Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-29


the funeral of Lebanon under the
pretext of insulting remarks by the
Orangemen against their religion.
Marchand, the leader. is hurled
through the air by Gabriel Drus".
who has been appointed head con
stable His followers are COwed ana
return sullpnly to Manitou after one
of their priests has made nm apl r'I
70 them. For six weeks lngoby is
cared for by Flcda. in hpr own home.
His work has been taken over ny
another. Progress in the towns has
stopped and trouble is brewing once
again.
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
owe HAVE !. both had big pig breaks re snom 'p
that. I've lost everything, in way by
the break in my life, and I've an idea
that YOU gained everything when the
break in yours came. didn't believe the
story Jethro Fave told me, but still
/ knew there was some truth IN IT,
something that he twisted to suit nm
self. l started life feeling | could
conquer the world like another Alex
ander or Napoleon. l don't know thaC
it was all Conceit 1t was the wish
to do, to see how far this thing on my
shoulders he touched his head-'and
this great physical machine - he
touched his breast with a thin hand
would carry me. l don't believe the
ing to work human brain to its last
volt of capacity, and to see what It
could do. / suppose | became selnSh
as l forged on. / didn't mean 10 De,
but concentration upon the things
had to do prevented me from being the
thing l ought to be. l wanted as
they say, to get there. l had lou OF
irons in the fire-too many-but they
weren't put there deliberately. one
thing led to another, and one thing.
as it were, hung upon another, until
they all got to be part of the scheme'
Once they got there | had to carry
them all on, couldn't drop any OF
them; they got to be my life. 1t dldn {
matter that It all grew bigger and big :
ger, and the risks got greater ana
greater. | thought / could weather IL
through. and so l could have done II
it hadn't been for a mistake and an
accident, but the mistake was mine.
That's where the thing nips-the mis-
take was mine. ! took too big n
risk. You see, I'd got so used to being
lucky it seemed as If | couldn go
wrong. Everything had come my way;
Ever since I began in that Montreal
lnnt
I hadn't single setback. l pulled
things off. made money and l
plumped it all into my railways and the
Regent Bank, and as YOU said a MN :
ute ago, the Regent Bank has closed
down. That cuts me clean out OF the
game. What was the matter with the
bank? The manager
His voice was almost monOtOnous IN
its uuietness. 1t was as though he
told the story of something which had
passed beyond chance or change. AS
it unfolded to her understanding she
had seated herself near to his bed. Inc
door of the room was open ana IN
view outside on the landing sat Madame
Bulteel reading. She was not, how
ever. near enough to hear the conver :
sation.
Ingolby's voice was low. but il
sounded as loud as a waterfall in the
ears of the girl, who, in a few weeks
had Travelled great distances on ths
road called Experience, that other name
for life. ,
~ was the manager: ne lepe"su:
Yes they say so, She ans",''u' =,
he speculateo WITH DanA inono''
In What' >, ..
In your runway
hesltatingly'
Curious-l dreamed tl'"s'
remarked quleuv' anu iean.c uc"n "t ~
stroked the dog lying at ms Lee'
had been WIN MN 'hrUusn "'t ms 80 -
ness. IL must nave peen p"'t -, n,
delirium, because, now 'h"L re s 80.
my senses oack' IL as .housh eI'!e one
had told me ABOUT IT, ope.u'"'Iu 49, IN u.
railways, eh Chickehs come lolte "
roost, don tney l SuppV'' u.s. .t'I ~
be excited over IL ALL n ,oI.in s. -
suppose L ought pu' '"1 l" L.
you only have Just tne Que ions, D,s
moment OF eXcitemenl "nen s"' ;ti'
trouble and Tragedy come Ut e'se ~
all excitement, al the 'i'le' anu :nIn
you go mad mat 'he 'est, 'nlnN
When your struck Dy iale' "e
kidaaus war machine might SIrlhe you,