Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31
HIS SECOND WIFE
-. s.,o,of rrou oercnt 10Th the Mcclure
iob pP' Nr,DsDupbr SUudiCute)
THIS STARTS THE STORY
BY ERNEST POOLE
Author Of "The Harbor," "His Family"
Copyright, 1870. BY Public Ledger Co.

Ethel Knight and Amy Jdnter are
sisters. the latter married and Hping
~ Ne,o York teith her husband. She
!" a shrepd uoman. making the most
n, hsr personal accomplishing ents and
oppsard,oe. to get the most out ot
otbers, Ethel rs entirely different. She
n. beautiful naturally, country bred
nnd tdeaiistic. utterlD unsophisticdted.
.rnIe anI ker home ,oith Amy. The jour:
,sv TO Ne,D York, the heto home, ana
her sisters elaborate rndnner 0 hp-
,mo surprise Ethel They dine IN a
oaye. Any gets ptomdine poison ard
svoou,nbs In n fetC hours. After the
Siuerai Ethel Keeps house for Joe. but
FEELING her dependence she optdms
nositton In a cloak house ,oith Mr.
Gyessheimer. In his oleeful eruber-
o,oe nf landing a contract he surprises
S., "VeU, vot you sdy7 w don't yoM
speak BIZ Gott, raise your sdiary''
he says. .
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
uOH, MR. GREEsHETMERF she
~ cried. half laughing. ITS simply
TOO wonderful for wordsf
"ua-bav' He still had her by the
arms .Ali you young girls could love
mo --eh?--you could take an oio
,.,,sbi ua-ba-har' And the next IN
.,art furious, she felt herself huggeo
and violently kissed
"You dirty-beastly--' she gasped ioi
breath, then turned, and seizing her ma
ana coat she rushed blindly from tne
-oor, and through the outer office In
~. elevator crowded with men she felt
a oueer taste in her mouth
"Tbat,s blood" she thought Biting
NV lin. am I-well, bite on. I'm not
on,ne 70 cry--Im not, I'm not-Ill reacn
that street II II kills me-
M,a,vb,,e In his office Greesheimer
was still staring. first at the door ahu
then at the window, and upon MS puus'
.ountenance was glare OF utter no
,o,,sbment and honest indignation'
aMe,n Gott !" he exploded. Il give her
q bup-a hug like a daughter-and OH
like a rocket-off she goes! ana II,
yiddish and in Hebrew and Russian aio
A,,.r,can Greesheimer expressed him-
..,, a. he strode swiftly up, and down
pnt 70 Ethel, walking bnndiy' no
.uch exclamation occurred. 49,. n,
ooS Shs oiared at the city around ner, az
ia tail. hard. unfriendly walls, & Ine sans and
Ing In trolieys down below. the trucks and and
Srays irs and the crowds rushing by her.
For ali their hurry, some OF tne ne, au
shot glances at Ethel that maae ne,
b,irn. One tall thin man even stoppeI,
and turned and she felt ms us iooh 'Sai,,ad on
ana % ON with bare fists clenchsd. She she
had left her gloves in the ONCE. 20
back for them? No! Nor to any onice'
nor any man! xo,, % ro..-
md hear him say, I told you So
she reached the apartment faint and
sick. Joe had not come nome, thanS X
goodness. She went to her room and 70
her bed. and had a good cry when when re, re
hour or two, looking steadily up at the
ceiling, she decided that after a few
days rest she would go TO all three OF
those bureaus and say, I'm In the mar
ket still. II you please but only Tor
But later, as she was dressing for din
ner, her eve was caught by the photo
graph Of her sister Amy. And the fact
appeared to her suddenly SO strong ane
wise with it's knowledge of life. She re-
membered Amys smiles at all new
movements" and ideas and work fol
women. She semed to be smiling now
with good-humored, plying air, and &c
Now will you believe met It ism
what you say to men, It's how you look
snd what you wear"
And Ethel stared at It and frowned
in a disllusioned, questioning way.
1t was after s that evening wher
he came home from his office, and she was
annoyed at the delay. for she wanted u
have her confession of failure over ant
done with. AS she, waited restlessly. sh
envied him his business life. How mucl
simpler everything was for man! He
nerves were on edge. Why didn't h
come? At last she heard his key in tn
a9Hr a sna shsrpy dsrei pTlsa herself together
herself:
hallway had .gruff and tired sound
but moment later when he came in
u was with his usual friendly smile
Sorry kept you waiting. I've had {
mean day at the office"
80 have l." said Ethel, and with
frown she plunged right in; The soonel
had finished and looked up. she detected
no triumph on his face. He was warcn
ing her so queerly.
We'll" he said, II ought to be sorry
l suppose-but I can't exactly say
why. not?" At her sharp challens,
Because this kind OF puts us-in the
same boat-two of n kind"
What on earth do you mean?" she
demanded. And then with ruefu
Because I too have bumped my head"
As at that she felt a swift little thrill oi
surprise and liking for Joe he continued
I've been fool. You're always a foo
when you take a chance and aren't able
to get away with II. You're a fool-be-
cause you missed out. I'm a fool be
eau, cause u ! missed out We both Of Us y:
stung,,. We've got to be poor. for a littl,
while" Joe drew a deep breath ant
smiled again. I've dreaded this. I've
put of telling you for a week-I dom
like eating humble pie. But It's all righ
now, God bless you've can eat II side
why, Joe, dear. how nice /" she sighed
GO on and tell me. What will 1t mean?'
He held up his hand.
Hold on a minute, can't your Lee
me make my little speech. I've made Il
80 many times in my mind"
- AL right you poor dear. Just star
well" said Joe. ut begins like this"
And his face grew a little portentous
with humor and a deeper feeling mingled
awkwardly- together,
You've been about as good to me as
one fellow could be to another. know
what hell 1t must have been. and the
stin upper lip was all on your side.
don't want to talk about It. but-when
Amy died the life went out-of my bust
ness too. Later / got back my nerve
tried to make 1t more worth while I've
got a few old dreams in mel mean
Ive always wanted to build something
better than fats in the Bronx. So l.
well, took chance and failed. I'm In
through Is to cut down here as low as
and"
He walked for moment. She quickly
rose, went to him and took his arm and
"a very fine speech. Well go in to
our dinner now-and later we'll get a
pencil and paper, and we won't stop
until everything's right"