Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-02
CHAPTER NXNN
Tho Decision Of Ladyilngers

Aonhdpnce, JHSt 'N
CHAPTER NXXIN
Tho Decision of Ladyilngers
Enid had shut the gates t" the IN IN
.,,tont @ knocking Of her love. ana inc
,.owlcdse of what she had done maze
Ms Jovv lopgcr for her, the nights slow:
H. wy W." hours, Days passed and she did
N. soo him Of whom she was thinking
ss,,ortlv Nv. She had assumed re-
sronsibility greater than she yet knew
w ,ho thing which she had done sad
.n,d bcr And still she was not utterly
~i,orobIp For virtue does bring its
own reward: Il noble resolution firmly
,sten spreads warm glow OF satis-
faction through the mental being; the
,,nse Of scIf.SacrihCC is not ana never
bos becn without complementary
ssrsc of self f.praisC. He who casts him
IN down for n dcathless principle feels
,omewhere within the vague borders OF
M consciousness that he has raised
|bimsplf The martyrs final emotion
has in it more of pure triumph thnn
has that Of the tyrnnt who has con-
dsmned him. .,
The cirl saw clearly that she had
lifted her hand against the happiness
m the man she loved no less than against
b,r own. So she was sad, very sud.
But she was sustained by the certainty
that she had done right.
Neither the WalluCcS with whom she
lived nor the pupils over whom she
reigncd in her Iittlo kingdom of affcc-
ton saw in the Enid Of today any diff
ference from the Enid Of yesterday.
Youth and health bostcd sorrow in their
war of the roses in her cheeks; she
smiled often upon the children in her
care; she made no one the sadder for
the grief which had struck deep within
her but which had not paralyZcd.
The WaliacCs, kind, sympathetic
country folk, had known Enid long and
OF late had come to love her aud
ROnne almost uS they loved their own
handful Of rOmping, robust children
When word came to them that some
thing had gon" wrong at the Big House,
that the young heir had gone away and
no one knew where. they did not speak
OIL It to her, fearing to hurt he's. Both
Bud Wallace and Mary had talked the
matter over in many secret session,
and the conclusion had been that Enid
already knew and would not care to
talk Of it, So it happened that she was
|oae Of th" last in the valley TO hear
oi IT,
After that day, and nights were
longer, her heart WunriCr. There were
'lmcs when her longing for him was n
passionate thing which she could not
lgat down, when she needed the uucS-
tlCn her heart asked her. when She lost
I''c of the sense Of triumph. when
P9e was not certain that she had done
Fisht at all. That he had gone with no
wOrd to her hurt her NJ first as much as
cld the fact Of his going. Where was
now What was he making of his
ne' lie had sought to begin this life
anew, had asked her to live it with him.
Ene mad refused. Had he gone back to
'aG Old cAlslcnrcf If so, who was
lshtly to blame: A. boy he had never
su h'S "hanrr; growing into manhood
ue VINO loved him had turned away
rum NM Instead of acting nobly had
Wv aliCr all Just been n pitiful little
OWard, afraid Uf shadows?
ana thcn cam" definite word and
tpsrTouehout tho black hours Of the night
.n'q lay weeping the bttcrcst tears Of
tr me- The world had come tlmbling
uout h"r cGrS and " had been her
",,u.; S1u .hHt had Sent II splendid cdifce
oue ,s'.hg INT" chaotic ruin. Had she in
;"T III "l mudn"Ss plunged knife into
"'a'l Sh" could not have knolt in
SePrr r"mors" over his pale body than
.I hh'l now in III" darkness of her
suLoOhI, Tie news had come to her lntc
Ut" AFTERNOON, Eurly the next morn.
y" "Nl'"'lar"d aud with terror in her
'sSi ",r En" I went to Rachel Stc,hrriI.
ie'I me-, >h" cried without fnro-
[srtoro VI erecting, nmmindful nike of
nvor ,"r'"uH star" and the vicious
Ibtna ,m.', :" '.r "Id woman = eyes, is this
NTrs '0U We com" at last. have yout"
'Wou "'r'hrrII Nn""rrd back ut her,
nv. "tn' III glad Of it. Yes: n's trur,
led wi,I SG%r %4rN ,,!, ! hope YOU are salts
~" case Of the stutc If roIifornio
10 o""S i'oOrrl Sr"rnoriI Fills, alias Hob-
G roi iHS4". alms Iadyiingcr, hnd hr"n
Ifppci, 'o'' ludg" Daniels in San
kow"noJ NH"r'I'"t found. sentence rro-
IIrJa"'' IJ"v'1' There had been mo rnu,r for
fIb" !, 'N" tr'ul wu, unusually Short
| IN ru''"dunl Wa, Defendant mrrnir
,oIun,. W., i"rIDn'rnl srnsr Of tbr vnrL -.
pviiJ%m,"rl'S h" had pur nil nnrr,s,,,
|utim '"'M IN" hand, nf the prose.
knn", P,'1dlhg "GuiIty." Tine Iuwvrr
t6r jh,"ly" hT" 10y III" ruurI hnd snoLru ~
m, 1"1S' rulncr than To lbo hry n'ot ~
I Hunl''c pIra for mrr,y '''""
but I',.' 'tI} m, 'h"lr duty plain. had been
beIs hnon .""" Ten minutes. .Iudgr D,n-
Mouth ta%. %H,' "I the convicted man e,
fact ,La' '' nv az" INTO consideration thr
Ithcrn ~ w., ~ h"d given himself up when
|madc ~ I"N Il" ca" against him hni
conmnm",r, "r >'Nl"nrr uS lighl ps h, r"It
'tLc ,TD TrN"''l' with the uu"uit,,Lo -,
'mry ii,''S'@ H., ."mmirlnd. II wns Nyn
N Inn" q stat" prison.
lhc homo 'nl .,,. @rI miuutr Enid ,Iurg IN
bGf th", M''''I dies SO hard. trIIin, her.
lIarL"I" y, ,i'' rnp"iH had Iird Nnw ILnt
thM "WIl"rjl rrurl- hnnLrII, I"I iIi"I
So raJ JII, the girl frt thnt sG "'t, nn',tI
picturr, WIZ, nT,' 81" "odld 60 mad. urnd
laken sh,'' |"'I l"1"lghuut the might huG
Shc haJ l'l"r" her eyes and which
hClsplf ,h.., "E"i I" huul>h by trlIing
true. romn n'' , 'H'' h"rrid thing was no,
Nea,ir. Duck now murr real thnn thr
Wa the .n, "poul Ter, She saw him nlonr
allOng w,I" room, iricndlcsy, man