Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-18
Evening Public Ledger

ud make me believe IL OF them. I'd
broke of suddenly. "oh. what's the
assT S she cried. Il s'pose a woman loves
Just ALI thero is to III I'm making
PUDDING, | expected a visitor. IT'S get
ting to be o bit late no. and l don't
'uR{RHss R{fs:Y holi come after all"
Arthur Curtiss""
sunny, IL can't bear this. Sunny.
you Know why have come rushing back
70 you from the ends Of tho esrthl You
that loved you, dear, with all my heart.
NTH NTH ail my soul. believe. before I
went away. My love for you now is
greater even then II was then. My
sold me to remind you OF words that she
mad once uttered IN your presence 10
!ong as the girl chose was honorable.
true true. and good she would not oppose my
W,snes, S,II 49,, II even en- she was only flower
.r or girl or the stage" sunny said
And SO, with her consent. with her
TO you" be said Com. to YOU this day
20 ASK you TO be my wife. to forgive and
forget my folly. my dlstrust, and lack
or taith In you. And you love me, dear,
! know YOU love me. you have admitted
It, You do not forget"
II don't forget. ! did love YOU" she
paused. Stan. loved YOU terribly"
She smiled slowly. IT all seems 10
long ago: ia have given UP ltfs. think.
II l could have done YOU good. There
wasn't any one In the world for me but
YOU but | am only girl of the stage
| and YOU nre-----"
Tho man who loves you" he said
quietly T loved You you iii III that s day. 'tiH iii
tnose days OF watching and waiting
then Understood. You had gone away
without one word TO me; you despsed
gave mo the chance that tho law even
gives TO prisoner TO say II he's guilty
or innocent. And-and that hurt. Stan.
ana tl'en little By little got TO under
have been so much after all; there
| wasn't any faith nor trust with II. Stan.
and got thirking'--shs paused, there
vas a dreamy, far-away look in her
yes,, only JUS, turned seventeen, only a
KID It'll be a long. long time before
think OF getting married, II | ever do.
Your liking me ard loving me and YOU
ana made mo think that cared whole
"And-and you didn't, Sunny" he
asked, Sunny, you didn't care for me
Il did" she said Il did, and II yo,
hadn't gone away I'd have gone on
caring and the real love would have
come, Stan. born OF your trust in me. the
great love-" She hesitated. I'm not
good at tallttns. only down In my heart
| know just what mean. only / can't
explain can't make you understand
Just liko l understand myself. There
was no ono but you. Stan, and liked to
think you loved mo and / loved you |:
and when you went It hurt terrible. |
felt as II didn't want to live then ]
got thinking, thinking that your love
couldn't have been 80 much or you'd
have trusted me better and 30, little
terly,
'"rhe-the something in me that was
crowns, into love for YOU died" she
thing like that, only Just a little dIf-
ferent. oh, I've thought OF It, hours
and hours I've sat In this little room
and tried TO understand. but / couldn't
then I understood at last !" She held
out her handa to him suddenly, Stan,
wsil be friends all our lives, dear. won't
lie caught her hand and crushed it
only friends. sunny" he whispered
only friends. Stan !" che said.
but-put don't YOU understand; !
came back from tho ends of tho world
consent her good wlehes her desire
almost TO ask you to be my wife, dear"
Know, only II cant be, Stan! T. she
SAID. Your going away, made just the
tated, a smile rlpplcd on her iips--"its
Ike the pudding l WAS making when
you came. Stan: II had gone straight
on with that pudding It would have been
lovely, there'd have been nothing wrong
now.-now because had 70 stop In the
middle of making It the nilks got burnt
and the eggs won't beat up nicely, ana
oh-a dozen things. 1t was just the
6rcaking of that done IT, Stan. and
all p '' utter
u see he said "I sec then there Is
no hope for me?'
She shook her head
i've ruined my chances with YOU
flung everything away" no said.
You DIDN'T trust me. Stan, not as YOU
would IL you had really loved me !" she
said And-and that's all there is TO
Il But I'm glad to see you back again,
glad TO see you looking so we'll; YOU
look lots better than you did when YOU
went away. You haven't salds dsanythins
M6ou, H; ny little house This Is where
i've, stan; this Is my home"
lac did not speak, he strode across
the room and stared out OF tho window,
she went to him and touched him on the
arm. >'N
stan, I'm sorry, dear" she said.
I'm sorry for YOU. and sorry for mYseI; @
TOO. bit. only. after ali, it's better
this way; want ever good enough,
not yoar-your class, Stan THsn: your
mother would never have been happy
laughed every one knows Sunny Du-
crow now. They'd have spoken slight |
ingly of you and OF me, Stan,
They would never have forgotten
that you'd married a girl on the stage,
a sirl who began at tho bottom and
ana did her best to climb UP; only that |
won't count with them. They'll only
think OF the slum she came out OF, and !
rorget the hard struggle she had to llft
herself out Of IT, Stan"
DO you think | care?" he cried do
you think care what others say? |
love YOU. love you. Sunny. don't care
what any one says or thinks. | am be-
Now" she said. but ono day it
would count Stan. don't, IT'S all over
all, you did tho best thing for yourself
whom you didn't trust me and went
away, One day you'll think 30, dare
say"
In sudden passion, ''you-you, played the
He paused her eyes mot his. he saw
pain and wonder IN them.
sunny, I'm sorry" he said. lie
caught her hand and held 1t tightly.
And this Is your answer. your last,
your hnal answer to me? 1t is--not to
She did not answer for moment; her
bright eyea met his frankly. then she
sigRed, she laughed q, little,
1T is not to bo," she said. II can't
bs now. II all got spoiled, stan. because
You went away You aren't going"
(ro BE CONCLUDED TOMORROW
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