Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23

'e"y PiiOWb' u HunuhOTne youth ne
was, with masses Of thick brown hair,
and features almost womanish in their
beauty, but the figure beneath the cover.
ing rug was shrunken and deformed-.-
the hands, stretched so helplessly on
1t. were white and delicately trans
parent.
"Jill bent and kissed them.
did not mean to stay out so late
but 1t was such a lovely afternoon
You'll be able to come with
me next Sunday, Don--we shall have
the chair by then. .'. ~.
tcrested; he yswned. Cant we have
teay"
She moved away at once she nut
the kettle on the fire she lii a small
lamp and brought It to the center Of
the table she wheeled the boys couch
into the freight. The couch was the
best piece Of furniture In the room
1t had taken Jill six months to pay for
it--six months during which she went
daily without her lunch, and walked
the three miles to the Office.
She laid the cloth, and began to cut
some bread and butter; she talked away
cheerily all the time.
There was such funny Salvation.
list Mt the corner Of Linda Road y
l stopped to listen to him =
he kept on inviting us all to come and
ave a dip In Jordan he
ee," ,e y, very nuch III earhest ABOUT II,
Don a1d "n uot ,u L.;
6,ed drenn,iiv on "S tSe a., us Eye WIZ
KatbvSH ha a sSsd anadanir ""e'e
Jili hesitetcd sbo amshaS ,;,.,.
~ don't know but 7 flint sho n.os
going IN meet NJ I;,iyord - en- soiS
ar last '"' '"'"
"She's n foo, tbe, - so;d Dor h,r,,I,
Jill shrugged Eer shonldcrs '''n'
"Ob. I don't know she bas srch
little fun In her iife---you can,t biome
her for taking anything that comes
along"
Hes no good why won t
he ever come here II he really means
anything man she picked up
in the street
I'LL interrunted eaoerIv =.
"Oh. Dow not so bad as tbatv, ber
face was flushed and distressed. "She
met him on n bus--it was pouripv with
rain and he offered To share his nm.
brclia with her Won know
that's how it wasv'
Don grunted: his voice was n curious
contrast to the refinement of his face
he spoke grufly-almost commonly,
Anyway he's no good. or bc'd te,,
US all about himself and his pcople," he
maintained obstinately. "Kathy aiways
was a fool
Jill bit her lin.
"At any rate" she said after n mo-
ment, Il should do Just the same as
she's done IL I had a chance. envy
her. l envy her most awfully for hay.
ing some one to make a fuss of her-to
to look at her as IL she's the
most wonderful woman In the world
and he does. you know he does.
Don, no matter what you may say! He
he simply adores her, so there
She went over to the window and
looked down the street: il was gradu.
ally getting dark now: lights were
twinkling in some of the houses oppo-
site in the distance she could hear the
band.
She thought again of the tall man
with the eyegIass whom she had seen
standing on the edge of the crowd : she
wondered IL there were any woman in
the world whom he adored as Ralph
Hillyard adorcd Katby: II there was
any woman whose heart beat faster
when she saw him coming M the street
with his slow, lazy walk,
She stihed a little sigh
"The kettles boiling over" said
Don.
She flew back to the fire: she made
the tea. and poured it out: she was
Just sitting down to the table when The
downstairs door opened and shut again.
"Kathy - she said quickly.
She pushed back her chair and went
out on to the landing; she leaned over
the shaky balusters' looking into the
narrow passage below.
u;., ,uo. .or,;.a nm .ho s.o;.
,,., hs err was hr so,s a,an uP a'doN . sur" m ia
SelIow T IiSbt Of tbe cbeon hanging lamn
IN tha hent mil. n virI with the On ms
eyouis;tc features as tbe invalid how In
Tho front room n GIRL whose ewes sSona
With a ou;et hannincss which made I'm
cotcb ber hreoth with n sort ~ jnnuiny
envy as she went eagerly toward her
e"sni 'iIIon, 40 'h i",o vo,, sra Eothv Eh "
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"ess St Jus, m+ sbs ban ondS " q, ' h.r s,s.or,s
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snou."ers snour erss an" 'e"'''N Ae' i"ee WIZ"
eaE9I e.nh e'e e'eKo.hv-bos be bos
l.. Sn' "e n"'
ne Katbv nodded
unere liner! was mttie sliehG N;e1r ., ,,,
on' you ,e, iuShs, iuSas sn' sa'o Sh 81,
with little break IN her voice. VOICE She
stooped-she was good zeal talier than
Kothy--and kissed her on poth "heeks'
I'm so glad-so awiaiiy gad. she
said in a whisper. She Kept kathys
hand in her own as they went back mt"
the room together; poh was iyins WIN
his face turned to the door; there was
rather disagreeable smile on his beau
tiful mouth.
Has he been ana gone ana done