Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-13
- nUcINs THE STORY

IA IN Burhngton .sa,;o, fbe ,Dau
Ps;,I he sees at me s,;ant;on, st she
Gpii Gpiocs Rock, his desf'no;:,Jh"', :"h ,s s"s
Kim chat kind OF q ~ .,n'
un %, IN haze, and he says ne s.P
~, ~, 10 10 ,oin haze to LOOK o''o' '"e
AND, AND HERE IT CONTINUES
NJ Preserve Sorry. Mr.. what's
I'll your name" =, No.,
rp.t.r Nichols--- put IN re'e'
zomptly. , N;,,o,s nj, 7 bavs
Nv IS that you're apt to have hard
Ame" ,.r, .u.,.,..oa
peter confidently ,,u . .,o
N. girl stopped in the middle OF ths
Ine ~, her hands on her hips and
oan, RO nm at the purplipg sky: Her
huensu os az much like her singing-ii
fusa ;n T Paradise laugh (nnd why
,nseaisJ tbey?). Then while. he won .
sysd what was 90 amusing She i'oNe'
a him again. o,, you,re
0JJp against IL, you u'e""'
Rsxlish, aren't your
nEr---yes--I am. -,
~ thought so. There was one oi u
!, IN the glass factory. He always
nuneS mnS yw work in a glass factoryT
nW,rters Nv, Manufacturer whisky
- h.sr bottles. Now we're goin,' dry,
.s.y'jI .sr iii be maxim pop and nursin' bot
W .no yoi help In the factory|'
"yss M and in the office: cor, short
AND and type a little
aS i'you must be glad when n summer
comes" .,. .,rr
.,ound without brcakin something
nav dock you for that
|And that's why you sing when you
,,n't break anythin :" =,
~ suppose so. / like the open. II
;.r,t risbt to be cooped up.
THEW were getting along beautifully
IA Peter was even beginning to for
~ tbs weight of his heavy bag. She
SIS A quaint creature and quite a:
unconscious of him as though he hadn I
sriHed, He was just somebody t.
t,lk 10. Peter ventured.
''Er-would you mind. telling mt
your name?"
Sbe looked at him and laughed
friendly.
"You must have swallowed cate
ehism, Mr.. Nichols. But everybody II
Black Rock knows everybody else
more'n they want to, ! guess. There y!
no reason I shouldn't tell you.
don't mind your KNOWN. My nam
d Beth Cameron
"Beth-T
eyes Bess-the minister had lisp.
Peter didn't lack sense OF humor
Sunny, isn't IT." she quericd wit
I smile as he laughed. "bein' tied u
for life to name like that just be
cause the parson couldn't tai
straight"
Beth" he repeated. "but I lik
h. It's like you. I hope you'll le
me come to see you when I get settled.
Him." she said quizzically.. "io
don't believe In wastin your time, d
houi" And then, after brief pause
YOU know they call us Pineys bac
here In the barrens, but just the sam
Ne think lot Of ourselves and we'r
d little ofish with city folks. io
can't be too particular nowaday
sbout the kind of people you go with.
Peter stared at her and grinned, hi
sense Of the situation more keenl
touched than she could be aware Of.
Particular, are you? I'm glad
that. All the more credit to me
you'll be my friend"
II didn't say was your friend
but you're going to be. aren't you
know something about singing. "
studied music. Perhaps l could hel
you"
"You! You've studied? Lord @
Love! You're not lynn, are you?'
He laughed. "No. I'm not lying
! was educated to be n musician
she stared at him now with ney
look In her eyes but said nothing. S
Peter spoke again.
do you mean to say you've neve
thought Of studying singing?"
oh, yes" she said slowly at last
I've thought Of 1t, just as I've though
goin' In the movies and maxim
nillion dollars. Lots Of good thinkin
doss!'
You've thought of the movies?"
Yes, once. a girl went from tn
Iiaw factory. She does extra ladies
1ns visited back here last winter.
'ldnt like what it did to her."
Oh' Peter was silent for q while
.ars o. the pellucid meaning of he
o. He was learning quite as muc
som what she didn't say as from wha
ne ala. But he evaded tile line Q
Eho,gEht suggested.
Iheni" i,'o
y would If | had time. I'm prett
DuS all day. and--see hGe-Mr.-
-Nichols. Ii asked as many ques
PANEL Webster"
our PARDON
They walked on In silence for n fe,
lomehts, Peter puzzling his brain owe
W extraordinary creature that chanc
~ thrown in his way. He could sc
sne was quite capable of lookin
lot herself and that If her smatter
~ OF sophistlcation had opened he
'ss ~ hadn't much harmed her.
s really wanted to ask her man
rEs questions, but to tell the trut
MS little In awe of her dry hume
NMfa had a kind OF primitive ON
'c,encs and Of her laughter which /
~ now sure WAS more at, than will
n, But he had, in spite of her, peere
mA moment into the hidden places
~ mind and spirit.
~ was this intrusion that she r,
nsed @ and he could hardly blame he
Ivy lhey had met only eighteen mir
:, ago She trOtted along beside hi
hcggh quite unaware of the sue
silence or of the thoughts tn,
stu. have been passing in his min
,TsS Beth who broke the silence.
~ your bag heavy?" she asked.
NOT at ALL" said Peter, moppir
.perspiration from his forehea,
~ ~, aren't we nearly there?"
pUn, yes. It's just mile or So"
s.sT%t dropped his bag. !
,,a mats what you said 1t was, ba,
"Rid II We'll, maybe it ISM. so Z,
wbiia Ss now now Let me carry your b
mus taunted. he rose took the b,
.nlb lett hand md foua,,,oJ