Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-01
= sTARTs THE STORY
1884, oy Bell Syndicate. r-o.

,m ..,d .Rothp (sisters) tGke core
JM cHo o,:nnled brother. Thep are
u Mew, Tx poyk. Kothp 70 engdoed
loor roos orys vT;ilyord. She belieoes no y
10 ko'p"d iooks for,pard to a NE OF
poor, ono orG lope. Jili has other
economy pioturcs going out to dn-
0eosy Sore 10 q beaufuul housc'
xr on, ,.nyyiss secretly. Tdiientvrc.
ho'ag vovno mon, and JHt meet
M .'s az kno,os that he must ndrrp
sSc,n. ."y ,oor,au to renep his fortune.
non fhot she expects mncn
ne Kafhy's marriage. Shc Goes
rom from Kdthy, and TdHenttIe,
so' ".u .c;li orow tired OF horsep ana
,oo, ,Sabbv clothes, she thinks.
," AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
I, 9 SHE turned the bend in the stone
| A staircase, she almost ran into a man
vss coming up; she pulled up
,bort--ths srayness OF evening mace 'n'
.sJ ...,r. very dark and shadowy' 49,
81 bes your pardon" she saia, .,n. tneh ,,n
...,..d A. catching her breath. 'ob' Mr.
m.,,.,tvre laid his hand over hers
;. r.st.d on the iron balusters. 80
-, are here then - ms voice
!s",s.S you ed oddly disappointed; Jill won
d.red what he meant. a., ,oo..
os,s. U. v,. in evening dress; the loose
-, h. wore was half open. ana
=. caught a CLEAN Of a diamond S,N, s'ua
and an erpsnse Of Immaculate S"'f'
'front.' -, ,... ~ che said,
swb.t do you mean?'
-. a,d not answer; he turned and
-. hack down the stairs with her'
,I' W., r,rt.d as far away from him as
'm ,,,.. ar. felt horribly poor and
% 80. =, her Office clothes; her throat
go oy ,,,tb unshed tears. She had never
.eae. ,.n n. difference between her
m. and his 20 scutely.
M M. v,s A taxi waiting at the curo'
aI,m nI soins to drive you home. Tai
-. ..,d "No. please don't refuse
it's such N unexpected pleasure 70 '''
an. h.en working late, jill saie
-, sbc felt a little apprehensiVe
,Ss looked up at him. "here ar' Wv
soing?" she asked, -. ..u,
81 was asked to dinner with SOIL SOIL
...d,--it', too late to turn up now
.housb I shall look in presently 10
~ sou, or so." His voice was eVasive.
IN ..Tsve 1gs YOU heard from your s,S'e
,..sivT' he asked after a moment
mi shook heS head. ab
1--WE had card last week 20 say Oh Oh
~,s coming home; but ! khT" or
tssn,t come, because she %oula
20 ta'S come straight away and see US u,.,
/ darnsay they have stayeu Oh ''
longer after all. ,oo-d,"
..Eysass.NWednesday. Va. yy 1 think
~, .;sh.d as she thought Of the 'dis
appointing days that had passea sns she he
then. '1'm just longing " ''' A@
'Tallentyre was looking out OF tn
vindow his face looked little ster
"Did you come to the ONCE to &c
mep" Jill asked naively, then blushe
~ did-yes!-I went to Acacia ter
r,ce first, and they said you were M
IN 80 Jill gave a little cry:
"you went there! Oh, Mr.. Tallen
tyre!
"Wcll-why shouldn't IT. he asked
he looked down at her with a fair
smile in his eyes. "I didn't think 20
would mind /.
~ suppose l ought not to-ot
- oh, do!' said Jill; ht
voice sounded stifed. "How-did 20
know where we liyed?'
II asked Mr.. Sturgess.
She bit her lip; presently she gay
little mirthless laugh.
"It's-it's an awful road, isn't it?
she said. desolately.
"It's not the most cheerful spot l.,
visited, certainly" he agreed quietl!
''But there are plenty worse"-f
seemed suddenly aware Of the distre'
IN her face. "What Is it!" he asket
Are you offended with me? Whit
have I done?'
Jill tried to laugh.
II know It's silly; l know ! ougl
to be ashamed of myself for mindinl
but - didn't want you
know--how horrid my life is," she sa
stumblingly, You're so diTerent-ar
] just wanted you to-to think Il
best Of me you could"
He sat staring down at the floor
the taxi, and for a moment there vi
silence.
''Do-do you think I'm horrid?" j
asked, with little touch of dread
her voice.
Talentyre reused himself, he check
. sigh
MY dear" he said gently. "Pe
haps 1t wouldn't be wise Of me to I,
you what think" and the silence {,
again and lasted till they turned 4
corner by the green railings, and stol
ped at No. G.
It. had seemed such a short, sho
drive! Jill wished passionately that
need never have come to an end; s
got out Of the cab and stood for m
ment with Tallcntyre on the pavemer
she looked up at Don's window a
Prehensivcly; she was glad that (
ollnd was drawn. and that he was n
looking out. Tallentyre paid and di
missed the driver.
~ And now may come in and see
DonE' he asked.
se She blushed up to her eyes.
1Ou!-come in and see Don 20
why not?"
ene did not know why she had r
FUSED so quickly; she wanted him
.ome more than anything in the worI
siai ana yet she stood hesitating and und
.rilease" said Tallentyre.
=. lery--well,' she moved slowly b.
70 tne door; she fumbled with {
ns nsnaie and opened II. The narr,
passsge lasg seemed more sitting and u
SSasory than ever before, she thoup
Ssaessp.auiringy; her cheeks burned az 4
% mo i9e way up the narrow stairs,
NJ SoIia never want to see her again n,
ne .a, Knew where she lived, "
inese houses were not built for