Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-15
The
LOVE STORY
r. of a
MOVIE STAR
CHAPTER XXI

CHAPTER XXI
HALF blinded with tears, found my
IL way down the steps Of the street.
The tears came no easily those days.
Probably because was half starved.
What was TO do2 Go back and face
that woman? I couldn't and wouldn't.
And then / remembered that l would
either have to 20 supperless or use q
part Of my last quarter for food. ! had
long since grown accustomed to dining
off crackers and milk, which / kept In
my room for that purpose.
Too numbed to think clearly 1 turned
into Eighth avenue, and walked on un-
I'll suddenly felt that could not walk
another step. The sign on the lamp
post told me that had walked as far
uptown as Fortieth street. Near the
corner was a little restaurant. ! SIM
ply had to sit down somewhere. ! went
In and asked for a cup Of tea and some
slices Of bread. saw by the fly
specked bill Of fare that toast, which
I secretly longed for, was Ave cents
extra. I could not afford that.
I dawdled as long as possible over
nv meal The tea, bitter and badly
made as il was, put heart into me. :,
By the time / had finished l had
made up my mind to return to Mrs:
Fisk's house In the neighborhood of
c,evcn I was sure the maid would let
me wait. On her return. humiliating
as IL would be, I would frankly explain
nv situation. Surely, she would under
stand It. How could she help doing
so? And even II she were annoyed at
my disturbing her at 80 late an nour,
and never gave me any other work. 1
couldn't help Il. The immediate future
was all had strength to cope WIN.
I only lived from day to day!
1t lacked ten minutes to 8 when l
came ont of the restaurant. What was
I to do with the long three hours before
map I simply hadn't the strength to
walk about until II o'clock. Then I
grew reckless. I would spend another
Ave cents-my dinner had cost me ten
and buy an elevated ticket. If rode
TO the northern end of the line could
simply walk across the platform and
come downtown again. BY repeating
this maneuver at the Battery l would
thus make the complete circuit; just
how long that would take had no
! idea but certainly 1t would consume
a large part OF the time that 1 had
to kill.
The ride was positively restful. I
nnd Deen fortunate ehousn W s''uie o's
of the cross seats next the window, l
could rest my head against the WINDOW
ledge and look out In the warm dusk
at the varied pictures preSented oy tne
lighted windows OF the houses along
the route as we new past
How unconcerned the people who live
on the streets along the elevated rail-
way seem at the publicity, they are
forced to endure. 1 suppose the ex-
PLANTATION is that one can become ac-
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"o hmshnnd whose work Law for fron,
S,s Lopoo In another bnmse ch;Idren
were bo;no nut % hoo How did ther
ever manage to sleen with that con,
stont rattle and hing in their corsp T
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tbe some ne to tbe other
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