Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-20
frinted by Special Arrangement with
Houghton, Mifllin Co.
Copyright. 1919. by Leroy Scott

n'THERE wasn't any risk nobody
could have told who ! was, and be
sides, there wasn't anybody to see me-
she argued. 'And, dad-Aunt Mary
Isl had to come" Her voice quaver
ing now. And, dad-I--Iwanted to
zee you !"
you shouldn't have took such a
tisk, repeated the gruff voice.
But, dad-.it came over me that now
you are left all alone.--except me
knd T.
Don't you think about me--I'm all
right. He paused. "If there's nc
one left but you, that just means that
And / guess that'll be plenty"
Something approaching awe had
come into the grim. swarthy face. as his
gaze had taken her in. He was gloat
}ingly proud and yet he was half afrnit
Of this new being who was his daughter
His voice was stiff with embarrassment
II guess l don't need to tell yor
that you are looking just about as fine
as they come! And / seen Harry Ed
wards and Slim jackson lately; they
both tell me you are landing bigger
chance--and you're sure making goot
on it. You just keep that up, that's
Ill ask for"
AS abruptly as he had turned to her
he now turned away, and his set fac
stared straight ahead. Again Jennie
felt descend upon her her childhood
inhibiting habit of speechlessness will
her father-and again father ant
daughter rode on in silence, though sh'
still clutched his hand. At the, Man
haitian end Of the bridge, where the jan
~ vehicles brought the pace OF eacf
I. down to a bare crawl, and the side
Ewalks were crowded with busting
people, Black Jerry half opened the dool
81 the moving car, and turned to hei
again. Once more his face worked
with it's strange mixture of hunger ant
Eloating pride.
S"Don't you take no more risks
You're going great--just Keep 1t up
You won't be seeing me, but somehow
I'll learn what's doing--and you 1ust
remember, even il ] amt around, tina
I'm he backing you up In every play.
He was out of the car and had cioset
the door before she could so much a.
/ say s'sood by and the drawn curtaii,
\ did NOT even permit her to see the def
4 manner in which he transferred himsei
d unnoticed from the car to the millinl
crowd upon the sidewalk.
After a few minutes she recalled Tn
4 Sroblem Of her necessary transtorme
4 Aop. Ten minutes later, her taxi par
81. she stepped through one entrance
4 "a big and busy department store,
ItArnre in deep mourning; and fev
minutes afterward she. emerged tror
another entrance. her face q bit pal
Hand sober. perhaps, but otherwise
pretty young girl seemingly out on
u Eaidsummer shopping expedition %
I khe middle OF the afternoon she wa
Sack at Silver Bluffs.
/ ! Joy--grief-jo again; youth Is s
. Alastic Of spirit that 1t can pass tror
,epe extreme to the other OF its emotiont
compass almost as easily and ropioiy
! 4 trained singer passes from hiEn no. y,
10 low note and then sweeps @ snriilnS. T.
train into the upper range. The swltt
,esg Of the emotional phases throug
Ehich Jennie was yet to pass that day
khough later she privately rebuked her
aelf for instability, was but PROOF
4 her youth great residence. 80,
4 while she was changing into a liSl
n.mmer frock, maid brought her wor
&hat Sue was waiting for her on q
uier. But when she came out upon On
Sreat stone dock, no Sue was in sigh
She decided that Sue must be out Q
Il the landing PLATFORM OF Sohu inasoniS
which stone stairway descended, an
she strolled out to the end of the piel
Sure enough down on the platfori
There was Sue. And also there wa
a another tigure---Kenneth.
4 OF sudden Jennie's heart began
Il 40 rnadly. Sue saw her at once an
n called to her to come down. Kennel
II surned, and she saw that the draw
n face which she had last beheld in ths
after midnight scene in the librar,
3 more than a month before, was no
81 brown and agleam with vitality. Ken
4 meth also called to her, and with steE
+ that she strove to make steady sf
a Aescended.
n "Why--why--I didn't even know 70
were coming home!' she exclaimed
8 JAhe took the hand Kenneth reached u
ITO her.
7Neither did T." he laughed. "Nc
Efll four days ago. >.
"Then Sue must have known for fcu
= DAYS you were coming. Why didn't 70
&eif me, Sue?"
There was no answer from Sue. Sur
1brised at this, Jennie looked about. Su
was already up the stairway; in a
Sfnetant she had vanished over the top
fls pier.