Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-14
THIS BEGINS THE STORY

lSallv disappointed her family, toho
.,aufed boz, and she. tods only a
smbov. Escdpndes lead to shipping
,yyf M TO a Devon farm. Sally is
syIaffed toith her neD surround
s., ,.n, and friends, particularly Mdrk
""sJcrson, a gentleman farmer, tpho
e.Ss, a her toheil she falls through the
ss't ~ though he is gruf With her for
w tsepin1 TO safe place as she is
nJu IA Then no hohtens the rebuke
,'.sI n Hiss. Her father Visits her,
;s.roino ;~ a bio, good looking man, in
ooln,SSSy",d onSSSd as Lionel Cham pion, toho
I'm, curt ,Chen Marks ndmo is
wsntiored. II seems ne holds The
"orfod0eS on Marks estates and had
,";rcd his father. Mark proposes to
ssnv, and, when the farmers rife
Ssars of il she IS much disturbed.
/, Wsrk tells Sally he is not yet IN q
Saancial position to marry. Mr.
Ciompion comes again and Is sur
.T,ed at SallV's engagement. She
{;afs thdt he might release some Of
he mortgages he holds on Marks
o,opcrty. @ Ho agrees to do so, on
ppordition that il her engagement to
garE is broken, she ,oill give him a
shance: Later Sally is shocked BY
= nofe from Mark stating that he
l,ccs her but ia ~ no position to
rayrv. When she sees him he says
|u best they forget each other. Then
1, ,eas gone. DisiiIusioned, Sally
Sso;des TO return home to London.
Tks last day in DeDon passes
hsapiIp. She meditates on her dis
ilasion in lore.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
= MIGHT live for years yet! And so,
| why should I not have as good q
fine as possible? What was the use OF
st,rnally wearing the willow for "A mar
who cared nothing for me?
But just for a minute / shut my eyes
and thought of Mark as he had looked
uben he first kissed me; OF the fee
NJ his arms round me and the touch
Of bis lips on mine.
But il was only for a minute. The
next | was on my feet. trying desper
stely to think Of something else, to look
forward, always forward, and never
once behind.
I crept into bed and lay facing tho
trelight till I fell asleep. But could
only have slept little while, for whcr
I woke with n start the grandfather
clock outside my door was striking
sleyen, and I sat up in bed and countcL
the slow strokes with n swiftly beating
heart.
For it was not the clock that had
wakened me nor any little sound in
The house; but the instructive feeling
that some one had called my name.
listened, but l could hear nothing
"a dream" l thought, and lay down
again and closed my eyes.
But almost Immediately was up in
bed once more, breathing fast, for
knew---though l had not actually heard
any sound-that some one was nenr
me, trying to attract my attention.
Mark! Ny first thought flew to him.
only to be dismissed. What could he
want with me? But after II moment /
crept out of bed and over to the win
dow.
The FIRE was still burning brightly,
and as drew aside the blind to peer
out its light must have shown up my
figure distinctly to any one outside.
1t was very still night and star
light, but l could see nothing down in
the garden, save the queer shapeleSs
bushes beneath the window and beyond
them the irregular line of the stone wall
that divided the farm property from
that road.
But stood there until l was trem-
bling with cold, and then l crept back
10 bed.
1t must have been a dream, that was
all And by and by ! fell asleep, and
only woke to find my room filled with
daylight.