Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-02
The Streets
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connected W. Wbs triup,phurtly beuy ~,
to,cn 9wSs,, has a stroke OF opop''"S'
us rot intend TO sleep sne
A NM he'd for herself on ~, With
- ~, 'sse,ber's room. ana lsy Tt seemed
N n. syes vide and stra,'sh sho whose life
so strange o /" sheltered had In tne hoS
had peen cone through the ks"u ,,oaTs
two days sSha felt years oldeI yoa
emotlohs night light burned o. ,ns,or.
wiser. and her father brestiieu ,yaa vary
the nuir ,rorn the bed. OUTSIDE ~ a steady.
ouit ouist but the crickets Key \, was very hot,
rr,onotonous chirp; anu ~
with no nnn col up and SAT py NJ IT,
once h, sna tanning him with ,n,s
fathers 20, that Aunt Martina hsa
palrn.leaan aan.rried with her to churcn ou
Sunday mornings re hreo thed.
M M, oninously still, out tmaseoofbine me ali
ss en- could hear his heaVy o'e"'
over the ths reSs,' sSe lay down and fell Into
fmAnS siean Queer intermNtent
trcupleo creams rustled through ner
nssaes i,ssa mind She thought that sne WaS WsrS
,I.u nr, Il, a tangle Of streets trylns W ,mat
sn. ~, way but the broad hlsmms,s irmeS,s end
would IA iesr not and She turned into queer
sne coS' aileys and passed hurry.nk
twls,o twlsi,eu Who did not speak to her; pu'
peop,e, infant on their own searcnins
sen,vs ss,In,,ah the dream she had q auesI
l!ru,Inq sensation that she hao peenn
r. these streets before, that sne ,ise IVA IVA
been searching IKE this isa az, s,pest re vet the
naa 10 ~ happiness. Blurred signposts
s,Isa,ns s,Ise,, like sentinels greeted her tlreu
sanue strange intersections or narrow
e..,,s ess she hurried by pain ana sacri-
a., and then suddenly as she turned .,' .nv
Nv norrsr binding light struck her Iu.I
so'1gb he eyes II came from long
= os me although II was 30 bright, and
nsna saw that she would have 70 PICK
Anu, s~ toward Il through q maze OF
w sr,o,r b,ack streets. but her heart was
m,tts,.r hscarse she could see the lignt'
MAN auite suddenly she opened her eyes
snd eray dawn was stealing IN petween
sts Stats of the shutters she started
W. ae nonscIous that she had been asleep:
W peSe hurried over to her fathers ped
"a fomnd him breathing much easier.
camehow there In the dawn her heart
~, tighter her dream seemed still with
t,r she had fresh courage 10 GO on.
FOR the first time she had that chilo,sn
sonsoia,ion that had somehow eluded
hr all her life. that things Would come
out all right in the end.
Yesterday she had determined to get
.ray from Greenville. She had no idea
| N what she would do and she did not
sare much. but she wanted to get away.
avay from Dane Grey and Geraldine'
away from her father and her life. In
ths hack of her mind there was the feel.
Ing that perhaps some time she might
come back in triumph after she had
made good Today all OF that attitude
toward life had vanished. She saw
what she must do quite plainly. She
must stay here In her narrow, gray lire
and care for her father; she must accept
her fate. Perhaps after she had wan.
dered through the narrow streets OF
brighter and she would emerge with
Ithrobbing heart into the wide fairness
]hf the road o: happiness.
When the doctor came at 10 o'clock,
he sickroom was fresh and cool.
Anne had flung open the shutters or
he side, and the relief from gloominess
7 (emed to tighten the atmosphere. Her
ther had not spoken to her, but she
as certain that he was conscious.
\ hrlier in the morning Mrs. Barnes had
bme over with some hot mullins and
elt the neighborliness ways of the people
|who lived about her; the little homely
feeling Of give and take. She was shyiy
Interested for the first time in the antics
OF the Gridley boy, who turned hand
springs on the front lawn for her bene-
. A. as she stood for a minute on the
porch and seemed delighted when she
laughed. These people were no longer
strangers to her; they were friends.
She did not resent their interest in what
was going on in the Carter house, be-
cause II was friendly interest. and
for the first time she felt proud of her
own home as a part Of a little COM
munty.
When she took UP n tempting lunch
to her father he turned his eyes on
her for the first time and she was
startled at tho expression in them.
There was little of the old glare, and
they looked old, jaded. Jim Carters
spirit was broken.
The girl leaned over him tenderly.
You're hetter, father?"
He nodded, She was conscious that
ne watched her as she moved about,
but when she turned toward him again
ne had turned his head on the pillow.
~ ' o'clock that afternoon when the
9octor came again. he told Anne grayely
uat her father was very weak.
Tomorrow, Anne's darkest hour)