Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-16

rms STARTS THE STORY
r,bet knight Is country bred. tdeal-
hid and utterly unsophtsncnted: Her
SsotS,y,s death forces her 70 make ne,
Son,e with Amy Lanier, her s,ssor, ,,a
month month and Ethei Keeps. house .yor
po,Syyn' pys husband, joe aud the child,
Snsstte Ethel aud zoe ,,t,r.. marrg' ,,o,e sne
STSngts 2 ,e,oS tqss y9se gSy'o Tssy oran iro 70
J.oosTSatsr JoTS yIa n joe rs genius at draft
,ea""Rf ZEE Ri fearing Dtcioht may be too
R Interested ~ her, che teus h'm otG,Ve st2 Ve
sstS. sensible etS;; ESrny y ey eayr hands Ethel q
rspGGTs rn,poGrst Ethel dedcs her. TO sho,e q
10 U'o Joe Fanny does o'pe ne reRon 10
Joe. Joe leaves ms hpnSe uISro ybro,oh %
.cub EiheI Sally Crothers, comes 70
te1 and asks pleasantly some sedrch-
irg questions. -
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
1 dear old town" she said. But the,
,.x, moment she bit her lipa for she had
.on,e 60 near to adding. II wish l were
,ocr this very minute!" What was her
yis,tor saying? She frowned and leaned
,orward attentively Something about
sma,, town in Vermont and the funny
,oco, noIitics there where Ia she lead
inc by that remark?" oh. yes, suffrsage
That was all right
yes indeed" declared Ethel eagerly,
"I,m for suffrage heart and soul!
marched in the parade last fall! Wasn't
1, glorious? Were you there?"'
YES I marched"
with the gardeners" Ethel blushed
again. Landscape, msan!" And her
visitor smiled.
Yes with the gardeners" she said.
There were only four OF us. but we
felt like the Four Hundred" Ethel
gIssled excitedly.
Wasn't it glorious?" she exclaimed,
'You nInny!" she thought. You said
that once 20 And she hsstened TO add,
And isn't It perfectly silly for men to
try to keep us from marchng?"
You mean your husband doesn't ap.
prove7"
Approve" Ethel echoed with a sniff.
I'D like to sese him disapprove l have
him In fair control, ! think" And she
knitted her brows In an eager way.
for this was a chance to tell how she
had done 1t.
How long have you been married?"
her visitor was asking.
Let me see. Four years? No. two"
she replied, with quick smile. Time
does so fly along In this town."
1T does, indeed. 1t seems hardly any
time at all since the days when your
husband and were friends"
"oh, yes he has often told me about
you" And Ethel shot swift anxious
look. Il know you don't like him." she
wanted to add. But If you'll only give
me chance I'll show you what I have
made of this manor was making, at
least, till all Of sudden right out OF
the clouds there dropped fat detec-
tive" She laughed at the thought and
then grew rigid. How silly and pointless
to laugh like that Mrs. Crothers was
telling now of the old group down about
Washington Square, and Ethel was lis
tening hungrily.
What gorgeous times you must have
had" she exclaimed. Gin those old days."
i've said it now. Old! knew
should ~ She caught Sally's good-natured
smile and felt again like a mere child.
From this moment on she would take
care! She avoided personal topics. and
growing grave and d!gnlfied she turned
the conversation from Joe to music, con-
certs the opera, "Salome," Louise"
She carefully showed she was up to
date, not only in music. but in other
things, books she had discussed years
prof" and others she had been read
Ing since - Montessorl, Jean Chris
tophe.' Hiding her tense anxiety under
a manner smooth as oil, she talked po-
litely on and on, and she felt she was
doing better now. So much better! No
more stupid breaks or girlish gush. but
modern intelligent woman OF parts
And glow of hope rose in her breast.
little more OF this, she thought and
she would he ready TO break off, and
with sudden appealing smile take her
new friend into her confidence. tell Of
her trouble ard ask for advice.
but the smile came from her visitor
MRS. Crothers had risen and was holding
out her hand. And as Ethel stared In
dismay at that smile, which displayed
such an easy Indifference to her and all
ter View Of life, her only woman friend
IN New York said:
m so sorry I've got 10 run. | hope
you II come and see me"
from the door in the hallway Ethel
came back in a sort of a daze--till her
eye Ut on the blue china clock on the
mantel
Seventeen minutes :" she exclaimed
And then after one quick look around
ene hung herself on the sofa intears
hored her! How bored her, How
Nupid ! was and comiC--a child And
men solemn--too solemn-all music and
cNutdtlOll dllu--nOW Ill tne
world do know what said? Or care
nate the woman! ] hate them all
SWtventeen minutes. Isn't that just like
New York;"
But from this little storm she soon
emerged. GrImly sitting UP on the sofa,
sshe reached out "A hand icy cold, took
nme teapot and poured out a cup. It
was strong now, thank Heaven. And
.ro%nlng gravely into space, Ethel sat
and drank her tea.
Now the one thing" she told her
sni Is to keep your nerve and be SEN
'U'e' FOR this may decide your whole