Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-14
-.,s STARTS THE STORY

~ syrpdthy 70 ChTtS.tno Wgott, "ts
Shildhood sweetheart, ne ,o,o,o. o"'em. ,,,or ~
ssc ss.s n Christine. Mad pnh memo
rioeo C,,utbta. he tries to make MIN
re TS,tsys he loves Christine. Sang
ssv = friend Of Jia,ny's. seeing Chris
!.a,, false position, ohtdes Jtnmy
utterly for MS spmo e"gaSgenv,m, eS,,,,,.,.
IVY ym,xr d,es suddenly. The pedd'ng Is
rlo,ep, mace at once. Too days before
20 ~ Sote drsd, Cynthia be0s Jimmy 10
ms A. ~" her back, but jimmy rosoIpes to
,o's sogsi to me motherIess girl
y 'C,ynthio, finding she could mot
rs,ss.tire rsIsti a detailed account Of her dc-
Cns,s,orco pith Jimmy. Cynthia, out
q,",.,o NTH Mortldke, Is seriously
mu,,,d IN an accident. She sends for
Wy ,,,a,,y. but before he con reach her.
.ns has passed otody. Chrstne, tedrn-
iag Of Jimmy'S ptsft 10 Cymh,d, or
w ,ss ~ 10 return TO her old home. On
Iangv Iag,roy she meets Alfred Ketterino,
~. .sv.d Tor the same toicn. They be-
oo. ns arouairted. Jimmy. hearing OF
two.w,,,r;n1's tow. frequent visits to Chris
In, "a 6esct pith Jealousy.
.xp HERE IT CONTINUES
-, CAN'T drive a Bit" she said petu-
l'lantly "I'm so silly! I nearly ran
,,,o The wall at the gate"
"DId you?'.
ayes GLADYS. we're going over to Hes
-, a, o'clock with Mr.. Ke,tering.'
GLADYS looked up.
owe who do you mean by 'we'?'
"you and I, Of course
Dob there was a momentary silence.
49,, n1bore'a a letter for you on the
men, go.
table saiu ,,.,, ,
Christine turned SLOWLY u. niue n'us"
a, color rushing to her cheeks. She
.,,nced apprehensively at tho envelope
king face upward then sne are" au'eN
breath, almost Of relief It seemed
,s,n nio,,ed tho latter I'D indifferently
on. p,o" ,,. ean Thore was a
and broNo ope" 'ne ny. ,,
moment OF silence v{GIauys s'hnceu up
whats the NATTER she asked. ~
Christine was staring out e on .ne w, hsr
f,st. ~
"Jimmys ill. she said i'sticssy ,,s
"Ill!' Gladys laia down hey pen; aha ,ha
swung around IN sme o., s,'n ehn'r .,,sd rstbsr @
,kepticaly: ,.,
u don't know: You can reao tne leste,
Is from Mr. Sangster-Jimmys great
friend.
She handed the ietter over; ., I.
GLADYS read 1t through ana gave 1t
"Humph" she said with little lnele-
CANT snir she ., looked AZ ner ,,V tr,ehu'
"Are you golngE sne asked piuntiy.
Christine did not answer. nne We
thinking OF Jimmy oenperateN .rSnns "
think OF the man whom @ ,s. she naa aarn noto 10
her best during tne inst three weehs w
forget She tried TO think OF MN as ne
had been that last dreadrul nient AT tne
hotel, when he had threatened to strike
her, when he had told her to clear ont
and leave him; but somehow sne couIi
only recall MN as % ne naq m ,oeHep s,S eood.hv q, I
to her with the hangdog. shamed look In
his eyes. and the palmetto droop TO MS
And now he was III 1t was kind OF
sangster to have written, she told her. her.
self. even While sne knew quite Wen tnhI
ylnmy nau noi askeo III" or,d 70 Ii,,,r,,.
ne me iast thing IN 'he "orio oi''i'hF
would WISH. ~ +. -. ,o,,u,o ,o.
wanted ner' she drew her httie hsure UP
sutly
~ shant 60 unless l near again that
iSNot-goy' Gladyss voice sounded
somehow somehow blank there was curious curious eS;, Elk.
preston IN her eyes. After monent snc
looked away. on. we'll you must please
yonrsSL, OF course
christine turned 70 the door-sne held
BESIDES she said fippantly I'm
going over to Heston this afternoon with
hT, hetterins.
door She stood star,nr before her with
oank M eyes her pretty race had fallen
She opened sangster's letter and read
!, \ through once more. Was Jimmy really
~, anu Was sangster atraiu 70 teiI ner'
,ne wondered: or was this merely Sang
.o,hs way OF Trying 10 prihg them TO-
ee, Gnt T,so MsnIm: n, -. ~ l.,
ne were dying Jimmy would not want to
'eG her again.
.o IL ne had cared he would never have