Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-08
- nrcINs THE STORY

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Franc his country as Ie,er
on" and takes charge OF q xxx gtpop
Eichos "" nv the estate OF Jona.nam
menr mesr,;re, y II is their dntp 20 gee
MooDtnger stranger reaches me nonSri III
Not no ,0coaes interested ~ q gmJi
Peter ,,.ss oe.'; in the neighborhooa a"o
xNo W." Ssr singing lessons; mno" .,,. bep %
gees ~" oyonoo Of Shdd Wens, d.,
m s"Od and one OF me e". .ov,
essan e,,n means hdppinsss, sn.ro,n sno V,' fo
60 e., '1,i ,,ho hear you sing l;eh Betn' that IT,
Mo,' @ ""Do you, redl,y mmS mio,o,,iv IL
EW''Nichois'" she asks, ,g,sg,VMs J0e1Tssi
- AND HERE IT CONTINUES
CHE had never been n,l's.,"" persuaded S,no no
N him by his Christian name ann,
Nea,, po,er % would have liked 1t. The
.sSu'@ thou u was the tribute Of pupil 70 mas,
y born also of a suotler 'nS''"'' u
vis9n r''t !, he replied generously, you II
Ies, nc erv we'll in time
fes!w fes!wSsn !Rsu I've I've suffered3' she asked
cuissiyy;i yy;iorced up from the music in his
ne elarnr;sed at her intuition. :,
hind, sui i;Le TO tell you So
~ doh '.h,nk I understand. Nobody
'But ! hat that. she doesn't feel--what
dn ,,t s,ns Veil felt. Oh, I know she
de- hasa .srdden,y. III can sing songs
b!oke on onoods~the water--the pretty
d the W., woouo uo,,ve been givin' me. But
things hhI hhI;!as--sorrow, pain. regret
ths a,sp .n,p I'm not up to them.
lle or ,a.' sat beside her, pufiing con-
tmtedly. =, 10 rrttered. Your
SDon't worry, he mu''efe''
veWMss nd M will I ripen, too?'
q, laughed. II don't want you ever
AZ any different from what you are:
y ess, ~ W. was thoughtful moment. for
r.Iar had always taken pains 10 pe
EsL E,r T in personalities which had
s,h,ns 10 do with her voice.
pY'I p"I,ut | don't want always to be what
sbe protested, Just CROWN
.ls. az to the ground like a pumpkin OF
sI laughed, "You might do worse
mTrt not much. Oh, l know
you,re teachin' me to think-and to
i..I-so that I can make other people
io ,hs same-tbe way you've done tc
". Rut II don't make me any toe
h.nnv 10 think Of bein' "a squash
sssfn." ... ho - s,;d
Peter quietly. ,,,
anna money next winter.I can use any
~ Aunt Titles savin's. But wien
tnov what l might be doin', it's not
spy foo easy to think Of goin' back
there" >,
saId Peter again.
Her eyes glanced at him quickly
looked away, then returned to his face
curiously. ;,
81 don't understand what you mean.
aI mean" said Peter, that wei
try to find the means to keep you out OF
tIs glass factory-to keep on with thu
t'But how? l cant be depend
lent OH" She paused with glance
|at him. And then quickly, with hei
characteristic frankness that always
probed straight to her point. "Yor
mean that you will pay my way?."s
Merely that I'm going to find thu
money--somehow."
But she shook her head violently
"0h, no, l couldn't let you do that
Mr. Nichols. l couldn't think Of it,
"But you We got to 60 on, Beth. I've
made up my mind to that. You'll &c
pretty fast. 1t won't be long before
you'll know oil that I can teach you
And then I'm going to put you under
the best teacher OF this method in New
York. In year or 80 you'll be earning
your own way"
But can't let you do this for me
You're doin' too much us it is-to'
much that can't pay back"
I'VE won't talk Of money. You'v,
given me lot Of enjoyment. That!
my pay"
But this other-this studyin' II
New York. No, couldn't let you dc
that. / couldn tt can't take q cen
from you or from any man woman
either, for that matter. I'll find som,
way-workin' nights. But I'm no
gon' back" she added almost fercel,
between her teeth, mot to the way
was before. ! won't. l can't"
Good. That's the way great career
are made. don't intend that yo,
saall. I'm going to make a great SINCE
of you, Beth"
She colored with joy.
Are you, Mr.. Nichols? Are you
0h, want to make good-indeed.
eto learn French and Italian
and then, with sharp sigh, 80 Lord
wishes wehe horses--!" She wa
tiIsnt again. regarding him wistfully
Don't think I'm not grateful. In
staid you might. am grateful. Bu
sometimes ! wonder what you
eSn 1t all for, Mr.. Nichols. An,
As she paused again Peter finished fo
Whether it wouldn't have been bet
Mn l hadn't let you Just remain-er. ;
M srinned, "a peach, let's saw? We'll
tell you, Beth" he went on. layin,
s pipe aside. II ceme here, without ,
country. wv !" " '''"'s
!, found you. Or rather Won foun,
MAJ. awst IKE babe in the woods. Yo,
M,. run OF me. Nobody had ever don
ill., ill., pefore in my life. but l rathe
ws .u H. ! liked your voice, too. Yor
a,on worth helping, you see. And thei
o,S.ss came Shad. l couldn't have hin
Wa you about. you know--not tn
y ne aid it-if he hadn't any CLAIM
snoSSs,t,no sSVa, 90 you see, had sense of re
Vnsoility for you after that-.
aoout you, too" he added n,
'np%nsh thinking aloud. ~ "'
rbuss MIS- words trailed off into silenc,
he beth waited for him to explai,
SS.n syvut his sense of responsibility. Sh
sDSh. altogether accustomed to hav
dSuVSoody responsible for her. But as h
~" Nv ! go On, she spoke.
!. S,di i1n mean that you-that I-tha
DaI forced me on yOu?"
,dpnss ,dpp,ess your heart, child-no."
usted. "' ''u you mean w. she In
IN NET NE thought he had a definite ide
Geinr ns mind about what he felt as t
knew 'ea,aatttonship. aant 1t was altruistic h
\, NO. s'ntie ne was sure, educntiona
spol.a was positive. But half sleepily h
.%as' Svse' unaware that what he raid mich
uu Inherently to one Of Rotb'a IN