Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-27

VIII be better when we get the
cbair, dear--I shall be able to take
you out every evening then when I
come home and Il will soon be light
yu"e iate we can 80 down
to th. park, or to see the shops.
Shops = he said dissustedly when
we haven't q penny 70 spendl"
She did not know how 20 ansver
him; she tried not to feel resentfui /;
tried not to remember that II she had
not had to save 30 hard for his invalid
chair there would have been no shabby
gloves for Tailentyre to have seen that
afternoon.
She had done without 10 many lttle
thtnes she wanted In order to make
life better for Don she had pinched
and saved miraculously out Of her small
ssl.ry; u only he had been a little
;, i've done my best she said husk-
lily.
Don frowned.
Il don't say you haven't 80
It's kathy who's 80 beastly selfish. She
spends oil her money on herself--sheS
always wearing something new"
,,, she shows new things of 50 well"
Jili defended her warmly. ''She would
nSs ,oos ne q princes: u she had the op.
He laughed sneerinsly.
She's not very likely IN have that
with HiiIys,d o. ~ ."
Two rooms In q back street and ali
the work to do--good looks haven't
tbeyF p' '
.Jiil averted her face TO hide n smile !:
wnat would he say when he knew, she
asked herself what would he think of
Ralph Hillyard when he knew that he
was a rich man, and that Kathy could
nave diamonds and a motor car and
everything else she wanted.
bhe lost herself in introspective
dreaming. OF course, they would live
IN bis house when they were married (;
end as Htllyard and Talientyre were
friends, Tallentyre would visit them,
aha then--then.
may see him again--some day I"
sns tnought hopefully.
Sne sang as she washed up the tea
.nin5s and tidied the room; she felt
herself that she would 20 to bed early
n Mnat hight 80 that she could think about
1ahentyre and her wonderful afternoon
WIN MN. Don was glad to 60 early.
TOO he had had very little slesp ali the
S,ss week IT,, i was barely nine when jili came
ana sat down for q minute by the dyinr
nrs.
she glanced nt the clock she won
dered where Kathy had gone; IL was
not often that she stayed out late with
HiIiyard.
Perhaps even now he was telling her |!
perhaps even now he was breskine
the wonderful news to hear that they
would not be poor after aIl-that as his
wife she would be some one in the world
that their love story was a real ro
nance after all
IL only It had been she to whom this
thing had happened! Jill's cheeks
glOwed as she thought Of what she would
do. Don should have the
most wonderful suite Of rooms in tbe
house, and a servant to wait on him
. all the people who had been
kind to her when they lived at Acacia
Terrace should have a present :
even the squalling baby downstairs.
dreaming with a very unpleasant shock
Of awakening when she heard the down.
stairs door open, and Ksthy's step on
the stairs.
She turned with eager eyes: did
Kathy know? she held her
breath with excitement.
The door opened slowly--as IL be.
meath the push Of a listless hand ::
Kathy came into the room with drar.
ging steps.
Jill had risen to her feet: for a mo-
ment the two girls looked at one an
other silently--the one all eager aues-
tioning, the other. Then Jill
ooh. Kathy sss Kathy ="