Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-02
Printed BY Special Arrangement with
HouBhlon, mlfiiln Co.
Copyright. 1919, by Leroy Scott
THIS STARTS THE STORY

THIS STARTS THE STORY
Jennie Malone Is the daughter of
Black Jerry, who conducts u cafe in
New York. Slim jackson aud she
have been friends since childhood. To
gether they forge q check for which
Jennie is arrested She takes the full
blame upon herself, to screen Slim,
but is allowed liberty on bail. Jennie
disappears-Uncle George, posing as
her guardian, takes her to first
class boarding school, introducing her
as Jennie Miller from Wyoming. She
is snubbed and ignored, but makes
one friend, Sue Harrison, and an
enemy, Gloria Raymond. Sues
( mother invites her to spend the Eas-
ter holidays AS Sues guest She finds
herself in a handsome Fifth avenue
home, and fits in here too. But,
.Blood calls to blood" While visit
ing her father in the old Pckin Cafe,
Casey. the detective, walks in on
friendly visit. He allows her to re-
turn to her friends on the understand
ing that IL ever arrest becomes in
1. evitable he Is to make the pinch.
The girls return to school two days
later. From time to time Jennie and
Sue make week end visits to Sues
home, where Jennie is now welcome
guest. Gloria Raymond leaves
school to marry.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
DUT Jennie had his address, and she
I'D now wrote him an unsigned letter
which she did not trust to the open letter
basket of the school. She stole into the
village and slipped the letter into the
safety Of the drop of the postoftce. Two
days later Miss Gresham sent for her
"Jennie, have just had word from
your guardian. He is in New York for
only half day. He is going TO motor
but to see you. He wishes to take you
! out with him for little ride. and since
his time is so extremely limited he asks
that you be ready to join him in the car
the moment he drives up. He expects
to arrive at about L."
"very well, Miss Gresham" Jennie
replied.
At 10 minutes TO 4, warmly dressed
against the shrewd April wind, Jennie
was waiting on the piazza. At egnctly
4 large car swung into the drive and
. slowed down at tho steps, in the ton e.
neau single figure, goggled and face
mufied in upturned collar. Jennie
sprang in and the car moved away.
''How are we going to meet dad,
I Uncle George" she whispered to the
figure beside her.
"There he is" Uncle George whis
pered back, and nodded at the goggled
and deeply -collared man at the wheel.
But We'll not talk about things just
yet"
Uncle George flad evidently planned
all details III advance, for twenty min
utes later on an obscure side road. Black
InN H., L.v ,y.NA n
wooded plot, then drove along rutty
road down into rough hollow screened
on its rim by thicket of leaflcss hazel
and bramble. But even in this seem
ingly safe isolation the two men did
not venture upon a too open familiarity
They pushed their goggles upon their
foreheads and Jerry clambered into the
tonneau where he sat on one of the little
holding seats, hunger and admiration
and awe in his dark, grim face, but he
did not offer single caress to this far
removed young lady who was his child.
And now for the second time Jennie sat
In consultation with the two men who
had tried to shape her life according tC
chance as any other mans child.
well, now, Jennie, what's the
truublei'' began Uncle George.
She told them, ending with: "You
see, when this school year is over, I'm
at the end of things. Other girls have
homes and families to go back to
There's no home for me to go to, unless
it is back to the Pekin.
II see," said Uncle George. 1T sure
does look, Jerry, as though the first part
OF our plan for Jennie was just about
played through to its finish"
Black Jerry nodded.
"I,ve thought of lot of things,
Jennie went on. "But you, dad, you ve
already spent so much money on me-
( and putting me at Braithewood was al
your plan and Uncle George
& know it's all meant so much to you
Z SO I felt you both had right to helr
decide what ought to do next"
s'Sure, Jennie. For example, what
, had you thought Off" queried the ole
man.
II might take a post graduate course
,at Braithewood. That would settle the
problem of my having some place tc
CO."
"But we'd probably have to face ex.
actly the same problem in a year OIL
two years, commented Uncle George
sand in the meantime perhaps most o.
your best friends would have faded from
the picture. How about it, Jerry?"
Lets settle 1t now," replied Blacl
Terry.