Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-09
-,,e CHARTS THE STORY

ord u. crooS' ,go crime on Robert Ashe,
o'heT,Sts, SENS ske Of the scheme and
Brun mISGsri ISsr lore for him.. tchich he
rereds "u urcciDrocatc. AShe ,cas
does i mgI bvt ut no uandal, a thief but a
crinl,no' crin V"' A stranger offers AM
geniNemo""r,e "r,eward Of $4,000 II he can
6ro;e " cridcuce against "Lddv-
proan.S ,5ot triH send hin, TO prison
fnggS ueors Al social function
tor "p "pp.SoSei SteiberL is 10 tCcdr her
yrs, nSG" nSS;Gomoud and Polly asks Bobby
fiIHosS; fHs u he wiH get il for her. .Ashe
AMs V,be diamond for one minute,
hpluS ri, i hand is StrucE and the genee
ThsH D." ~, Ibe around. He escapes amid
tGus ~ .bof, and Ambrose IN pursuit.
gMg; Gt a large house ne teits OF
hrtIH and revealing a detecttpes
we ""bioius admission, NndtCdre hdt
nar, o.""cr Uy is Mrs. StetherH. He Is
me y"%, N act array in borrowcd
oooa' hen n muflCd man and Rachel
esIyt esIyytsrI arrire on the scene. do as
Gn.ImT Gnt.m vov, :" SAYS the man TO AShe.
ivt e" are 10 be mn secretary, and ash
lVu Vn,c,tions." But Mrs. Stctherit
70 qot5er pIdus. She first fires her
@s o,o,s ys'I, sccrctdry aud then appoints
Isle to the place. .,,, t,oacr oocre.
,Sot IL ,c1s bit notcrOrthy that
he had been taken wnhoW qHeSt'oh
into the confidence ot h,s cmp'oyer as
|pch as he had-Out Mcn ne Mrug.
d ssd his 8houIdcrS. Thcre Wero 100
rGny questions TO DC dhSCe'e" 10
sliow Of his beginning nero. M
One day, ont Of a clear SKY. Hqd-
Am surprised him By asking, "When
Is your birthdnW : o1,.
first Of May -
=" AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
,1OW, he didn't know that he had
Nboen born upon the first day of May,
b,, be didn't know that he hadn't.
pirtbjays had been forgotten by him
hr many a year after his mother had
Jsd But be liked the idea of setting
,oort natal day, day not to mark
,bs missing of the years and the drawing
=, ,rsr closer TO the end of things mum
5,pcs but rather as time upon which
"a celebrate the glorious fact of having
so,c into A highly satisfactory world.
% Tbe first of MAY did as well as another
day. , -
IJaddon told everything lie could learn
from him to Mrs. Stetherli. For the
Old woman, looking at him sharply while
he was typmg from his scrawled notes,
demanded: :,
Is IT, .
Il was. He saw that she was staring
at him harder than usual, her brows
punched up in that ugly scowl of hers.
"Humph :" said Rachel Stetheril.
And then, rather because he enjoyed
tayin: her rail at him than for any
ether clear reason. he said:
"lyc always been in the habit of
CELEBRATING the occasion. DO you sup
lose you could give me the day off, Mrs.
SPtheril?"
lie said it pleasantly, quite as though
realizing that be was asking a great
favor, but doing so with the equal rca
isatOn that the person of whom he
asked it was the most good natured,
generous, thoughtful of others individ-
ual in the world. For an instant he
wondered il the old woman were going
70 attack him bodily with her stick. Her
eyes looked fairly murdcrous.
And then he scarcely knew
Why - he had the swift impress
sion be had had before now, that the
evil geam was but summoned to mask
q strange sort of kindiness.
You young whipper- snapper :" she
flung at him. when do | ever take a
day of because I've got birthday, d
like to know
AShe promptly forgot the trifling cpl
tode in the press of hundred other
matters 10 think about. But he re-
membercd it again, and again he won =
dered at the dinner table the last day of
April.
"Haddou, the old woman had said
over her dessert. II want YOU to give
ME the entire morning tomorrow. I've
sent for the fool directors of the Lock =
worth Railroad, and we'll go over
everything. Steele, you keep out of my
tg1t' / don t want you sticking around
and getting in my way"
And thus his holiday was coming to
hlm' Not handed to him with bow,
II you please; rather hurled at him like
q bone to II hungry dog, both dog and
zone hustled out into the back yard.
:, mat night Mrs. Stethcril commanded
LyeIyn to 60 to the piano and for heav-
Gu S sake to play something decent for
once in her life. And then she chased
AsAe and Haddon after the girl into the
music room.
AShc liked to smoke after dinner.
VlIy when he had gone to the music
room with Evelyn and Haddon did he
.'% us pipe. AS Evelyn took her place
a. a. Tue piano he Slipped away and ran
Up IHe Two flights OF stairs. At the
tssT IsSq OF the second flight he came sud
uIIny ia'c to face with Mrs. Stctheril,
@ "uo was was hu"ryimg with her quick, merry
0uS IittIc steps down the long corridor.
,D-.n lou you she cried ut him
HSlIyriiy; '''Whut do you mean 2"
"Iu1 send You into the music room 2"
g. bGt SurrIy,' he smiled back at her,
u. you haven't any objection to me com
'"S SWp up AFTER my pipe. = ="
"yonour n"ur pipe. she snapped him up.
'o.Ts man, if you dare spy On me
ii, but, Mrs. Stethcril," he said, mys.
W" uu,u' NJ haven't any wish to spy on
'0"' r why on earth ""
ION be impudent !" she cut him
'rt't o", 'Gct out of my way! And keep
Von von Of my way tomorrow. And, mind
ttS"t, mind YOU you keep your mouth
aoWuI about y"
MMtuSily she was embarrassed Rachel
ISiSS'neril Iise embarrassed She stood before
H .sn S'ammering he was not snrc
"%' S.% a huSh of color. pink. pale color
rSoo,nCt Sa nCt crcpt up into the withered
sI"JlS S%vIAS Shc sought for words which
'1USa a tonn her looking for all the world like
dumtNS"ue tTSue, ued schoolgirl. Ashe stared
5.n,o,h ,oh' the devil" she cried out sud.
Ser r'.' w.. strange, utterly false notc in
| IA To TpuayGrlnS voice. "If YOU dare sneak
S% Ava l drive you out of the house :"
with I"u Shc was gone down the stairs
rron,m meyer "A backward look. Ashc,
/ on t~s 70 In IN a sort Of mental fog hurried
I, ~ MS room In ,ro,. /. /,