Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-12
LADYFINGERS
.r.pTs THE STORY
By JACKSON GREGORY
coa.riaht. 1871. BY chorIe. sortsnsr.s sons

-o,s STARTS THE STORY
n, a., beer cracked, Ambrose,
We "nad ,Joe Lo Brun, gdngstcr
idsct,ve, "" olan o "trome.up' thdt
a5 efcos' ,Ss crime on Robert Ashe,
ril ts.ten " h,rr0oSyfroers." Ashe ,cas
. rs,;miaaI but 20 s ganons, ne, Q ose,s '' AM.
= ysvord Of s50oo " ~ San
mo,m m,s,s evidence against Looy y
reos.SS hot piil send him 70 prison
fseas .nays. At o social tnnct,on
NJ ~r ~nr,ssSsi StetheriI Is TO toedr hcr
Hn. hoS" oSS;""rond and Polly Le Brun
tsmoy ~" SIb Isbs II he toiH get it for
ah boysV b.ss holds tho diamond tor one
NJ AT ."bsr lis hond Is struck and I.
ssasn, tails 10 the ground. He
w pe" ,,,sI p;stoI shots and Am
.fsrs . a~,,utt. Arripino at a large
hs. Y s,iis OF the theft, ana'odre
~. NY ia y. opner is Mrs. Sfethertl. hg
~, m,hnut @ 10 get a,oay IN q oor,oIed
.Vy .'h,n o nu6fed man ana haohe'
s.I ss.,,,sr;i arrive on tho scene. 20 as
stl,ne'~ ,ln ,,.a :" saps the mon to Ashe.
M na .rs III 10 DO nv secretary, and dsk
"im m..,;on, o,; ~ But Mrs. Sfethcril
- W. piors. she fret fires her
n.y. ."'' ,,cystary and then appoints
lnso',o, ,Sc olace. Ashe has q birth
im W N Wr,. Stetherit gives hin, q
@y ~ "t,.edom. He betakes himself
W ,,oods and meets Enid and
EHr Rousie, having a picnic: ENG
w .Ih lie discuss the chdrdcterst.es OF
~ ~, fas MET, and Enid says: sup.
1m.' ,hat G he should grop to De man
~ Wk;,iy % and thot he should never
y . b,su caught. Suppose, then,
, ~, ks had his family; that ne had q
XII, XII 3 low, ike Ronnie hore. And thdt
~. % ks Vas drrested--
'', AND NJ HERE 1T CONTINUES
ruEy talked of many things during
N, hour through which the tired
p,,pIe slept. The girl had accepted his
ESSENCE as naturally as that OF a
.s,,munk that came curious eyed quite
..., "a her. There was no cold, arti-
s,ll, built, conventional hedge be-
,v.n them. She was sunny hearted,
suits ready to be friendly. There was
~ restraint, there seemed no need OF
,,,,,it. It was with them quite as
M.n,b they two and the sleeping Ron
~ s' we're alone upon a delightful island.
Th,y talked and they grew silent.
,,nral,v, They watched the birds
-, 10 drink and battle in the quiet
~ol, they listened to the laughter
sllI bick.r Of the brook. And without
moving IT,. they came to stand, each
| Al them, at the threshold of the others s
inner ,elt. The spell Of the forest was
over them. And over Ashe the spell OF
,irl, the rare, sweet, tender spell OF a
HI Hc told her Of life in the city, its
urtttisr aspects; Of comedies and
curas, Of things she had never seen.
81, told him in little fragments which
h,,r he was to patch together, of her
NH. She was Enid Camden. There
mi lust her invalid mother, Ronnie
,M herself. Her father had died before
Roruio came. Through the kindness ol
M, Bond, the Lockworth cashier, II
had been possible for her to 90 through
hirh school. She had taken the county
summation for teachers. She hoped
b v,t a little school near home mex
tam.
Quietly told, It was rather a pitifu
little story. Ashe gathered that tn,
farm was mortgaged. He thought long
irgiy Of the $4,000 at the Mission stree
rhr-from under the wide brim of hel
straw hat Enid looked out at hin
brightly. She had told her story simply
Dot seeking to invest 1t with unneces
nry gloom. Rather had she spoke,
vth tho quiet faith of young optimism
As looked forward to the time wher
De could be teaching; when she coult
ly ct the mortgage; when she coult
d, her mother and Ronnie tn,
hngs" which they wanted.
&s had known her share Of sadness
hE was bit of life just as the shad
w upon the grass were part of sprin,
az summer time. But life itself wa
From bis worn volume of lyrics Ash
rid 10 her. They caught the sam,
music in the same lines; they found tn
nne eager pleasure in the same word
woven pictures; and he read them over
My talked of books Of which he ha,
nd more than little, she only I,
as limited extent of the Lockwortl
kaocl s libraries. lie told her of bool
salsh she had not read; he promise,
Z snd 1t to her and saw her eye,
ainten eIpectantly.
laeir meeting was simple littl
Telt and simply they accepted it
.fli hour under the trees together wa,
natural thing. and 1t made no flurr,
y elAer breast. Already they wer,
,a.'e ready to accept each other il
%c most matter. Of. fact way In tn,
sSild' to feel friendly toward eacl
s'au' Beyond that fact there was n,
L..e s. reason that they should seek /,
". tAan beyond any other single oc
,ulNnee OF their lives. Just a boy an,
~, 10 the forest lands, with a sleep
X oapy brother cuddled up at tn
tn,s ant Knee. And to them, comm,
sssa sO"0 tae world, that which must come
,,m. ',tn Of late, to all boys and girls. Tn
N''u'u event coming naturally.