Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-15
-. =. sr.pTs THE STORY

THIS olH .,.,s,sl take care
~ ana hnnieY brother. kathy g
usss aSf ds'" y "%srry Rglpa Ralph I, Ha'vc,d. ! coi.
~ iss i p'eisrgfni :ts rgfnillnuerd Is rich. non, ,
Sw' w, 0I sos little faith in HUI,
M re.ae' jm feels that kdfhy ioiu
1ers, ~. tor them. she. ns0iecis
~ mscs ,iches are q burden 70
iheN. n ToIIoutyrc, a socigfp go
M. wins In Iope ,oith JW, ,out
aethme ~. IL, ,eyeol his so trnty seitsh
Wpvopv,Isrt she rejects him ana
sstws % ssr nm ployer, a rioh innyor.
4er'ss. .,ey, % uo,o meet ~ sooe'Di
7teeis JiIi, after q couple W
sy sbsence. He ledpes her p.osanUo ss,oo
sosoe himself TO INC rlch Wow puI
k"Iio rebuild me- JorfNnc;; go
vo Aim on the street neat ooV,
av yemorks: "Ice jnst oee" ~
m"v ] must c9norn.Wn.s
,kogoh ! really MoN0nI vo" ""v
~ srocoed for ever so 'o"V
~" ~ "sspiaiued ldughhgV.. .,,
fTolIenfpros WsI IVY Io,ros MIN
"a ku Erich choice 'edoeS wv"
s;,sl and depressed.
Is. urpE TT CONTINUES
~ ,., ro,y That
u,kLLENTYRE registereu w" 80
~. thty were married he would
( : Y. ~ s.company Elrica on a shopping
k.iu,on ~ again: a man was ms mucn
dpe1S',,yi nisse in A woman's shop ns bull
W. v.n. nroyerbial china; he won
most, would have wearied him M
@ have followed Jill round--to
mq .sooi by while she bought pretty
S;nss. 70 have been caiied upon 70 Nv,
E
sT.,.lv he had resolutely avoided
ainLins Of her, II he could help II had
'ay 'aa.yIIhsrstely avoided meeting her; and
tonieht he was going to be 100,
~, and 20 where he knew he wouid
p bsr % and sit near her, and talk
~, 80 ~
Wh. was this fellow Rigden. he
..ass.d.-ond was there any truth In
Ss5ss,S's suggestion that he was pay
~ Sstsrmined attention to Jillf The
%sSSt %sssSt was a stab. b..
~ scurue some day she would marry
.X. hs shut his eyes and deliberately
Tred the memory Of the early days
JSssir friendship.
~. ~ little shabby house In Acacia
\. j,See--Jill in her worn. cheap clothes
.IiiiIl az she used to look up from her
sorE when he came into the oftice--Jill
I " J shs Ind looked when he first said he
I,% her They all passed before his
INA lIke A series OF beautiful pictures
\ -sish had once been his, but which In
Ssa vs'In ,sroronce suo @ of their value he had
~ ~ swsy.
,n ,an a Gaming into tho room glanced
s~sIiy NJ Tallcntyre and then stopped
i,rrk by the hardness and unhappi.
- n his face. -.
/ TNHnllo Gig" he said abruptly.
4 TsIlentvro opened his eyes, and sat
WIN an effort.
n 7oTinllo y, he felt mechanically for hi!
|Li,,,.tte case, "iave n smoke?"
TssTSanks' The other man took {
s,.,stte. md lit It silently, watchint
S.il.r,vre nil the time. He had dropped
issI scain into the depths Of his chair
N, hin we'll kent hands hanging list
IA, oyer the chair arms, the old blnnl
III a boredom fallen once more owe
Az ~
a,oine ANYTHING tonight?" Merredev
nk,d carelessly. 'If not. come nlont
\ n tbe Despards' with me"
Hr"Sorry I'm dining with IIilly ard
[nly just accepted. "
A ''WeN, you won't want to stay thcr'
Fan night: I'm not going to Despards
Eywlf tll about II; the fun never be
du till then"
"The .fun?" Tallentyre opened hi
hsy eve, a little wider. ooh. you meal
he gambling. . If Mr.. Despart
rather unpleasant corner one Of thes
dus,'' he added listlessly.
/ 'Tlumph - Merrcdew dragged for
ward a chair. aud sat astride It, hi
arms folded across the back.
Y "You're friendly with the Hillyard
,-very friendly. aren't you?" he aske,
nddenly.
III am-why?"
''0nly because think some one ough
10 tt Hillynrd TO drop Mrs. Sturgess {
| hint" He looked away now, a trace O
Embarrassment in his face.
~ don't understand" Tallentyr,
ihid after n moment.
"No-and it's rather difficult to ex
Ibhin." Merrcdew rubbed his chin agi
Ihttdly, "Look here" he went OH, 'yo,
know what A crowd the Despards are
and what sort of neople they get roun,
Abem Jt,s al, r;,ht for INV one wh,
Knows the ronas and inst how far /,
tru,t them bmt tnr a Girl iiko Mrs. Stur
Ires sss ;t,s-;t,s q rotten shame thn
there's nobodv to look nf,er her. au,
rlyr nor Tho h;,t - ~
gym me mean | That tbev,re acecin
hrr,P ~ '""' '"''
Merredsw ,oddod. bo ,ooLod roun,
hls room srnrohouS;,yoiv us, and Ircw hi
ehsi, nsornr %rPto"S%IiouS' 20 Tnii0ntSr',o" ~" Wv" "
"inoL haro ~ Ci'' a''''ias ~ so;i ,owor;r
Ma in voice "'''; ~ ;.oati m e" ~ mJ >"
don't mind od,.,;.ti, u, inte'eHSyu sha.o "' ,;,
riny w"mor n" "u,I.a.'Hs Htna .o,,, II, on. -
snJ W. "v".',LMrs. ~, "a stureessIhmu anu 80
Ahrvginr h;o Nv 'n' coio.uu' NY ",'Ho ii" th
Ds Dssnarass, ms shouiuers, 30 10 . w
Theres ooro H",, "'h l. s"u ",m"S ou;od 'IS R;a
i.~ a.'s s u common o1unaer nanleu n.g
zen hanging about her--nobody know
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