Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-08
LADYFZNGERS
,s srARTs THE STORY
Nv JACKSON GREGORY
conprioht, 1871. BY Charles soribner,s Sons

IN IA, b,er cracked. Ambrose,
.,i,ciiss, and Joe lie .,Io, DraS' g""Vht Vfhet
.a crook, plan q 'Iromnei,sp, n,, %.Ss %
a|@ ta,ten % TIC crime on Rooert hhe,
sm smI,r;,s I; "Ladyfngcrs;' Pouv Le
', T;rforms Ashe Of t.c schome ana
BrM Ser lore for him,, ph,ch no
rte'. sot yeciprocdte. Ashe rqs q
@ III wi Bat no vanddi, fh'et ouf u
er,,',s er'n,,,na,, w. A stranger offers Am.
gsnilem'rre rrepard Of $4,000 Y he cdm
Srom s,idsnce against Lady
groau.Ss NAT piIi send him to prison
apeS. vsors. Polly, chdgrtned at
tW T." iack Of appreciation OF her
lM Tor, , into the scheme. At q
as,, bnotion Mrs. Rachel Sfetheril
,ooe' Jamb n, ber famous diamond aud
20 W., W. Bobbv Ashe II he riH got
Polw 's I,ie holds the diamond
y !" w. minute, phen his hand IS
tt g' ,nd fhc gem falls to the
drsoad He escapes amid pistol
Tos''' o,d Ambrose IN pursuit.
MW % NJ n large house he tells Of
Ie Me}t, AM rcceGltn0 a aeteo'ye M re,
AR, obtains ddmiss'on, nndpd'g tna.
H. n, ovner is Mrs. Sfefher"; ne g
.So.t to get apav in q 6orroHcd
IVA % vken a mn6ted man ana hachel
sSs,,A,rji S arrive on The scene. 'Do as
s"n iii vou," says the man to Ashe.
dvs" m are 10 be my secretary, and ask
!os o"s,s,tions," But Mrs. SfctherIl
70 Y, qstS,r plans. She first fires her
sss;,sts ~; secretary and then appoints
yIe 10 the place. ,, -,
AEr..iyu Dalv and Ashe discuss the
,,a"cnd Sd robbery. "You have made
s,s"Vt ss," Of him." she said. And the
mav s"s Ie shot. . it mes
s1,h,, mah a SLIGHT pound, but Uhen this
ro,""Ss,fui tIiet fred the shot he could
fape knoun that he Wouid not
'T AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
Iui Nd yet," he offered, II have heard
| A II said that Lady6ngers has never
carried gun that he mas said that II
!, couldnt get out of d tight place
,,bout shooting his way out he'd stay
liz It."
srhen." she asked, puzzled, ''if he
iidn't do the shooting, who did|'
Gshe laughed.
,RSforp now" he told her, ''an en- :
|Mu,iastic policeman, shooting In the
ark, has been known to hit the wrong
Torether they went down the rose
bo,dered walk, strolling slowly through
n, moonlight, Robert Ashe, thief and
fugitive, with Evelyn DAILY, the heircss
to many millions. Whether or not the
meat adventure was coming to him
dawn the gravelcd paths of Mrs. Steth =
,rl's gardens, Ashe did not yet know.
Hs aid know that he did not want
Evelyn DAILY to think Of just the bad
IN Iadyfngers. lie did know that
now and then her skirt brushed against
him, that her arm touched his sleeve
that as Mr.. Steele, Justin Haddon's
secretary, she was quite ready to ac-
eept bis companionship. He did know
that Justin lInddon had merely to use
A telephone to remove him both from
Eyelyn's side and from the quiet peace
Of the moonlit gardens.
III you feel so great IN interest In
such as this Ladyfingers, he suggested
"why haven't you asked Mr.. Hnddor
for Information? Surely he, being q
lawyer"
Evelyn laughed softly.
Hes just JUSTIN she answered
"Good old prosaic, matter of fact,
hard working Justin. He wouldn
understand me; he'd think I'd gone
mad. He'd perhaps be shocked nt me,
finding me unladylike. He'd say,
Why, the mans crook. You couldn'
possibly have any interest in such as
he. Then he'd begin telling me some
thing he'd call interesting. about mort
gases and deeds and politics"
But" and Ashe laughed with her.
he isn't quite as bad as that! And
he'd know the two sides OF a crimi =
nal; he should know them far better
than l."
But he doesn't" she announced
positively. "Hc looks upon criminal
just exactly as Huxter. the head gar
d.ner, looks upon a potato bug-somc-
thing to crush for It's menace. not to
ponder over. lie doesn't see the mys.
tery and the romance of lifc." Her
EYES lifted, held his a moment, were
hidden under her lashcs. 'IIe's an
honest, hard working man who sees
eVerything n the world from the one
point OF view OF honesty and hard
work.
From a poor farmers boy he has
node himself lawyer, known all over
ne country when he's only thirty six.
ne couldn't have done that II he
ladn't let himself become n machine. :"
,he hesitated briefly; then with sud-
len impetuosity she cried. "a plodding,
'rosaic machine ~
topped. ~
nut Evelyn chose to let him know
nat she understood.
i WAS Just little fool last sum.
ler when ] came up here" she said
willy And he IL 80 earnest and
Iuooorn about anything he wants
one broke off. whirled suddenly, and
aasht up her skirts.
Inc ten minutes are UNI" she
1ushed ,, at him. Good night, Mr..
And she flashed away from him, rae
" through the moonlight, back to the
o'se. As she ran n biz white rose
r%oled NJ ae from her hair. Ashe stopped
Alter al. he asked himself light.
!, :, why Haddon. the plodding crook,
'ther than Lndyhngers?"
ana as Evelyn, pausing breathless
tne doorway, turned to wnyc good
sht, ne lifted The rose to his lips. bow.
! over It as though it had been a
CHAPTER NH
n, witch or Fairy Godmother?
mere are those who have held that
Is a dream. Bobbie Ashe found Il
ill.,. NOW and then he held his breath,