Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-28


burnt bacon half smothercd in SCOT.
Keith looked at the saucepan contain
ing the eggs and saw that it had boiled
dry. aud that hole had been burnt
in its bottom. He tried one OF the eggs
and found it was quite hard, and when
he examined the lamps found them
empty and the wicks much charred, SO
that apparently they had been allowed
to burn themselves out. Obviously this
accounted for the SCOT that was about
as tho lamps would smoke badly before
becoming finally cxtinguishcd.
Whoever was frying the bacon and
cooking the eggs must have been called
away suddenly" Keith said. half aloud,
"and never came back. Funny
Puzzled and thoughtful he went back
into the kitchen and through the half
open door that lcd from il 10 the rest
of the house.
"Any one hcre?" he shouted. and
his voice came back to him hollow'y and
there was no other reply.
lie went cautiously into the hall and
tho other rooms on tho ground floor.
One was tho drawing room. a pretty.
dainty. little apartment with art paper
on the walls and many knick knacks.
somc of which seemed Of value. Keith
noticed an engraving on the wall that
looked 10 him very like Meryon.
though he was not sure. On a small
table stood japanese vase. in vt How
crs that were dead from lack OF water.
Music was open on the piano. books
and current magazines lay about. one
face downward on n chair rs though
some ono reading il had put 1t down
for a moment. meaning TO pick It up
again at once. ON one chair was an
illustrated paper: on another some
T,ncv work, tho pccdc. threaded with
Yellow silk. still sticking in ii as
though il. too had only been laid aside
n,omantarilv. Across the small hall
was the dining room where the table
was spread for meal, breakfast an-
parcntly. since there was toast ana
marmalade. cold ham. and an open box
Of sardines. and under cozy silver
roscc not Of which the contents had
long been cold. Places were laid Tor
two people. but the meal, though READY.
had not been begun. for the plates ana
cups were all quite clean.
More and more puzzled Keith went
hork into the hall and shouted up the
stairs:
,.Is there any one there"
$4,000 and .f,or a mo-
y" "naH.i Ia wont hack into the
n."i' "eo,'"
o''.rns 'o"l"' .Lo toblo was stale but
hc otcnu W. rrhoro yros huttcr. too.
quit' "a'ap,,' .La,,rh dr., nm the
ana ,he ''." noat;.ing onnparancc.
out'iu'' "'u u" III snor,od 70 slacken
h""h nunS H., ;nuoyticot;ops but now
as he n'hu, .A, ;.I, ,,anrs lonner even than
IL re'ur"ru w., n,.I 10 ,,as nearly starv-
oclorr' 'hu,v1' rI ator no,l,;no at all for
ing ior ne nav ,nd Cor tho tbrec
twenty lGur s,.. nora ha nI,, m ns mich a. would
ua'S Pr'Iior's ': ,,ond wool in forpor
haNe ''iau' MN :. ,,;ono oe broad
days ~ VI 'r! Va 'tl ord h;t of
ana nu, 1t .n n.s .'V"'' ho ,;os ,ro,, aw.Tc
nam lo''o"eu' -, ,.nn .;t,;no a,
Wha, ne wa, no'ns h.,,r mooi
thc 'ap'e i'''h,nS -. ,i,,,ost ,o,l.
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MN lha' i,trn'pN '". e1
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"heh a' ias' ne "'u .au 'nDus ~
eo' up "t" I'' ~. 'i -"
tie 'e'' Ph's.'dhH S,", yea o''',
ana stronger i"' Ms '''e"i' cu' t's ii''"u
was reckless anu ahsr!' ior he sup
posed that now he Woulu pe conslderea
guilty OF notn nouseoreahlns ana inert
ana was llaoie u hea'F punishment
penal serVltuae' perhsps' lor all he
! knew. AND 1t seemed 10 MIN UNJUST
that only thus had ne oeen apie TO sui
the hunger that had torinehted MIN.
u suppose ! had oetter see what
i'll the rest or the place, he SAID TO
himSclf. ana went upstairs.
1t was nearly DARK now' and heavy
shadows lay IN an the corners and on
the landing at the head OF the stairs.
opposite 10 Nun were TWO doors Tie
opened one ana iouhd ilimself IN bed =
room tna' pS t.r evidence OF tne ar
ticlcs Oh the .oile' 'apie ana OF some
cloth'ns Nlns apou' ,,, nao oeen occupied
D! No,n'n. oeu was not made'
uuu ''.uen' " I'd. h"I oeel
t,u'eu Sai's 1 =. "no 10 iasv u:eu. Cpehinf
t"e o'"'r n,';o w. n' WI. m.n' :n in.o 'ne ueA,