Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-26
THE STREETS OFLFE
An Attempted Rescue
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
Copyright, 1880, by the Public Ledger Co.

,.., Carriers attempt 10 make her
,.tser reoHse that her We tods her
I.., ,cns a failure, for the TesuH tods
mc farming Of the key IN her bedroom
ne Ioor From childhood she had 6een
tSpt do,Un and deprived oJ eue'Ltnng
tn"tt ttr;ends, Her fathers choice OF a
o.boyd sbe distrusted at once, dnd
huSOub ,.t ,oben she tcas most miserable she
y,ot Geraldine Cdrpenter, tooanhy
,"o,nnu ~ totCn, tDho betrtemaed ner
wUs'H .sJ oreic to care for her. with the
ana y,S Of doing seoretdridI toork, Anne
enC"'' ,. ,o Gsrdtdine eUery afternoon,
SOL, SOL she tDds treated Ike friend
mn'l, ~, nj, Of Gerdldine's guests. Here
* met Dane GREY, the to,fter, and
i"T ~ love Nth htm; on ~ n'gns
isStb ihat about ,Chat she has done, Dane
nrs~ a teiis Anne that he loves her
ACT, night passed as a dream before
her eyes. Gould 1t be possible that
,,.,o c;rev had told her he loved her?
She could close her eyes and feel his
,r,,s about her, his lips insistently seek
,rc her own. The memory swept over
t,r with a wild thrill. And then she
,nored her eyes TO the four walls of
,or little room. the locked door, the
,,ror,nious fact that she was a
nrisoner. and that never again must she
400 Dane Grey as long as she lived.
She flung herself down on her bed
and hid her eyes, trying TO think what
yas best to do. If she could once get
away she would leave Greenviie for
orer II did not matter what became
~ nor lust as long as she never saw
sny one she had known here again.
~, was about the middle Of the after
roon when she heard the noise OF a
rowerful car coming UP the street. The
sound startled her. and she sprang up
and ran to the window keeping behind
mo white muslin curtain. The car
same on with a roar OF an open Cutout
and a grinding of gears. and the next
minute Geraldine's big car drew up be-
fore the house. Geraldine was not
alone for Dane Grey was with her and
dear old Pierre the chauffeur. Anne had
grown very fond of Pierre.
From her point of vantage, Anne look.
N hungrily at Dane Grey. She loved
him, she loved him, she thought exult-
sntly: there never would be any one
again who could wake her heart to so
rapturous a thrill never any one who
fulfilled SO fully her ideal OF what a
man should he.
lie sprang out and helped Geraldine
N ihe sidewalk. Now they were COM
ing up the tagged walk and Anne
rouId hear them on tho porch. Her
heart beat suffocatingly in her throat. a
dizziness swan before her eyes and she
caught tho curtain with a trembling
hand TO steady herself
The bell rang through the house and
Anne stood motionless. waiting. She
could hear the humble of their voices on
the porch. but she could not near what
they said It rang again, and then
again. tearing Anne's heart with every
peal Tf only she could call to them.
II only she could let them know that
she was here locked up, II only they
could take her away forever; but that
was impossible. Her pride held her
where she was. kept her from screaming
aloud IN her agony OF mind. She could
a runaway in the night whom he might
marry out of pity. And SO she stood
thore with her red lin held tightly be-
tween her teeth until they finally left
ihe porch and looked eagerly up at
all the windows from the sidewalk:
The curtain and with sinking heart
finally saw them get back into the car
and drive away.
It was then that she broke down and
dropped weakly into chair sobbing
pitifully like A child whose heart Is
broken. But back of the hurt there was
the balm OF knowing that at any rate
they had come there to help her. that
Geraldine really cared. and that no mat
Ter what became Of her she had kept her
misery to herself, that Dane Grey would
have no part in the pitiful thing that
was her life.
Anne cried until she could cry no
more. and then she got up from the
bed, tidied her hair. wished vaguely