Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-15
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ru,s STARTS THE STORY
r,,,, sa,0h, 10 country bred. 'dsnis
,.,,s and Wteriy hhsopnst,oush, NE, bsr
tSiSsrS death JortGess ortss,sr, m bsp ~ sister. A
home w,e wnn e"R Rmg Dies Of ptomaine
.an nonm 'ad 'apd Etksi keeps house LT
fosvV's husband, joe, oha ,.y we, "" "sSs
smggtis ss,.gtis. ethel and zoe n,Itnrs mInt,,gs trow
GrrSnaes % .t.gbs.ss,oNpS tgss Gg'SS0 they plan %
rtdwdk,n W W,,tY, Ia hin 10 be sensible,
ing ~ fbsv are 10 .continke, '''snass. sna,s
s fssSy @ ssr .s.d' ss. a.tsliisO E,hs, ,I@s $ss
tvpswrttten pag,Iss p,sgI,s DStohi Ethel
oeq.a'hsppo 70 show them 70 J2e, fonns ,ss
defes ho, ne report 10 Joe. JOG 'auves n,ss
e., ep. ,syss dter an eTci,t"E,
~ ~ GV" he "a through wHh bthe"
wy ,yp HERE ir coSriNUns ~.
.,.rr,i. n I'm story now" sne
wv ."n,,,,t "And suppose I'm comic +
'Ioue ,ssra rose In her eyes. on
Tne ans s,s, fr,end There was bm',y
Tor s,,rss but this was Emily
GiIes ~ Ana besldes in matters OF tn,s
,,ss she would be worse 'na" M. ynnws
S,,,t 'r,o, need is a woman VINO ma " ,.ns,
Wv. WV" ,owr--and all its ways-a ~, .,,,i
.n's s,@ A the evening drew on as shs
uV a,a not come. again ana o,housh she
iseif ready 70 e scgeanIfl sScsgrseIf in, each time was
savaaely me ne'' the last. 49,, .. y.
harder ,,,tne tna has simply. got 10 ,,Ps Je
"Somn W. fo,d herself after one o on,.
done ,,ss We that Then all at once crewe @
sreaT pre- Trecoiectlon OF young sone m,S, one or
downstairs, i ~ nus mus .ns s' hurried to the
| ri 60 mao p,, ia the han she stoppeac
| teleptnom,,v,, mo, I won't eau ne.asnno ne.
and trowrht trow%tt' THAT inausitive teiepn"nie epssin
shs 'hhoownstsirs would begin 10 rssosot, st,
sshout IL Il at once" For the e,ssator sss,o she
Ethel did not Sor,S ,nfe two ,e" flshts and rang
ran au'IrMv IrMrsve's door. There Was siient. anv
a. MITE, ga az sone moments, then ra".s y
She VAIN shs's out know she u
again; ,,,gbt brought n sickening e'npts
s,rs Ines, ,vo' she, would have to race '"''
nigh, aIons aaISr,,p,,y the door opened, and "a a
But ae.srtled maid looked at her III
dul, sulp1'sS, nhs ou, tonight? 1s Mrs. Grewe
..,,Ss Wthe asked impatiently;
ouat u,atyss-.she's out" the girl repneu ov
But giancing behind net a., a chair,
hisn s,in na' n auicW little ON OF d,s.
anu w. turned and hurried away uow,n
may, m sue she heard the maids cnnchls
sash,S IN bsr "Oh-h!" !" She could lee, nj, ~
essahs osn burning. And when she go. so,,,s Daos
70 her bedroom upstairs, rstcs ou' anger ar which
snaa sna nH aii her fears at the thousht
n,owu n,,,,,s ,ight or of anything else. 49,,
OF .,nn Is n,,sr he like her! - she eNclainled;;
..r,.ro'i, never he a high hat IN my nst, "a
| - tbis time OF night--nor bosto" siri
n,,id-,nor a snickerinF telepnohu Isle
downsssalt.s s. Eor In, not like YOU. I'm
uE,,!,,m,s m ,,o,,, I'VE had a child. TO pegih
! wjthNand I'm going TO keep h'm' ne y
mine" ,arioa NJ swift de.
terrrIned thinking. And at las. s.sa.od Waved
c,iick thrill Of relief she remenneIe,u,
u.acN ~. c-.others was coming with Dwight
"a cali the next day. Sally Crotners-
Tos's aid friend "If she believed IN me
really believed In all that | was rEIns
10 do-she could give me Just tne ao-
vice need It may be Tn JUST silly ",
and sh, could give me her comnon
aense, she might even talk to Joe her
seif-and make him realize my whole
nisn, II only 7 can get her to help me
Ethel went nj once to her desk ana
RAPIDLY wrote n note to Dwight, saying
I she thought II would he peter 10 lex
| Mrs Crothers come alone.
"For could do nothing. with him
around And I've got TO do everything "
she thought az she folded the envelope
In the morning she heard from joe
When a messenger came Wi note, she
tore Il open and read this:
"Please give this man my suitcase
and nut in what things ] need. ! shall
stay here ut the club awhile--it will
| Re better all around I am sorry Tor
the scene I made and I don't want an
other II you have any real explanation,
send me word and ] VIII come sut
understand II has got 70 be real. IT 1t
Is not we cant go on. 7 guess you see
that"
She read II again. Then eiancinE up
At the messenger, who was plainly curl
Gus at the expression on her face, she
frowned at him impatiently
viii YOU wait downstairs?' she said.
1T will take some little time to find the
things my husband wants"
Rid of him. she began again and read
the letter with desperate care. Yes
Joe was trying TO he fair To have said
decent In him. "Oh. yes but he'll make
another" abe thought. Don't I know
how he is---all tired and nervous and
wstrung? II my explanation doesn't
seem real he'll fy up and leave me. ana
then, weli be through 20 She c,enched
the letter and told herself that her ex-
panation must be real II was her one
chance-she must take time, and get
good sensible advice Joe hnd Fanny
Carr about. That was certain. Shea
never leave him alone, She was busily
Fostering up her side, And Ethel needed
somebody, too, on her sde-right be-
friend
She packed Joe's things and sent them
70 him with a little letter: "I am glad
you said you were sorry, Joe, for the
way you acted was very unfair. You
sn quite right In waiting now--it is
oeuer for both Of us to cool down. But
my explanation Is simple and real--as
you VIII see. ] shall send for you in a
lev, tsw days love you, dear. love
After that, she spent hours in anx-
ious reflection.
nov about Sally Crothers, she thought
;9ula ;n she tell her the trouble she was
A. New Workers hate trouble and alwavs
!" from t-so she must lead TO II