Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-17

-,,,s STARTS THE STORY
s,.ia,t "a country bred. tdedf-
Ethet h,t}iv h.,,,}eriv 'unsop phtsttodted. Her
tSto ona dsoth & forces her to ,tdse her
Ia me with Amy Jdnter, her mto.,1,ne
rvth r,Nowth later Amy d,es tss,. ~ house FOR
Ro'son' suusband. u joe, aud the ohna,
Amys "EthsI and Joe narry' sne
sassrs ss.o.s 10 take potce cnmwn ,o mot In
Grrc"yie yriepd, "Dtotght" Jhey P'ddn Pdro ~,
Joss,sSaken IN Joe hts gem'u&s & u he ioo
;sg. But, isdrTsro rsr sSe Rsii ieiis him "to BE-
tnferss,.e", ,ic D II they are TO continue
sensig,.o' Fanny Carr hands Ethe. u,,n
fftsnge' ~ her acquaintance Wnn
rnsppGost, Ethel defes her tbe 70 ,spopt sno to
70 yoe. Fanny aoeJ ~ e'IH house after on
Joe; Joe .osns, potoin1 he 10 throhgh
ene''TMg 81 Sally Crothers, con.es 70
Unh Ell asks pleasantly some seerJJnn sJn,,
ts1 sc eS questions. Ethel caIS 1ors or % hsy
mg ,t dan TO put the case oe'o'' "''
m,d solicit her trtendSh'p.
on" 80, wn urRE 1T CONTINUES
nee MRS, cRoTHERs at homer sne
sized The maid was not sure b.nei
~ a card and was shown INTO
sN cozv room with an old-fashionea
0" .,,re a small coal fire looked hair
sn ,n She began to look around her'
asN Iii. we're lined with bookshelVes,
Tne . on,v a picture here and there. N9
with onIy How funny" She frownea
wsnpadSed. "But It's nice There was was
an snt little furniture. and plenty or roJn' in'
ou' ,,ove about. what love OF @ nlr
ror'" "a II was OF gilt. and u reatmea ro front t
fD, rsnr N ceiling between the TWO Irons
us nooL W Gravely she looked at htrselt
wlnaowSI ,ss "Oh, I'm not very excited.
IN @ rne sssid s,aid reappeared, and said. "Mrs.
r.ath.rs sks YOU to excuse her Sne
M With a headache this afternoon o.,
' "oh. what lie !" thought Esne' sne hssrs Sre
stood for a moment resolu.e r;, ~ ~ s,e IA
III n1anS "a ana took out another card. Then
t.ua her this little note" she said. Ana
~ wrote: "I know | am being quite
rmSs."but IL the headache Is not TOO
severe will you see me just Tor ,lttIe
while? would not bother you--non.
.stybut It is :. sS%eInns satsIsa todsy It TOOK
tu,o NJ her cards. and even then II was
boyribIy crowded and hard to read.
nSevsr mind" she thought. That's as
far as iii go. II she cant read that
| I'm done for !"
The maid had taken the message up
Now I've done II, i've gone too far
I'm done for--oh, I'm done for Well.
. look about you. Ethel my love-its the
. last look you'll ever get at this room
. How dear It is, what taste, what a
home. Books, pictures, a piano, OF course,
that have been said here after dinner.
over coffee and cigarettes, by all the
people YOU want to know. Not rich nor
smart like Newport--just, people with
minds and hearts alive to the big things
that really count, the beautiful things !!
- . Good-by, my dears-you're not
very kind"
"she'll be down in a moment" said
Thank you!" Ethel had wheeled
with start and again left alone, she
stood without moving. We'll here you
'oN Do you feel9 Plain panickyi Never
mind, that's just what will catch her at
tenton! Be paniclsy! Oh, I AMI
am" And her courage oozed so rap
idly that when her hostess came into
rather strained, said 'I am 30 glad to
see YOU" the girl who confronted her
only stared, and suddenly shivered q
little. Then she forced smile and said.
"How silly OF me to shiver like that"
Come here by the fire and sit down"
Mrs Crotherss voice was suddenly kind.
"Now tell me how can help you" she
said
I've had trouble with Joe: my husband:
the trouble is SO serious that---it's my
whole life--one way or the other Al
least it-certainly feels so! And I have
no women friends can go to. They're
all Ibis, his-hers' I mean"
"Yes. My sisters. She Is dead--but
very much alive at times--through the
friends she left behind her. I've been
fshting them all my life, It seems
''Whv vera vnu fohtIp0 than, ." IrthaI
frowned:
Because they--well, they were all
Just fat-in body and soul-the women.
! mean-and the men were Just max.
them 50. Do you know what I mean
that kind Of New Yorker?"
Do said Mrs. Crothers. Was
mat the cause Of your trouble with
"Partly--yes You see when I tried
shaken-they hung on-because Joe was
growing rich all of a sudden. Oh. I
sot pretty desperate Rut then I
learned Of other friends that Joe had
her. yon know And ] hunted for them
one by one. I could feet they were
Iust what he needed, you see. mean
thst back among such friends hoped
ned stop just making money and get to
%ork-on things he had dreamed of !!
II think so-but not fully. Go on In
;Sar. ESSur own way, my dear. Don't try to
tnrK INK, Keep talking"
~, Thank you. I was in love with him.
Ihtre was nobody else. man, woman or
iGnni,d-eXcept Susette. She was Amy's
imtle girl You see, Mrs Crothers. when
Amy died I was there-I had lust come
70 town, SO l stayed with Joe to look
sst.er susette. Then later on I began to
tsel that he was beginning TO care for
me. And I didn't like that-on Amy's
Sseysount. for | worshined har thon 60
proKe away and took job Oh,
~nT IN the world am getting at2
Eont try to think. Just tell me.
ion took lob? What was it?"
a, E.ne told Of Greesheimer. and then
az a. coming back to Joe. Of his poverty
~ s.a OF her nursing Susette. Of dreaming
~ chldrtn,. of falling in love. of mar.
NsSe ,tn and the birth OF her boy.
but all the time Amy had been therA