Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-10
THIS STARTS THE STORY

ia finds his friend, Ashton, tDho says
he q 'eav!no to,on arg h,s Ms S,oeethsaJt n. ear,
iotco5 TO deliver letter TO the girl
Sftctv discovers the otri, Esther Shep-
stone, to be the ono ne had met crying
on thc street. instead ot delivering
Gnother, a kindher one, and signs
Isiton's name to Il. The letter COM
torts Esther. Ore dap Dhen she re-
i'traS to her room, she finds June
there. June expresses tho tDtsh that
'hcy should be friends. She learns
ihdt Jtsre and Mickv are old friends
and that Mtoky - t0edlthy June in-
pitCs Micky to tea, aud remarks as he
Gryipos someUhdt late, ~ began to
thiiIk you Were not coming"
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
>tIIB gave him her left hand, and MIcky
y squeezed It In friendly fashion. They
went upstairs together TO a small tea
room, which was just now deserted save
for two Mattresses who were giggling
over a newspaper
June walked over to n table In the
Window. and Micky followed.
Ho had been here with her scores Of
tines before, and the two Mattresses
,nlled ut one another knowingly; they
vere quite sure that this was romance.
MiCky WIS blttlnB WIN tAuoN VII
the table, absently smoothing the back
Of his head; he was wishing 1t was
Esther sitting opposite to him; he looked
40 with little start when June spoke
20 him.
whats up, Micky7 I've never seen
YOU looking so depressed"
lie shook himself together.
declared. well, and how are you
And how is the ewindle?' II was Micky,s
net Joke to call Junes invention the
'Swlndl6," though in his heart no was
pimost al proud Of 1t as she was
Stt', Sne % very we'll thank you: but that
.un't what want to. talk to you about
;oday. Miclty, would you like to come
10 tca. with me ono afternoonT'
@Teay @ea Haven't I come to tea with you
"siiy! I don't mean here; I mean
.,here l live. It's a boarding house.
dare say you'll hate T. but ssrsrs ats Fealy eant
be choosere. anyway. I've got very
comfortable citing room and most OF
NV own furniture, and I can give you
a good cup Of tea, or anything else II
'0" " pSi anal be delighted" Micky looked
,uzzled. But isn't this rather break
ng of rules? It's not 80 very long
.souSbt it was all to be deadly secret u
80 II was, but I've decided to admi'
you, I know you're safe, and and M Micky' sS,
yTettisst, most attractive little girl
Mickey moved his chair back in mock
june! u; You're not turning match
..nkerl II you are, give you fair
,rarnins that our friendship will have
to end once and forever. III put up
.yth a lot from you, but not this
Cont be an idiot :" said Juno calmly;
There isn't the slightest fear! And
oryway-" she added. with halt
ight. shes engaged, SO 1t wouldn't be
aay good. But l want you to help her.
Oh, know l am always bring
- you fOundlings to help and look
after, but you've got such Dig meart
and such a big banking account she
ldcd audaciously.
well, and what do you want me &c
- FOR this damsel In distreasT" he
.sked gently.
IT want you 10 get her berth some
@aere," he was told promptly, No
IS no use saying you can't! MY dear
man, sou must know scores OF people
,.ho'd take her In. She thought she was
hXed up all right, but now II appears
that the people she was with before
laYcn't got vacancy for her ana SO
mats knocked on the head. She told
me that she'd have TO Just take the h"St
thing that came along. l don't believe
she's hardly got a shilling to her name
offered to take her into partnership
EitM me- I said we'd go travelling to-
Gether for my beauty cream, but she
rouldn't hear OF II She's nc
aroud" and here sound of tears crept
into June Mason's voice. II ask you
N!cky, what can be done with any ono
Ike that?"
Mlcky shrugged his shoulders.
III she'll take anything that comes
along, ehc ought TO get job pretty
soon," he said laconlCally. I'm speak
% a man / know-can she write a le-
tent hand and all that sort of thing"
"Of course she can But want
good berth. mind you! I've never oeen
80 fond OF anybody as I am OF her.
She's awfully worried about this horrid
man she's engaged 10. She doesn't say
much about him, but this morning SHE
oad that there didn't seem to be any
'A!ng TO live for, and her eyes looked
Mickey smiled at her serious face.
You'd make an eloquent appeal IN
a court OF law" he said He took a
-enci from his pocket and an envelope,
'f.ve me her name and address. and
m see what ! can do. don't proml c
'nythng, mind you, but III do what l
You're a dear" said June warmly,
" know you were the one to come to
I'm quite sure when you've seen Esther
Ioull why, what's the matter,
Mtcky?"
Mlcly had looked up sharply His
sa"e had paIcd little.
What name did you say?' lie asked
lie never knew how he managed to con-
'rol his voice His heart seemed to be
dumping in his throat What name
4:d you say?" he asked again, with an
Mort. II did not catch it"
IT'S Esther" said June. Esther
Shepstone"
June was drawing on her gloves; ,he
had very white hands and beautifully
Kept finger nails, and she was very proud
" them.
Never mind me-" she said brlskly
You hustle about and find n post Tor
.e'her, and Ill love you forever Are
She rose and gathered up her various
1a."Hgingg, Micky declared that she
'Nas always laden with small, oddly
"0@ped parcels.
Samples, my dear eampes!" che
"..d brskly when Mcky asked II NJ
.iSht not be allowed to carry some
Nnd they're much too precious to risk
"'l dropping any"
there's Just one stipulation" Micky
'''a os he followed her downstairs
"&"iN. you're not to tell Miss Shep'
.'ono anything about me--I'm going &c
u" very strict on this subject, VIII you
'IoMise?"
Bless your heart. yes-and II you
one 70 tea one day"
.0h, I don't think I'll come 10 ,ei.
>Icky said hastily. II should only feel
1tten---self-consclous and all the rest
""ow anything-not that there's any
.G'hs TO know yet" he added quickly
may not be able to help her"
Mss Mason laughed.