Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-27
SUNNY DUCROW
ann, STARTS THE STORY
by HENRY ST. JOHN COOPER

rms STARTS THE STORY .,
-nwbeth Ann Ducro,c, knotcn as
.ya,Wy," iCHS Bert Jackson nat she
'SHm,"ISo' IN make something Of herself
Rigg""Sj ,jdc IN q motorcdr some day
| on" boib york in a pickle factory.
Ihtg TrSs tCith her grumbly aunt on
SHnng sircet. Hungeiing for % day
a Ws" hc countrD and having no money,
h,,,,, o. ,r and Bert sing on the street for
onsnics aud arc arrested. AZ the court
Psmmn. 10 Leslie MontreSSor, actress.
hoNSt iu,nrcSsed with Sunny'S orig
Sh'utD Shgu 70 aid brings her to Mac Hem.
iHdN.g,, theatre manager, Uho DtUeS
W"y en,1H mart IN q reUuo. Bert Is
hG op TOO. sunny has rare nertt-
idH, "bor,, 1Ctt.CsS--tUhtle BGrt'8 dtCk-
IS S.~d ~ 'SirUidity is mistaken tor real
Nu,,go on her first appearance SUNNI
aC.mys bCr lines, but, eUer resource
ior,g,a,",rr1js 10 the audience TO be pa
lnh "PnTUd "1iUo her chance Her
. hcnt Ii1oly Origindt speech makes q
rJi' bOudUet ConcedHng a dtd-
1 "hiL', ,,u,Innt from Lord Dobrington
monn"" sunny at the close OF hcr
e., ~" rj1bL she returns the pchddht,
RpcT, outlines q pot jor nIW pt1v
bu. Gppcdrs IN dlm for tchtch Shc
sunny I" t,r, 1linedS q ddy. She lends
IS punSs,nJS TO Mr. johnson, OF the
&g yfocio,1J. and has a hdU interest
picEn Jh,,giuCss. Dobrington gets en-.
" wi,J NTH an actress dnd goes INC
long''Tu MS mother calls on SUNNI TO-
puo,' bcr son from "thdt WonLa,;
S'nnv looks up the ,o,, odresr o. o,ny on
CdSS1n opd nCieJwdrd calls at Bles.
idnglI"' UoWsc. she has afternoon ted
ScndoIJ, ,,J,, Blessenddie. Then she
rhh h""C Fab "NctC Scotland Yard,
hdlpn ,be policcmen live ]" Sho Sdtd'
""'' IvD HERE IT CONTINUES
CHATTER NNNNH
SHARED
,,,rr be bothered If | know what on
I" earth girl like you wants to come ne
10 a P!aa",,v,i"IIy, This place bores me
%;.od %la "'I'i TOW long do you want TO stay
Sr1a, sum, ronr :" Sunny said. The theatre
,.or w, thpv had taken cab. ana
Nas Nov we're sitting in Il corner OF
Io" IN ,,rrI danCing-saloon at RendIe-
sham's ,,.,,,ro au unusuallv
.ood one, was disCoursing music rev
g,ncing really well, as they ought 10,
Caoarsdcring that dancing was part oil
,Ecir business In ire. a., ,,-,,
~, had gone twelve. and the night
, ,nb was slowly filling up.
Arthur CurtiSs. with crumpled Shirt
,r1n, his hands deep In his pockets and
srowI ur complete boredom on his race
,Sat with his legs stretched OUT pesldc
Srrrv ~, sunny sat with her elbows on
a little table, ,.,.. A.
,'you'I have to have something for the
,ood of the house. suppose. he
HSSTT don't mind :" Sunny sah.
Curti.s hcckOncd a walter.
what win It be-" he said. where S
The win" li$i'
Soon and butter with it, Curtiss
asked Jeer.ugIy. m
40, I'm not particularly hungry; I'll
gctIon with just n cup of tea;
MANY more people were drifting in
LOW that the theatres were closed
Arthur Gurttss yawned. How long?"
he demanded.
"Wcl. If YOU amt n bright and pleas
ant rnmuauiuu, Arthur 90 Sunny said
IT'S real pleasure to come out witt
you
Hr laughed. sorry and all that hC
said, "but this place gets on my nerves
And you don't mean to tell me you are
enjoying lUursclf'"
Its interesting. anyway" Sunny
said
'InCN. NJ YOU are SO hcelI, WHY IO
jon. why not bc a member"
"Nol me. thanks; once is enough
and Sunny paused. She started ant
then stared her eyes grew rather hard
ner mouth, that red'lipped, laughing
happy mouth of hers, grew suddenly
stern.
Two noY,umcrs had entered the room
he" WIS 'ouc Of them 1t was SOm'
weeks sine she had seen Darlington
and Sh, l,uiiHcd that the weeks had not
Improved him. He looked jadcd anC
cdfpworu, he looked rather i'll, too. Hr
handsome. boyish face had lost some
thing Of tine buyishncss and good hGalt'
and freshness that Sunny had always
liked about him.
By his side was woman. woman
at whom most of tn" other wOmer
turned aud stared. She was dressed
mtgniIr.uUy, OVcrdrcsscd. in outrage
OuSy bad taste. She was not exactly
pretty, hu, thero was something fasCi
hating about her white face. Her hair
was a vivid rcd-nOt the real red, th'
gorgeous red Of nature like Sunny's owl
locks. but Il magenta red, very, very OBJ
vously the work Of the dye factory.
She WAS talking and laughing loudly
Size h.Id DohringtOn's arm and seemed
. BE- IIlo'InE him, rather than he plot
ing her, r." Il seat opposite where sunny
and turu~~ sat.
"Know rnat chap" Curtiss muttered
lord Darlington. Rather decent sort
o" used to be; that cats got him in hel
tolls Bad lot. Don't look at her
Sunny he said suddenly. 81 dom
Ike t" rhlnn ot your looking at that sort
NJ woug,m say, haven't you hac
"olgh Of this" Let's clear out old
gn"
"I'm ready. Arthur - she said. Lets
clear out 900
And IEos cleared.