Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-29
The Streets
ofLHe
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
(copyrtoht, 1850, bp Public LEDGER COL

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st,.a,nh, carler hda 1egnn We on tno
Jono'o, out uery quickly the path be-
gan 20 tUtst dnd turn into tortuous
ouse.; rrSt, Annes mother commttt,ed
snc1de, ana men her Jdther maze We
mlng She Udnted. Fd'e a!ways WrEs
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" '"o "'o"e una ""u'"'"'
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. w you don't know what you're talk
Ing about. What does It matter whether
you DO anything or not! I'm tond or
you. we can have great fun together.
and you do enough Tor me TO salve your
conscience, surely"
But Geraldine, I can't be n play
thing. Oh. please don't misunderstand
me and think I'm ungrateful. but / can't
do that. only play at being your sec
retary. you know that. why. for the
last three weeks I haven't even written
a letter, I wanted ITO clear up your
desk and you wouldn't let me We've
Just played, and Il was wonderful and I
think I must have been drusged. for 1
Just let myself drift. I was SO sure
that Il would all end soon enough that
I was determined to make II last and
to be happy as long as I could"
And now you're determined TO be
miserable" Geraldine's tone was sharp,
her soft mouth was pulled into n thin
line. She was not used to having her
WISHES turned aside. She was spoiled
sne h9d always mad everything she
wanted. Now she wanted Anne. Or
an her friends Anne was the most salts
factory: Geraldine was not enough
older than Anne to be her mother .bu:
she liked to dress Anne's slim young
figure In soft silken things, to watch
the sparkle in the girls eyes. Anne had
peen great credit to her In fact, she
Geraldine; she had developed into a
friend. Her broadening personality, her
pleasing sense OF hunlor. her giriish
charm, all these had been noticed with
delight oy Geraldine, and she wanted
Anne Tor her own amusement. She
would have been quite content to have
Anne live with her, to treat her like n
daughter or younger sister, and the
Iact that Annes spirit was rebelling
against ANYTHING or this Kind. that she
wanted TO be free TO do as she liked was
something Geraldine could not under
stand. Naturally she thought the girl
ungrateful.
II Geraldine had stopped to think
that Anne had never been free. that
from childhood che had been forced to
do as other people said, she would have
understood the girls first reaction to
her freedom. But Geraldine was too
selfish to see Anne's point of view, she
could see only her own.
Geraldine rose. drawing ber siIra,
draneries around her Ue- aves wnra
| cold and her voice was o,i;te barT as
| she said, evenly;
Then Won havA decided not IN co,,.
back?''
| please" Anne began hut Geraldine
| siIenced her with a lIttIe ,mneratiwS
wave OF her hand. "of course I car
| frigtdly. You don't want 10 come back
! Perhaps YOU have other plans NOR.
| satisfactory FOR voI,rseiY and sb,
swept the ugly room with n scornfu
| little smile OF utter distaste We'll
| I'm glad | know just how you feel
Anne, l think It's best 70 know tn,
| truth" and with a laugh that somehow
did not ring true. Geraldine was gone.
Anne stood for minute as though
she were chained to the spot and coult
not move She heard Pierre start tn,
engine and she wanted to rush out ant
scream to Geraldine not to leave lik
that. but she did nothing Of the. kind
She just stood still and waited. hoplni
that at the last moment Geraldine woult
change her mind. Then, with swish
the big car started off and Geraldin,
was gone.
AnTe's first impulse was to burst int
a frenzy OF grief to sob her heart out
/ TO run upstairs and Rtihe her gCream