Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-23

,"k,,;t instead Of herSeV. Large SUMS
" money had been removed from ne
c%.,mtv bank to Mrs. StetheriIS sdte
~, one naturalization tells Ashe ne
!.,i stedi this money, give MIN
1000 and then get out OF INC COM
w AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
,IE TOOK up his hat and went to the
II door. As an afterthought he added
,snifcantly: o,,,o,
~. In playing square with me.
Ishe watched him go out, watched
40 door close softly, and then lighted
his ,is nine nine For long time he sat still,
smoking slowly. :. ,,.a,,,
.-o- and over. "My one chance. Have
single chance in the worldF =,
For no longer was he content to snatch
thc purse dangling from fortunes
tsr and 10 run with it. He didn't
"snt t rho purse; he didn't want to run.
us wanted to stay here; he wanted 10
,se Enid tonight and again tomorrow
r,orninR. lie didn't want to plunge
bock into the city game OF hide ana
s.ek with tho police; he did want 10
linger on and on here in Arcadia.
Hs he sat thinking his heart was pit
tor within him. lie had always vauhted
himself upon his ability to cope mas.
terfully with the situations growing OUT
to,sn hut the keener JOY in the
srsat game when the odds piled up.
Add nov. now that the supreme crisis
t.d come, he sat lost in indecision, blinn
10 SOC the right path out OF the maze.
Enid was downstairs. Haddop,
Rachel Stcthcril. the Stetheril money,
we're nil downstairs. They were all
niores in the game. He loved Enid
should he run away from her.
cu, Of her life for all timer Rachel
e,etbcril had been good to him. she
Ibsd remembered his birthday, he ex-
perienced for her an odd sort OF adcc-
lion should he. who had never
BETRAYED friend. rob her? Haddon
be hated in this fit Of rebellion v"
should he obey Haddon and do Had
don's viii?
What sort of look would come into
Ends ewes tomorrow when she learned
that he was Ladytingers, the San Fran
cisco thief?
When she understood that he had
gone straight from her to the commits.
tion OF fresh crime? What look would
come into Rachel Stetheril's eyes?
"And what" he asked himself, with
d queer pnng. will little Ronnie think
about il all? Good little old Ronnie ~
The thing must be done tonight
and even yet he did not know what he
should do. lie was seeking so hard to do
the right thing, the thing VIII ich he must
never regret. IN oil essentials he be- !,
! llieyed himself the same IIadyfngers
/ with few scruples, who had ever gone
about his misdceds joyously., There had
cOmC about no upheaval in his char
Rcter. lie was what he had always
been. a thief. He had no thought of
being anything else. His old code had
| in no wise been revised. He looked
| upon life as he 'hnd always done. He
Twas considering now no ethical Ques-
ton, no moral He was merely seeking
The wise thing to do.
No change within him. he told him
|set, 1t was merely that new factors
bad come into his life, making OF its |
FORMER simplicity great complexity. |
lie had always taken the thing he |
wanted he sought now to take the thing
he wanted. What was it? 1t was dual
pow; it was q wonderful life composed |
|oi a girl and freedom. How have them
|both: How have either unless he did |
@ Haddon directed? And then
Yes, then it was clear to him that his
Iove of freedom was no longer the
greatest love in his heart.
Here was the point at which he must
|oeegn in seeking to work out the riddle
|i!s destiny and himself had made for
|nim; The thing he wanted most, the
y ,s'ps no loved most. was a girl: All
o. MS calculations must be buildcd upon
tnat one, fact. Young love is love with
wings. II passes over obstacles il scars
10 the rare atmosphere of great heights.
N Is strange composite of timidity
snd daring Essentially it is optimis-
ur' " does not pause to ask, Does
que Iov" m":' 1t looks forward eagerly
70 IN" awakening of her love, born in
I. Senc past incarnation lived long ago.
y must b" that this newly awakened
,o'e Is II deathless attribute it must
eee that it has always been. II must
pe that; like happiness, "it was born
. twin
!. Why had he come into Ends life If
y were not mennt that his love should
,,na complement in hers? A young
jV,r Young poet Creation is
IScslutul ID"ul and 1t is perfect. How un-
.ISeS, .S now imperfect, how empty. if
", snonld not love even as he loved
!. ,.r MUout this point, the beginning, he
- t,e'oNro long time. From It he sought
:, I,"p out the future, that future
which he, with divine fire in his blood, {
was y, going to shape!
IheSc things stood out clearly He I
must a;uSt obey Haddon or he must disobey {
.0,n, .on II he obeyed, then must he be.
,une ,u, TINS very night G fugitive not {
1nsy from the law, but from love and
Jilln ,isn II he refused to do Haddon's -
;has, 's;Snss, then must he expect to be {
NJ NJ tomorrow as I.adyfngcrs. the {
~ rsn Then must he expect to bs S
''sSru ~ sS away from Enid and love. ia
H. 'nroWh into prison, to be shut mn b
bis u uo caged animal for years. Yes
efy Vas very, very clear: Obey or {
u! ne must lose Enid,
Vho as ,herc no middle course? He
W s,,,u nuu never sought the calm moan v
r"e"h on"t the tumult Of the extremes !
omss", ". now. Was there middle
No e IL, IcIt at bay, with Haddon taunt.
H. ~ nm ,n and driving him. a tran beb;nd u
r;n MI II ne moved backward, a net threat a
hug hug MN II he sprang forward, Again i
bs rag" kindlcd in his heart townro a
Ls "o' made arbiter Of his fate And
am u nnnding fash across his ewes b
,b"J CnIsion; vision of Haddon. pun.
,bot ~; nnly Haddon stood in his way. \
, SIorHht had any man Oh Gods eartb
Is unGoiiS MS path thus, to drive him to
fe h" hts tas' For the first time in his v
uaro nv telt that he could kin. " k
ustin M"S M struggle between him and G
wn ii'iuunon, strife of Haddop's
is way '"rns, n itaddon, who stood in 4
1uS, Step out, The man must "
1'''nlu, AShp Would tolI III, ~ d