Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-17
The Woman Halter
-,,rs STARTS THE STORY
BY Ruby Ayres

-. .,ors prior to the opening Of the
@ ~" Miles Fdvershom suffered
ltoIyy,,,oirfncnt IN O ioUo dqdtr from
dspi dssoppJh h. emerged a pondn hdter. HIS
,on'.d I,,d Tranter, ts IN touo, totth a
1a,"tffpi toomGn "a totdoD - LdIno
psndds sho grogesi iot 20 op Sc urS,nd efSg tSimos
old sw,4d III about her, but are not vert-
gre suw Tranter, Phtltp's mother,
feo, MILES to prevent the mar.
'mp.o' Nilos Gallo on Parry. clhb
49, ,t1tg.d and they t1dgor together that
Irrsmrsrsharn ,ott prevent phthp from
msrryinp Mrs. DEndscs; Mnes s,.,l Gq'e ,e,os on
Ioh'e re leads her on until she DIS
MN. 5mlro,fer. aud he delights IN his
Mes .ce she breaks an engagement
ven.yp eggroafer 10 lunch 10Th FdUer-
wMn Parry seeks out Philip aud
snp"'h ~. MIN OF scetng Mrs. Dnndds dnd
,s~s ,pss~.ssrshdm IN 'he cdJo. 1Tan.gr utos
!. torce a confession from Ldne; oh
70 Io,s Iro,rs angry aud ovdsivc. Philip
im ~, wU = seeks out LolNo, but sho
IMoPhygy, W., IN and then phones to Fdp-
pWs ~, "a cuU aud see her. Fdvershom
els.br ln. ber shs must choose bet'ooen MIN
Isus; as pbiiip. Again she tells Fdoersham
,sot she loves him. ne o1pyesyIss pvI sne IT.
i%c'sn % Tim hin, a clever letter that she totl
Ur,s' ,be Nttie seashore hamlet tohore
20 10 s,, W. an mauy happy hours to-
Wy ep ,ears ago. and, shc says, II
ce'a.it ,shat I said IN my letter--every
m.uerS DO you beheDe NOR"
,xp HERE 1T CONTINUES
70 believe your" he questlone'
L.ther hoarseiy.
tn Tso brown eyes met his unflinchingly
syou msan that you are thinking o
what happened before? But am
arerent now. Milcs-so different that
.arrs impossible It really is me 49,
.,,s only YOU in all the world--and l
:" Her voice faltered. "Oh,
.s,,, should die II you didn't love me
ali" she added in a whisper.
-sorc was a little silence, then she
,.,vged her shoulders and laughed
aArd now. having been 30 tragic that
~, positively ashamed, think It's
.,,,. time we were going, IL there Is
ro,hing more to be saidF :.
Tsars was a note of uncertainty In
,o,cc. and she looked up at him
sistfully. - .,,,,,,,
,rbat she wanted--for him to KISS
,or him to make some protestation
90, for ali she had said to him.
~ found his voice with an etiort.
m me ,nId The taxi that brought me 70
al, Do you think 1t VIII take an tna,
fountain Of { isTs lsgsafss fssroushg, %siSH 1 '"" "
Sns sier will take that on. ! ordered
:. taxi SO you and can 80 IN yours
hi tell her." soor hut Miles
tcgpsa OIo nsr here" he said abruptly.
Che came back at once. ana stooo
pGsihg %n soon Ny her face In the palms Of his
.nSs looking into her eyes with marc,
aenchng gaze, and the line from tne
osm that had haunted MN al hight
ami again into his mind:
dBut suppose she says he'e'
ar, q, '" wrong have done TO your
rSsre was a wrong which lay In the
a., she owed him something LOT
sat She could not blame MN II nov Nv
made her pay to the tuii LOT a'i "'
70 Miles" lies she spoke his name faltero,
10 what are you thinking about !
Sy do you look at me like thatI :.
Eavershan laughed, a cruel laugh ~
ounded, and, STOPPING. no kissed her
.Tgye INS .'pS; Years ago you would have
.,rusd mir face away" he said heaV-
';TTvc wears ago I was a vain, blind'
Ma fool" she answered hunpiy' 4,
G ge let her go, and followed her TO
Ne door She looked back 10 tnne d
est glance round the room; o,,
because YOU came back to me here.
Fayersham's eyes followed the dlreG-
,ons Of hers, and fell upon the smol-
ering ashes that half-flled the graIe.
Ashes of the past, she had ea.ieo na
hem Already they I've were e,. pue cou,S not
q Completely burn out memory ana the
restless longing for revenge.
The drive to the station was very
,lent lust before the taX!cab stopped
Mrs Dndas said impetuously:,, ,
'I don't want to go now Miles oa
Feel somehow as IL ! snail never e'e
He laughed rather constrainedly.
"Only a little while ago you were
tanning how we are to walk the sanus :
bEether. You are woman or moous.
III you were only coming, 700, ,sI,i sue
~ :. T,sf6T.y; bsfors YOU Se,ss; do e;omey ne% ''S
He hesItated, his eyes searching her
Il shall write to you" he said eva;
vely. He wondered what she woulu
by. what she would do, II he answer ea
ever see him again: that no meant TINS
be but the beginning. of the end, :.
But something In him cried out
sainst 1t. She was only a woman,
md weak in spite of the. havoc she
sd wrought in the lives Of men other
han himself, and at the last moInen,.:
ust as the tran was moving Slowly
long the platform, he laid his hand on
trs as it rested on the framework OF
lhe open window. ,,
Don't look 30 sad," he said. ANY
Pns would think that I am sending you
INTO eternal exile"
~ q feel as ( you are." she answered.
The train gathered speed, and he had
% fall back.
He caught momentary last glimpse
her wistful face and the long noat-
Ms ends of the gray veil she WORE
hen she was gone.
It was about 6 o'clock that evening
hat Tranter walked into the club OF
which he and Miles were both members
nd let the door swing TO violently be-
IND him as no strobe across the room
where Parry was half asleep IN
peep chair by the fire.
He woke him by roughly shaking his
lhoulders.
where's Miles? Have you seen
Niles? Oh, for heavens sake. wake UP.
nan Where's Faversham?
as he been here? Has any one seen
Parry, yawned and sat up, shaking
his head.
Haven't seen him for the last three
ays What's upP You look as II you
ant to murder somebody"
IIanter laughed.
moment looking around him vaguely, his
rms hanging Imply at his sides. There
as a curious pallor In his face. and his
ps twitched nervously.
rarry' moro awake, stared at him
hteres'edly.
u, What's the matter?" he asked
N!othng wrong. hope?"
NO. why should there be? I want
neS, that's ALL" His eyes came back
the other man suspiclously. ARE
hn tuDl tl.nf In