Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-09
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s sr.RTs THE STORY
r,s,l Knight Is oountrry, rry,;ooted orSe '"f Her
biic daa dsoth forces her. TO mdEe ne,
fathers S,,h Amy Ldnter, her sister. "A
Nome ws wNn n"g nv dies Of ptomdine
mcnth agTd IND Ethel keeps house Ior
gogg. husband Joe, ana IN, .ne Etnef
SSasstte. Ethel Gnd ,Sptrsr oog ' about hs
cork; Snd oS KS kno,oledoe Of Amy.
her, toIm'to n conpinoe him OF her de-
Shs fI'S' f"r joe. they plan togestter 20 20
.rsS .sr,asyoSer ~ him the sHs iSss~ a,r9noes w ~
sorethne ce ~ culture from yoe's friend,
70 tdkg W and she tells him OF ,her
"De'gmmt,, "J'n dnrtous to knoD hoo
home we, Wo.,,orosd You must let me
Ne Nm Siv,.H D,cight tells her.
W. .TD HERE 1T CONTINUES
orER in Paris he had 80 much. He
" zoo such wonderful lad for
u,th the most exuberant fancy
ores" ,r,y he used to talk Of New York
IN D,s -, What he wanted to do back here--to
a. ~. ,bs backyards and the roofs ana
.ns, u,e them into gardens. This town.
W." Ioe got through with it-wen.
Nn." IN airplane It was to look more
Ia. like a bed Of roses-or nil
.arr IN Italy. But that was only MS
,'ys..- wv yo,n, When his fancy was really
.orking hard, he took department
..or,s hotels and huge railroad ter
.,InaIs and jammed them all together
,n,o one big building. How deep In the
nv i,,,b Il was to have gone l really cam
rsmenber, nor how far up into .ns nh'.S
buL.anv buL . or prairie or something
"yss" thought Ethel I'm going 10
like him. All, =, hi, nlans all nigh" "
nrIeht went on od-nsturedly And
keep poor az lazy mSsio,nn SsionRed nHe ITO '''
my .,%as R,s"Gi {, lou who taught him to play?"
'hs snn sSnIu the pIano? 1t was" he replied.
.1sn't his touch amazing? And 40 thor
ourhly Christian, too.
yes, He doesn't let his right hand
,row what his left hand Is doing"
TbSv laughed And from that laugh sne
emerged with eagerness in her Drown
eyes aha h.seoa hin,
rt nod no idea you knew him so we'll
nid he do nothing but talk over there?'
"tia did-hs worked like n tiger. Joe
could stand more hard labor in one OIL :.
sec,ItIye day and night than any fellow |
aver met, And he could do 1t night after
night. ! remember dropping IN on MN
Tor coffee and rolls one morning. a
cbap named Crothers and myself
FtheI started at the name-"had Just
come home from the Quatre Arts Bail
Wn found Joe in his room with the cur
taIns drawn-he didn't know It was
rU round his head and was building an
onera" house for Chicago-or Kansas
CgttvNIm not sure which. And he was
moi dreaming OF building 1t in his sue
cessful middle age--he was building II
now, in a terrible rush, as though kan-
sss City were pushing him hard. Joe
didn't live in the future. you see-he
took the future and made II the present,
and then lived In the present like mad"
dwight tossed away his cigarette.
But you say it's money now
Yes" she replied. It's money" He
smiled az her rejected tone.
Il wouldn't be 80 sad" he remarked
.Money isn't as bad as II seems"
"Oh, yes and | want It," Ethel de-
cIared But | want the others 80 much
more"
When her car had come. she rose and
said: You and Joe must get together
some time. Couldn't you call him up
some day and get him TO lunch with
you?
But don't be disappointed" she said,
~ you find him changed even more
than you think. Money has sucn n
pull on man.
II know. but I rather like It,"
What"
'oh. don't be so indignant. please. 4
am an artist-honestly. But some OF
these men I've met over, here-well.
they fascinate me. Such boundless
energy and drive ought to go into a
symphony. Plenty of drums and
crashing brass Good-by. Mrs. Lauier,"
he added This has been lucky day
for me"
Thank you. Don't forget about Joe
And meanwhile-till next Tuesday"
AS she settled back in her car she
thought:
IAN right, Ethel. very good"
Twice week. that autumn, she went
to Dwight for lessons. But until some
time had passed she did not mention
II 10 joe
When you meet him." she said TO
Dwight, I'D rather you wouldn't speak
OF my lessons. want my singing to
be a surprise And besides. I'd 40 much
rather that any old friends Of my hus-
nands come TO him through his partner
" seems so much more natural"
i see said Dwight But he
ooesn't'" she thought. and I'll have 10
explain"
Later OF course. I'll tell him." she
ad But Just now, In the state he's
10, II you or any one else OF his friends
wno knew him as he used TO be should
come and say: Sent by your wife, with
ner compliments and fervent hopes of
your speedy resurrection'-oh, no. II
,Mou,dnt do at all" Dwight was watch
ing her Curiouslv.
now many OF us are there?" he
,Sed, ,ansd She looked at him in a ques-
,,ot us he explained "Joe's old
ttr,ends, who are to dig him up, you
NJ. only you. at present-and of course
MS partner" He smiled:
s,.dni bni Nourse is not a very brisk
~" Wen she remarked, in a casual
sho1, you know of brisker dlggers
"SSssIpeople "Ss who knew him"
rnSs gay no more. I'll search the town "
5ys." eyes had met for an instant.
les she thought, TIM getting on