Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-13

hn hsse Gne oJ ,chue Marie and Feathers,
b Dg.a:d Dg:"nd NJ chris, are at a concert.
4 80 S"bboo board a fishing smack and lose
gp small boat. Chris decides 10
ner S ottcr Il. "Suppose Vour are
ttpm",Sd tpm and I an left here Gm
somH"S0 Oh" ,ovs. "Nothin0 tciH
sIone, ,u IN you or TO me-" he says.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
.rr SHOOK off her OBTAINING han'
II and clambered up the ships SIDE.
AS Heriot hid her face.
IL %I shall 20 mad IL ANYTHING happen
4. rou" she said hysterically.
"Gbris diyed without answering;
M IL Of came up breathless and splutser
" Tho water was very cold, ana d
ins. hammered BY his clothes. but n
W.. holJ Of the skiff and dragged !
.ct " 10 the ships side, clambering VI
.ssin nv the rope ladder. -,
"a"yon,Il "a"ryy take your death. OF cold,
-.,, NJ Me- TIeriot tragically. but she dit
ssiu ~. ottsmnt IntT to touch him again. In nj
nO.asod ~. condition he did not look very
aIsn,; aaI1mont;c with his collar as limp q
,U musI,n and his hair plastered down Of
his forehead. >, ,,. ,,rr
nured % ,ove come :
c,.Mis M ssid He steadied the skif whil'
's ynf's s,imbcd S~H back into it, then he fol-
cwed and pushed of. -,
WV ""Wbat in the world will people sayF
vrs Heriot asked hystericaliy.,
~" Thris looked at her his teeth were
.....;,. n little
e'asvys "Wbat can they say? 1t was an ac'
e'EtT'i "T know. but they won't believe 1t
p.on,a are so uncharitable.
His face darkened. :,
~ don't understand you.
Che Looked a little ashamed.
SI ITs ;s GO late, and for you and me
~ be out here alone .,
Chris pulled harder nj the SOULS
hs knew there was something IN "na'
,Se said but he answered dosgediy'
"They must believe what they choose
4 that's all" ,,.
1I can't face It," she whispered.
ar,ve always hated scandal. And
an what will your wife think, ChrisF'
Chris bit his lip; he had forgotten
Marie. +,
No answered at last quietly. "Ant
| II YOU prefer it I can land you further
DOWN the beach away from the hotel, &c
that nobody will know we were to.
rether. dare say can get In anC
thange my things without being seen.
She broke out into gushing thanks
II never thought Of that. Of course
Il will be all right. Nobody saw Vi
come out together. I can 60 in through
the garden door,
Very we'll" He did not speak again
until they were close in shore. Then
| b. said: IT can beach her here--you
will not mind going back to the hoteI
alone?"
"Oh. no-but. Chris ''' you can't,
you simply mustn't tell your Wife
He looked up at her with cold eyes.
IL don't understand you
II know you don't, because you re
10 nice, so straight. But cant you
see-on your honeymoon. 1t will look
4 30 bad, and I'm sure she will be jealous.
People with dark eyes like hers are
always dreadfully jealous" Her eyes
\ fell before his steady gaze. "She will
hate me-" she whispered. And
don't deserve it--you know that"
here was a little silence, then
Very WELL" said Chris shortly. II
will not tell her." He waited till she
was safely up the beach, then he pulled
out to sea again, and came ashore
lower down. The owner Of the boat
was not to be seen, and Chris tied it
up securely and ran for the hotel. II
only It had been n dark night, he
thought as he ran. The cursed moon
made everything so light; but he got
into the garden without being seen, by
keeping we'll in the shadow of trees
and bushes, and had almost reached the
door when he ran right into Feathers.
Chris swore under his breath. He
would have gone on without speaking,
but Feathers caught his arm.
"Hullo!' And then: Good Lord,
Chris, you're soaking wet. Not an
other accident, surely? Who have you
pulled out-this time2''
Myself. | went out in skif and
'hs damned thing upset"
He told the lie badly and, conscious
" the fact, he went on hurriedly /:
Here, l want to change I'm as cold
q blazes. You needn't say anything
70 Marie-it will only upset her."
Feathers stood aside silently and
oorls went up to his room.
lie had never felt so uncomfortable
n his life. He had hot bath before
he got into dry clothes.
Moonlight might be romantic. and all
.ae rest Of it, he told himself, but
= moonlight bath was not exactly pleas-
| ant. P'o"'
ne cursed Mrs. Heriot under his
pEeeth and his own folly; he could not
imagine what had possessed him to 20
|cut with her; he congratulated himself
'et having bluffed Feathers, for he knew
'eathers hated Mrs. Heriot.
he rang for a hot whisky and went
" ~0n; aaFles room. He could hear her
door. pP'N NJ 'no
Come in!"
|, ne turned the handle. He wondered
os Nv Gould explain things to her as ef-
"vualIy as he had done to Feathers
S%enow he rather doubted it-Marts
N'S q, way OF looking into his very soul,
sae sui wore the frock she had worn
alnner that night, and was sitting
IN. %o window looking out at the moon
SIhr!s wsnt forward.
Hd you think I'd got lost7" he
Saea lightly. He stood beside her.
tlme' ue' asainst the window
Pd you play billiards, after ALP"
oO..t'o ns asked. She did not answer his
,se Se was sitting with her back to the
ssIr. ssI OF OF be might have seen the tear
at the moon with vindictive p'' eSes Sma
Ia,SSSS %SS Skiff out and got upset" He
I,l,,%m' not upset !" Her voice was full of
Ssa S,owo IN Chris, you might have
oNINs When I was born to be hanr.d,"
queried. Never, my child bTt II
! d S ebsNld cold bath, l can tell you. / had
Ib.tcra Ye and make myself presentable
came IN