Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-28


No doubt the Cherry Lodge pconlc
and their interests were we'll known
to the landlord here and the fe,r
loungers who talked together at a center
tnole. The Fortune Hunter glanced
arprehensivcly round him, but every one
seemed bent on his own. concerns, and
not glance was turned his way.
lie finished his drink hurrledly, and
mad risen to leave tho place when his
attention was caught by the mention
OF name that had In the last fcw
his life. ~ III
back. after nll!"
The Fortune Hunter locked up
sharply, hin face flushing, but he sat
down quietly near to the speaker. and,
taxing up a paper, held II 80 as to
screen him while he listened further.
IL was quite possible that he nigh,
pick up some useful information here.
he, thought. even while he was half
ashamed Of the hope.
The landlord. who leaned over the
bar was the man who had male the
remark. and u seemed to be- addressed
TO the company in general, though one
or thcm--n sharp faced, rather rat.
eyed man IN corduroy brooches and n
cont with frayed siceves--was the one
who answered:
I'm! So they say. But I've heard
lneih sort of reports many times, and
IS mover come true"
ITS true this time, though" the
landlord insisted quietly. rcflIing
glass that bad been handed up TO lin.
lt seems that he was on his way to
ne house and that It was ho who pulled
Mr. Tom out of tho water"
Tho sharp faced mon snccrci.
hats two events for Somcrton in
ono day" he said. What with the
drad, man IN the wood, and Mr.. Smith
turning up, after all, we're getting
What's the story Of this Mr..
cdly.
The landlord leaned his arms on the
counter again and prepared to tell what
he knew.
Nobody rightly knows the facts"
he said, but It all happened ten years
ago, when Miss Anne was quite u
schoolgirl. I remember her we,l--it
was before she come 10 live along Of Mr..
Harding, though she often spent her
holidays here from school.
Lots Of stories got round; how that
she'd run away from school aud got
married, but that she'd been brought
onck home. Some people >uid the man
was already married; others that II
was only her money be was after and
That MIR. Harding, who was their guard.
ian, so to speak, had had the mar
riagc squashed, IL you know what |
mean.
Some people said that the man wos
-
dtsgraccful and had to clear OUT Of the
country, but nobody seemed to know the
rights Of the story, except that Miss
Anne wouldn't look at any Of tho gen.
tlemcn round here, and she might hove
had Mr.. Foster, M at the Towers, for
the asking, II she'd had mind.
"And now, after nine or ten years, |
it must be. hear that he's walked
back as cool as you please. this Mr.
Smith. ond they're going to be- mar.
ried." lie took a pul at ,hc GLASS Of
ale beside him and wiped his mouth
with thr back Of his hand. Good
,rck to 'cm, anyway. ] say" he said
heartily.
The sharp faced man Snccrcd.
Good luck to ON! They'll need
all that und then some more" he snId |.
hastily. And I'm surprised at Mr.
turning 3HOWlnS any marriage CT nj I
with such 4 rallyWag as This Mr..
Smith" lie drew tive corners Of his
mouth down 10 an ugly lcer. Mr.. /.
Smith \ fine name. And one an,
man might take If he wishes TO forget |
his own" The landlord laughed.
Now then Fernie." he said good. |
naturedlv ,.wbat hee have rou 90, In |
your bonnety The voung feliow's done
,nu ,o born, ho, Lap,i
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