Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-17
CHAPTER XxN
TWO GUYS MAKE WAY FOR A
TAnE

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LADY.
Bert Glider. necessary adjunct to ,ba
sunday dinner came just In time to sit
hown at the table with the family and
he was so preoCruped that Molly was
half veXed with him
Now. who has won part Of your mar
hles?' she Chded him attempting to
conceal her annoyance with him under
the guise Of gay raillerv.
Bert already looks like a married
man. laughed Fern. "t'd be frightened
half to death. Molly Think what hen
look Ike at breakfast on first of each
month";
Hell never see the meat BILL" de-
cared Molly. 81 intend to begin with
alimony."
81 hope I can pay IT," responded Bert,
catching the all too jovial spirit of the
aSsembIag". and pretending 10 gaiety
himsel'. u think my first step toward
making living, however. will he to
move out Of this State, where I can
buy and sci! piece of property without
asking permission of some alderman or
ward thug
II think we'll all 20. suggested Mar
ley, who had been looking studiously
into his SOUP. What has happened to
worry YOU Bert?"
Since Sedge smiled" queried that
neatly mustached Young man. i'm order
TO head him off from that reproach. 81
think | have good cause this time
took drive out Lincoln Road this morn
ing. and they're going ahead with their
amusement park project"
Impossible asserted Marley. traight-
eninE in outraged dignity While the
Ring city street Railway Company has
a Lincoln Road franchise which would
prevent our competitors from obtaining
one, 1t has not announced any intention
n l,.N liz.
not do so"
Bert laughed quite without mlrth
you remind me of that good old stand
ard story of the man who was arrested
for some trihing offense. He sent for his
friend. and explained the circumstances.
Why. it's confounded nonsense" eX-
claimed the friend. holding the bars and
looking through the grating of the cell
door. No policeman on earth can throw
you into jail for that"
why he was in Jail at that very
minute" protested Fern.
II think that's supposed to be the point
of the story guessed Molly. "Of what
Is 1t apropos, Bert"
"Of the impossibilty of building an
amusement park on Lincoln Road" he
answered. They're digging a lake out
there. They're erecting the scaffold Of
roller-coaster They've built big
work shed, which is laIer To be turned
into Tannenbaum Hall, which, just
now, is stacked with gaudy parts of
three-story merry-go-round. 1t may be
utterly impossible for them 10 build an
amusement park out there, but they're
doing it,
Molly glanced quickly at her father
He motioned that his untouched soup
might be taken away, and toyed. in nerv-
Gus embarrassment with an almond.
I've already done it," he half shame
facedly explained
sold your stock?" she eagerly In
qured
Not quite" he hesitated. II did. how
ever, stop at the telegraph office on my
way back from Allertons this morning,
and I wired the people who have been
after my stock to name their hest offer"
Good" she responded. win you take |
it, whatever It is?"
II can't bind myself to that" he re-
Piled 81 must confess however. that.
the offer is, l shall he tempted"
"Allerton must have given you very
little satisfaction about that BILL" sur
missed Bert.
quite the contrary" stated Marley.
THE bill is absolutely harmless. II is
only bit of political lapdoodle, intend
ed to convince the voters of the State
that Allerton is constantly on the job"
Something must have happened to
make you change your mind so quick
ly," pondered Molly, Whatever it was,
I'm glad of it. You must have met
Sledge." and she giggled.
"Sledge must have smiled at him."
laughed Bert. keeping up the joke,
IL have excellent reasons" Marley
concluded, with becoming business grav-
ity. THE future of street railway in
vestment i'm this city Is too uncertain"
Father" said Molly suddenly, in the
midst OF the silence that followed, 'ff |
Mr.. Sledge finds you have sent that tel
agram. he will do whatever he is going /
TO do before you can turn around"
Hell have to move quickly" answer
ed her father, with a superior smile his |
returning on the slight |
est provocation. II sent my people that /
telegram today, so they would have il the /
first thing Monday morning. They were |
very eager, while they were here, to ac- |
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