Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-21
The Woman Halter
BY Ruby Ayres

d&a1n.
She hardly touched her tea, and Fa-
vsrsham declared he was not hungry,
ience. Till he said suddenly:
viii yon come to the station and
A little flame of fear leaped into her
Are you going already7"
Look at the time |"
a, very we'll" She arose and picked up
1he nav and woolly coat which she had
nung down when she came in she put
them on. and stood waiting.
II am ready" she said.
But now Faversham was the one who
was loath to CO. A tempting voice was
arguing In his heart that really there
was no need; that Philip was not a
uhw Sh,,a; NJ, ana could look after himself
Mrs. Dundas was watching him close
~, tiny hope in her eyes as she read
MS thoughts. Then Faversham squared
She loved him 60 we'll that she under
STOOD his momeptary indecislon under
stood, too, that she had lost, and that
he would 60.
Say good-by to mo here"
No !! She kept her face obstinately
averted. ~ am not going to say good.
by to you-ever," she said.
Lallie. you will kiss me-"
She dragged herself free, and her face
cn,,s m@s wnite' VIII kiss you when you
she talked and laughed all the way
W,., 30 the station. There was a strange
would have died rather than let him
Know. The last memory he had Of her
was her tragic brown eyes above rcso-
.in.,i enhS ups as tne train begaI
And something Of what she was fe,,.
insn.S sSShnmunicased a,', itself to him-and he
hass OUT ana caught her hand In a
"aaI !ar Grasp
bsct axe care OF yourself TIL I come
k' pack' ne said huskily II shall come
oaek u .omotrow. ION on the night train"
,.ca re saw the SWIFT hush that dyed her
1~Sg .,u
s,id 'ai nna pe mere 10 meet you,' she
zone. anu ''' next moment he had
chane wnoie world seemed TO have
tho,,sbt t,mi,v hi ,he us. shs & rev minutes, she
sudden s;,en,tfSr tears swan into her eyes.
s,,nnppis ppiEshs sne never saw him again ?
trIad HJIpPos,hg ne meyer came back? She
oa,,r. eu 70 Urush tne thought aside. or
foolish tmn ne mou1ane NV en re 5o'ea her-she was
IooNsn 70 De SO AFRAID. Only one day
one endless, dreary day-and he would
oo "n.n III neI asah.
Tho I've, vas srowing ausk very swiftly, and
I.e =. ,ss' Lays OF sunshine mad quite gone.
=. wHs chiiiy now IN the narrow lanes,
o ,ho Sno aulckened her steps; eager for
,,, How far had the train got already,
shhn sh,,, WoIoered Hnd was FaVersham
hi,,, shdirnhins OF her! she tried to picture
nn.,.. r,,m III .ne car. reading some horrid
tente5I,pp' no oouoI' ana smoking con-
she made a little grlmace. Men, were
not heariy so romantic as women She
we'll gu and wltb lsTnaPs s,lddsn sne lGvsd him too
sor worIs US o. tne ooy VINO had shot himself
10 tof hnr mer nSe SAKE ~ mSnte carlo came back
.',,, W ner nemory some doy some maj:
mtr ,,,ina oaeah your heart as you nave broken
'''i sbc s,,,,.x, A.. .,,.
words and OF the tragedy In his young
esvS as ne Spoke them.
WIN an odd feeilng or panic she broke
seemad seer ''soe sn run run @ ne cottage nad never
seenea 80 tar away from the station
0hiy t tomorrow had gone and Miles were
WIN ..ur her'
Willy OF why didnt go with him?"
n,s,os. rnnn ho 10 oehd I'm IN tne iane and to q
t man WHO was coming swiftly toward
She Ioo,,sd NJ hin, .,., nh. ~
o-,s one iopkea a. MN, tnen she gave a
cry Far snd ne her heart seemed to stop beat
"'si ;phj,, III .ne i,e Ma II,ah was FhlnP Itanter
,,,,,t ,phiiipu, MRS: Dundss spoke his name
face bropsbt % n Ss; wsys - ernng fsar ,n s IN @ MS
L. olTusht wave Oh Iear 70 ner own:
inst,nc3iveiv SO Oh, w n,t $50 so SUI s.rahse, that
is'sttihG.lvey ~ W sne put OUT her hands as
He ,augbed d', whsn sot bs saw neu t,s ,,,,,o uo.
t,,ra t'e "mJ 'In,tS ~ sew .nS h''ie ses-
'ure~a ryo queer. mirtniess laugh.
,,,a oiu io' o~pee' " 500 me- 40
M +. c,. A.,.s s,rs A.. ..s
vojce tr,o5 h1 ta no a so s.eaug mer
"gou, trieu ds In IN an sn 70 spenk nasuIaiy. 1ts
,,nn niow ala you nna me9 How aid you
TN bar "s he.rt ne,S ~. ,r.. .,.,,,,,. ,.o,.,
that Favnrsbsro sue bah vas gom. *. neavc Tna
that 70 the t,,n nn nao ,S rot e ew
an !rahter DID not answer ana she went
'n ...v, ,,.. - ,,,. --,,,,, o., A..
cotta9a ~, S ne ,oten oottana ~ p..n .c
Aid vo,, Lrn%o0anS .st.r 10 S,,th M.
Oh. Oh we we ara % quite eountry folk now w I i as.
She had taKep a sta, forward as I,
IN wall, IN hut ha stnnnad har 40 IL
10 ..Xa %a,k on, Dut @ ne stopped nsr' .,,
or,etiw atI, baNa o. ~ 'yS., "ua SUI
come to .aw" "A'' ""'u WHAT h"'e
What ,,t DO you S,1 mssn ,nd She he looked a.
har hart m s a aat rac,nn eG ~, ~ pe orave, ous
ner ss near nd sS %as snn raSns nh %n nameiess
verv iins '''0 '''s" ''' ia" p"'e" " "ef
Philip,s ewes wandered over her with n
"a % % ,n,, q fr,, "a ~ ,,,a,. L., .,,.s
re YOU atra'd on me ne askea, 80
sseIisS nWou nood not aa oi,ta
,,n,,idr,, I'M noeu ~" ,,o,,r tasi.s,'
Sho go, nu ~ d,,I, hSnoi s,s, ne"u
She saw tne auli piood rising IN his
Ia iase ao ITO "en' o'' WV" concentrated
pasS,oh sStSn ,. a.. al
ersbsn, tbs mean cur Nv best Tri.nT
tnid no,, ,ne S ',ea best fri.nS Srsa llend
the time nes neen piost,ng ana planning
70 get you from me put touno out IN