Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-18


.v brains, my dear. =,
W. moment she heard Joes Key in
~ che heard him taking on his
me snd then coming slowly into the
'oor, u with an effort she turned ,ano
,.sv.d [ at him. His face appeared even
ioon .onse and gray than 1t had two
ino, ,osore the nerves seemed culver
oays lar v the skin. And she felt a pang
| Of pity , o.. ,,o NAV no
he Sas his wretched nerves." she
,ssavgbt Hell have breakdown atter
| this" ,-,,.,o.
,,nh Toe I'm so glad you're here
A., a. ones she felt herself change. She
had meant to be SO nrm WIN I'LL NH a., ou, y
now 40 qer voice she said I'm not going
10" ,eir much OF myself. II wont do
10 snod--Im sure Il won't love you,
any and can see you still love me. We
soedd ed each other. And II we can Just be
,.ensIble now--and you can only believe
oGod knows I want to. Ethel ~ His
..,o was low, but 80 sharp and tense
tSat she drew suddenly closer. lie
ns, .nsned from her and sank into chair,
With his hands for a moment pressed 70
h,s ewes I'm sick OF this-im NOT
myself. Maybe acted like on% FOOL. r.-r
Sossrrt hold together-its too thin" He
,ocyad nm at her But some of II does.
And what you'll have to clear up now
e why you never let me. know.
@The reason I didn't" she answered
quickly, goes way back into the past.
And It's not only about you and me
ia about-about somebody else" She
stonped and her throat contracted. She
sst her teeth. I'VE must talk about
| Amy for a while" ;.
There! At last she had brought II
out !, And she had seen her husband
Sinch. For a moment both were silent.
WHY" he asked. She swallowed
ne because we never have before. We've
gone two years without speaking her
name. had no idea how bad that
might be-" She broke Off, for her voice
was trembling so. II don't know how
much you've learned IN that time-about
and-I think I'd better tell you. I must
YOU see, or you won't understand what
i've been doing lately. I couldn't have
explained before. without speaking OF
her-and I didn't do that. But should
have, Joe and will now--if only you'll
be patient and let me do the talking"
"Well?"
Some Of It goes so very far back"
She leaned forward with a queer little
smile: Amy was good to me when
came-and I had always worshiped
her--I thought she was nearly every
thing. She made me feel how She
loved you, Joe--she had ambition. urged
you on But--oh, I've got to try to %.
clear. What kind Of ambition was 1t,
Joe? What did you have before you
met her? How did you used to look at
your work? You were coming up to do
big thngs-but you married her 'anu
your work all changed. You threw over
your partner tried to hold you. Amy tried
to break up her firm. Didn't she7 Don't
you remember" She waited. but he did
not speak. How hard It is for him."
she thought, ito admit a thing against
her. This won't be easy" But she felt
q little thrill of pride in him.
80 Bill has been talking. has he,"
he said.
YES. I made him She wen, on.
"Amy set herself against him-and
against all your other old friends. Not
at frst-I want to be fair to her, Joe
don't think I'm. blaming just her for all
this I'm sure that at first she was diff
ferent-she wanted your friends to take
her in. Remember those dinners you
took her to. and that weekend party up
In Vermont?"
Joe looked at her sharply:
WHO you
Sally Crothers."" said Ethel "she
was there"
Sally Crothers? You know her?" he
demanded. She smiled at the startled
look on his face.
why, yes" she replied. "You see I've
oeen hunting so hard for you, Joe,
among those friends you used to have.
know Dwight, too-he was only one
ef them" She frowned, and added
prlskly, lust incidental, so to speak.
i,ut Sut don't care to talk of him now
IN speaking only OF Amy. And from
wnat Sally ,Crothers has told me, poor
Amy Amy must have had some hard times.
tney weren't fair to her. II they'd given
ner time and real chance, everything
might have been different. But they
Gldnt they turned her down. And feel
,ng hurt and angry-and feeling besides
now sned have to grown her mind,
n,an, mean, and her interests, to take any
pace pa among people like that-I think
her Then perhaps-but you didn't-and
hh'ny was lazy, Joe--that had ALWAYS
Seeh part Of her. So she wouldn't
make ~ the effort. Instead of coming up
vor you, sne made up her mind to pui,
q, That isn't truer' he said barsb,v
and II you've been taking for Cod .
YOU" ' Sio'herS ION
=, stop! Please!" cried Ethel eagerly
M, utaht !, q mean what l said Just them
~. ssn y J,1i ,b1adly-oh. so wrong She didn't
seif yomu pun MIN down She told her
snS' a' l have friends who are human
So ,Sn Su,ey ! re quite good enough for me i
Az sue sue went on with Fanny Carr And
was ue's o. came, the circle grew. And II
veal all Gone day by day. and week bv
knew happened-and you never
natural she' II was all so
psonIa' e' within with year she was going with
notbivo ana SO were you, who cared for
no gra you had wanted-women with
60 conmor msm az az: They We're all-ch,
'Yon '"GSt bit ,snobblsh, isn't it?"
s.,. ou can call II what Won like, .u.
ScS S you can find them ali nWer ,I,,. nus
women or and and poorer. better and worss
ist oi.o VINO want only common thinSs
cali ,or. ,".hes and food and what ahay
see eScsn, wSlh not wish that I can
I'm no MI, tor money to live like thai
and I want zoe l want pretty clothes,
things Rut w. W Do gay and have nice
more !" ana II stu get what is so au mucb %,
satreri,, her voice dropped che hrrn,on y
which r, on: Real work Won love ,re anS
keep yo" e., you grew, and friends thar
10 know abn,,,"inB Ideas and thingh
,sgrss~thee he'oor~and beauty. music pic.
Pays n,ys and buildings p00ES T,o and md. people.
MsSdsIsnsnt Mds nsntastlon-the-the tower w new Go library
your yod old square square Your work, Joe T" Aod od
Really thinit ienus @ Men and women who
their bodio,sk, ,k and feel--not lust alive viz IN
AZ that. Do Iofi ! don't know much about IT
little Beeausyoo you, these days? Mighty
fGm II" '' she Kept you away
look IN his But sH0s she caught the uncertain
ever 20 you 10 80 so sure2 Why didn't shs
istrsid to let you ySHe 81 her there She was
Afraid tbatts bArts work, the % student n dasainTIthe
sspt You t"St hynud you'd get thinking, So o'fsm sns
friends, " sb" mere s,,. and away from 90 vons Sme
your firm, wen yynen Kept Crothers out ~