Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-25
..,,,s srARTs THE. STORY

Vsy.fa1cYs, He attempts q diamond
LnSy LsnS.,v from the persCu of rich Mrs.
soeysIii sco,e.ss,yii. because Polly lie Brun dsks
Si, ~. ~ act u for her, and he escapes
ia oistoi shots tcifh the detective IN
s s.w,,yit. He is engaged os secretary
:. Me wontdn he attempted 20 rob,
.S,.,ed business toomen toth . reo'
Isoyf hidden under a 'ongh exterior.
Hsddon, the ld,oyer tcho eDsred me
sscoO bride, hos charge OF ne fega,
oss;rs Of fhis ,oomdn, aug sne nod
h,m m'ofs ~ a 20 %crardson. He fnds fhe
ooos' man IN the person Of Lady
g0s"y, g, :" he reported him dead.
WsSdon had been paying court to
nncsivn Doly, the supposed heiress.
SS,s.y, fckIe and uncertdin. He tries
~, ,,sce a clipdr BY relating to her
\ W,tt lie grandson tcoud inherit
M., M.i,od Of herself. Lor0e sums Of
.sv Mad been removed from the
mon,s bank 10 Mrs. Sfefhcrirs sdfe
eos" es nv, n;oht-Haddon tells Ashe he
| Iu ,tsai this money, gite him Sl0,-
ss,' Scc and then get out Of tAe country.
gyg p"lly 10 Brun meets Ashe.
ro""hd vou ever dope u out.
sp,hSs." she said biunfly, that. ]
,Hoocd you he double Gro" on that
diamond deolf
""WvIofs the difference, Poilp" Ne
r.uysssd, !, ls,,!!!'v. :so,!! They didn't get
wv" But yoa knewf" she Insisted.
"Wen, then, YES" He hes'fdted.
~ suppose thot j did.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
uJ WAS a nasty little cat!' she said
l bitterly. Honest, I was clean
.-.,r. Bobbie. Oh, I might as well fuss
up seeing I've come all this way just to
NV 70 souare myself. And I'm going to
,ouare myself proper. just as far as
I can. A halfway play makes me
ick.
ats all right, Polly. You'd done me
enough good turns
Choke it," commanded Polly. IL
| xa, A nasty little cat and that's all
there is to it. don't know what was
eating me, Bobbie. but caught the fool
hunch I was dead stuck on you" She
| laughed with fine scorn, the laugh she
had practiced over and over to follow
hi, avowal. "Ain't 1t funny how you
don't know what love is until It comes
rsht?" Her sigh was as nicely done
as the laugh. Say. Bobbie, ! wish you
could meet my friend He's the
han soonest man you ever saw picture
Of in Sunday supplement He could
have any girl he wanted, too. Gee
Bobbie, I'm just crazy about him
"I'm glad, Polly" said Asht
warmly, rather more warmly than Polly
could have hoped for.
Sure. I knew you'd be glad sh'
went on quietly. but l got my speecl
| 10 say. hadn't met Jimmie then anC
I thought l cared like that about you
And thought that you'd be going away
and I'd never see you any more. So
framed it with Ambrose to nab you anC
sike you down for the ten thousand
you'd grabbed and then to turn yor
loose in the city broke. ] thought thnt
that would keep you there and
Oh, said / was cat, didn't 2"
IF 1t had to be done all over II
have it happen just as it did" he sale
| fervently
We'll" went on Polly, II framed
you and then found out the very mex
morning that while was doing you dir
you were buying me that car. Spend
Ing half your wad on me-" Her voice
brave until now, broke suddenly. But
before he could speak she ran on
swiftly: You are a good sport, Bob
be- and 20 am when, / car
see straight.
II said that If / never did another
thing I'd square myself. I've come te
do 1t now. My cars out there in tn,
road ready to do sixty miles an hour
with me driving it. Get your hat on
Bobbie, and beat IL with me-"
why, Polly ="
I've been playing up to that brute
Ambrose" she told him. lever since ]
sEpped up that day. He's a wise guy
all right. but there's a thing or two
he don't know. One of 'em is Polly III
Brun. / dug out of town in my cal
before he'd got his ticket. He's in
Lockworth, Bobbis, right now. And w
can beat him to it,
Ambrose in Lockworth. ! see."
The information was no great sur
prise to him. Haddon was simply seek
ing to put him into Ambrose's clutch.
And my cars in the road. DOM
forget that. And. Bobbie ="
"Yes?"
While you're grabbing your hat car
you manage to touch up the safe here
yn, l know good deal about the play
iou re going to need a ,wad of money
Keep ahead Of Ambrose this trip. :
i ~, JUST what do you know, Polly
i"snen does Ambrose plan to take IN,
You re to crack a safe tonight, ain 4
tSSn Su IIhey re not COINS. to nab yor
men You don't find Ambrose maxim,
beef like that! No. his play is ts
you get clear Of the house with tn,
stun. Then he throws a gun on yor
sna takes You In on the quiet. Will,
Iss doing that he frisks you on tn,
s.as. hitting the whole wad and gettinJ
IN a safe place. Then, in the morn
ny you are accused Of the burglar,
sua ambrose says that before he coult
,s ms mitts en- you. you must hay,
,u tne money. Then for the next tel
lars the rubes around here will b,
sshs holes all over the country look
s ior what Ambrose has slipped intt
s pank roll. IL amt such 0 BAT
pay at that, is itf"
do DO mats it," mused Ashe. Had,
:" on ana Ambrose split even and z,
rIor ene pen. No; 1t isn't such a bat
Snad.nIu