Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-10
LADYFINGERS
-. srARrs THE STORY
By JACKSON GREGORY
c,,r,ont. 1871, BY Charles scrtbner-s Sons

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sAsstor Asho OF the sanJWy. san!e. ' =.
Brs Iw love for MN, "s,v" y"
sss's, yec;prooote; Asne ~ =
~ vi Hoi but no condal, o tnse, a. a.
remM@. A strange oge's ar
,svdrd OF sooyv /" "ioSv'
&en evidences ogo,rst .;,o,, Lo.o
rtss.S' not pill semd w, h.n' 'g ,ppct;o" pt;
fso1. years. Al q soo,d' .s"oIhv hor
r., ~ Hachel Stsiher,. r., = 70 10 D'J RoSSv
hn W.. ~ diamond and poiIy dsx' D1.S GSc
tsnosv he ,oiil get y 70, ".'. - u;auts
iM As diamond toy ond 81. rem
Hn Al, hond 70 sfry9s s, oma ."o oyw;d NH
sM s. ,yths ground. M Hs e'cepeS 2: pnS,,";t @
., ,hots and Amoroso ~ =, aslis Of
g,;Ss al q large hou'e ddcc,sscci;,,Y, dc sc;
ah'Msjt, and reyoanno .o,oa,s that
W. ~ .btaixs odn''s''Sn, snap'H nj He Il
nero roynsr 10 Mrs. ste'"e'"; ";orro,,sS
.a.ut 10 oet o,ogp w w. o,d Rachel
., ..s,o vhsn q. rnu1'ea m." .as So "Do as
ssl ssss,slsIi o,rieo on ihs tns seom'i ,om TO 4she.
iii yos," 10Y, mc ,sc,ctsry. lar and ok
"Yos etso,H et 20 Bot Mrs. StctherN
", other pians. nnG ;hen @ apnoints
su.sts secrctsry dno '"e" 'pP''
,ss 70 tho plSee:, m n. first Of
tI,As hos o strtnaaY oiooes ~ o;tts IN
HV. ~ c,d gipes Mn a holiday.
w. foo,ts, foo% kimselt to the poods
l@ os'u"; ~ c;,u pos shut IN BY hiHs
SsJ mvch timber -
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
We WENT down a little slope ,p at. at a
n ., l,,nly aware Of a live body.
Ia. ,..',.s IN tho mere physical luxury OF
.,'sIs ..a,, muscle, in switt play. OF many
.I., .ros,lnc r stock trails he chose one
:, '.uaor, lie crested other knol's'
dawn other sopes, found new
"su 'e..n, and at last with a great sign
,u,., % A. tired pu>ess and contentso
luntt .ui threw himssI town in the shade
", uss, us.souabt @ poor little Pippa.
ne "" ,u'Sf ~ moor ll.t'e Polly. For. o
{ne',TtsVs {ne'Tss this in mind, he had quoted
Z n,o 80 Polly. Then Of how like Pippa
npps " himself. Roasting OF his free
., .,ways se,~ling In his freedom
dom' .c.rcely less slave than Pippa.
nS., a9S ,Sis one day I have leave to go.
"bu. .n'' ont nv fancy's fullest games !;
ino p,'i fancy ali Gay ''' and 1t shall
" 70. -, .,r,. h. found TINT
a most marvellous appetite. His
ma, ~ ~ tSick sandwich disappeared as Il
E EnsIc: a fallen crumb he, picked
W i."r, ,bs grass. He remembered a
w ~ ~ anples he had seen upon the
pM".h.n M table and regretted now that
Se had not taken ne as ne nau ,,'', co,nS
"a near doing. Next time ne "Iu,u
tnow that one sandwich, no matter NOV NO."
MIX Il may be, Is not as good as Two;
Or perhaps three. sandwiches
An thick, by the way.
- he opened his pocket volume OF lyric'
and came to understand with some
Glns Of A shock that reading musica
Ines about the woods is not half sc
much | fun as lying upon your side AM
smoking your pipe and looking at thu
wSods Or even letting the pipe grow
ccld in the grass while you roll ovel
M YOUR back, clasp your hands behint
rou, head. and stare up at the patches
Il blue through the hardly stirrini
branches of an oak. =.
He had had the forethousht not t.
kripr A watch. No machine driver
k,nd, Of a slave driving watch wer'
Toiur to dictate to him today. He't
Do what he pleased when he felt lik'
doIur It. Consequently he ate his sand
wich at about half past 10 o'clock, ant
by noon was as hungry as he had beef
before he had eaten It. Now he cou!dn '
set ont OF his mind the cold ham ant
olives he had seen in the cooks cooler
BY / o'clock he was homeward bount
- or thought that he was. Tel
minutes later he came without warn
lng to the end of has path In a thicke
e manzanits, bushes. That puzzle'
bin. lie c, uld have sworn that thi
was the 80 10 path that had led hin
here. lie Jegan to notice other path
carefully. He came to the conclusion
that whi'l they led In score of direc
tons they were all just alike in ap'
Nirance. Then came the amusing real
si,lon that he didn't know north from
south, that 80 far as he could tel
Lockworth might lIe at any point o
ID. compass, that he had gotten him
slt tangled up mentally. turned about
physically, and as result that he wat
completely lost.
The sensation was entirely a pleas
Ing one. He had wanted for littl'
70 get away from the world. Now h
didn't even know where that worlt
was! Not lost himself; he had man
aged to lose the world! A very highl!
satisfactory contamination.
lie sat on a log, kicked his heel
against It, and enjoyed the situation
The sun was high. the day was brish
ind warm. and he was most delightful!
lost.
For once realization was better thar
Anticipation; he had never dreamed o
" tminently satisfactory condition
Of things.
:, But later he grew q bit serious owe,
u; Paths insisted upon ending no
where' A bit of country which seemed
from little distance the familiar on
,Arough which he had come this morn
,ng turned out to be new to him. Whei
ne passed through an open space, ex
peetlns to see the level valley from tn
ncit knoll, he looked upon other hill
Sdes and oaks and pines and patches O
orush' He climbed hill after hill try
lnS to see out over the valley and say
'''o nhu tINSH.
WIN the sense that one has lost hi
way 10 the woods, even though It bring
xNn II no whisper Of the element o
aSnger, there comes quite naturally
SIu,tins SI,s emotion which Ia not, and ye
naieh resembles. the dawning Of ter
,O' :, hence so simple a matter for on
- EoW feverish and even desperate
,Or nun to run In thousand directions
;Or ~, nm to spend his strength necdlessly
W,dlm NJ am to lose his presence of mind
nnn ne no such thing happened to Ashe
n.ne @ 'he less he felt a vague uneasi
.sm, .,a In It was no fear Of serious con
Su,enres, wSo,' and yet eubtly it changed III
, Iso.e race OF nature about him. n
,1nfeF %I did he plunge into the wood
fo,a,. sens" OF ownership; now tn
WA WS'ess he'd him and was his master
S Mnsie he had, a little while ago, see
S,s," sn'@ and dignity he now sense
%W,roaess' SWra Solitude was twisted magic
W W,s ,nto ionesomeness. The stiilne,
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