Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-18
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| ''ea'ion, but ~
Percy" turning swiftly to youn, ~
cuik, isn't 1t time you took me -
see that camp you promised?" go
Right, OH" replied Mr. psn,,...
tones of undisguised relief. "wa
do 1t II we hurry. Good-by, Mrs. Ia. 4
you later. Brent" and he took bims.v
with Molly.
Brent stopped and picked up IN.
he had thrown away, twrline !, ,..-
his fingers.
"All the same, Miriam" said hs .u.
cally. ut is hard. it is damned hard ~
Down in the town Percy and Mou,.
inquiries as to territorial cou.
was situated a mile or two out Of / =
the further side.
With the peculiar apathy of the d.,,...;
of seaside places, no one seemed ., -
much about 1t or to take any inter.x ,
it, But Pennicuik assured Molly ths, /, +
were allowed to see at least part q, /, n
would find 1t most interesting. and 49,,
ingly they set off along the white con-.I
road, which curved gently up to the A.,
land where the camp lay.
Molly felt her spirits reyiyine !, i.
bright, soft air with the faint but eyh,..
ing tang of autumn in it. That &C.,
little scene on the lawn fell toward n.
/ place In her mind. which by habit liy,d p
the present moment. Nevertheless. the ~
| tvo pf q q
had begun to beset her refused IN bo ~.
tstilled. She glanced up at Percy AZ NJ
| walked along, at his sunburned oman 80
tenance with its rather obvious ooms,,s,S
and conscious of her gaze he looked A.
at her His eyes were his best feature ~
blue and clear. and Molly could not ~
| noticing how fresh and revealing ths ~
| preston of them was. Pennicuks eves NJ
| that up till now he had nothing in nj, NJ
to conceal Molly suddenly realized that ~
was always aware of secrets behind Rrss,,.
look of things which he did not CHOOSE ~
should know. Already little sore AZ ~
attention he paid Mrs Lee more p,,,,I9
than she would own at his refusal 10 ~
anything for his country. she now f.n =
sudden revulsion against all ways that vi
not simple and straight and plain. n
| heart warmed to Percy with sudden ~,
ing that restfulness and strength were /.
be found in simple unntelectual housstv
such as his.
For the moment the glamour that CHI
| had over her wavered and grew uncertals1
| The camp proved disappointment n
that all the men had left for destinatsl|
unknown the night before Only a few ~
going on active service remained behind n
tidy things up. Still, to Molly, new to sr3|
| things. even the traces of the camp M
| interest and certain magic Here W.
, black scars made of charred soil and ai0
where the fires had been. Across the heDi
| khaki-ciad figures were bringing in wan
| loads of fodder. Round gypsy pot sluu
over some embers group of men sat
| trousers and shirts. one or two were clesl
ing their rifles, sight which thrilled MolliI
Thanks to the men having gone Molly n
| allowed to wander where she would and
chatty young territorial. bank clerk fu
the town, showed her and Percy the Itt
there was to see. and Molly could not III
noticing that, though he treated her viii
certa in patronizing politeness, he evida3
looked up to Penncuik Would he hawH
spected Chris, she wondered, II he
lounged over the camp, eyegass In
Then she told herself that 1t didn't I'd
matter what a young man, who kept on L
ferring to the ladies' did or did not d.
"Glad you enjoyed it, the youth
| marked to her as they parted. Il hll
the ladies always like seeing these THU
| They love a uniform, don't they?" ~
! last to Pennicuik as one male to anothe,
| We'll. that was rather disappolntn
| I'm afraid" observed Percy as they len
| trodden field for the road once more Sl
of course, it's always something for ~
as the fellow said. You haven't seen ~
| thing of soldering, have your The nep
| moment he could have shaken himself q
his tactlessness, fearful lest what he AZ
said might seem a deliberate slsnt
| Brent
Molly did not take it that way. Na
| haven't yet" she said. 81 say, Percy "
do you think of Mrs Lee?" A
Molly was still at the stage when =
question of Brent's prediction Tor anosf
woman was more important than ~neua
| he was justified in refusing to enlist OF ~
"Of Mrs. Lee?" echoed Percy, his ma'ess
| line mind quite failing to connect w.
don't know. | don't think anything ~
her. Why"
"Oh, nothing, only she interests me
very fascinating. think don't you, re.Q
| II don't care for red hair myself
piled the Philistine; besides, she's 20
| and I like woman to dress more V
| j say. feTCy CdiIIc iioih
suburb as the Pollocks and, while his
on the way a girl should dress were rsn
taken from Milly's pretty but simple llu.
| his notions of what was becoming
| older woman were unfortunately aeN
| from long intercourse with MS mou'eI'
| Curiously enough, instead OF oeins
| leved by Percy's verdict, Molly wss ~,
| pressed still further by it, for sne couS
| that 1t was not lack of charm on Mrs, =.
| part but the intelligence to apprecn~
| upon Pennicuik's that made his oplnon
"She's very fascinating, just the ,sr ssn
| persisted Molly, stubbornly uni,s
| anyway, and so does Chris She -.
| this remark off casually, as Yho
| say, You see how broad-minded ! a.t aM
quite realize that he sees things 10 sus ~
| in other women and / don't mind It ~
"Then he oughtn't to-" said Percy
| opinions on the personal equations w ~
and marriage were the same as MS M.
"And you know you don't qui'e. -
either" he went on, "and you are p
splendidly about 1t and about eye,ss ..
else. Molly, you aren't happy. IA,
you are not, and can't tell you nov
II makes me feel I'd do anything
you happy, you know ..s.,e =
They had come to a placs ss
winding path led down the low. ssnuy san NJ
to the beach, and both instincuve.y,
their steps toward 1t. ConVersa,u ConVS,.s "a
not possible while Percy was helping
down the steep path. The soil, p.wtIl
sand at the cliffs foot looked so NJ -
that they sat down on 1t 10 rec.
while. Molly's fingers played mecnt ~
with tuft of rustling thrift ana sny .orI1
out at the blue but slightly misy
with troubled eyes. Percy, sn.l"s .srsl
her, was acutely conscious OF heI .Sst