Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-09
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
WIN Man Stoops to Deceit
u. NARY HELFANT

v,r lin standing opened his eyes,
IouIe and stretched his lorg healthy
yawnfI", fI"a,smraly, " He turned over on the
o9aS oeSS. side side, his sleeDy eyes falling on
the esGooj g5CST night" he gasped in dismay:
p,,tiy awake now he jumped out OF
uni and pulled back the blinds; ne
oeo,rad oeu, aloud as the room was Hooded
sgitb sV%" the mild sunshine OF On early
Spite spTvnSng 20 Inns thoughts wcrc. .ibitter as
81 bostiiy splashcd in the cold tub. AS
he he dressed his thoughts grew more Dit
ter. a,t hovo n otfcr Dawnic
,o- not turning up. Poor kld' no" HiS-
aVmrnointcd Vr she must have been Att Atter
a.. ne. this," The last thought proved
on iUl u,rcb for poor Jim's peace of mind,
too ",ui nnininr his black coffee without
.ant,pg ana i be dashed off towards Dawn &
home. ..;od 20 tbi,k of some
.,cmso On ' less humIiatng than the truth,
oAVonng oAS Jim was engaged TO little
nown ,y'f frirklin, n lovely blonde young
nr pamm r. whom life was one sweet
puonrc pp.SUn' She was not giddr. young
t,ttor1y "i.t,1 for she could cook and sew
ou,ITttmS, uT tnSn house very nicely. Her old
anasi"rrd anT mother had seen to that
nSwn's ISsuro' small head under the crinkly,
pIm" "hr'c 'co,d curls held clever little
pao;r paU;E But Dawnie had to have ro-
n"nne u,"mn When life offered none she
,uonId create it. She had known and
,,ved Jim always, as she would naiiveiy
III t.,, rou' But She would have preferr-
VI Sor rarCnts to disapprove of the
eiovor % Young architect, for then their
ssnu",tsbip would have had many thrills
II would have been so jolly TO have had
~ meet Jim on the sly. But alas jim
vac az welcome in tho CrickIin home as
Ipawn herself. - - =
So Dawn made up all manner OF
stunts for Jim 10 go through with.
lin agreed 10 "clandcstinc meetings
and hurried partings with tolerant good
nature. 49,, :. doos -,
harm" be would say. .- -,
lin had bali ked at Dawnc S last
,rbene, though in the end he gave ID
as usual -, t.. ,o,x.d l., hor
rrstt;est wav. weddings are so dull
snd commonplace. what lark IL
would be. ,,,. -.
home" Jim protested.
"SIly :" Dawn rebuked, kissing him
es only Dawn could. I'VE want to steal
M in the dead Of night just as II
father would really pursue us.
And SO Jim. feeling rather foolish,
ooya in. They agreed that about
c'clork Sunday morning was the best
t,me, Jim was to leave his roadster
tInck from the CriCklin home, and
l1swn would wait for him in her room
I1or room was on the second floor over
iookinr the garden. So she could have
iii thr romance she craved, even to the
provcrbia ladder.
And at the last moment Jim had
failed her for the most prOSaic of rea-
tcns lie had worked hard all week on
rore important plans. Saturday after
noon he took Dawn to a matinee. That
Evening hc worked with his partner on
en important hurry plan. About 10 he
bnd gone to his room. packed his suit
rose md lain down to rest, The next
hing he remembered was awaklng In
broad daylight. r..
Jagged n, he came within sight OF
Dswn's home. He had nothing to say
INT the truth, and he could not say
With n grim smile he climbed the
kteps Of the Cricklin's front porch.
"What tho" he stammered as the
'front.' door flew open and lovely vi
lion in pink silk and laccs threw herself
into his arms.
20 jim" the vision cried between
Uses. "you aren't angry with me, are
rou. dear? am so sorry l kept you
Waiting in the damp old garden. You
Eill forgive me, won't you, dear when
explain
ber dazodly.
"Oh. I'm 50 rclievcd You see, at the
ast moment thought it would be more
Romantic il | pretended we had been
discovered My cruel parents (Jim
Smiled at this. even in his bewilder-
nentD forced INC to stay prisoner in
Aunt Juur's room. pretended l had
tootharhr. 50 wanted to stay with
unite. II was great fun, but I'm sor,.
Is for YOU. Jimmy. Say you don t
mind" Dawuic paused to catch her
breath. her eyes dark with pleading.
eyes. | forgive you, but you must
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