Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-23
The Woman Halter
BY Ruby Ayes'
90 sr.Rrs THE STORY
BY RUBY Ayres :

an S,Ueethedrt. Mrs: Irdmor, rh,nps
ysofher, impioros HtIes 70 peoene me
ru.d rar.dd"y ,saoer together that Faversham
!ris"U. !!r,I n.rsygnt Philip from mdrTying
Was Wwns pundds. Miles calls on Ldllte
SnG she tells him she stu topes MIN.
d. leads her OH until she dtshkes
Tronter; aud no delights IN has venge-
Tronter 10 lunch 10Th FdUershdm
1a..,,, seeks out Philip aud tells
fn OF seeing Mrs. Dundds and
aFapeYsham IN the cafe PhtHp-W-
kappv--soeks out Ldilte, 6ut sac puts
Xxx off aud then phones 70 Fdper-
I'm, 10 call and see her, Fdvershdm
I'll. ber she must choose bet1Deen htm
Nj philip. Again she tells Fdvershdm
ssaf she loves him He expresses The
.sish that she leave. New York. she
tssv spent so many happy hours TO-
,,ifer Ueurs ago. And prior TO tedu-
| T. sbe tgritcs Philip that she cannot
rs",-ru him He learns that Fdvorshdm
.sas at the station 10Th her IN the
sdrly morning dnd trdntichHy Sedrohes
,or him FdVershan. fearing PhtHp IN
;ealous rage tcttl 90 after Ldliie aud
LIS troubie, starts for the seoshore.
~ yalet telephones htm TO return
n to,on at once. Ldlhe sees him OF on
"a, train and tohen returning home
Ell, gsr p1 .; tRe siGS ''f@f pei iss Fsyss
sbSm made Uith Parry. Fopersham
.c,,~hcs to,pn to learn that Philip has
conc 10 the seaahore. NeTt ntorntnp ne
Syy.yies back, but Ldllie, aud Phthp
hove met. ne ts tod ev me 'nata th1t
sjoht "TerTor shakes his pery sou,
a, he looks out at the angry sea-"
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
ftr7oR your own sake, II you know any
L more. you'd better tell me-" he said
,bckly. IF anything has happened to
Mrs Dundas, you shall pay for It; re-
member that"
She broke into a storm of violent tears.
7, was no fault Of hers. she walled; her
avn opinion was that Mrs. Dundas had
rors 10 New York with Mr.. Tranter. She
broke of. cowed by the passion in his
eyes
Miles turned his back on her and
walked out of the room. He pushed Grey
son on one side and opened the door.
am going out. Stay here or come with
me, | dor't care"
Greyson followed at his heels They
went to the station and made inquiries,
but nobody who in the least answered
/ 10 either Tranter's description or Lallie's
had left the village.
81 know the lady we'll. I should have
seer her If she'd gone." the master Of
the small station assured him. He was
| looking at Favershams white face.
| Nothing wrong, / hope, sir?'
ayes" said Miles hoarsely. There Is:
/ Mrs Dundas hasn't been home all night"
II was getting dusk very quickly now,
| thap m ha a
Miles knew that every one in the village
must soon hear of II.
A youth who had been hanging around
listening came up to them.
III it's the lady from the. cottage
you're asking about" he volunteered
rather awkwardly, II see her last eve
ming, going down, toward the sea; run
ming she was---
Miles turned.
Was she aloneT"
The youth nodded sheepishly.
For all see she was" he said.
you are sure-sure that II was Mrs.
Dundas?"
ahe youth nodded again.
sure" he said "She was wearing that
little white woolly coat Of hers. see her
In II often"
Miles turned away. He knew that.little
voolly coat. too: she looked almost a
child in It.
There was a moments silence.
III the lady had got cut off by the
sea, she'd have come home all right this
morning" the youth said again, anxious
ly He was Il great admirer of Lallie's,
and Il disturbed him to think that any
thing might have happened to her.
What time, was 1t when you saw
her. Miles asked.
And Greyson hardly recognized his
masters voice. 1t sounded so old and
cracked
The youth considered.
ut would be about half-past seVen,"
be said at last. II was coming back from
the parsons I'd been up there with
parcel that came in on the GAO train.
fes-twould be about half-past seven"
Greyson spoke for the first time
1t would be as well to search the
.hore, wouldn't 1t. sir?" he asked difti-
IDENTIFY. Tiff anything has happened
perhaps peri s the lady may have hurt herself
yleam Of hope sprang into Faver-
sham,s haggard face. Why. had he not
thought of such a thing before? He
answered eagerly:
,Yes1it might be that, There's time
he station 's ociss cI9 a@r IF YOU kDoW tnSEed any az
one who viii join us ! shall be willing
70 pay anything-anything."
The youth. II appeared, knew quite a
plumber OF people who would be willing
70 assist. Miles left him to collect them.
shore.
The tide was coming In. 80 a fisher
man told them. He looked up at the low
srng sky and voiced the opinion that It
was going to be rough night
Miles told him what had happened.
peen home all night. She was seen yes
.ssroay evening coming toward the
shore. e. he stopped and went on again
WV WIN an effort. she may-she may have
net with an accident-you know the
sVSSs. SSss. Aro there any rocks-any place
where she might have wandered and
nos De able to get back?"
,,,r The man considered. scratching his
enln irritatingly
en-, There's Malls bay" he said at last
SIt IT'S good way from here. There's
nasty rocks there--only last summer a
{ouhg lady fell and broke her ankle, and
found"
he looked at Faversham and seemed
NJ appreciate, dimly something OF his
nsthy nsyhhy OF mind for he added more SYM
STnI S%Tns'e''cally that he would go and show
,bo Hurry, man. then hurry" Faver-
'nsn S said hoarsely
M tney set Off together along the sands
\" te WIN, wihd blew in their faces and seemed
S,onJy Wy 10 beat them back. Faversham
wondered srd DULY II 1t had ever before
b9Wh dark so quickly
All me fading daylight seemed to be an
SssTt.onquerins Ssst. enemy that was bent oil
ssShoy!ng ss him He set his teeth hard
ne struggled on. He FELT as il he were
soria ~ ue grip Of a nightmare Surely 1t
rihi1u ihu not be really happening--this hor-
A. searCh-thls hopeless search.
h.M % me lutting foot of the cliff where
cut S nv MRS, Dundas had been almost
WAS vi oE the tide week ago the sea
fAss nearly up, one wave wet their
.ftsra az they passed, and the next raced
draw ,lem mem as II hoping to catch and
aTb are nsnerman looked at Miles.
bavm"eres way up the cliff in Mails
sSIs & he said laconically. I'VE won't be-
seawsoa 10 get back this way" He glanced
some rOrd again, We're going to have