy to leave the case 70 her 1.i.s cossaii saiiy
baii Ia scheduled and Sai,, SayiRse asNS '""'
CHAPTER XIII-(Continued).
cha nercelved, with little qualm OF
,ortrItlon. that she had been eager to
.ordern the man out of sheer. unreason-
.t,o preiudice, all to ready to do him in
.,,,ica IN her thoughts. Unpleasant
.houeh she found his personality, harshly
.hO,sb his crudlties grated upon her SEN
.ih,iitjes she owed him gratitude for
a. intimate service in an emergency
-han she had been only too glad of his
rsrsonal intervention; and it were rank
inrratItude to wish him i'll, just as 1t
vas frankly base of her to be eager TO
think III Of him. ,
Repentance had got hold of the girl by
,ha name OF the neck: II shook her rough
~ n iustly, For little time she cringed
Il shame of herself and was torn by
Sasre in some way to make amends to
this animal of a Trego, whom she so
desplsed because he refused to play up
IA the snob in her and ape the manners
Of his putatve betters as She was keen
10 ape them.
perhaps It had needed this ugly hap
u4ning, or something as unsettling, to
reyeal the girl to herself in a true light
at least a light less flattering than she
found pleasant.
Certainly its aftermath in the way of
prlyate communion served we'll to sober
and humble Sally in her own esteem.
Outside the immediate field of her reverle
she was now conscious of the words
"sycophant" and parasite buzzing like
mosquitoes about the head of some fran
Tic wooer of sleep, elusive, pitiless. en-
ssperating making it just so much more
difficult to concentrate upon this i'm
portunate problem of her duty.
II she was not to protest her own in
hocence, what ought she to say upon that
afd2
Was 1t consistent with loyalty to Mrs.
Gosnold to keep silence about matters
that might clear up the mystery and re-
pair the wrong doing?
But how could she attack another?
& How bring herself to point the finger of
accusation at Lyttleton?
On the terrace outside her window 4
string orchestra tuned and hummed
Hoftly In the perfumed night. Rumor of
gay voices and light laughter came to
her In ever greater volume. Before her
distracted gaze swan a view of the for
NAL garden. agllmmer like corner of
falryland, with the hundreds of tiny
lamps half concealed amid the foliage of
Its shrubs and hedges.
She knew that she must rouse herself
and be seen below; not only must her
message take its place with its twenty
oed fellows in the mail box, but nothing
could seem so discriminating as prolonged
and deliberate absence from the fete.
Yet she had little desire now for what
tWo hours since had seemed n prospect
OF oewitching promise. The music rose
and fell In magic measure without It's
dalwhie power to stir her pulses. There
was not one In all that company below
ior whom she cared or who care for
her, none but whose interest in her pres
ehce or absence was as slight as hers,
ana her mood shrank from the thought
q such casual and conventional gallan-
!fles as the affair would inevitably bring
,VItn' she was In no humor tonight to
oAhce and banter and coquet on an empty
ana desolate heart.
mus II was made clear to her that
sne mad never been, and never would be.
u sueh humor; that in Just this cir
samslanoe resided all her insuperable
SAsoelation from these people of light
hearted llves; that this was why she was
1 ioreVer must remain, however Ions
sha intimate her life among them. an
outsider; because what she needed and
se,nahded' the blind and inarticulate i'm
sea,h ss,Se which had made her aspire to their
sW was not the need of n wide,
s so.lal NE. but the need of a narrow and
"hstricting love.
an, ana all the love that she had thus far
Az Am ~ lilis earthly paradise had proved
pueioh' a mookery and a snare.
slsssehty she stirred with reluctance.
su resigned herself to the prospect
night OF hollow. grinning merriment
~ sulned back to contemplation of that
hk1l.unate card. And while still she
I'a'ed' pencil poised, with neither
Rhs, nor any sort OF announcement
ihsCeVer the door flew open, ana
~ s H. like fury In a fairy's dress,
hs, ~'s' standish clothed as Column
sas shut the door sharplv npt her
70 II, ard. keeping her gaze dyed
Hsr amazed girl, turned the key.
- passion was as evident as AZ was
rom sl1s bare OF the mask that swung
H. eh strings caught in her fingers,
dssosr"'e shone bright with the mean
asre Of seething agitation. Her eyes
temper u, ~ her mouth tight-lipped, her
eats pa.ehuy set on a hair-trigger.
H. automatically, on this interrup-
al sa1y rose and. standing, slipped the
t5es,ta.e taeo It's envelope. an action which
lasssss,.rom rom the older woman a curt
zes5,auYe gesture.
nave you written tbara9u she
Htoed brusquely.
felone y answering Sally carried the en-
ssaled \ Hsr iips' moistened its flap, and
ke Thus she gained time 10 col
skleb 80. ana compose her attitude,
lshsihisni nihed out unexpectedly TO ha
sees,hns cold ana critical.
Baes 40 you ask7" she returned.
1 sooc..-se ! have a right to know, Ia
asa,,leefnF me-"
aso anay should itq' Sally cut in.
hsstha si'oS very well that II You
Bsf syllable about last night"
nv ny what about last night? Yon CANA
ID wss.S4 while was inexplicably out
~ ~, uil ! returned / can't see
should care II that became
slf written anything about
ana - siandish said insistentIy.
''a e being em6s4rasses ~ /" II sa'lisnss .lis,s