Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-18
A Meeting in the Night

TI1ulT corIJ ci;a, - .,,s,
w '' ''''"i want WIN ner out
: there upon the drive? Undoubtedly
to wreak upon her, in the dark. alone
the rotoiiatia. ..',,I, "''n'
!, ,a,.nt'",, 'on w"icn ne nuu 80 strange
~ 'u "" minutes since IN the
iiorury' And what form would Slim s
retaliation take Slim the graceful.
the polished, the cynical and (ns sbe
now shiveringly remembereJl tbc s,vift
ly relentlessY
But whatever ungucssable thing bc
might do TO her, Jennie knew She dared
not disObey that summons She dress =
ed, and. making sure that thc bousc
was again quiet, she slinped downstnirs
and out upon the drive. The sky Ind
clouded over; the night had grown 80
dark that it was like u black bandage
z upon the eyes. She would have been
I lost hnd she not known the grounds.
\ She crossed to the grassy border of the
drive and beneath the great cllns which
she could not see. but which She knew
I afcfed interlacingly above her. she
crept silently toward the place Slim
haT appointed.
Il She had rrnched IL and Ind siood
a there several moments, striving to mute
her breath before She disinterred from
the general gloom the faint outlines
4 Of a long, low object. Sims car she
Judged it to be. As she started toward
it. her feet scraping from the blue
stone of the drive n hushed voico snnko
out:
'Jennie?"
Yes" she whispered.
"Come to the front of the car Pm
alone, in the drivers seat. There Won
are. Now give me your hand
Jennie regarded with fear the dim
shoulders and head. "What for?"
"Give me your hand.
n The voice was pleasant, velvety. But
Ia Sims tone, no more than his smiie
M was never aulindication of his purpose
M Yet she dared not refuse.
His hand closed upon hers and he
4 drew her to the running board of tho
car. "I simply couldn't go away. lon
4 ME-" said the pleasant voice with
4 out congratulatinr Won ON tbe ciavor Ja,n
/ game you put across"
She was afraid of him. but she could
not stand the suspense. Come IN tho
point. Slim" she said sharply "Wbat
are YOU going TO do To meF To con
grat,ilatc me was not what Won eot mo
out here for" e'' '"'
'.perhaps not" There caro .of.
laugh. "Lct's mt IL another INV
then: let's saw / couldn't leava wntii
we had congratulated each otber "o,, on
+ fha ciever game yvo 18th 49, nan U.nui oh
1--WE both nut acrossST sbn Nv
claimed.
"Of course. You,re smart 1onrio
but YOU surely don't think Won cn,,id
put ANYTHING Of that sort over IN rUulu M
+ unless I really wanted Won to 5;
"Why-why-' She wos too
taken aback 70 sneak ""' ''o
He laughed nj ber dp,,for,dr,o,,, .
though low. il was n lanrb of vorv rooi
and cxultant amusement ''"'
"You don't 0uite get II do you Ion
and YOU don believe me9 Woii for
starter. inst listen to tbi. WA, ~
went out on the lawn with c:,oria th;a
evening 7 was certain Won womIJ fni S
low. And whom nrIIod tbot aosl,
and turned If on tho bnsbes i ,ros n" to
make &c tain that von Hyero n" on,onu Nv
those nresent and Ind an orchostr s :
chair. where Won vonldn,t misc I;na
~ the diaioouc az coIrse 7 lila ctio
rja there was nobody ), ''''
He chrckled with self DELIGHT "Rut
STONED low behind hush 7 bad soon
Miss Jennie M;IIer NIoiono boid;n@ u
pair Of silver slinners - :" :"
aslim .Jacksonl'' she breathed
.'Now was / sitting in tho game all