Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-29

sard nveS. She hou e"Rpoooa "ms
deao' - the theatre. Jimmy meets his
roomood s,psothedrt, Christine Wyatt.
eoy.occ, eoy.scc,rss a letter from, Cynthia re-
Ho,,a1 no her Intention 10 cancel the en-
ppCooaswScnt Jtmmy teh ne had peer
3lied,el,stracitsedn,y,t sis n,t 10 tooeths- az and meet
ttne;, w and Mortldke. a "r,ore for.
Cyn,,sS foper. He tpould shop Cynthid.
tynnhe corH only pay her OUT jimmy
.Mi.s;yes ~ 4" a letter fror, hts brother ass.
tsS u the r1tn'or .! nnd n,s enupy'h XXI he shall
on dcIl,ct ,t by cubtc. COMPOUNDED old
seoOtt,ad,n he soHItoqWSes'
rrrvy was flushed, and his eyes
} .n,,,,ed. He ran his fingers through
sa,r making It stand on end. After
NO ,.w 49, a,r,des he felt better. He went
n the armchair and took up MS
N,s.r,s va letter once more,
brotne, a moment he laughed, rather a
Ai,,es,eh. as IL something In the stilted
ssCo,edins sC,ed OF the letter hurt hurt MN, nInc, now
=. W. able to cable back:
70 .o,ite 9e a right; she is my wife,
B Bps y, a. Kim think what he likes, l don't
q hang" was the thought In Jimmy
Cha.oneett net there with his chin droopns
ri hhi, breast, lost In unhappy thought.
OF n oe not vet two days since Gym
..ia Mad sent him away; It seemed an
eternity. Si,, n, auo Did she ever
Dld she she '.SI could see him? Ever wish
wisn wy ana hour out OF the happy past?
10, ohow he did not think so. Much as
soh,S loved her, Jimmy Challorer hao
nt,,ava ns knowns hers to be the sort OF ma
,nrs that lived solely for the present
ees'u pos 10 send--to telephone. He looked
across scr at the receiver standing Idle on
MS 60 a.na; many times she had rung him up !;
~ many times he had heard her pretty
voice across the wire:
He would never hear It again: she
a,d not want him any more. He was
vviv word-jilted!
Jimmy writhed in his chair. That any
woman should dare to so treat hli"
II was a good sign--this sudden anger
had he but known 1t. When a ma.
.an be angry with woman he has
once loved he Is already beginning to
love her less already beginning to see
hes Some one tapped at his door; his man
costIn was another bone Of contention
between Jimmy and the Great Horatio.
II never had a valet when was your
age" 30 his brother declared. What In
the wide world you need a valet Tor Is
past my comprehension"
Jimmy had felt strongly inclined to
answer that most things were pest his
comprehension, but thought better o. IL,
he could not. at any rate. imagine his his
@ekine Costin, and Costin stayed.
"If you please, sir" he began now.
coming forward. "Mr sangster would
like 10 see you"
to his feet and stood Bnawing his lowe.
~ How low much did sansster know, he
wondered. about Cynthia? He wouiu
have liked to refuse to see him, but
we'll, they would have to meet sooner
been a good friend to him in more ~ays b
Jimmy said: Hello, old chap with
rather forced affability when Sangster
entered. The two men shook hands,
Sangster glanced at the breakfast
table.
I'm rather an early visitor, eh?"
"No. oh, no. Sit down Have a
cigarette"
sNo. thanks.p =, -, .... ..,s-
eyed his friend with Il sort Of suspicion.
Sangster had heard something. Sang
stsr probably knew all there was to
know Ho shufFied his feet nervously.
Sangster was the sort Of a man at
whom a woman like Cynthia Farrow
u indeed, she thought him worthy OF a
first. He was short and squarely built
his hair was undcnlably red and ragged
his features were blunt, but he had a
nice smile, and his small, nondescript
eyes were kind.
He sat down In the chair Jimmy had
vnoated and looked up at him quiz
ically.
Well" he said. bluntly. "is 1t true.
Jimmy flushed.
The other man stopped him with a
gesture.
Don't be an ass, Jimmy: haven't t
known you all these years for nothing.
Is 1t true that Cynthias chucked
Yes" Jimmy's voice was hard He
stared up at the ceiling under scowling
.sangster said ''Humph !" with sort
o growl. He scratched his chin re-
hectlvely.
Well, can't say I'm sorry" he said
After a moment, TITS the best thing
mats ever happened to you. my SON."
Jlmmy's eyes travelled down from the
Se,llng slowly: perhaps II was coinci-
dence that they rested on the place on
,hs mantelshelf where cynthla's por-
Think so?" ne said gruffiy. 'iou
never liked her."
II did--but not as your wife.
She's much more suited to Henson Mort
ake--I always thought 30. Hell keep
done"
Jimmy had been standing with his
elbow on the mantelpiece: he swung
round sharply.
- ,'%MEortlaEs; ES what's he gSt to do ,i,.. W.T."
% you mean by dragging him in? 1t
was nothing to do with Mortlake that
ously.
reason, them" he asked.
Jimmy turned away. He found the
other mans eyes somehow disconcertins.
Snes married already" he said In Il
s.ned voice. II always knew she
ma ,oa ,dNsI, Deen married. OF course. She made
turned up again. ain !!"'.! ."essHhe sheWWe-we
haq always believed he was dead"
mere was a little silence. SaisstCi
%Ss no longer looking at Jimmy; he was
caring sog into the fire. Presently he be-
on him.
ssoh, shut up" he said irritably
nnntngter nangster stopped at once. After a
"a, and the-er-husband - he submit
course?' W 'e''' ''''''' ~
IA 10 I haven't II J did--if I dlu,
css oreak every bone In his Internal car
said Jimmy between his teeth.
dssns stared down at his friend with
NeUant eyes as he spoke.
'WSmmsster said "Humph !" again. Then ;
AZ 9t here's as good fsh In the seu
cSanaamny that We're caught" he saIu
son y. Look at 1t philosophlcally, old
:, Jimmy kicked a footstool out OF his