Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-22

xSfT,s good o. you TO COME ns"
VI" nro,J I'm a great bother to
y 4 I'm agr.a'u =" she broke of
ySya,o !" "'s she said breathlcssly.
,ou ,. sont for me: Ralph told me
lou rrny nm and asked me to come
you aa otherwise J should not nave
rounuLJs II II Is a mistake
MT he knew by her face that 1t was
.rd his own whitenea'
aDJ mi tried to laugh: ,a. !, ,os
"J wasn't expecting !ou WI ~,
ihoSrpp-i hSp" am glad to see you again DC
av. a.ro you leave England. ,,
IVY IL did not take the chalr shc 'hu'
,.ied or move step forward, .u. ,,,-o
~ will go at once, an an sorrE & tncre re
"a, been a mistake :, halph must hu'e
,unJiSnderstood uJ the message. ,;.,,,
les; hnr voice, eyes, think he
quiyer ,o =" misunderstood it.-dciiber-
mus. "' II rang him up to say
nat nat - that had chansed my m,na' a.
and did not want to see you, "n" no,id SUP no,
,,nse - . instead she "ou'o no'
20 on. -, ,o,., understand ::
~ uI'm atralU u'' ,
r.,,antvre's voice was merely formal.
lauyv, lanvn,, moan that you arc not willing
.,Jor.tond - she said in n whisper.
W. shrugred his shoulders.
% .,vo,; ~ are talking in riddles. II Hill
i for come reason of his own, has
!., 49,, round here. car only apologize
sen' ~ I hone YOU believe tnnt should
anu 81 have come if I had not thought
,hst you wished it,
'ns,y Was 7 believe that - but--but |
,,ouid have been sorry not to have said
eood.by to you.
~ 81 seem to have spent the last two
v..r. saving good-by to you. he said.
!.nnIv this time, it is-really-good-
"ch. did not answer. and he vert on ::
T.,, an, running away rather thar stay
ana face the music. Lots OF my friends
con,e through bankruptcy with Lying
.c,ors hut II doesn't appeal 70 me-
-t.,e nublicity.' He looked at her. and
srS, again. ~ am glad to have seen
.yo,i-gdod by. :"
''"Good BY !" She took his hand there
.rou hard note Of defiance in her
voice.
So it was all over. He had come.
and she had seen him. and this was the
very end. ., a., 49,.
handle. and he uttered little cxCInma .
tion Of impatience, half turning to lock
nt her then all at once he swung round.
"Jill"' She was standing where he
had left her. her face hidden in her
hands.
He went across to her--"Don =
DON'T cant bear you to cry. a.
"Oh. 20 awny--go away ." but
even as ne turned to.obcy She caught his
band: her face was SNOW white. she
could hardly speak.
"Oh. don't go--I didn't mean it.
- q" The words were only painting
whisper She swayed little where she
stood.
He would not look at her.
"You don't know what vou'r" say
ing" he stommered Mt last. I'm a
ruined man-I've nothing in nll the
world to give to any woman. even ii
you = or. for Gods sake. let me go,
Jill - }" | can't stand it.
"And cant stand it. EITHER she
answered passionatcly. "Oh. | thought
my pride was everything. but it isn't
. II isn't. We have such q little while
given us in which to he happy
when Kathy died. her voirc broke.
"0h, when she died. I kept wondering
how I should have felt if it had brcn
you, and I'd never told you that that
''' it was all forgotten. and forgiven
''' and that Id love you-always-
even though oh, Cyrus Cyrus
80 She slipped to ner knees. clnspinG
bis hand. holding il against her cheek.
"Jill, for Gods sake He lifted her
forcibly to her feet; he held her firmly
You don't understand. dear" he said
at last you're rich woman, will
the world at your fcct--
She interrupted tragically: T'v,
nothing-if you won't stay. I've beer
miserable ever since since
| thought money was everything. anC
now ] hate it there's nobody
In the world who cares what becomes
OF me II you don't. 49,
"I'm not worthy threw my chance
away. last year"
She broke down into bitter sobbing.
ooh. you're cruel. cruel. You max,
me say it all. 49, II you loved mc----'
~ | loved you--" He caught he,
70 his heart with uncontrollnble pas
sion "Jill-you can't have though
what it means. People viii say tina
I've married you for your money"
She clung to him. what does i
natter? They said tho same thing whei
you we're engaged to Erica Hewing. ant
you didn't mind
her."
1T makes no difference. love you
too--l can't be happy without you
Don you owe me something for-fo
i '' last year,"
her head dropped with sudden shame
a little groan escaped him. II ow
you more than ] can ever repay-bu
iast year stands between us, more thar
( my poyerty-more even than you
money, Jill"
You mean that-thnt you don't wan
"-marry me-evcn now"
he did not answer, and she discngagc,
herself from his arms. Some day