Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-02
.n,prs THE STORY

Elrnp hpes Hvngertng tor uuv
neon a.,,r,J aud having no nty"Sy, ~,
y the coS"RRy GOV Rsrt sing on me stfeen ., 30,
sanny ud md arc arrested, AZ '"u nctrss,.
PernseS, 70 S"L Leslie MontreSSU,,;, ,,,;s "a otIo.
she Is irPrISSyas Scans her to Mar Hem.
raNtp, dnm entra manager, t1ho gtoes
ningndy, Wowi " ouori In rermo Bert tS
ar O sman sammy has rare nlcI1t-I
dken on, tooci,ess.-ichiic too BertS dWk,
bofn Is mistaken Ior ,ou,
cord ',1pSeT op SeT first. oppearahc,es ,s,ouros. Susg
bcttng: her lines. btt; ovs. 70 ~ he M
!or0stS9p sutS9pGdLs TO INC aha'.nbuv nbonne.S % Her
iert and go'yyjoirdt speech makes
,efreshirgW, oo,1;ist o concedltng q atd.
ht.n OVuytu, ytrou, Lord Dobrttgtoh
,Iond pendaam.,s, at the close ot her
hondsd She returns the penadlmn' l
First nignuh, a plot for a nsw P,ssy.
Bert o'itd 'ismds $50 pounds 20 oad ,a has a
blnno, thc pickle taGs,o,!yr;e tso,!ress % sunny
ohj intcreSt N md S,ro V"@ a ne,o factory
cs d plan for o% the ;corkpeople. she
-ad houses Ior .,o,ro at his country
,ssks out b'SIrr sim, hoys,doE anH
toase, spT% ladder. demanding that
emotes W. MnSt,m TO Berts ncY Ply os
10 other tbc hdystacE; ag b,t Socs
Fen!o,n. .,ps,s ." and indtgnat,orne,, cd %it,S
..a sac aud he boconyIeSS amI it's tcritten
ssnsS sTsSS' 'Thc Betrayaa,s yasd Bert Jackson"
sn sunny pucrow, 10 nut his name
.so said a WSt thought Of u trst,
Syst, because ,Hadies drstp so thero
kat Nc sa,a, a starts IKE thts-sn'cr
vou arc. nnooyyJiSayp Barstotoe naae Wo
ICoptdtn ar nth his oh,n or surnv "I
sDn md na stored doun at "b tbo other
As"Gs J, GSssrS,ev go. She f ISABEL she ioos
ssr,s' e but tho part % ''
ssrtso. IN TT CONTINUES
.,.s, or twice Barstowe openeu ,u tt ~
0NCE. almost al incredulousiy' ns. In,s With
eye siri who sang preI.y 'V, 90 s,nonly
rsyue ,, esssnic effects-to oafI, took his
'fssT, tackle such q part ,h ,,sa completely
reath away nresently. He leaned ioF,
nken away most forgot that II was a
Fard; no nrteen ant feet TO the grounu,;
roo Ss Ss actually aS slipped but manaseo
3 save hir,ssi,i, hir,r,a,n represents a wall with
BACK ~ in t." Sunny said; on tne
gave ,gs Of the wall there nme nn
tnss aer ga Captain Halliday has h,u Oeen 10 she he
d snssd as a spy, ana @ 10 pswmond,
hot ! coz con- going to happen. sud
nov snd %na' out y I love him. He's limo.
snly hna So,,,i,y-and ou they are going
ent-..im eTTS hammer on the gate with
XII nm They won't listen to me-
hy hsnus sound OF tramping men IN
Issress Iss sssY I hear 81" She looked up
Now@,ove Np,r,,ove sreathed heavily. He
,rpcsed his hands tightly. lnIs sn shn
NV, il was sheer follyTno" nasod amn S
renpt ' he saw nothing incongruous.
me, small red-haired girl in a field :;
Has hammering on an imaginary
~ II should have been laughabie,
~. !, was not. II was real; her race
"s.oI, the cries--broken. incoherent
rsssSthat came from her lips we're
heal.
