Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-14
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bcoutua, o Do oroyes to BE- Fapsrshanys
Ds,"o.as.theart, A lot Of ankfNd fhtngs
ola s@id about her, but are NOT vcrS-
Ned. Mrs. Tronter. pn,,spfs "a, ornr, ,ner,
.;nds .npler's Mi,ss' M calls on Parry, c,se
ysdg.d yygsgrd and they tcaoer together tAdt
Ed,sr.: End,sr.ham an wiI prevent ph.hp fron.
.a,yptnp Mrs. Dhndds M"es coas ~
Lg,hG ,,n a thaf she stu loves htm. He
teHs "tsr o,t ,,ptft shs dtsHkes Tran
.su. ard ne dsliqhts IN his pengednoe.
TrSsntsr and Favershdn hdve soae a.
teroation reoord,mo ~, Mrs, s,,tk BT Tr@st,r Ito 10
sU,ncS ,otfk FGpershdm; and tn the
Ia w. Parry looks on 1o(th dntdscment
pn,yy meets Trunter and feus htns
o seeing Mr' Trnnssr D.mer' tSsss rn ~ 20 ;oros a
ar,, ooW.s1d ayd evdsjve, and her eyes Wcn-
d"y round the room Trying 70 avotd
Ms: but at last, as " ege,nss 'nS
%t,Ii %S1iots tseg ]eos. are '''~' ''" " y"
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
,.1rrHAT did he say? What do you
w n,ean7 I don't know! We had
| ,,, ot Marino's . :" o..
'T know--I don't mean that mean
last night"
sh. moistened her lips nervously. She
answersd with ali effort. 81
Irue came because I asked him to.
you---you had told me that he hated
me--that he hated the thought Of you
marrying me Well doht hke
'etts r. WAS a feeble reply to his question,
but he eeized upon 1t eagerly;
Nobody could hate you. Miles 10
sueer chap, but he's one Of the best. l
want you to IKE each a Gthes s.a nope mS ,s, sou
Gus, Lallie."
''si She frowned ever $50 slightly; ,.u
N you're gsins to be so foolish no"
can I help IT. hand.
Il love you so, am jealous even
Of YOUR shadow" 4.
vi don't me b.Rs loved in that way"
she answered.
'A He asked an eager question.
In what way, then? I can love you
all ways. There IL nothing In the world
I cannot do for you. Ask me anything
anything"
was an angry impatience In her heart
There was only one thing she wanted
Of him, and that was that he would 60
away and leave her. She had been al
happy sa ss0rs ,snsSs hs O. yns Mss snS
Of the queer. direct way in which he
looked at her with the steady eyes which
she knew could mean 80 much.
she nerved herself to speak again, try
III you had my headache you'd be
in bed, and in the dark"
He was all contrition in an instant.
He made her sit down again on the
sss sS0s sao as nSs FSr Ssr fsst Tor n'F
IT'S my fault. I've made you worse.
I'm a clumsy brute, not At to be near
you," he said humbly.
The alteration in his eyes made her
II you wouldn't mind leaving me
alone" she faltered. II shall be all
right tomorrow, 1 can't talk to you
He put his arms round her. gently
pressing her head to his shoulder. 49,.
Il will 90 now. this minute. if you'll
ny that you've quite forgiven me-if
you'll let me kiss you, Lallie" s,.
hated herself for. every. word. She tried
10 smile at his wistful face Don't look
20 sad. Philip. I deserved it all, per-
haps more-who knows?"
Kissed her. and her lips were unrespon-
And now. as your. no longer playing
Blueesard," she said lightly. II like you
back" He had turned on his way to
the door with eager, outstretched hands.
And-lPhilip," md she called
boH 10 OI say
when you see Mr.. Faversham"
rs 1t llkely! He was quite happy
again. It was pathetic that she could so
easily lull his suspicious to rest 1t was
I'm ssd natural an1r sapianatlon he thought.
snam for his cake.
But. out in the street again, away
rom the magic OF her presence. the old
moodiness returned.
II was not Faversham's place to 60
round to her apartment SO late at night
s ne had done. anyway. He should GER
ainly tell him about It.
It was strange. too, that Faversham,
confirmed and avowed woman hater,
should so soon have swerved from his
obstinate opinion Of Mrs. Dundas.
ne began to remember that Lallie was
beautiful and Favershan only human.
he hated the thought that these two
had lunched together, And why had
she made a headache the excuse for
not seeing him when she had been we'll
enough to 20 out with his friend?
.y surely i would have been the most
him Of that luncheon candIdly, even to
nave asked him to join them.
me night seemed suddenly alive with
rooms
There was q light in the window that
overiooked ave the street, showing that some
ssfaS sm.s II sSsm:s Spsn:s f he ss soa1 an0'
,,,Lhe There was a moment of silence; then
Miles said casualty you. il It? Grey
Son told me you had been here. Come
nIso h I've Just sent him out for some
He shut the door, and followed
Iranter into the room
Trsn1g TEsIH1tng now?' he asked casually.
hear raNESF Nnxi did not answer, did not even
sUnn,og sUUms,tning seemed to tell him that his
suhplcions were unworthy. This man
was his friend.
.rns .THs an, an effort he turned to him.
psSssS Sssn sSa "sSad t.s sG sss Ls!s AL s,.
70, 10 lunch lunch with you today" He cleared
ms throat nervously. "I'm much obliged
o,,,y you' I'm sure, old man. Its--it's
Ionyy Iiot,yy decent OF you. Lallie was pleased,
.laversham had picked up a paper
ovas orom the the table. He did not raise his
b,Uo from H. but close observer might
Ws nave seen a little flicker Of something
Ns 'yonn. pam that crossed his face.
H. oh. but ! have" Trsnter insisted.
Hes was feeling very nSht-hearted. He
"as a Dy nature merourial
sssse.r sstser sll you've said. I hope Il means
wsy. tnings are going to be as I've al
Ways wanted them. mean that you and
WY Ws,tSs %,te are to be good friends" He
Niles cleared his throat
sSKed quietly.
What do you mean7"
trisads' ' as ssS ne. and a. ! were to be good
Trsnter laughed neryousiy,
well no. she didn't cay that exactly.
,aw v~ come 70 think Of It, she didn't
at sss biS much i at ALI" He looked sppeaiinsiy
Was-well the fact 10 .h. -. 49,, 80 s,,S