Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-28
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otyS"ys Ethel Is entirely di6ercNt
She Is beautiful naturdMp, country
bred qua Thea, rhea"'h tnthsrs asath tproes
ttodteo, .n hsr bo,n. ,,itb ,nU
EtHe' x,nu 70 to N.,n Yoyk, The nsys
Tho jon,rotE t,.r s,.te,,, Elaborate ,nan.
home;; u"lrg surpyise Ethel nThis s,.t
nsr Ga oI "y,ng y,n,ns house IN Ohio. this Is
s.ggag ICY fo'ts 10 tope peD;t Il. Hytno hercp AM
go,nD Ethel ~ a uittie startled az
hsr sisters are D,.w' Al Smv % oets ptopa,ne
po,sofn pnsfor un asks 'Is' Ethel u sho kao,os % any
oidsr CONAN here w town She teio-
.hon,s Tor Fanny Carr, Amy's friend,
,sho helps arrange Jor the funeral
isier sSe and o., zoe s.s .sls tn,n0s : q 9ysr
as ,toorly IKE u ,ods as canp nc
sSvs. and she agrees thinking "It pon't
be easy."
avn HERE 1T CONTINUES
WHEN Joe left for his ONCE abe went
w with him to the door.
rs. t,,rn.d a. opce "a ,hs bouse,,oe,.
one ,uI".u 80. LIZ, AZ, '"o ,.u nouoe"oep
Srg. her taiks WIN 'ne waitress ana
the cook left her both a little relieved
and a good deal disappointed. For there
- 10 ,o,h,,s, o.. ~ >. a, $, =
seeneu " oe ~, n w sue
~as made to feel that things would run
e.
eho ,,arned with surprise that h,,hor,o
enc iea' "" '"a' i''''e' "
the COOK had zone all tne ordering
IAN ] need to know Is how many Is
There won't be any one for while
"Thsn It's very simple, a'am" On
the womans face was look which said
IJust you keep out of my kitchen"
It was the Same In her talk with tho
Nurse, That tall. gaunt creature briefly
explained that. Mrs. Lanier bought
clothes tprinG Seid fall, and then she
left tho chile 10 me. I 60 out every
afternoon and evening. Lucy, the watt
ress, takes nv place. The rest of the
time I've masagsd atone" She looked
around In a jealous way and asked, 81
suppose you'll want things as beforeY
She felt tie wwnan glancs at ner sharp
" as she turred toward the door.
she wert into her sisters room, sat
down and had little cry. But the sun
lsht was streaming in through the
pretty chintz curtains there: and It's
softness and its case, its luxury and
bliths content. stole into her spirit. and
quieted her She sat looking about.
II came over her that the cook and
the nurse could tell her Just about what
thew pleased. She had no means OF
Checking chez them up. for Amy had never
II talked or such things It had all been
nretty clothes and shops, In those brief
sxciting weeks, and shrewd counsel
about men and what II was they wanted
OF women. How appailingly shallow and
reared they gave no comfort or" or sup.
port. The remembrance OF the terror in
hmy's eyes at the thought of death
| rose yiylGly in Ethel's mind and she got
up and walked the floor.
wen fight this down-we'n fight thi.
down" she kept repeating determines edly
And as soon as she was quiet again
What IL there for me to do? why. Joe
Of course-snd heaven knows he'll b'
doesn't cry, he keeps II all inside o.
him" She drew a deep breath. "Hov
about this room?" She frowned ant
looked around her. mo, I don't thinl
| he wants anything changed. For tn,
present at least. I'll leave 1t alone. Blu
he ought not to be reminded OF her b,
every little thing he secs"
She looked into the closets. In joe
put them back in her sisters closet anC
stood there a moment longer, she had
curious feeling OF Amys presence by he
side.
Now. my dear. wed better go ou
for a walk" she told herself as sh'
turned away. But she threw a glance
behind her. ~
In the weeks that followed she and
9s were sSs onG nsHs nSne
At first a few Of AmS's friends KEEP,
dropping In every now and then. But
although their Intentions were kindly
enough, Ethel felt repelled by them
She resented their having been Amy't
friends. For swiftly and quite un
consciously. In her resolute cropping ir
the dark for solid ground on which tc
stand; she was building up an IDEAL OF
her sister-and these women Jared or
that They came to her direct from
world her sisters world. which she
now vaguely felt to be cheap shalloW
dlslllusionlns. And she needed her IL
lusons BY nature frank 20 bluntness
hsr uneasy visitors soon realised with
relief that they. were not wanted here,
Fanny Carr still came for a time. For
some reason that Ethel could not under;
stand, this shrewd person seemed
reluctant to let go her hold as friend;
she was most solicitous about Joe and
,ried TO come when he was at nome,
But as Ethers dislike of the woman
neepened In intensity. gradually Fanny
visits too, grew less frequent and then
ceased
partner almost every night came home
With him to dinner and took him out
ell OF business. II seemed 20 EtheI
that purposely Nourse shut her out OF
the conversation. His manner to her
though not unkind was like that of the
cook and the nurse 1.-THE less yor
NEEDLE here" II said, ''the better Il
VIII be for Joe. Leave him, to me-"
Cleans of this feeling came in his
openly that even Joe took notice. III
stopped bringing his partner home. ant
ne drew closer to Ethel now, as to-
Eether they cherished the memory o