Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-17
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
"AWs WpIp
BY KATHERINE aLAssE NEWELL

"nhtNE GLASSE NEWELL
Inc elements outside were in perfect
harmony with the conditions which pre-
| vailed within, "0" p'o-
l. snoh murdock sat at the brea kfa AZ
.aoie sWanping her pretty eyes with a
Wy MOIST and futile apology of a
hanokerchief, while her husband NJ !.
week stood with his hands thrust deeplv
INTO INTO his pockets, his good looking. bovisn
ttace ts as troubled as the sea he was Saz.
n'y ns q, out of the expensive apartment
=. NV What are you going to do, Byron p,
table "ecehts from the
Doy Blest II I know. unless II ,s
spne some one Tor few thousands, / never
marriaSe tnae iISa the people would take our
pc hopping mad for a few days ana them
onia sSrh round and say. Bless you, nv
enaiaren; s,r 1;, Biggest surprise in my life !:
Wbat axe IKE chastity nightmare to me.
II again, sweetheart" The bow esma
ana sat down by his sirl-wife and gave
her ,. 2 protecting caress. '
Misnon dabbed away a fresh gush of
ter, read between guipins sobs; sob "'"' 'e'-
MY dear children: Since Won have
seen MT to light your lamp at Hymen's q
s'ar ~ w,v1 without aoS consulting your elders as
- o'N hicaHb OI providing the oil
SO necessary to replenish Il, espeeIailv
IN these days of II, c. L., 1 have come
to the conclusion that, in the terms Of
S0sr. yosr m modern slang, 1t is, up. to your
Murdoch must no ProX,ae Diay tbh that OIL Byron
the child he has taken from my care
and try and compensate her for all the
advantages he has deprived her of. /
am willing WILING to give you Du Bois Point
as nome THIS summer: you might take
two paying guests there and so help to
pay on some Of your honeymoon debts
enter a ,he S,sInss end OF The season Byron might
voice became hopelessly tangled up in n
tears as she flung the letter away from
her. II didn't think Uncle Tom could
ever be so cruel" she walled.
os and "A & DAD says says II ! am such an ass
I can't let you see his letter, darling Il
Is too profane: but l can make a safe
bet that your. Uncle Tom and he have
both chewed the matter over and neither
us OUT The young husband Wiped away
the glistenings tears and kissed his
wife's mouth into a more normal curve,
We'll show them We can make a liv-
tion. wen 60 down and open up pai
Bois Point and take in boarders. You
Du Bols Poln! was ten miles from
SUMMER Summer cottage ct % on the lake. Ike VsT'aae When one
had servants to do the work good
car to drive a few miles to the nearest
farmhouse for milk and other necessary
things, and another ten or more for fresh
meat. An ideal place TO stay for a week.
end with a party Of friends, and an up
to-the-minute motorboat to lake you to
the surrounding beauty spots. Such
things Mignon remembered made Du
Bois Point livable a few times during
the hottest part of the summer season.
But Dubois Point had an entirely diff
ferent aspect when Byron and she
opened It with two boarders. After their
hotel expenses were paid they had no
money to hire help. Byron supposed he
would be expected to clean shoes, wait
on the table and help Mignon around
the house. Neither of them. however,
dreamed in their imaginings the amount
of work that two boarders, themselves
and ono small cottage could make in
every twenty-four hours. The. creation
of the world seemed a simple feat com
pared with their days labor at Dubois
Point. Then there was the fear that
the boarders might leave-they were
paying so well-and the honeymoon bills
looked as though they might be. paid
off IL all went well. 1t was astonishing
that they did not leave their beds were
seldom ever made until sunset; the