Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
AND HERE Ir CONTINUES
CHAPTER xXXvII
Mad, Anderson In London!

...,Ss myself with impaticncc, and each
Irs No only put inc of with evasivr
..vsrs. tlil I began to fear that he
,su do nothing to help me after nil,
"a then one mornins-just a fortnight
w, nv first interview with him-n
I'M tynewrittcn letter came, asking
IA to call.
Ind nm appointment with the dress
.stsr. which ruthlcssly broke. I was
p,sthless with haste and excitement
Men I reached Mr.. Shelters Office.
IWell-well," l said. What Is il?
k,isye you done anything? Is 1t nll
|Xsht?' -,
|. made me sit down while he ex x.
Lkined A lot Of dry things to me about
asnNtures and transfers and loans. till
M head swan. And then l signed my
name to about half q dozen papers,
End Mr. shelter carefully blotted them
nd looked at me with n smile.
"Well. I think that Ia ALL" he said.
/ started up. "All!" ! echoed breath :
esly. you mean--oh. do you mean
hat It's all done! That Mr.. Ander-
IN . '"
II mean that the farm is quito free
Vow" he said gently. 'And that
1hrourh your generosity your friend
SIark Anderson will be able to begin
Mn all over again"
"And does he-tlocs Mr.. Anderson
tnow rs all right" l asked.
"Mr. Anderson was herein my oficO
mot an hour ago."
Here" started up, and looked
N(ildly round the room.
ss.fWhat would not have given to have
Gktn him?
you didn't tell him. Of conrse," I
bid. II mean, you didn't tell him il
pas anything to do with me?'
mot 4 word. He asked dozens OF
uestions. and had to refuse all In =.
crmation. Fortunately, he remembered
pat he once had u relative who was
sputed wealthy and eccentric, and
inally put his luck down to him. | wa.
hankful for such a loOphole. Things
Wre getting rather uncomfortably lin .
cssibla. But l think you may hc sure
bat 1t 10 all right. and that Mr.. An
trson has not the least idea to whom
really owes his good fortune"
And he didn't say any.
ting?" asked family. II :ncan-hc
NFh't say anytfing-about anything
VI Mr.. Shelter hesitated, then he an.
mtred:
He lid say that he wished his good
trtune had come month or two
Coner, but that Is ALL"
II see." knew Il was silly OF mo
have thought Mark might have men
soned me, but there had bctn hope
my heart that perhaps he had.
! got up with sigh.
We'll, | must go. Good
and thank you more than | can
r.r soy"
Mr. Shelter held my hand.
vi nope i have done the right thing
said sravcly.
\ What do you mean" asked, but
would not answer.
10 Mark was in London. I am
named to admit that walked about
day long In the hope OF seeing him,
though l stayed out til after the
.Hmt afternoon had closed into gray
a0ow, never saw him, md / went
2)'me sad md dispirited.
Mother rated me for breaking my ap-
on,me1t with the 1reSHnaker.
ioa II never get your trouSscau in
me" she scolded. "
said did not care. | said that I
t not Interested In MY tro,,ssear. /
walking out CT the room when she
illed after me- " '
And lion t forget that you arc din.
AZ the FrnscrS tonight. Lionel vii,
cal'ing for you at I. so you had
oter drcss soon"
! don't want to 60 to the Fraecrs.
nate them - ! said
ams: | hntCd every one and ever,
a,ns ;hat night. Ny hpart vas fllcd
Nn longing to scc the man ] hud
Wo' who perhaps was somewhere
ate close to me in London.
1t had not meant staying ot home
tne evening with Lionel, I should
nave COMO to the Frusers, Lut IN
present mood anything was nref
tole to tctc- .tete Nith him. sn
Wsed with bad grace and kept him
uing hal an hour.
Aren't you well. SallyP" bo osLod
ok 50 pale" W.
HAna quite welI,' I said SHARPLY.
ma ! am always pale"
Yove away. ''''" "" W.
k,Dt,vc got an awful temper" [ sighed,
Ppns my hand into his. You will
1n,rrisedl so sorry some day that you
We were late at the Frasers.
n, .a lou bad people," Mrs. Fraser said
sne gave me powdered check IN
IiSn.. "We,vc positively had to nut
Iaer back for YOU" "
iapologlzed.
Lionel was late calling for - !,
tn a~anclously, weren't you. Lionel?"
lr,ed stoIn.r yuar.rr OF an hour late," he
I'm not letting you take Sally IN
mi IIhner, Mrs. Fraser told him. at
e change for you both to be
oon' v We were in the dra wing
ma s,, 'nrn, and she turned to a man
Bndssy' let me introduce Mr.. Mark
G GW'00h' lie will take you In to din.
"u l looked up into Marks face.
Oaei sUa was some little distance from
h,s,t" Gu nad not seen what n shock the
ss nag been to me, but my face
Udowsa Wnlte az paper az Mark and |
uI . N the train Of chatterinR won.
thrs" "u hored'looklng men from the
room across the hall to dinner.
sb"up, b"HH not spoken a word, but / knew
atsd nave to do so when we were
WAS u. the table, and in my mind
Nh 40 a1trgu'ng and reasoning with nv.
10 some other person.
III aS vas nothing to me that we had
vi Ilcm : 1t was nothing to me that
In k'IeI l"st MS dear and boyish as
mad first known him down in