Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-08
-. s.,c,o, Arrangement Nth the hooiur
fBy spso'o' Newspaper SvndicoteJ
s CHARTS THE STORY

month a lasr r,bsi Essps house for Any's
poiSon, IL 'Ioe. and the child, Stsette.
hpSoiid hrtSoi ard Joe marry. she ,gants 10
Be- a,cay from the apnrt",cn' 70, an ."oo anarfe He
occspEat AZ the top Of the sen,e build
We" there she meets Mrs, GfeWe'
~. sv u tor and they shop together. Bnt
toc meeting them OUT o"G moVi i,,Io,
yects 10 the intimacy no uma 'cns Grs,so S'" -,
mG SsS sands for Joe's partner TO haze
H,,tr NTH him about Joe dhd MS
aort ~" bmt Nourse surprises her oy
SsEing permission to DO he no tn~,,y onS,,;on ior
%S,io' SNr tormed % on his knowledge Of
V,' ' and then she starts ~ 10 con-
Ang, A bin, of her real aims dnd desires
rVJ for Joe. "E hoH only believe ~ NOR
" And HERE 1T CONTINUES
ouE waited three days Then he tele.
y nhoned, can SEQ you today at q
.,o,octq" She answered. "Yos, I'll DO
,,,Y clad" And sho felt little faint
with relief as she hung up the receiver
When he came in. that afternoon. one
-,once nj him made her exclaim TO her-
.sIf "Tfe half believes! He's puSzied!
",yeI, Mrs. Lanier," he began at once,
-.,;,, nore triendlness now In his heavy
voice. "if I've made any mistake ABOUT
,,ou I'm sorry. But you must snow me
arst II you're real about this, you look
A. ,,s like a woman who would have
thought It all out in the last few days
and formed plan. What Is itE
Ills abruptness rather took her breath
for A moment. Then she said, YES, \
have a plan. but so have you. What Is
~" A, her quick retort she saw smile
or grim relish come over his large les-
lures. .,.,,o" ho ren,ied.
leave Joe to me. Keep MN quiet a.
night so he can work, and I'll show you
another husband" She shook her head.
"He'd only make more money 80,
"Tell him you don't want 1t. then
She smiled at him.
Too simple" she said. lie looked al
II thought It would be too simple for
woman was his answer.
Its worse than that" she replied.
'Its blind. You've. never been mar,
rIed-apparently-not even TO one one
married twice To you mans life Is
oil in his office-but half of Joe's Is in
his homeland you'll have to change
that half of him, too. l told you her
friends are sbout1snd they haye s't nef
get rid of them until get some friends
OF my own"
"Then get them"
How? Go out on the street and call
up, 'Heigh there, at the wi windows1 s,orn1y
"'rne friends want are the peopie ne
kncw-the ones you told me of. That's
my plan. Put me in touch with some OF
them, and let me bring them III touch
with Joe. And III show you different
IIa looked q her.
We'll, that's too simple, too he said.
why Is it?" she demanded.
Because in those first years of his
marriage I went to them 80 often. in
some OF the men he used to know to
come to his office and take him to lunch.
And It did so little good they quit.
They all got sick Of it-and they're
Ethel leaned forward intensely:
But it will be different now Be-
fore. they had Amy here working
against them! I'm here now, and I'll
be on their side" He frowned: and she
me, do you! You don't believe can do
anything-or even that I want to"
He looked at her for a moment.
Yes" he said. Il almost do"
Then please give me a chance" she
tons she began to dra" out Of Nourse
the information she wanted. 1t did not
come easy, for the past seemed buried
deep in his memory AS one by one he
But he's dead" or Hes gone West.
He had kept track of them. after a
fashion. but he had seen them little OF
late What lonely life he had led.
She thought. She wondered If he had
grown too old and hopeless to be of any
ment
There was Crothers." he was saying.
He an architect, and he's doing good
work: lie never had Joe's boldness, but
and at least he has stuck 20 his ideals
He could do more to bring Joe back
Than any other man ! know"
Then We must get him"
That will be hard"
Why will it?"
Because some years ago | tried 10
set Crothers into our firm. The two
o. US together might have kept Joe from
the mere money Jobs and made it a firm
10 oe proud of. Crothers was ready TO
come in, and | had nearly succeeded in
pf!nGlng Joe to agree to It,"
Then what was the matter"
our sister. Joe had told her ne
was was thinking thinking of some move in his bust
HssS winch would keep him poor awhile
ana she hew into quite n rage. That
vas another time she sent for me-"
NourSe leaned grimly back in his chair.
one told me that If ] ruined her hus-
Naittl, 49, bDe CHlleu II, she q
% ureak us apart once and for ALI She
MTuldht have Crothers in the frm-not
ppnIy because 1t meant money lost but
yyscauSe Crothers's wife had turned her
u0wn. Wp. Ethel looked at him sharply.
,Uh-ha has a wife" she said.
YES and she wasn't your sisters
mnu. she was college woman w,iu
tTanteu 10 be great painter-and when
mie i painting petered out, she shut her
lay, ysW ana said, Never mind, If can't
lAnngHA I na
Nme look up landscape gardening. She
married Burt Crothers soon after that,
u, out she stuck to her work and in course
II ~ lline u ntted in with her husband 3.
NJ ana sally have struggled along m,.
NIL, NIL, and though they've never made
out Of life" ''''
She She sounds so nice" Ethel hungrily
.,oh yes. she's nice enough" he said
,lll unlll YOU so against her. Then Saily
so setS mad and stays that way. And she
sot that way" he added, when we
iHtnS iiH1rmed her husband down. She hadn't
morr,, nMSu your sister. In, fact, when Joe
caI'oaer IT'ohers together, il wasn't go. She
JJaued your sister hopeless And when
S,S SS%oS wlte came back at her by Keeping
Ssc,anSs SG,.mers out OF our firm, then war was
N2urse broke off and looked at Ethe,
hs said. "'"' 'ou 'e up against
Yes, see" said Ethel At every
uoor to her husbands youth. Amy seemedd
, !" oe barring the way. She gave an
smlpatlcnt little shrug. "If I Could oniW
snow them N'o'' '"iS
WHAT"
That I'm different, And tha boIo r.,,,
e and what 1t is want in Joe,
S,an You go and talk to them" Their,
snn N"" itnpatience again In her ewes. II,
saw wv u and smiled YEARLY.
You think I'm mighty weak" he said
,ntih ,%th not much fght LETT in me w YoS'r. SaI
what' guess. But you don't know