Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-11

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| ask for some directions sns
| stopped short Down the 80. 80
| like one who flies from sofos ~
came n slim black figure. eiss' =
and set, horriled stare. fss.1 91s s.
out his hands and she cana = laAs
a great wondering sob y hla 81
Leonardo she cried. "Isa.
There's no doubt about aalVF
swered, quickly. Am / nich + !
rifying obiect?" : W s
She stood quite still ana !.
hard. BY and by the sIddlnsss
Leonard" she murmurkd. y Ps''a
Then she began to smile - s
1T is too absurd" she fan..
you've got to do 1t all over as.,l4 sI
What do YOU meant" be 49,
get me something to eat -
she begged. II am STARVING 81 81
where it's cool Leonard. hass ~
full I never even knew thss 60
! In New York" ~ =
| He called a carriage and tool
to roof garden. There, as n =. II 4
they got seat near the pafnnsl 4 e
make talked clumsily about bi,..s rs
OF the time. There was . I,,si 3
throat. He felt all the whils ,haa s|
was very near BY degrees tt.
she ate and drank. the collar Nv
TO her cheeks. the fear ~
down seemed to pass away. shs
even cheerful. ~
I'VE are really the most sr,..i
pie Leonard" she declared. HYas
bled into my life once beior. =
was on the point of being turn.s i
my rooms. You've come tnto !,
snd you find me once mora ~.
Don't spend too much money NV
dinner. for I warn you that
to borrow from you"
He laughed.
That's good news" hh -.
but I'm not sure that I'm eolns II |,
anything" s = i
He leaned across the table Tbs.
ner had taken long In preparing ".
dusk was falling now. Over tS,,-
the stars, the band was plsvIs. n
music, the hubbub OF the streeis M
below. Almost they were In A lI,,iss.
by themselves.
Dear Beatrice" he said tqh,..
/ asked you to marry me and W., ~
not, and I asked you becauAs y.
selfish brute, and because knAvr n. &
was good for me and that II woun 4
me from things of which Wa NJ
And now am asking you the sam. n {
again. but have bigger reason i.
trice. have been alone most Of *. n
two years, have lived the sort !, 4
which brings man face to fscs +
the truth, helps him to know blr.1
and others, and have found ON y.
thing"
"Yes?" she faltered. Tell ma. i.
ard"
''I found out that it was YOU NJ
for always" he continued, ''and IN E
why am asking you to marry N. ~
Beatrice, only this time / aak ySu Il
cause L love you, and because IA
else In the world could ever taxi +
place or be anything at all to fne,a
Leonard" she murmured.
you arc not sorry that / hay, I 5
this?" he begged.
She opened her eyes again.
II always prayed that I mirhl N
you say It," she answered, "but Il n. E
oh, 1t seems so one-slded! Her. +
starving and penniless, and y6u-ytl
suppose are well on tho way toward e.
success you worshiped."
II am well on the way" he said, ~
estly. toward something greater d
trice. am we'll on the way toWsn
derstanding what success really L, sl
things count and what don't. ID
even found out" he WHISPERED.
thing which counts for more than I'd
thing else In the world, and now ttr s
have found 1t out, L shall never Ii E
go again"
He pressed her hand and She asl
across the table at him with swim
eyes. The waiter. who had been
preaching, turned discreetly away .
band started to play fresh tune m
down in the streets came the clanr
of the cars. A curious, cospopdh
murmur of sounds, but between ID
two there was the wonderful SILENT
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