Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

"Ths T igTcaded 70 dcsperat,irIIne. 70 separate
s.nSs SssS9raTrt aGr rcaTna is ,mSsrinss SSsmans
hsm,. election yiS,itGs c,ty 70 Crossing to- Riue
tsat she lssylGit srsoylitcai meeting, Kennedy's iaunch
i run down. -
,, ,,s cbauffeur's coat and the lap
w. ovsr his wet clothes, Kennedy sat
I !. ,rood,ng silence as they drove PACK 10
II had not been pleasant eN-
",,,ce Although he was good SWIM
ohiu Of the water had brought
mel cran,n, There had been
pa.'" n,o,t when he felt he could not
eve" -. or,en, he had relieved all the
,.,.,ess ENHANCEMENT OF the last Sear-''e
'.,cbed muddle he had made OF MS own
y. .rd Of the happiness of the two women
~ ,ov,d him. Something oe this feeling
'.,, fingered. and 1t prompted note OF
'' .,,oress to Mary's lowering solicit
.,. Urged bv her instructions to drive
W,,, wv as safety permitted, the chauneur
- them over the ten miles III less thah
half an hour ~, ,,o,r NJ somethine Of
,..,r former intimacy. Mary prepared
,ne" ~ and laid out his fresh clothes. In
4 mol pa'n ,a,, tho accident had drawn them
In enite of her anxiety. Mary came
s.r uvs N happiness that afternoon and eve
s.s than she had for months.
n,,s ,as a small ugly, scantily furnished
There was nothing to suggest the
a,luring advertisements
3 WIDOW win rent pleasant, sunny sunny room In
n, attractlve, newly-furnished cottage
u,uo neither attractive nor newly fur
.,hod ,o Margaret II was secure retreat
n IT,. sbe could bring order to her disrupted
X ~. sbe had given the address only to
b war,ood to whom she had written, explain
+ - hreAy that because of her sudden de-
ss,r to move she could not finish the story
until the end Of the week.
yst ~ she was to cut herself off entirely
! ,,on, her old life might it not be better II
~. d,d not see even Norwood? What If he
should construe her separation from Ken
X rsdv as favorable to his suit? She shranlt
tr,r that possibility Her love and longing
4 mr. Kennedy made her turn with adherence
b nom the thought of other attentions.
A slight sound at the window. 1t was
nothing of course-only her unstrung
nerves Mrs. Bailey, the widow, had gone
e N neighbor's for the evening. and Mar
IA saret was alone in the isolated cottage. She
va trying to work-to condense and
crisp, the dialogue of her story.
~ Again the sound at the window rose
above the click of her typewriter Silence.
Then a furtive step that filled her with cold
tar The next moment the sash was
thrown up-and a man leaped into the
.s2 room His slouch hat, drawn low, half
concealed his face.
Margaret speechess, cowed back against
the wall
,I II want those letters Kennedy wrote
YOU" advancing threateningly.
3. Il burnt them Through her terror was
4 note of triumph
a "oh you did eh?" with sneering dis
belief well, you don't put that over:
T Now you come across with those letters
~ ~
Rushing steps across the porch-a hung
weight against the door. win mutIered
oah' the intruder releasing ms hold on
Marsarets arm sprans 10 the winoo" anu
wuIs out. Inc door ne" open anu NOT.
so0S ourst ,nto tne room lie .s. uasmeu nrsr
uo "n'uow, tne"' "eie t pu SUI, u,,t.
$3.50, s.ssn,, h 'leu % " mai ",i, ,i.,o,
~ ,.sM I''''"e '"o was No'S''e
Ff w. ,.,,. /. ,,,, ..u r.,,. ,ho
.un1 70 'h%S h,n, ,th M a',eu doeuning raaii,,,inn
AZ The n,otection and sec,,ritv he seemed
Shv sha b,a "a %.s, , sOoDS, s,,n ' tsis isn,atod
MACE 'NN ''"e"' ~ ''''S
,k srh., ,,.r,. ,... lii, ,,uo.,n =,
eapns hope in his voice.
admission. At least she owed Norwood
the truth, She would NOT misIead him by
q false hope. A momen's silence: then.
with Characteristic unselhshness he dis
missed every thought except for her. She
must let him take her back to town-it was
not safe for her to spend the night there
Margaret, unnerved and shaken, gladly
,cquesced 1t was good to be looked after
TO be taken cara ~ even thousb she
knew could be for only little while.
n, ~, ,-,-..
hired his library and no,,red ont a st,ff
drink Of scotch rh. .t.a,, 49, 81.
hne had told on his nerves. He had
zen tne biggest open-air meeting of the
had disanno,nted tba omd,ano. IJ,s
T. hu,rh,s ssppoln'eu s"s tne audience. His
4 u. nau oeeh OF Margaret-and now
"a IS 49, wretchedly conscious Of his failure
Mary entered ~, ano'her u,ilih Wnei
nwn sn.u. "im 90 ,nSas, mes,,gee over her night
meeting" Then notio,n ,,a a,,sn 49,. .,'
ph. dear em 7 ro,,a.,. mu,,c.ns ms nusneo race
tonight"
'Yy 'Yoava aots ~ curty
isn't we se,S Seen drinking so much lately
Pm The hest ,ySu you.
h Then. as he s,oo, u,,u
Ae black w,ns ne STOOD slaring gloomily out