Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-20
THE STREETS OF LIFE
Anne Asserts Herself
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
Copyright. 1870, by the Public Ledosr Co.

! ...Ir,, Carriers father had chosen q
.,n,,,o farmer as q suitable mate for
fyr ,phsn Anne met Dane Grey, the
,nytter, Anne had olWdns dtstrtLsted
Z ava dtstiked BiH SnDdcr, bnt until abe
met thts other n,an, she 49, d,a no. 1 reduse hn,e
deterptiited che toos not 10 marry her
1otberjs chotoe. HoDeper, she had
,erer defed him aud " todsnt untl
Geraldine Carpenter. t1ho had taken
sbs tsW her father the truth about the
t,ne she spent AZ the Carpenter house,
,hot Anne determined to assert her M-
s,asvdcnce. Az a dttner.ddnce given
bv Geraldine, Anne makes her frst
Syerino appearance, having stolen
a,sIw from her fathers house, Leaving
a note behind her.
"A -SNpyS thoughts. as she danced
"A throurh the waltz. were leaplng
ahead, She was planning or just now
sbe could slip away to meet Dane Grey
She had been afraid to meet ms eyes pc
sause of a strange new shyness petore
s,n, For so long now had she woven
Ssr dreams about this man that she had
~, rIver any thought to his caring Tor
Wv She had been content 70 Worship
p,n, 10 know that she would see MN
some time, but this other teenng tna. T..
,,os thrilling through her AT the note IN
thing in the world.
.r,e was unused TO intrigue. Her
Mart heat at the thought OF secret
s.,sa, n wasn't so much the fact that
~ was eoine to meet Dane Grey, as
n was his attitude toward her' .
rne dance ended suddenly, but Anne'ss
..cort apparently had no intention OF
leaving her. She Sessn s,s 70 DC ssosns a' And And
az, ouite suddenly the doorbell rang. IL
r.,.S n,,t with an omiuous ring NO one
". sannoed 10 notice IL, but Anne with
Ssr wide eyes fixed on the door, saw Y,
WarIe appear minute later, me siI,
looked frightened and ,snevsd sne %e" ny min ~ !.
Gera,,oi, Gr,oinr Geraldine came across the
room. ..4,ou Anne" she
.,;d and Anne went white.
Geraldine led her across the Dig ro1't'
and into a little den az tne o,nu ,,n,, " .e Ter.
.,s,ro sa IN as the two women faced eacn
etber she looked at Anne almost curi,
o,,s,y wondering what the girl INTENDED
10 do. -. x.,,o- oo." Anne said
through stiff lips. Il don ws"' hoo 40 e aus
nicions were aroused. s,s
You said he sent for me; whom oto
"a Mr.. Snyder" Geraldine re'urheu
spo YOU know hifn?"
Anne nodded. ,.u M w,
"He's waiting In the nall Do So'
want 10 70 out to himE'
"a Idine was watching Anne narrow
"a, she had expected the girl to break
Sovn to cry, and here she was takine
a. as calmly as though It meant nothlns
b her. ,,.,n Anna ret,,rned
touyard the door,
Geraldine made a movement toward
NAV Anne, dear remember I'm stand
tns behind you; don't be AFRAID.
nne turned toward her passionately
and for a moment they looked at eacn
other you've been wonderful: anne
bIaled wonderful! l won't forget.
BfI SNYDER was standing before one
AZ The oil portraits that lined the hali
and he swung around as Anne came 70,
ward him. she held her glistening nea9
high and the tiny little train s"isneo
softly as she moved
He made a movement toward her and
she drew back. ,,, IT, ,o a
How dare you come here" she said
passionately. ''How dare you! 49,,
Your father sent me-" he said sui.
lsnlv, land didn't tell him, either; {; he's
found out some other way.
"He found out because l told him'
Anne said evenly. She spoke with
cold Intensity that was more deadly thar
anger. Her words dropped all about HIN HIN
like little icicles. She was scorniui
frigid In her contempt.
you'd better. come, Anne" Bill wen
on. his effort to be conciliating ONLY
awakening more silent fury in tne girl
heart Hes in an awful state
Listen to me-" she said, bringing ou
her words slowly. I'm not going hom'
now. DO you think I'm any ones chat i,
tel. that ] can be sent for like chill
and told to obey? l shall come nom
way, and not escorted by you. You an!
I Rave nothing more to do with eacl