Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-11
er.nrs THE STORY

yyor sympathy Io ~. Jn noy,,ett of
ohlanoosa a,oWs jimmy proposes mar-
sudden prtrJstius Mad tpfh memo
rage 20 ,or,,thia, he tries to make htnt-
rtss o, ns he iopcs Christine. Sang-'
s.g oe'f;i y friend Of Jinny's;% % seeing Em, t;,n,ny
sss,;s false pos'tmiom 0" 0"enaSoementb
bitterly '"t this juncture Chrtstine,s
Just adi adi,s suddenly. The toeddtng 70
mother ~, NJ once. Too days oeIore
TO toke srsd. Cynthia be6s Jtmmy 70
ths da,e 'bank. but Jimmy resolves 70
tdke,ai 10 the ntotherless prL ,,,,.-
They g,J ~, bride. tokich proves to DC
Is hdndTsa dndTa,thIa who, finding she conld
from oy,nds Jimmy to return 70 net,
sot peTSS,h..i,t,na a detailed account oJ
Trfes v vnni,fancs toith Jin,my, Ws
hr ae{ M u,irup Cynthia, out motor,
gfe.sy,h Wortidke, Is serlonsip ,nyo" @
mg ,s % accident. She senaS Jor % J,mmy, ~,
sut before he cGn or ,istiue. Jesu learning Of
posed " %is;t to Cynthia, drrdngos 10
JimrW, tor sir pionths, ana theH
idve nm nm.,,isss that II really ts Chr's-
jimmy NOT Cprthtd he most tongs
fine qr' vc confdes to Sdn1ster tna ~
III ieit that coy eVor S'H0e CIV WV
tr;ed 10 get rid OF h'nl.
,,,yE ALL make mistakes-bad mis-
wv ,orss" said sangster kindly
Jimmy smiled little.
Syou old philosopher Il doht
| .,,uo you've over cared hang FOR q
man in all your life"
' "oh YES have" sangsters eyes ware
.,y,nr past Jimmy. down the little
room. x.,,,,,, ,n,red- :
Ia "Uho was she--wouldn't she have
you?" aba 4. ,rarr,ed
,ov--to another man..
"a decent fellowT'
There was a little silence, then: .
., ,hInt he'll turn out all right" said
.,nss,er quietly. II hope So
rbr,s,ipe had learned great dea'
.,,co her marriage. AS she stood on the
.,.,,orm at Euston that morning with
,I,rmv Challoner she felt old enough 70
:. ,be grandmother of the girl who had
,.,,sa Nm at him with such glad recog'
,pIon less than q month ago In the
theatre.
o,d enough, and sad enough.
she could not bear to lock at him now
II cut her TO the heart to see the listless
d,oop OF his shoulders and the haggard
ur.s Of his face. 1t was not for her
bIs sorrow; that was the thought shs
tsn, steadily before her eyes; 1t was
not because he had offended and hur'
her past forgiveness; but because Gym,
thia Farrow was now only name ano
1 memory ,,
stood on the platform trying to makI
Conversation; he had bought a pile OF
magazines and box Of chocolates
which law disregarded beside Christine
on the scat he had ordered luncheon fol-
her, although she protested again ant
again that she should not eat anything.
He racked his brains to think II tneT'
were any other little service he coul'
Do for her. He was full OF reniorse anc
lNamo as he stood there.
She had been so fond OF him-she hat
meant to be SO happy; and now she wal
glad to be leaving him. ~ ,,
The guard blow his whistle, Jimmy
turned hastily. the blood rushing to MI
white face
III you ever want me, Christine
She seemed not to be listening, and N
broke OF, only to stumble on again
"Try To forgive me--try not to thlnf
too hardly OF me-" She looked at hin
then: htr beautiful eyes were hard ant
The train had begun to move slowl!
from the platform. Jimmy was on IN.
footboard; he spoke to her urgently
Say you forgive me, Christine /
you'll Just shake hands
SD drew back, as II she found MN
distasttful.
The train was gathering speed. 4
porter made n grab at Jimmy.
stand back, sir !"
Jimmy obeyed mechanically. Chris
tine would not have cared had he beei
killed. he told himself savag: ly.
But for his pig-headed foolishness III
and Christine might have been goin,
down to Upton House together; but TO
the past"
Hang the pastr' said Jimmy Chal
loner as he turned on his heel ane
walked away.
But the past was very real to Chris
tine as she sat there alone in a colne'
o. the frst-cass carriage into whicf
Jimmy had put her, and stared betor'
her with dull eyes at q row OF photo
graphs advertising seaside places.
This was the end Of all her dreams oi
happiness She and Jimmy were sepa
had ever really been married-that sh,
was really his wife and hc her husband
She dragged off h.r glove. and looked
N her wedding ring: she had never
taken II off since the moment In tina,
dingy London church when Jimmy hac
Aipped It on.
And yet It was such an empty sym
Dol He had never loved her; he hac
married her because some other woman
whom he did love. was beyond hi:
reach
She did not cry; she seemed to have
thA tna tya hA hna art hn I'm
sat there motionless as the train race
her back to the old house and the ole
familiar scenes. where she had beeI
nnsppy-many years ago-with Jimmy
Chaloner.
H had wired to Gladys Leighton
uladys would be there at the station Z
meet her She wondered what she wou!t
say 10 her
She thought of the uncle who hac
purneyed TO London with such reluc'
shee sn 70 give her away; he would tell ne
TMat II served her right, she was sure
Even on her wedding day he had trol
haste '' "a ''"e
christine smiled family as she though
~ nun after all, she ne d not see niue
II hlm--he did not live near Uptoi
ca, mUuse, When the restaurant attendan
S"s sSs so, 70 teil her that lunch was read!
N sTe l9lowed him obedi ntly. Jimmy ia,
W. ,upppeu MN half crown to make sur,
SHa' SHa' christine went to the dining car
sI,s,. S,e even enjoyed her meal. A ma
,,,.Tns at the same tabl with her locke
vo her euriously from time TO time h
wS rather good looking man ono
ANA "msh sne dropped her gloves he stoope
h" picked them up for her; latcr o.
ss, pulled up the window because h
sr ssw hGr Shiver a little. These train
Cb,tatt bweat warm as rule" he said.
Sshnrstine looked at him timidly.
NJ que liked his face; something abou
Eyes made her think OF Jimmy.
pr4Ssn,, Ae you travelling far?" he aske
~ ~ tod him--only to Osterway.
ba,e ne smiled suddenly. "I am gorn
plsce 100 700 Do you happen to know
''aye called Upton House?'
saId s!Ihe ~ flushed. TITS my home" sh
,Ir, live there"
m ,mnat a coincidence. hard II Wa
a vIae he market---I am going down wit
Her