Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-26
TuIs STARTS THE STORY

iosv and dcnounoes Ashe, other
ag.s'" ea;.s I" Jadvfngers," as the criminal.
ysgg ,cith or ,oiiiout evidence, the
w. sn, oarse to tastcn the crime on him.
~ W nj, point, Polly, daughter Of
10 L.. n ,eoard for Polly, but Is suspi-
go," e,on, of her preference for LADY
gov. W A stranger, disguised TO
thpe.s,e IL announced. "You arc
me R,yni And you, Lieutenant Am
ih@s,,D,," i@ he says, ~ todnt to tdlk
wySS' "!,S you about a man named Ashe.
T." TI,he ;s a criminal. He deserves no
.aa,iderdtion. He is q menace TO soct.
eyT Wv" Tkc hour he Is arrested
End vou toith s.fcient evidence
"ooin,f him aud on q charge to send
I.. to the penitcn.iarp for not less
ma" .oms TO me for s5o00." Mean,ohile
Iadvfnoers qmuses himself reading
nostry, for u - springtime, and thus
PolIy LeBran finds AIM. Sno teus
mm S 4 S,, father at the bottom Of II,
a"S S they driH into personalities.
pT"JyfnoSys is made diodre of Pollv's
a.ni y,cogrd for him. No,o in q general
,o ,.o. Bobbie Ashe tcished t1ell to every
s.ito,o XIX yovaocr bound doion the great
!,,sou O nj life. He could rob an over.
All safe or pick q bul0ing pocket toifh
r. merriesf heart IN The toorld; II IS
.s,y "e much to be doubted II, though a
colSen REGARD pere offered him, he
sovM have borne to have pounded the
tesiiuos of q little child or Of the old
,rom1n ,pho sold papers at the corner
NJ Kcarncy and M0rket. He tods
c,im;nol out no cdnddl; he iods q
thief but none the less a gentlemen.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
>F KEENLY sensitive nature him
v self. he felt swiftly and sharply for
Polly in the distress which at last was
50 obvious to him.
With no knowledge Of the subtleties
a, a woman's soul, with no understand
,Dg OF the meaning of love other than
,b,. drawn vaguely from the songs OF
the amorous poets, he sought none the
less to deal with the solution OF the
rirl's problem. So, quite naturally, al
though with the most kindly intentions
IN the world, he did the wrong thing.
His mind raced. Polly thought that
she was In love because it was her time
Of life to feel the first thrills OF the
tender passion; she believed herself to
be In love with him because he happened
TO be on hand at the psychological time.
Here was the thought with which Ashe
began. From it, shaping other thoughts
swiftly, he went on before he spoke.
Polly had been led to bestow this first
romantic affection upon him very largely
for the reason that he stood alone, one
against all; because she had been Of
help to him because he had at all times
shown to her a certain courtesy which
he and no other man had ever bestowed
upon her. All that Ashe had to do now
so he thought-was to show her that
be did not need her, that he had never
appreciated her, that he was not the
man she had believed him. He saw
the tendr"s of the girls passion which
were above the surface it was not given
him to guess what roots pierced down.
ward, into what depth they reached.
Whereas, Polly's first sniff had been
an utter failure that young woman
had not stopped there. There had been
love in her heart, then shame. then
anger. She sniffed again. Her eyes
were dry now they met Ashes steadily.
Polly lie Brun was sprung from fighting
stock That second sniff was an un-
qualified, croyning triumph.
"Let's get bock on the boat," said
Polly shornIv "Don't You 90 and aat
oT ~ ~ shhafpny, tha ply so, Ion y1u 20 nnu get
b~couse "s ";ri s,;ns ~, yon oooi t;, n nu 5uodi
then Her. como % - yo ts,1 vni p ~" =" "nu
"Rv srn Cn,iv TSie p"ns - o,. outi you As,o bal,
deccIc.d ISnS, Sn h Gu. ;a,, al asne, as, hat
msnner ond ~ tnv tnna hnt qaTA stii, dt ansG oi
IN 90 o.and ',,,,S ~ Ia .,n insu t
had worIed o"t W." ..i'no r." @ nn, sna,h; ~, a nc te
tell vom W. o', ,o,,,t tsiI SUI 1vens enn IN
you; Tn ,US ~, WI ~. ,oen i hny ohe, WI
S'n STsE Hod dVe cleaned up pretty close to
pocket but ~. whare 7 .sU sU' ,roh ~ !. my my
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It pretty bot here % for me w ~ vel, T "I phi
"Rivbt .u,u,, .u,o, ,ouu ,.,,-
H. a""' a'neu fo'is q''eAiy'
ttrS tiE nodded: hight away
fGr good, Polly, And then, since
orh eon, IN the game he was playing he
bOor,it borah prlns himself to be utterly
bo"rLL't.ss, ne AIDED: NOT until I've
usm. rsmo you such present that you'll
,ereLnoer me al ways, Polly. Not until
dre0nI "" Iad suca dinner you never
pniI,'u ol peiore'
Iolly looked at him shrewdly.