Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-19
LADYFZNGERS
By JACKSON GREGORY
THIS STARTS THE STORY

"LndUfngerS, '"'ei ou' ~ yvu
g,rGu rih a sunny' merry aisposI,
,;o". Is the object Of a trdme-tp fhot
Iii tasicn the crdce,ng ot SdJc on
,;o' ; aud send him 70 PRISON. me
hW%Wn hW % is MANNED By q gdngs!er
Il iroywo woorook NTH the aid Of snide de-
oiro ona y,VI and a bribe of $4,000 from
ey ,eo.'sy wbo is anxious TO get rid Of
,,anWIgys,Gcrs. He attempts a diamond
blJyg'fr bNrtcry from the person of rich Mrs.
rf9,oo,yGueygT because Polly lie Brun asks
eis'"ts, Sis, IN act il for her, and he escapes
hmJ '0oisiol shots pih the detective IN
o,,ff omn" The gem had been knocked
piaoo, his hand aud fallen to the
rO~"uj. lie is dfter,cdrd engaged as
posotdry TO the iUoman he attempted
@.ob n shretCd business ,Comdn toith
,oi heart hidden under rough
o's;or 1S Hoddon, the hDNer Dho
tis'.GT inc $4,000 bribe, has charge Of
II W', 'icoGi affairs of this tcomdn, Mrs.
w. .,GcriI and 10 is into this house
e. Fannie and Enid Camden enter
m" orotcgcs of its mistress.
"EnM and Steele meet in the. gar.
s,n n and the old eyes Of Rachel
S,cibcrii miss nothing.
'UGddon threatens Ashe ioih or
.,snrc II he refuses 10 rob the country
St nmt wbich holds Mrs. StehcriFS
rCucv OrCrnighf. -
WAN AND HERE II CONTINUES
~ HOWEVER, he refused TO lose this
s1o 600 then what? Would
|p,cbpI stcthcril 'let up" on him until
.bo had caused him to lose more than
hotp Could she seriously haEm him
r;,b his bank? The pencil upon the pad,
rte knowing planchettc, wrote "Yes.S
ron,d she cause him to lose his ex-
pectcd promotion? 49,,
The rcncil hung in doubt a little
.bou Bond stole a quick look at
Hronghton's dark face and the pencil
,rote "Ycs" so cmphatically that the
,oint broke. Arnold Bond didn't
,borpcn it. Instead he tossed it into n
waste paper basket, put on his hat
/ and went 10 lunch early.
81 know when I've got hold OF the
rropr end Of thing" he told her
aver the spotless tablecloth
there we're many tables in the big din :
Ing room. but only the one cloth which
could positively be held to be spot!esS
"What is your offer! len
dollars an acre for the S0OE'
"Oh." said Mrs. Stetheril: You're
talking about those olEe lands! Id
almost forgotten them
Bond looked at her curiously.
II thought ~ he began. :.
steele" she cut in sharply. Didn't
ycu mall my letter to Mr.. Bond? He
Should have had it by now
Then Bond understood fully. His
face rcddcncd. Into his eyes came d
look Of rebellion.
"You cant mean to hold to that
ridiculous bluff of yours to make me
come whimpering to your back door
Begging for job"
young man." she told him with the
|frst hint of tartncss. II don't ask you
10 whimpcr; that's disgusting. don't
ask you to beg; that's disSraceful. For
man TO ask for an honest job Ii
neither"
Bond stared Mt her, speechlcss, foi
an instant struck mentally blind. Steele
bad been looking over newspaper,
Now Bond, through his confusion, saw
that Steele was holding the paper so as
10 hide his face from his employer, and
that he was nodding at Bond eagerl!
hnd emphaticalIy.
1t was characteristic of Arnold Bond
that when he saw that the trail he had
been following led nowhere. or straight
into trouble, on that instant he left il
fOr another; equally characteristic oi
bin that when he knew he had founC
the right trail he kept to it stubbornly
whether it led up or down temporarily
ln most matters he had a bankers
thOughtfUlness. His success until now
bad hinged very largely upon his ability
10 see Il crisis and act in time.
The merry eyed, likable young char
Whom Mrs. Stethcril had made her pri
Eae secretary was still nodding at him
Earnestly. Bond, as his brain cleared
pad cooled little from the quick flash
f anger, thought swiftly, balancing
Rgrcs, seeking to weigh unknown but
imaginable factors. Even so perhaps he
would have done the wrong thing had il
POT been for the fact that he was gifted
ENh III" sense of humor. He rose, bow
= ing gravcIy.
Il shall explain to Mr.. Broughton
lat very urgent business will keep inc
rom the bank until further notice,
sad rolorlcssIy: "1'hank you fol
Ar place, madam -
IL" touched his forclock. Then he
Eaiked out. Mrs. Stcthcril stared after
pun her eyes widening. Suddenly she
lut her hand upon Ashes arm, her grir
ugn,ening conyulsivcly.
wouldn't have believed !" sh,
aSped II didn't think Arnold Bono
ad It in him. He's brick and I
eeSle let S draw out our money ant
30 home !"
You are going to draw it out any
way; asked AShe.
.u,, Come on" she cried quickly
p',, we re going to see this thing through
nII VINO have thought Arnold Bone
N"u as much sense as that"
an honr later when Arnold Bono
us appearance at the back door
lnG Big House, Rachel Stetheril
yP'us out at him from a pantry win
k0,TLi slggIed deightedly. Bond wa,
e'%,ns II not thorough. He was dressed
no on" in Lockworth could have
atasg asIncd him, in a pair of old, dilapi
I trousers, torn flannel shirt, bat
iaeu nat shoes which he must have
%o,nrrd "o, , IN somebody's back yard. lie
oI oHIninInkabIy disreputable. Across
kio vn''N was great smear of dirt
n.o"s was 'wlriing his dusty hat in his
k,o,Gog.pi ig Is an artist" !" chokcd Rachel
eH1eFLI I'm going to make that
~su fortune for him -
CHAPTER MI
kJaHiGG y mere was Sir Mystery welded to
ktm toon.lHS lHSoInanco, and Evelyn Daly's ioy .
kW'ptu soul rpplod dali,;o,,sI,, -