Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-24

sserSS'IKtb ssS Katby answered in a whisper.
WON said Jill; somehow she was
,,ther disappointed.
CHAPTER II
zach va, nousht to each other must I be
=. were rev. fellow mortals, nousht besideT'
tCSsYs Tallentyrc, Esq,
a ThA delphi. London, w,
t;iI b.mmelt tpkeA,ut the address on the
4 .awriier. JAW anhmpa,ed back In her chair
ssS little skies Feaeariness.
NnI Ths man ON (which side of the room
hoLed At her ovG from asses.
,Mr;red?" he al street, tly.
.sTired /! zoos. thank you.
shs sat up with n \ from ba of energy,
.nJ I rsadiusted the Me prospec machine.
Henry Sturgsss lGoan securir consid-
.,;nsly. lie was q Yin the muust mid,
AZ ese, inclined top issue wainclined
~ nv be bald, and inc5 per cent | good
iookinr. tied of $3,t
Inst now as he wass authorizelck TO
| ,he Hrc in his private rotements in tails
little raised to the " feet
!, their highly polished I, was corted o
Ittle apart. he looked eNirty yerhat he
WAS, Was a thoroughly capap0O. "a thor
| sushly we'll do solicitorOQ
Iill glanced at him pololFtically over
her shoulder. :, H. -,
again. . ,.
| liked working for him: she could not
understand why the otner clerks in tn"
| Office went in such fear of him: to her
Ne was very much the same az any
other man for whom one might hammer
typewriter for twenty shillings a
week. business-likc and impcrsOnal a
little kinder perhaps than some; lit
| lie more considerate.
There was q moments silence; then
Henry Sturgess said ''Humph y
lie took of his gold. trimmed glasses,
kposhed them on six handkerchief,
Ind put them on again.
''Let us see-where have We got to-"
| he asked.
>,"gust an address-Cyrus Tallcntyre,
| said Jill.
Her head was aching badly; the
bright morning sunshine falling through
| tho euncurtained window dazlled her and
made her eyes throb. She had been
up half the night with Don; she felt
as II the one thing left to desire in all
the world was sleep; but Mr.. SturgcsS
| wanted this letter written to Cyrus
| Tallentyre, whoever he was. so she must
80 on. and pretend that she w7iS per
| fecty we'll
Mr.. Sturgess began to dictate; h"
dictated slowly and very clearly; liz
emphasized words now and then to
drive home point-rather aS If he were
addressing his client instead of writing
to him. Jill began 90 feel vagely SYM
pathetic with Mr.. Cyrus Tallentyre-
from what she could gather from the
letter, he had applied to Mr.. Sturgess
for moncy-unsuccessfully, and Mr..
Sturgcss was replying rather curtly
that there was no money, and never
would be again; that the estate had
been squeezed as dry ns lemon and
that he could only repeat his former
advice re an advantageous marriage.
Jill lost interest here-she despised II
man who married for mOney---mcn ought
to work for it; it was only women who
might perhaps be forgiven II they liked
man little bit more because he could
buy them all the pretty things which
the feminine heart is born to desire. She
remembered afresh how badly her hcaJ
ached-she heard Mr.. Sturgess' voice
iaintiy, as il 1t were long way of
her hands seemed 10 move mechanically
II seemed an eternity till he said:
slhat Will do; you may go
Size rose to her feet giddily; she
sahered up her papers and turned tC
40 door; she knew now that she felt
fint; she bit her lin till it blcd to try
control her failing senses; she
ieched the door Safcly-opCned it-shu
Y and staggered across to her desk
was ! o'clock, and three Of th'
other four Of Mr.. Sturgcss' clerks hat
gone to lunch the fourth was at home
WIN influenza. Jill had the room 4
nerself she wondered vaguely wha
would happen to her il she really faint
.u--Shc knew that Mr.. SturgcSs aIwuyj
went out Of the Office by another door
sne Tried to open the windOw-it wa
sr she wantcd-a breath Of fresh ai
10 savier
she Struggled with the clasp. but /
WIS stif through diSuse and suddcul!
everything seemed to crash t0gcthr
about her, and collapse into gra!
INST which caught her with 1t. draggin,
her down.
She opened her eyes to cold waite
on her face-tO some one vig0rOuSl!
,hahng hcr hands: she tried to rails
herself, but the feeling of sick faintncs
lurhed aud she closed her eyes agair
For moment she lay still: her hand
were freed now; she heard some on
move step away from her.
presently she looked up.
,hctterF' asked n voice casually.
aili dld not answer; she thought Sh
HM dreaming; somewhere into the mis
.,heSs OF her brain noated the mem
vy oi the gray Sunday rvening-th
ssScopS voice of the fcrvid Savationis
aha the family amused smile of n MAJ
Mith an eycglass "Inst Sun
r%y night he WAS brntin' his wfc--to
"'St ne beats the drum.
nhe laughed weakly. and with thp
snsn consciousness returned fully an
her forehead. Wv WV ""'' ''''
th one was still in the office. sitting Il
%e INK 'spattered table whore she ~
wesS WY day of her life. in the same har
tvoaeh chair, with the rumble Of tn
Svst irathc outside; nothing wa
tSs tSansa' nothing different. save thG
al. Al man with the eycglass, whol
ma. "au seen once before for u mo
srou @ on the edge OF the staggerin
S''"n' stood now leaning against IL