Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07

pay her;
,,n, And because he still had a soul m
began tn a stomach that turned-he
ooSs, W vary the dullness Of II by be-
coming sensational. He did daring
tnings, cheap daring things--no real or
,Se ,Snan,y eys IN IT, but It took on and caught
into the tbe real lectures tu, Of his buildings got
papers He hired press agent then and
wen, % after the publicity. And all
otSer yee 70 a.. tel you Of that, is that Just the
of,cs usk , .he press agent came into the
SmiIS,, GS with q scheme for a string of
guLi.uings ,rLae up on the new part Of the drive
aney were to be patriotic--see manned
cheap ne and 'rres,dents sbaan .of our country
rect red. white and blue" Ethel leaned
psek with little gasp. But Nourse
ADDED relentlessly, And Joe didn't turn
| him down.
She stiffened sharply in her chair and
looked at Nourse with indignant eyes' as
though ne alone were to blame
aou mean to say my husband could
even consider such pIan?"
the publicity value would be Immense
IL would make his name a joke Of course
with every architect in town-but think
OF al the talk free ads! And that means
you like It? She would haveSyour sis
! ter would, | mean. 1t was lust such a
scheme on smaller scale that made her
send for me one day and tell me / could
ohtce, ] gave In because couldn't go
! couldn't quite make up my mind to the
fact that Joe was done for. SO stucn--
and she tried to break me--again and
again But Joe for all the change IN
him, had loyal streak not only for me
but for all he had once meant to do.
Even stiil he kept saying he'd Just put
II of. and that when he'd got the money
| he'd turn back and we'd begin
And when his wife died. I began 10
have hope. The only blot on her funeral
was the fact that you were there-and
you told me you intended to stay. Her
that off. .however--for saw the way
| he turned TO his work as refuge from
his grief for her 7 had my chance and
| took II: When his mind was dull and
numb ] began to slip in changes. And
each change meant better work and less
easy money. And soon ] was making
headway fast: for Joe had never cared
for money for himself, but only for her
and she was dead So he let our profits
60 down and down, while what we did
| got more worth doing. 1t even began
to take hold Of him-of the old Joe that
was still there.
But after nearly n year OF that
| had to laugh at myself for a fool. For
Joe began wanting money again. and I
knew he was thinking OF marrying you
| | fought, OF course. and for a time I
| had some hope of beating you. I re-
membered you as you had been at the
|
seemed SO young and weak TO me. But
later when you were his wife and began
taking half his time, keeping late hours
draining him-for you women can drain
man. you know-then | knew that you
were strong, your sisters sister.
gave in. Or I should say ] took the
only chance that was left. threw over
the things we had dreamed Of and got
him to work for money hard--harder
than he'd ever done. I drove him !!
Why? Because I got him back that
way. BY making him work for money
for you began to get him away from
you. In time | even got him to stay
in the Office late at night got him to
was more than that in my scheme. For
now we're making money enough to
satisfy even you. think. I'm not sure
n,d I'm r,o,.ne never surenyour sister taught
satisfied. But II you can. I see a
chance. Tell me how much you really
need. Wen get it. And then for the
love OF God leave us alone before
Is dead"
Nourse finished and rose. looking
down at her. She sat rigid. keeping
herself in hand. Again and again she
for the sheer brutality of so much ne
had told her had made It very hard to
sit still. But then as ne had spoken
OF Amy, Ethel had kept silent watching
his face intensely. How much Amy
must have done to have aroused such
bitterness A sense of reality in his
talk, a clear and sudden consciousness
OF having the real Amy held up here
before her eyes, had gripped Ethel like
wise; Til, now she had no clear idea
that finer side of him, that early life,
| those dreams. those friends had all been
known TO Amy. And Amy had been
willing to lose them all, to crush them
nr nnI.
for such an empty life Ethel shivered
a little Her sisters picture was COM
plete,
NO" she said, looking up at Nourse
I'm not going TO leave you alone. What
I've got to do now Is to try my best to
make you feel what I really want, and
! what mistake you've been making
Please listen, while I try TO be clear"
Her expression was strained as she
am not like my. sister. I'd rather not
say much about her now. She-had ner
good points, too-shes dead. And ali
you need to know Is this. You were
wrong about me In those first months
was trying TO get away from Joe.
I had my own dreams and wished
70 be free. ! even tried to earn my
living: I worked for 8 while. But the
nan nan ! Two, worked f9rIfrightened me-and
poor. then. 80 I nursed his child and
ran his home on very little. And liked
That. Believe me-please! liked that !!
And think the main reason for II was
that / was falling in love, not with her
husband but with the man whom you
were bringing back to life. II was that
in him. that kind OF ambition and that
kind OF !lfe and friends that l wanted
oh, SO hard ! was cropping about to
get them-but it's not easy in New
York. And meanwhile we were mar
ried, and about that part of 1t you
were right. l was selfish. I did want
him all let everything go, kept every
thing out-especiallv his business.
was jealous OF you as ! was OF his wife
of everything past-I wanted him
new!
Then my baby came. and 1t was a
time, when did a good deal of thinking
Thought out my sister. I saw how
different we were. What she wanted
I didn't want at all. so / set to work
to change him-and l thought I was
thought you were doing II. Each OF us
was working alone-and we thought we
were working in spite OF each other
against each other. l was against you
In his office, you were against me In his
home. And because you hadn't any idea
work for money for me-to buy me off !!
But don't want money-alone. mean
And when he came and said he was rich.
II frightened mel wasn't ready had
no friends And so the money only
brought back my sisters friends In a
ory-her infiuence-her husband
"Oh. can't you understand what /
mean-and how I'm placed and what it's
like? Can't you believe that / want in
him exactly what you want yourself?
But 1t hasn't been easy Don't you
here-she has been-all the tlme--like
a ghost-and we never sneak her name