Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-27
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.a ara mrs TIM STORY

W,.nrarce to get the most out Of
oiSers' oPpsS, Ethel Is entirely different.
she, :; nd oeSSet e;ssastto "Gr tepiy uSsopnisg. SUsg
ticafed Their fathers death forces
Ethel TO make her home ,,oith Amp
f The journey to New York. the no,o
home, aud her sisters stdoorate man.
@ nr oM frame house IN Ohio, this Is
y a oaw Httle place IN Ne,o York; You're
aoing 10 love u, Huing here" Amy
fsils her. Ethel 10 little startled at
Zine IN a cafe. Amy gets ptomuine
PO,Sf1T PSnSfor ask asks Ethel W she knowS any
older toomdn here IN toton.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
THIS reminded her of the dinner which
i Amy was to have given that night. A
lump rose in her throat. She waited a
moment and then she said.
"Yes. know Of several"
That's good. You'd better send for
them" And soon afterward he hur-
red away.
But Just as Ethel was rising to 20
N the telephone. there was ring at
the door. She opened It, and a tall man,
rather stopped, with iron gray hair and
mustache, lean but rather heavy Ia
and uGtD-SSN ihp''SS''N NsNS' 80
any I'm Joe's Nourse. you know.
How is It going? Better
She's dead"
Cod" with that low exclamation,
she thought she saw a CLEAN of shock
hut then Of triumph come in his eyes.
lie went into Joe's room, and closed
the door and with mingllng of re.
lief and of sharp hostility she felt
once how she was shut out. Who was
ha NhENNt IA
Of Amy. and with quick cry Ethel be-
ean TO walk UP and down In scared
hunted fashion. She stopped with a
sudden resolute cenching OF her teeth.
and said, Now I've got to do some.
4 t. pt don't wSat III sSs 90 rsht sared oSs SboS OF
her then went to the windows and threw
hack the curtains. It was well along to-
ward noon. Daylight flooded into the
room. with one yellow path of light
which came down from the distant sun
"Tu 20 out and get her some, flowers.
when she came back half hour later,
Ethel still had that resolute look. The
door of Joe's room was still closed and
she saw Nourse's hat In the hall she
turned and went to the telephone. stop
ped and frowned.
"yes. that's the next thing"
she called up Amy 'sftiend, Fanny Carr.
put AT the sound of the womans voice
which came back over the wire, Ethei
rave a start of dismay: For II had a
Earring quality, and although u was
surprise and sympathy and proffers OF
belp-the words, You poor child III
non,n over at once made Ethel in
wardly beseech her, "Oh, no, no! Please
stay away" Aloud she said, .Thanli
you" put up the, receiver ana stoou
staring at the wall Was this Amy
peSi ~ want some one I know She
thought Of Susette. She went at once
10 the nursery, Kissed the wee girl and
eat down on the floor. And as they buil'
q house of blocks, Ethel could feel her
eelf softening, the strained tight sen
sation going Suddenly in her hot dry
ewes she felt In moment the tears
would come. ,,,,
chd?" A.,
She turned with a start and met the
mfriendly eyes of the nurse. They had
Jealous light In them
You'll stay here, of course: sale
Ethel Surely you are not thinking o'
going-"
little cold sensation struck into hel
spIne at the tone Of that question.
"a haven't decided yet on my plans
Hadn't you better take Susette out to
the park?"
And keep her there as much as you
can-till it's over"
"All right" said the nurse again.
Ethel went out of the room. Were
there only strangers here?
Just after that Fanny Carr arrived
and Ethel had feeling at once of
shrewd strong personality. A woman
Of about medium height, still young but
rather overdeveloped. artificial and
overdressed with a full bust and thick
red lips and lustrous eyes OF greenish
HraV--har hanIIfv the nhtruSiyo
type that Is made to catch the eye, on
the street and in noisy crowded rooms.
When Fanny kissed her. Ethel shrank.
II mustn't do that p she exclaimed TO
noticed 1t and shot little look at her.
You poor girl I cant tell you how
sorry feel" she was saying. Its
horrible Tell me about It,"
4, And Ethel in lifeless voice recounted
The tragedy of the night.
Where's Joe2"
In there. with his partner
Oh. Mr.. Nourse. He would be-" Mrs.
carr threw a glance of dislike at the
door And you my dear-i won't ask
you now what are your plans. Just
There's thai dinner tonight. to begin
WIN Have you let the people know"'
Have you list of the ones who
were asked?"
'illlh lHeTe one on Amy ueSk.
Then III attend to It."
Soon Fanny was at the telephone.
Her voice, hard and incisive. kept
talking stopping, talking again. re-
peating II to friend after friend. and
niSKg mating It hard. abrupt and real, strip
Hna ,,on, commonplace, like. q newspaper
uem-Amy's death. And Ethel sat
,"Amy's best friend, oh. how
Suddenly she remembered things
amy had said about this friend-ad-
'''rIng ring things. She bit her lips.
r,rat Mhat a queer time for hating a
yors yoi' son ,yi But ! hate you-oh. | hate
;ron She went to the window and
Rot S|1Sa ron, ,,a at the street and slowly again
,o WHAT'S wrong with me? Why am I
Pvt pGliI ! ought to be doing something.
iba What"' Again came the voice from
ber iSeiephone, and again she clenched
tsks "ands; , How did you make Amy
%S %Me you for a friend? Oh,
"ISt p,,, dinerenca does 1t make?"
but 1t did make a difference. The
ana J1e%mGe nee or Fanny got on her nerves (;
n"u when little later two of the din
ma ssests arrived, TO eXclaim and pity
tbouUUtbIte UtIer their help, she faced them and
md You're all alike! You're all Just hard
a pisa,oo oVerdressed! You're cheap! Oh,
pesSSsse-please go away!'
to me two visitors seemed glad enough
tS,t "nI n she did not want them here.
ana sue sue was not going to cling to them
reEion n''ke IKE this abyss she was facing a
tSsiU tSsiOn they must face by her side. In
bad eyes again she caught the look she
~, seen on the face OF the doctor.
|rIer TTnr all' this Is not my affair"
soon "o u two women left her Fanny, too,
other wtnt wo out on an errand. And no
a aJieht CIT from the Ohio town. only once
Rmt came from tho dressmaker's.