Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-19

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he had been the eldest and Katherine
the youngest among FIVE. and of the
three who had died, she had no recoI.
lection whatever.
So she painted with expectancy and
dread while she stood behind the trunk
of the hemlock watching the man on
the bench who smoked on as uncon
cernedly as If he had not care in
the world beyond the immediate con
sumption of the cigar.
She wished that he would throw that
one away and light another. and turn
so that he would face toward her when
he did It, She was certain that she
would know him If he were RoderiCk.
| She was not sure about the voice, but
she knew that she could never forget
| the handsome, somewhat dissipated, but
wholly patrician face of her brother.
After a time he stood up again. tall
| and stalwart. with his head and shoul
drrs vciled within the black gloom above
| him. and Katherine crouChcd low be
| hind her tree
| Then he did precisely what she had
| been hoping that he wcIld do; having
luCheu MS O"uE S'o"'' al i'unN' So"
ing hrsi ouI across 'ne Iahe' 'hcn Y"
ward the buildings OF inquest ne
presently faced directly toward her
self as if he looked at the trunk Of
, the very tree behind which she was
crouched.
He struck q match hc held the fame
Of it before his face while he applied
it to the cigar so that every line OF
his features showed plainIy-and Kath
princ was conscious Of sharp pang
Of disapnointmcnt
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a huntru man
Sh" kept very StlI' Tor 'iinc attcr
thht. Tor She dId nor Rho" 'ha' inc
strange man might nor bH CLOS" ~ mana
Wh'r' Nv ""U'u "'N'"N'I wv " H"'
started away Dut orc 'ohE Hhc "-
came convinced that he mad really gone
and SO she continued on her way 10
ward III" Nest
The artlh"la lake was inc gem ~
MyPu'st.
II was something moro 'han Two
acres in extent. and mad hcon MADE by
/ erecting dam across raVlne 10 hoih
back the waters OF brook OF sweet
| cold water that had no doubt once pcch
a torrent II was fed by numerous
springs as well as by thN Dro"k. ana
was clear. ana rolo' ana u''P' anu was
we'll stocked with several varieties or
trout which the guests AZ NFNues' a.
ways found delight and entertainment
in feeding.
There was boathouS" and Nv" Datn
houses AT the Sh0rcSldP n"ar'S' TO inc
MyQucSt home. Whll" upon the hlGh'r
. of the two bufS that bordNr"d the ra
vim" kathorn" had had Du'll' nnd'F
her personal supervision ana dIr"'uon'
and after her own sell made pans a
Swiss chalet; and the building oi II
had been whlm OF hers whl"h blhS
had INDUCED I" the lImI'-and 'hen
some.
II was kathHrlh" very "Wh-m"r"
individually and exclusively hers thah
in her widest imaglnlngS she mad ever
dreamed of-tor her husband mad son"
her one better in every suggestion Sh"
had made about II until II had oecom"
n veritable Castle OF ScrluSlon Tor the
indulgence Of her own pet hobbies. the
Ories. tastes. and talents. ana lh'o
! which no other human beng lhah nor 10
self had pcneteratcd since the moment
when the last of the imported workers
upon it had completed his task and gon"
away.
She would have admitted blngham 10
il, gladly. of course; but she was non"
the less secretly pleased when. at its
completion. and in reply TO hcr suG
gestion that he should 90 inside with
her to inspect it. he had SAID, laugh =
iugly. yet with seriousness:
NO. sweetheart. That little chalet
Of stone and cement and uling Is, and
shall continue to be, your very 'Onliest
STr0'T Ynn n,onncJ 'rT 3" it Yourself YOU built it