Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-09

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yott care for him in---in that way; do
you care for him 10 much that you want
70 pe niwarB wfth---himT'
Ne always with Bsrti Ny goodness,
mol He'd worry me half 10 death, he's
snss acwl cant never get him to
know what you mean ali right Bvy,"
she cried. You mean, do I want to
marry him7 well. 1 don't! it's sort
OF true IN a way I'm engaged TO him."
Engased 70 Bert7"
,.l We'll IKE this: me and him didn'.
tnmk there was any one eiss particularly
in the world. and we thought the beat
tning we could do would be to got mar
rfed one day. So we fixed Il up that
when was about forty, him and me
ud ret married; that's IN about twenty,
three years time seef So there's no
Evelyn laughed happily. Then you
don't care for him. you don't want to-
Don't want to cut you outy' sunny
SAID mo. No ! don't not mel Only wha,
= sri IKE you. girl with your looks,
Bert 10 The kindest, simplest. dearest
soul on this earth, sunny!' Evelyn
Hes simple all right, and no wants
ir,ss Ssr, ana aR 2: ySuys Sr 60. e sssp on =
do II all right I dare say! Evy, YOU'RE
too good for him, but FOR all that I'd
love-, love to g. see you and him married, I
Evelyn did not answer. her cheeks
You love him, you do 70 sunny said
II can see Il In your face" -
Yea III care for him; am fond
Of him; IL love him! I" the other girl
''only you're asking for trouble. ["
Sunny said. -. =
'-TroubieT'
, Sunny nodded. "You'n never get Bert
TO speak. He's that shy and backward,
nell Keep you waiting years and years
sfore no gets II OF his chest that he's
fond Of you and wants you to marry
him That's Bert, he'n beat about the
bush and look lots and won't say any.
thing. and now and again he'll have a
pot ut trying to say II, then he'll ret
stuck halfway. You take Il from mo.
Evy. X you want to marry Bert, it'li be
you as'll have to ask him." =
oh. sunny, that would be impos-
'.Ifs the only way" Sunny said. ANY
siri who wants Bert has got to think
It's leap year"
Tho two girls sat at the window Of
the sitting. room on tho nrst floor OF a
house In kinE's road, Brighton. On the
world and HIS wife. Beyond the road
and the esplanade shimmered the sea,
hecksd with the golden sunlight. Thore
wore the pier1 crowded with people, for
tho brighton season was at its heiRht
and London by the sea was full lust
now
II was . wonderful experience. 10,
sunny. She had seen the sea once oni,
before In her life. years ago when shs
hAd been a tiny child and had spent a
dAy oy tho sea as one OF many cnjoyinE
q sunday school outing. She had re-
membered II for years. Those hot day,
when the boiling vinegar and the steam
fns fruit smelled moro strongly thar
usual. when tho hot little factory In cut
way street was alive with wasps and tn,
heat rose from tho streets outside, whcI
her head and eyes ached In the broliin,
heat OF that insanitary factory IN In,
summer time, Sunny used to dream o
tho wide, cool. blue sea she had seer
once. and wonder II she would ever se
IL again.
And now she was here, and the 90.
lay At her very door. She had but I,
look from the window and there Il was
Last ntGht she had awakened suddcni,
IITm her sleep ana could not bring her
heard was really the sea beating on tn,
pebbly beach. Then she got out OF be,
and ran TO tho window and drew up IN,
nlind and sat for two long hours watch
ms the sea In the moonlight, watchinI
ehe little boats that driftsd now an,
vanish once moro Into the night "
II was very wonderful TO this London
nred: London.reared girl
ITS wonderful. that sea, isn't Il?
Evelyn nodded, yes" sb. ..,d h,
there was no enthusiasm % In her o; yois, p.
Her people Rad been fairly weii.to.do 4
the old days: nearly every summer a
hsr life as q child she had spent a wee
OF two ey the seashore. To her ther
~sa !.,. nothing very marvellous in the sea
eomes from" Sunny said. Where
comes from and where Il goes TO I wa,
thinking land wouldn't be half 90 dea
20 buy II there wasn't any sea, woul,
she laughed Mt her own idea. the,
started There he II. here's Bert" sh,
II was Bort. looking awkward and 4,
at ease, 6awky In new and not toe
weii;ntting suit Of rather loud tweed
which he believed was the correct thins
They heard him knock, heard hin
enter and come up the stairs Sum,
".Wha.chesr. Bert" she said.
sumnyf How do you do. Miss Ciiifordey ?
Mise C1ifords!" Sunny said. Good
n nssS Why dcn,t you 20 and give her q
xiss, ga ! VII TTpid m 4 ! was = pan. and ioliy
she went out Of the room and went 70
her own small bsdchamber on the door
she laughed. ehsn tried to laugh
again.
TIE all right between those two" sh.
.neSEnt They are lucky. there's
They've Just 80. each other Bert /,
getting on all right. he'll do we'll on,
OF these days. Anyhow. he can carr
q goodish bit now. and tho sketch'll bt
success and there'll be moro to fol
up writing. and she--Shes pretty and
Sood, and she loves him. Funny, Isn't II,
Girl like her loving . chap like Bert
but you never knowl Come TO that. it'i
not more funny than--a man iike---hin
ne--a girl out OF a pickle factory, anc
him a lord with nice home and ali ths
rest OF II. I--oh. but thats all nothing
II don't mean anything. Anyhow,
haven't got TO think about II ! Il couidn',
know soon. II he don't know Il now
That. home Of his. that there park witt
the deer and things. and them pioturss
and---and me--me, Sunny Ducrpw, ths
Jam factory and" She laughed un'
Isn't itf' she muttsrsd. Hin caring 70,
ne One Of these days hs'li laugh when
he gets to think about ni"
, She sat at her own window lost In
reVerie. She had never hesitntsd for q
moment; she had realised how utterly
impossible II was. She had keen good
sense and good feeling.
ms like this" she thought: he loves
me now and thinks as I'd be everything
he wanted. thinks I could make him
happy and all that, thinks ia make a
nice mistress for his home. But it--.it
wouldn't last forever; after q time he'd
get 70 realize that I'm different. I don't
belong to his class He'd see his friends