Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-27

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oer.ul all is--how wonderfully
hon never believed It could come true
now hoped--but II didn
nan PVss'ple tnat this could ever hap
arms 70 t,ss wan.ea s 10 hold you In my
eye. 10 ~ HSs tn your uear lips, to kiss your
awat t asnlhst my heart. And here am
G"Sne. NOT dreaming. not longing--and
wonaar 3, qome All hese things.
Shis FOR = tha can tsn,ssy possibly be dreaming all
IL was thinking Of you when I came
In,o this room-not ten minutes ago
and suddenly saw you, was terrified.
! knew then that my dreams were com
,ns TuenI Knew It. and don't know
spectlng. modest girl would have done
30. But what did do7 I. a supposedly
sensible, w,l,.brought- -up---"
You caught me trying to run AWAY"
heart Was in NV fe throyst you my wotd, ,a,n my
with The fear ~. 'na. 1n,, hre-ssnreo SIN
and bayonet me viii one "oI 90 'hoso soc ic,,n ln
looks Of yours. And zee what really
Thev NAV. atlas.
ing Into the f,ra Sudssniy T '' h,s sarr arn
frightened he drew a sharn breath sha
looked up quickly '''
.wbv or. So, ,,.,
90, Wy NY. ".o you trown,nsT
a moments hesitation. '
He gave a queer little Jerk of his head.
as IL casting of somethjnr that ho,hered
him. Into his paradise had slipped the
memory Of a night not long since when
he held the Yielding, responsiye form OF
another woman in his arms, and felt
the thrill of an ignobie passion surRinx
through his veins The kiss OF the een.
sualist had burned on his IIps for days
even to this hour IL had ciung 10 them
va N vNA a.. i,
started In his Imagination, And always
on Olsa's red, ailurinE iips iurked the
reminder that she had not forgotten In
.of whom?" asked Ruth, not coyly,
but with directness that startled him.
She seemed to have OWNED that his
thoughts were not OF her in that brief
hittlng Instant
or myself" he answered, quite
truthfully.
you to think Of any one but me-" she
said.
He was silent for n moment. II shall
never think OF any one but you, Ruth
nothing to fear"
II believe you" she said. and presaed
his hand tlKhtly. After n siiaht nause,
she went on, looking straisht into hia
eyes: II might have lost You. dear"
and could have blamed no one hut NV.
self. She--she ia very aIlurin9" my
He shook his head, "f'v. AWAY, b.en
| Of the opinion that Samson.s hair headed
trimming. His mother probabiy brouTht
him up with Fauntleroy curis poor
| he wouldn't have looked auoh an a q.
when Deliiah got throush with him
II don't quite follow the parable"
I'm other words, It's what a mans
sSt in nj h's g. head "a, and no, 50 much wha'
he explained, still more or less cryp.
tically.
II am beginning to see. You mad,
good use Of What YOU have In your head
Is that III" ' ''
You have besn S in mS hsod so; de nnI N neap, M,
heart ali these months. and no IL wal
you who made mo strong. without yo,
In there, l might have been ar weak nj
Samson was before he had his hair cut n
No sensible man biames Deliiah. In fact
men are rather strong for h"r whsI
you stop to think how ionr old samsor
got away with IL. and what a shock /
must have been to her after she trim
med him and found there wasn't any
thing ieft 10 sneak of vou:v. i,,s, cot Z,
feel sorry for her. she took one = soot
he let his hair grow. W. He was like W ,h'
enough in his head for a thought Of any any
have been able 70 catch him n~ppinS.
She could not helm laughing "Yo,
take q most original way OF eyadinx IN,
point. Stiil. I am satisfied. You di,
not have room In your head for any on,
else but me-and that's ali there In I,
II. I can't help feeling tremendousl,
compllmented. however, She IA uuit
capable 81 turning any mans head" WV
"She plays fair, Ruth" ne said seri
ously, ''She keeps the danger signal u,
ali the time. That's more than you cal
say for most women"
Yes" said she; she plays fair sh
a lot OF advice--and / am Just begin
ming to take it."
III I had believed what she told M
ious hour % Would have been @ adv adyasee, nee
just that length Of time"
Ruth stIffened. What did sho tel
your
"She told me was a fool and ,
coward that all had to do was to wall
and that would have been the end o
my suspense She told mo something
didn't know and couldn't believe"
O.. indeea! ike her impudehce
"She told ma Won ver. as much 1,
love with ma as I was with Won Hones
| was she right?'
Ruth sighed. IT suppose she wa
right"
And would you have come to me
I had said, I want your
'if YOU had said It as you say II now
I---jisteni Good gIacious There are IN
chiidren!"
She sprang to her feet, blushing fu
riousiy. The door opened and three small
, children were fairly blown into tn
room-three swarthy. black-eyed urchin
who stared In some doubt at the boss
and the adored teacher"
, Good morning; children" she erie,
out jerklly, and then glanced at each o
tho windows In quick succession. "Yo'
don't suppose----" abe began under he