She paused. 49, ...or .,s.
the wall. Present s5ms' fou ''o'
Araln she shrieked, again she ham
assSS .yirs% a. she said. ITS the voice on
lhs other side. There's q report-you
know what Il means She paused
uomsnt NOM She put her hands to her
rdd; she swung round: she lifted her
kace, And Barstowe. In sheer amaze
nsnt looked down at her. Her race
Eas crotes1ve. distorted, almost hor-
{er open mouth came a cry-a hoarse,
tattlIng cry, like nothing he had ever
ksar before Then she fell--fell heaV-
)ly-and lay still.
Good heavens Barstowe uttered.
Sunny Ducrow got up. She was pant
brr little. and she smiled up at him.
Vow. I'll put the ladder for you," she
sad
trouble, and Barstowe descended.
one moment; Young woman" no
make any bargain with mo before you
put the ladder for me?"
Sunny looked at him. Because there
wasn't any bargain to make" she said.
Il wanted you to hear tho sketch. You
heard It, and that's all there 10 to II I!
II you like II, you'll say you do; II you
don't, you'll say you don't, and know
you'll be right either way! You're hon.
est 90 am ]! That's all there Is TO II
ssel"
II see /" he said slowly. He held out
his hand to her, shoolS hands with her
srayely and walked toward the house.
Well be late for breakfast he said.
Not very" Sunny said.
During breakfast, and during the long
,.Ids 10 town. Barstowe never once re-
erred TO the sketch. He talked about
am and crops. and his idea OF wood
sh as n fertilizer. he was giving
learned dissertation on the use OF
various phosphates for tho production of
:ertatn crops when the car rolled up
oeiore the stage door at the Realm.
he got out where do you want to
got' he asked.
"homel" sunny said. There's moth.
ny doing hero for me FOR a bit!"
All right" he told the chauffeur.
Wen go into that factory business
sSaM very soon. Meanwhile, get your
'puons, Miss Ducrow."
Ihate what I'm going TO do" Sunny
aid "so-long!"
sarstowe nodded,
sunny reached tho Realm rather ear
,ST nan usual that night. and found
lss. '0'' 'io'h NH'
,,u hlndiy come to my office the moment
20 arrive Signed "A. c."
MIght have put Dear SUNNY or
Tow.nnm How ~ moro friendly" she muttered.
6ho went
SSwuss Sws stared at her as she came IL.
Ia sLi. nsi. olu dear. what's the trouble ?"
z,n5,dd zl didn't say there was any trouble
reet.S ,rI,S SISSace through this. and IL Il
aid 80 "PbI oNuI, SlBn ", ne
nsS, ';!Iily, ;nny, lie pushed a form OF agree
sunny took IL
,,.weaa agreement entered into this day
ia ona barstowe's Realms Limited 81
Ss o T.s O,s part and Miss Sunny pucroU ~
lss,UntF ,UntF part. BY which Barstows'S
sstuhs ssins Limited undertake to accent tbs
,psrs,,o% a written by Miss Ducrow In co.
Inoun With Mr.. Bert Jackson and
S" 'tsTs a.. as The Betrayal and agree TO 70
lSte" same within six months Of this
md dd"srs SUM- was a great deal more OF II,
Imoungtnany read 1t through Brlef,y ~
ided tSa 70 this. The agreement Ir6.
md IT Ir, mat Barstowes Realms s"centsi p"
ii p"Sau psreeu to stage the sketch 6nSiS-
,ttersI nny scenery and dresses Th@%
,cunGs SS payment , at the rate Of thirtyy tTIy
ssdiSp a, a week to Sunny to tsI,s ny
o an t' part payment at the sam ,at. s''S
AXE M" bHe'or OF their own selection 70
pounds part of the hero, GnI Hr,T
,sst o. a week to be divided among M ~
% pTodm Lne company. The sketch ws. '.e
md II feu sMe in London at the Rsa,n "
he ssatNSte;essGul. was to 20 on tour t