Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18

| my peu SOCKS Besides, my bedroom Is
by the bathroom. and ! declare the damn
came right through into me-"
Beautiful day." said Mr. Pollock hastily,
soon put you right" He was maneuvering
| TO try to get the French windows open
there having already been unpeasantness
on the subject between him and Miss
| Myrtle.
| IF only one could have a fire in the
| evening" continued that lady but Mrs
| Sanderson was so peculiar about II one
, IN ght have thought there was some law
against it,"
But, dear Miss Myrtle" put in Fraulcn
| schroeder pacific as usual, you forget
| that Mrs. Sanderson offered to light Won
! Il hre In your bedroom"
Indeed" said Miss Myrtle sarcasticalIy.
! and am ! to retire to my room every time
| wish to get warm"
Mr.. Pollock. who liked nobody TO get
duarrelsome but himself here broke In
| with "All that idiot Brent's fault: fancy
| iettlhg MS bath run over Never heard Of
| such thing Upon my soul. / think Mr..
Sahdersons been most patient, considering
the condition of the lounge"
That is very true" said Fraulen Have
| you seen the ceiling, Mr. Pollock"
Yes, and the carpet" said MIR Pollock,
that's past praying for Really, irrespon-
| s.ble idiots like Brent should not be al
| lowed loose they are a danger to the
| pupIlc' Should have thought myself that
| ne could nave found something better to
| 40 'han incoming about a the seaside at a
I 'line like this He folded the Times afresh
ana pounced on new paragraph like dog
On on Dohe. by CAD, have you seen this.
MISS MNrtle?' he demanded. Another spy
caught hanging around some waterworlls-
| trying to put germs in the Reservoir Ill
bet my hat and they haven't shot him
Haven't even imprisoned him. Discharged
him with a caution, Just like MS English
sentimental set of idiots! If were head
of the war Office"
But what Mr.. Pollock ,vould bave dana 90
set the nation and the armv to riybts bod
he been in a position to do en- na,, no, n -,
be unveiled lust then for ho ,,,, irt,',, ~
bv tho n,,i,,, ir -,'' io' ne was interrupted
veranda. as personable yo,,r,, ,a rn1 p",rn
briskly TO the ,vindn", - Souns V, man came
He was somevbat Jm si,o,an'i anu raped upon IT,
tees and khaki ridins hro"ahn "es,eo III put
| old Norfolk coat IIa - ee '.,., anu an
| and wind and aygrosoi,.nI,, roni.t oy sun
| meet and aha,. -, ne"'tig OF as
| we mean when ,.a '.' "' 'ooNe" tNactIy what
English " We say man is thoroughly
Era,,I,.i, ~
gaze at tb,s ma a,rar,,u "ul OF ,he feuilleton to
81 So At 'h's apparltion. Miss Myrtle SEEM
sat and a., n i 'ie down INTO her as she
naner bornSo 'sSeple s d. r. dropping his
dow ,ho ,,,I',i onward 10 unlatch the win
the cause nr sr,o,T Mlicn had already been
artfuII,, o,,,, ~ r,ct'oi ana which he now
LIN neglected to close.
b ~ come IN, Penncuk, my boy"
-, re was the Kind of man who al
ch,,, - nr MS ielIows my boy" 'od
.nap come IN and show yourself So
49, "ase placed your services at the dis.
hear il NV Ia ho,. .oum,Iy, on nave you? Glad to
"oa, IT, my boy glad to hear it,"
| ,ta,, eIclNaI fehnlcuik deeper red
cav aua, a. t, Su'iusinG ms nice boyish face
MI Ma, =" nan laughing half shy.
's nSr,le gave little shiver which
mroaoh nau ,he uouDle erect Of being a slight re-
r,I 90 ~ Nir' foilock about the window
anu anu OF drawing attention to herself She
sunpereo' Mr Pollock, rightly guessing
WHAT she wanted. introduced the new.
corner.
Le. me Introduce you Mr. Pennlcuik
an old friend of mine and Molly's Miss
smith aueriea Fraulein, with a GER
taih dignity that became her skinny little
,t"o'i hot pauly you mistake, Mr.. Pol
'',M-"y name Is Schroeder"
Mr. Pollock's face rivaled the ingenious
nr' fehhcuiks in hue, "Oh ah. of course.
~ you prefer H. he commented. II only
tnousht ,hat you' being naturalized might
prefer
am not ashamed OF my ancestry" re.
pheu the little woman, still unappeased.
NO no. OF course not" futtered Mr.
Pollock shouldn't blame you If you were.
tnough, cpon my soul shouldn't. Penni-
culk, this is Fraulein Schroeder"
HOW do you do?' said Fraulein, look
ing at the visitor, who had stood rather
aWkWardly during this alteration so
you have turned soldier? That Is good
but why do you not wear uniform? If the
nermahs come over here and capture YOU
they VIII shoot you!
lhere was such rush of fellows to
enlist they simply couldn't keep pace with
them' SAID Pennicuik cheerily His bo
setting sin was tendency toward breez
mess u say, Mr., Pollock, when Molly
wrote me that you and she were down
here she said Brent was here, too"
All the answer vouchsafed to this by Mr.
Pollock was a groan.
But isn't he doing anything?" asked
Pennicuik with incredulity in his pleasant
young voice
He certainly isn't doing anything at
present and ] haven't heard IL he thinks
OF IT, snapped Mr.. Pollock.
Evidently the eyeglassed personaRe
amusing himself in the garden with the air
gun was no favorite of his.
,,oI1I, There IVA was second Of silence, then Pen.