Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-31
Printed by speotdi arrangements ,6ith
Houohton Htdltn Co.
Copyrt0ht, 1919, by Lerop Scott.

COPYRIGHT, 1919, by LEROY Scott.
CHE Strengthened up with jerk and
~ gasp. At o rs why, at 9:15 Harry
had been with her on the roof of the
Grantham!
Then Harry had not done it
What, then, did it oil meanF What
J was behind it2
But even during her first minutes OK
astounded relief, even while she hrst pc.
! gan to try to peer behind the event for
its meaning. she preceived fresh aspect
10 the affair, and she sank back, sick
ened and terrified anew. For what
ever it might mean, her life, her
dreams. were enmeshed In 1t all. The
more she examined the implications OF
the situation, the more she looked for
ward upon its possible developments,
the more sickened did she become.
!. longer She had to knowl She sprang
y up. dominated by desperate determi. :.
nation. She used caution, she used
methods she had previously used, and
AT twelve o'clock she was waiting in a
sitting room at the Plaza when Uncle
George entered. There was rapid
talk with the old man, and then she
declared:
lyon see how it is. I simply, must
to know at first hand what his situa-
tion is--and mine u
~ "But don't you see the danger OF your
going down to the TombsF' demanded
Uncle George.
7"It's no greater than what I'm in
now, not understanding what's going
Cant you manage it, Uncle George,
Iplease?"
tTf I can't, then there arc a lot
|8of used to be friends down there VINO
sren't my friends any longer. Come
f&hp."
II Inside tho taxi Jennie yelled herself
the veil was the same that she had
worn to her Aunt Mary's burial, and
the plain dark suit she had changed
into was the same she had then worn.
Uncle George discussed ways and means
with her all the ride down to the dingy
granite building with its heavily grilied
windows which has been the stage for
an act in SO many of the city's dramas.
"Wait here till l get everything fixed
up." Uncle George whispered as he got
She drew back into the corner. OF
The taxi, and gazed out at the grimy
building, so familiar q sight of her car
1ier girlhood. Harry was in there
(somewhere. And it came to her that
h long, long ago her father had lam
within those same gray, lmplacaple
walls for a year aud more.
Presently Uncle George opened tne
door. "It's all right-come on. AND
as they crossed The sidewalk: II think
I've got it fixed so We'll not meet with
any Of the newspaper boys. who'd jump
out of their skins to mix up a 'mys-
terious pretty girl in this business
The outer door of the Tombs was
opened to them, and they were ad-
mitted into big, dingy anteroom where
uniformed clerks scribbled at desks ana
keepers kept in line the huddled, STRAIN :
ed faced folk who had come to- make
brief visits upon relatives or trlends
confined within. All her senses qulck.
ened to abnormal perception, Jennie
took in everything-those clerks for.
ever scratching down details about
prisoners, these silent, huddling Wis
itors, the brusque, herding keepers: but
N even SO, she had no slightest provision
!. of that time, in the unfolding of life,
when she was to look upon this same
81 scene with very different eyes and under
circumstances strangely different.
\ Just as passes to the inner prison
were handed them, Jennie became con .
scious of figure Immediately behind
her that wore derby hat, and had a
heavy, impassive face. Her brain
flashed back four years; yet further
fear clutched her.
"Hello, Uncle George" said the
man.
"Hello, Casey" replied Uncle George.
'That was some little pinch you made
OF Edwards last night"
my side partner really picked Ed
wards off; just called me in to help
him." replied Casey.
Here in this great Jail and that Casey
beside her! With her every sharp
breath Jennie expected the detective s
hand to fall heavily upon her shoulder.
But Casey allowed them to pass on
apparently he had not even seen her.
She was searched by two matrons,
4 was admitted through a little wicket,
was guided through a corridor that
smelled of damp darkness and 10000
prisoners, aud was ushered into the
bare counsel's room and the grilled door
was locked behind her. And there was
Harry, still in the evening clothes, now
grimy and disarrayed, in which she
had seen him hardly more than dozen
hours before.
"You!" he exclaimed, startled. And
&hen, Strengthening up stifily, he de.
manded: "Well, what do you want?"
Now that she was here, Jennie hardly
knew why; she was such a chaos oil
reasons and emotions.