Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-02
-.,prs THE STORY

Ju s.d KsiAe lnsser lmt KoiAy 10
ktlS! er'pr,s PARRY Ralph H'lfvora'
speA y w,",sd a "iope IN COZ,
III hee pIS., ~, HdIyard u rica. Don'
~ We, 'Ioa little fsith ~ HM,
N keM~juf feeis that kdfhb pM
4 ..si tw them, oa, ;.' !. ,mp,oysd
iAsM s:,..s"scrcpkw, gets ecqsa,m;,g'u q,;.',,
siiA Cy,s,. !. friend Of Hillydrd. She
~aa ~ ,.,, ,sitA lin, but unaer.
fslh " III must marry nonev 70
dssts ~. ~ \: ~ ;Jisness. Don e siok
Mfrs,i a~ ~ "sS az jusi too late Rdthv
~. q ss appearance. Do,w ,J;l
etsns ves cant 10 gee Don 800
E iSs telt a. hdfhv 'fe,. fjJ:t., a.,
eaesi ~ ~, IN her new. oeoaIVu,
! Ers"ss sss ,oi.h thdt oddly nervous
eMw " IN hr blue eyes.
a,s,'E IN HERE IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER X ,,,,
y n. ,i.ntyre had gone, Jill went
n1S !. Don's room. She sat down
"a nor hands clasped tightly
stN nm nmh,r eyes fixed on his face
M ~, ., Al brooding ierceness.
~ ! ~, IN pumbed and dead tof
!. ~ mscent, at least, sne cow Wo.hr r"mss h. q
s,I.s Ssyond the fact that kstny hsd :
ss ssLss tIcm over--that Kathy , nsa
~, ,,,.h them; that In her new nle,
W w wsaa, ss she was with her new
sss..ss slsss she could nnd no place for
~ .,.S, die, and Kathy would not
Majill-might ~ be utterly alone
X. world, but Kathy would 10 on
"a, ,erenely, not troubling.
..smsi impossible that 1t could De
shsiy Katby--of whom she was
tiI., tNsse hard, cruel things. They
S Ss.S sseh other 20 much, they
t.,ii, been separated for one day
~ SsisA Hillyard came into their
,s; NJ nd now he had finally pnr'eo
n, ,,ov.d restlessly and moaned q
~. ~ .bS lifted a hand and mechani :
~ M st,cked his hair; 1t crossed her
~ IN 4 sort Of dull emotion that
s.,haos, she would not have even
~. M socn she would be alone IN
-, usly rooms in the ugly street
~ IL % hated.
M. eS,sp clock in the sitting room
- sise vheezily; Tallentyre had
y, h.sn sope half an hour-it seemed
s,s,rity she wondered how soon he
n,,r--;f he would bring Knthy
I,mssif or II she would come with
Rslph. , -.
Iheurht mechanically; she wondered II
1 wss The first they had given since
Ikdr return from Paris. II any ont
kM tod her yesterday that Kathy
roun want to give the first party ol
S,r rarricd life without her sister be-
fss there, Jill would have laughed with
besrn; but now she merely wondered
huly why Kathy had so definitely ex'
kluded her.
M moments crept by; Don 10!
auj,isr; she could hear that his breath
1sr was more even; aie LEANED forward
Snd drew the clothes more closely rount
kh shoulders.
| Hsli.past 0 struck-Jill moistenet
(H dry lips.
surely Kathy should be here now
lutly she could not live so for ava!
hat Il need take all this time to come
bh remembered with bitterness tina
bAA had never seen her sisters new
hone; that she did not even know
khsre II was.
II was nearly ten when she heard {
laxi race up the street her heart CAV,
Cfeat thump and seemed to stant
ktll; she rose stiffy from her chail
hnd tptoed into the other room and II
The door.
sM stood for n moment listening
then she remembered that neither Knth!
pr Tillentyre had latch key; SCI
|novsd stlfhy on and went down thu
barrow stnirs to open the door.
Ialltntyre stood there a,onc
There was moments silence, Jill.
syes went duly past him to the nigh,
beyond anu then came back to his face
kathy-hasn't-hnsn't she Gomez
he took her hand and drew her bach
Pato the passage; he clcseds the door
asalnst the cool night air.
1t wasn't her fault" he said ran.
ldy, u saw Hillyard--I saw her hus
psnd he would not let me see her; ht
nld hs would not have her worried and
disturbed tonight. They-thoy have q
~ q people there . : What could
\ cel ! couldn't insist-nnd after ali
,lcacrrow morning-be has promised
saat sns shall come first thing tomorrow "
morning ." "
!il stared at him DULY; she could
~. -. nd herself Of the feeling that this
xAl not really happening ut uli; that
!. Ms only a sort OF nightmare at
Snlen me would presently laugh, hav-
~! proved its unreality.
tomotrow-' abe said slowly; thv
"una OF her own voice seemed to have
;svakehed her to a more acute sense OF
.~hn ~ Icmorrow may be too late
ns added sharply.
=, ;,,eh.yfs " h3. looked away from the ag-
vi,t quo o,,,y ny best" he said again. IL
Sn ~, l could have done morc,r
sm fehed against the wall of tbc
issIOw Iw passage; her body felt sore ond
,..as as II It had been bruised ali
Ssn .ne pain at her heart seemed Ia
AN S., found al echo in her limbs s,,d :.
|n,s ~ sGe turned away ami hiding her
"JIiii "ef y arm she began to sob wildly
d, '.,l.. Ill, said TNllentyre. with sud .
WV Ma emotion--"Jill )" Ho ru,
. s'a round her shoulders. Dan,
err oont' for Gods snkc. don't
o,l he had never felt no Sorry for
dun anil ~ MS life; his hear, bururd w;ti ~iT
ii, tS tSor.y against kathy and lllIlyard,
Of rs,eI' uo.In' OF his friend with a sort
ircm wh,.anu OF the magnificent bomsc
il. Tn'sh h he had just come
E,M. naa tried to insist on scoi,,
fused A'm'e'f' but Ralph had re- .
i. ,., . won't have her worried " ,os -,
\. AZ would y. say. Shes ncryo',s omh WIS al
strange N. p.ouIo ,IIonsht Of meeting 30 many an
ionirSt people O9 as Il is. Don won + die
had dSi Su;.sd ana even II he does " :" I'o ho
4 ea,.,ed sh,'sned the broken sentcnco ,r,th
II NE S.d shrus Of his shoulders WIN
yN had 1eTn on,'. useless to argue: Tallen
supreme .S oSa,y Kept his temper with ,
Irtttsd Al, mort; .; he had fumed and
be Ssd the way back in th. ta,i wv. .
ii. II \ Known how .adly Jill w"'i, v"n
hinsIi ,1,,a nsa come over Ka,hy. he asked
fdsnt ,iftltab'y; Jill had been ~ 40 aS"eo S"r
ture. her; 20 happy about ~ ~. '1n
the srss, Is liz not abe to understa
twe sister, .'uterencc .tencc in the nature OF
little, i. though Jill had told him y, !
wa veal mad not reanseI that KstbS @