Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-10

Scouts and tidied her rebellious hair,
her 'aJ she vent down the stairs and
tnen The door Of the sIttlng-room'
open,coul 'T wos n surprise for sunny In
20, II was no coIleCtor lot Charl'y'
~, LADY Blcssendale ,,,,,, ,
w "Gro,v where l was, my lady !"
sunhyd ydiSn't IT'T know where. you we're, but
,hought Of means OF Qotninlns your
aourgGSnr Gnrtisg at the Realm" her lady
fh,p SSaa,wncd Sa,v on Sunny slowly that her
itHuI,,,, ~ manner was not so friendly
~ old that there was haruer look
Gsr face. Last time they had met she
sad called her sunny now II was MISS
DgGIrCw,i DHI Wished to see you particularly, to
l.. n talk with you, so ! motored
gSwn o for that purpose her Iadyship
saWmI,,,.rc-.,nere isn't anything wrong?"
svt,r song with. He--he Isn't III or
nTf you refer TO my son, there IA
,hirg wrong. II Is just TO prevent
,oUmetbing being wrong that I am here !"
ssr iadyship said. ITO prevent some:
fhirg---- My Grrand is dlhicult and
.nnleasant one" Lady Blessendale said.
.you are a clever girl, n very clever
,ri.---" She paused, there was an un.
'isas,nt suggestion In her voice; the
ook In her eyes was very far from being
frendly.
r-eat service. for which l was deeply
Sat what you had done YOU did out
n sheer good will toward him. and pcr.
hans toward me. l did not at that time
dream that YOU were working In your
psn interests"
s. sunny opened her eyes. but she said
hothnG,
con from an entanglement with n per-
son who" She paused. 81 need no,
m into that. tell you that Mt that time
thought you wero acting as his friend.
ry friend only find that you were
I'd like 10 begin to know what you
mean" Sunny said.
NV son has confessed. or practically
confessed, TO me that he has fallen
isepy IN love with you. He has told me
hat one day he took you to our home
n the country, that ho showed you the
mansion and the grounds. OF which YOU
ook forward, / suppose. to being the
who told YOU that?' Sunny said.
no one told me, l can sec for my
sslL. have come TO put the matter very
plainly 10 you. Miss Ducrow. DO YOU
consider yourself fitted to become wife
10 man Of my sons position in the
yord"'
40, don't" Sunny said.
Her ladyshlp looked surprised: II was
hardly the answer she had expected.
Then, II you are not fitted for such
position, why try to secure it"' she
Suuny's face had gone pale; she
leaned against tho table.
You've faId what you mean; YOU.
you mean that I'm trying to get Stanley
Por myself, that I only got him free
rom hor. that other woman. 70 that ]
Il might marry him MYSELF"
That Is what I am now forced to be.
beve"
You said Just now that I wasn't fit
And YOU admitted that you were
not
Il am not. I never said ] was. I've al
ways said | wasn't! What has Stanley
told YOU"
practically nothing: but have
guessed have watched him. when he
has spoken of YOU there was something
In hts voice. something in his manner.
hat awakened my suspicious. Little by
tile have satisfied myself that my
Elspcions were correct: you have saved
by boy from one entanglement, only TO
Uvove him IN another Miss Ducrow.
YOu we're not working for me and for
woman, YOU were working only for
OlrNlf 90
And Stan,cy's told you nothing"
Nothing :"
Well. it's a pity he didn't" Sunny
pad; IT'S II pity he didn't, then you
Bne It's less than a week ago that
Stanley asked me to be his Wife"
"AsEod you? Then--then II Is too
ate. llo has asked you, and you, OF
d, of course, said no." Sunny said
tgietly
SAID no."
"I said Just what you said. told him
Plat girl like me. girl who had to
farn her own living from the time she
Tas hardly able to walk. a girl who had
worked In q pickle factory, and who
Tas on tho stage, wasn't 1T TO be the
lTife OF man like him. told him that
couldn't never be mistress OF such a
lace as his. said that ] wondered
Shal all those fine folk, whose portraits
re hanging on the walls there, would
nnE II they saw Sunny Ducrow come
mere as mlstrcss--Sunny Ducrow, the
!rke, factory girl She laughed un
ttadily. Il told him that I could see
all Just ms plain as you can. l saw
Nv .iI.VpsHlDlb IL was, IT IL WIS ulTIer'
nt' II he was plain mister. It he hadn't
penny OF his own and no family and
o'hIng in the world. then--then-it
oud bo different" Her eyes glowed
As II Is" She flung out her hand.
ladenIy. Il TO ID him all that you've
old me, my lady: there was no neet
Sr you 10 come all the way. here and
Ell me Just what l already know"
sunny Ducrow. let mo understand
on her ladyship said. MY son Stan
y; ". my son. has asked YOU to be ht'
"Yes!"
"1nd '4ns you rc:used?"
Because YOU didn't consider yoursel
Ge NJ mato for him?"
| tod him so. That's what told
my ne didn't want to hear me
F!aiGht listen 70 me. but made him
mu him that hc owed II to others al
ven as himself that he was born will
stea' name and with great posses
onS and that when he married h,
Ua nave 10 look among his own peo
=, MS own class; he couldn't neve
arrE G'rl out OF pickle factory :"
olloou TOLD HIM tnat and lie"
ne had 70 listen, he had to under
,m"a mat | meant It. every word o
Ar And you, Of course, you do not low
sunny Strengthened her little figure
er eyes shone.
NY lady" she said. "it I didn't love
n As much as I do, II might have
".u yes 70 him. It's because do care
o' Nm that sa I'd no; | wasn't goinl
.G1e Ge the one to drag him down
-, WASH going to be hts wife, tn,
te ruht one day he might be ashame|
"a sooner be dead than that told
MI un u was impossible, and I sent hin
E we'll be good friends, suppos,
ut lie wcmt never ask mo again to
narrE MN, and II he does it'll be tht
'' on answer $3.50 you see, my lady
a %U needn't have come all this Ions
h" R p your motorcar to see me- and tel
what ! knew already"
er hands, '0e' """ 'e'u ou
"unnE,' she said, "you are a Yer,
Snn5",,hu ana generous and good girl :"
V%ma$E shooIt her head. ut isn't that
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