Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-06
The Phantom Lover
CHAPTER ]
By RUDY Ayres

D .o,,an was crying, cryHS
r,tber monotonous SOUND oroNe
no ',.,oo of the street and ioateu
81, the omen window OF uinw apUn,
rough ,aLy Mellowes was wonueIIIs
here M'S de;,ce- he should get throuBh
bw tne wanting lying. before MN,
long nc in n bad temper. ~ was
mlylnsr that he was in q pau I'm b,,
oI.e'b had begun the day paaiy us
Ling with n headacne, Dmo,,nted for
~ With him, and whicna ,be breath of
e VIDE ep,icb uib was filling the room anu
ar Mi I've curtains and hair an houI
ntterlng u,oonIe with whom he had peen
30 so.no ijne had rung up ana lo,u ~, .uu
bing 70 nrtv was off OWING 70 t,le t
at the ,dpoth ph of relative, therepy
ldden ,Se cvenng long ana eii'p'S VII
hands. x.r,s Eve. too, which
ade mates If Marie Deland was
ne W.. sick about it as ne was.
(eling as IN the middle or an iilte,
MicKS ,o,;on "; with Marie. when paue
(ting rl,,o,.oInn into something deeper
lir 10 vi onrineering on the part ",
|ith cart, carr for Micky was eaten, ah1 ,S
la',,t' so car he had proved nthers
ousio,Iv adroit in aVoiuims ,ho ne.
s marriageable daugnte,' o. ZACH other
nds ,d we're beginning 10 TO rJis rnieased.
the oaIM .ho sound OF crying reachesu
Wheh ,I utI hoen feeling so thorougnl!
I'm ne I'm IN life that it had seemed I'M.
ID up w! sn- ANYTHING to ever in.et ess s
bssible lol h"t now he climbed OUT oi
I'm agaI", ,,,,itb n faint show OF energy
vs. cnai,oS cnatr, over to the window
ha stU as a cold. clear nignL, VIZ, VIZ, RAJ
u n
~ OF stars in the on,n n,nn,;s light
u.s. oass,ed 10 shed n faintlE u, n,i events
eaTu,, 70 distinguish the hgure VI O.
r Micky 10 oin,,,iv along the pathway
elow. r.,,, so slowly and dis
She va a sort of vague CurloSl's
riteGE "Siic,tv's heart: here at ieaHt
irred III 'no even more fed UP VIII
y .S.n so he himself, and WIN u ,'iudnw 5u
.iso Iso" bo turned from the w,,IT ,,'bich
snotchlng up hat ana 90 NO in
had thrown down wne' W ,ho stairs,
,. nau oarIier. made for the sta
Out on the pain ne
ana n,,ise gov that had sent MN ou,
Ihe s',p ,.n,.. il was beastly coiu, anu anu
pa oieu 80 Comfortable by the nre' ne
uch M iltT' ond in that moment he sa"
So,ra Of the girl again. Itch. ~
e,a had stopped now IN the iSn,,i,,s
s.roet SnS iamp, and seemed to DC auunp"s n,
something she carried III hel
child surely not emu ,,oa He
sIinii,.,s e,i,,r curiosity was aroused ne
Mlch!s tbH collar of his coat more
uttSheu or,nd @ his chin and went on
osey al bad moved, too, almost as II
Inc sI'I sI!'nI,,,3nrtiyeIv that she was being
ley and AS Micky drew apreast
STb ,S her. she shrank a little to one Sioe
II afraid. ,.on oel,ed Micky
luntly. c.,, ,ords from the
mn now. But as she turned 10 iio,r TU
y, rim with startled eyes, ITS SeiioM
al .nii III" =" nor face; and Micky saw
INN arrangement that she was qui.t
nnno M and exceedingly pretty, in spile
,he distress in her eyes ana the te"rS
y, Wv were still wet on her checks.
avSot'e the natter" he asked again
ore gently and waited for the pathet.
tsI,y shaken denial which he felt SURF
tould come. 49,,
"Nothng - There was a note Oh eN
rying-l heard you, and people doh
,slk about the streets at this time o.
ebt and crv If there's nothing th'
,stter If that's baby you've go
III, ,.o,, vnu ought 10 know better thar
u" !"""' IL hrNEa off She was laugh
~ ne ,,nnor,ain little laugh.
~ ., war: ai,a soid tremulously. "I
p1mi h,,. i,'s cat
Sn ny u""H ~ ',i;nI.,',s voice was full O,
q" r., H,li;ad dawn at her from
ssusn, itr toioTt viii sudden sus
ts,on nuPS 70 tbis usag inst a hoax?
wei, VEL Wr"'I WIN > '''o '''"'''' ~
asked asI'il' rror, bi,,, ,,i,bou
sne 0oNeu away '''''
Ter bsir horoath its not very smar
at snThe gTo[n ne cool ,m 1 and ronn6nS chr
,bicb V t'''e wes ",'' All ~ ha could see OF he,
EhlCh was an ne .oalu fornn,
sn efGI chord rS'T in ''m his heart and made hin
a,sor nnK OF % ms ro TE%"I m, ived %I ion~ enamet
q ho ,n"rc than memory
"Dr,t tbinI, I'm interCcring or TRYING
a annov y"I, " ba safd orofn put il
Saro i: onythimr can do Ia hch
IouN"
Sho ebool, bcr bc,d
ha' r.,1n,. ,"o' ,hor to lot Tn,,
oon ,Sot my" ,,',. nr,,,,1, therc,s
Fothlng 9th t;'Ti the mat,cr %TS ms" ~'S Then quite
y HNSdeTiv sba I,r,I,o down aToin INTO
T,tor "?r,Tm,, "GI, TN, so. ,,'iScrnhinN
49, . 80.