Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-14
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,.,,, aud utterly unsophtottcdteu. n"
W. $50, death forces her TO make her
!'" ,rith ANY Ldnier, her sister A
~ Ho", ,, inter ANN dies Of ptomdtne
"V" .s. and Ethel keeps house for
m,,s husband, Joe, and the ohtta'
A.S,te Ams Ethel aud Joe mdrry. she
o"o', noes 10 take uoice culture from
",T"yd ,.,. y,,isnd, "DD4ght" Thvy plan to
.Somaken In Joe his genius at drdJ'-
,uo But. fearing Dtot0ht may DC too
".s, ,.sy,rc,ted IN her, she tells MIN 10 DC
I'M ,,hie ETC." II they are TO continue
,.,.,d, Fannv Carr pays EtheI
s'!, o,d hands her some typeWHtten
vs., Vs.. detntliug her acquaintance Wtth
Pp".iabt Ethel deties her to shop them
y" too she pttios Fdnny's tody OF
locking at Ve' -
,yp HERE IT CONTINUES
..,,.1nEN1,Y Ethers eye was caught by
S,,,y,s photograph on the table. BY
-, q, the last few months Joe had
s.ssod 10 notice It there. But how no
S,,Id notice It now. very soon, as he'd
va what Fanny had brought. For
n,,. had taught Joe long ago to be
iealous, never 100 suiS oh .
Xso Amy is here again. after all l
-order what shall say to Joe?
Nh rubbish! Use more common sense
Az 1,ve got to do is to make MIN see
-. never told him about Dwight
=, was only part of that plan had
pr, what a fool oh, what a foo! ~
, when at last Joe's key was heard in
A.. door both women leaned slowly for
,,ord az though the strain were unbear-
sbIe. And then as Joe came INTO the
hail. Fanny said suddenly sharp ana
clean
u be told Of this!" Ethel wheeled on
her:
How odous!' 800,
az can't help it--hes my friend !"
Ana the next moment with Joe in the
room both women were talking to him
NJ once-angrily, incoherently, almost
showing each other away. But only for
a moment. 1t was too disgusting Ethel
left of and stood rigid there, while Fan
ny talked on rapidly.
she was speaking of how Ethel had
ouf off ,Toe from Amys friends Ethel
heard only bits of this, for 1t all seemed
so confused and unreal. But she noticed
how nervously tired he looked. all keyed
up from his day at the oft1ce. she re.
membered that his partner was out Oh
town on business, that Joe had been
running the office alone. He will be
hard 10 manage" she thought He In
terrupted Fanny in a sharp, excltaoIe
tone
ITS time you saw where you stano,
Aplr n this girl. / don
blame her. Look how young she Is,
and then look at yourself. Here, take
a look at yourself in that mirror.
Are you still young? Can't you see the
lines, the gray hairs, Joe? They're
coming-oh. they're coming Cam you
supply all the love she wants?"
Fanny" He snapped out her name
. In so ugly a voice that she lost no time.
She showed those papers into his hands
and began to tell him what they, were.
But Joe refused to read them and grew
each moment angrier.
Joe :" cried Fanny sharply. When
you brought Dwight to dinner here, he
met your wife as though for. the first
time. Did you know they had been
friends for months?" And at his star,
better read all this !" There fell a
sudden silence.
"I'll explain everything-when we're
alone" Ethel managed to put in. How
queer and thick her own voice sounded,
Now Joe had gone into the hall with
Fanny. Curtly he said goodnight to
her. The door closed, and there was
silence again why didn't he come? He
must be standing there in the hall try
ing 10 get hold of himself Oh. how
terribly hurt he must feel! But she
checked the sudden lump in her throat.
Remember now-just common sense?"
This was time for keeping clear But
Joe had come back into the room, and
passing the gilt mirror into which Fanny
had told him to look, he stopped a
moment.
Don't do that, Joe !" In an instant,
in spite of herself, her love for him rose
up IN wave. with fear and pity and
anger. too She came to him.. and her
C.oS?, CoSS was shaking oh; Joe-Joe !
some-every word And so cheap-so
cheap and meant"
As she spoke. his eyes were rapidly
scanning the report he still had in his
hanus Again she noticed how tired he
was, lie looked up at her:
know it is But why didn't you
treat It like that? Why did you try to
make ,n her keep quiet? Weren't you try
ing, when / came in?"
mo. No! 1t was just her odous trick
her pretending!"
=, Pretending? How about you? Why
Sld you pretend, when l brought Dwight
mere that you'd never laid eyes on him
eeeiore? Had you or hadn't you? Care
iul now Fanny says 1t is all here.''
III explain in one word I"
WHAT'S the word? Say II, please
and clear this up"
she was breathing hard. frightened,
Her mind In a whirl oh, to be able TO
. uInk clearly Use a little common
Just minute :" she gasped. you'll
.,.l see good deal It's right In your
efes what are you looking so scared
about? And what did she sav about nv
Ue,mg Ue,g o1d | am old-and you're young.
IGouhg IGg And beauty-just the kind for
f,T fDWTlsnt Don't know of his love ar.
IsIrS? pori., Wasn't he at 1t way back in
f"ttS Us Hasn't he been-ever slnce?'
DC careful Joe," she cried angrily