Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-13
he Winds of the World
BY RUBY NJ AYRES
:, "Tbe Phantom LoUe" "The Masfsr Man." "The Second
Aus" Honeymoon" Etc.
oo,yy,ohs Syndicate. rra
-, erARTs THE STORY
oor,,,oa.. 1881. BY Ben Syndicate. rns.

-.,rs STARTS THE STORY
"a Kathv (sisters) take care
wv ahS Ssr;nnied brother. Kathv .
n hen Wp ~ marry Ralph Hhlydrd.
Ssgeceo ,v;ot"rsd ~ n "loue IN q cot
@e re 70. p'bbt hut HiIlvard Is rich. Don'
ncs w, has little faith " HW,
~ eTG,".' ,.. .iiii feels that Kathv tom
Ssvd, ol' ~ tbem. She neglecfs
% mHcnu H. ~ riches are burden TO
tkcu. o.,,,s ms, Talientvre,, a society DO.
Der; Oprta, IN, in iove toi'h jill, but
sonmg,, .yoys y repeal his so truly setnsn
~ MprcpV,ILt ,Lot she rejects h'n, dno
Naiue bsr employer, a rich taieger.
Mcries W., no,p meet in society,"
IM rs a,. ,isiting at Kathps house,
Tcne",wset ,wset, Jin, after q couple oJ
sscrs, absence. He leaves ns, Pyn ,.o,.nn
y snodoe himself 20 tne r,o" y Hfeet'
y ~ 10 rebuild ms f,,, for,t,n,ne. ,,arot". m1e
E ~" hin, the nert ddv, "" oo"e'"
Ef<s him, saying: .,;,h Koth.
"i'ye Just been 20 teo w''.
~ ,he told me the ne,os
Ysst congratulate yon, hoson
LII" thought you had been engdgeSS g.gS
~ -! s,sr so long-- she e"p'"'"'"
kpchingly. co>,ryNrrrs
sxoU are very kind" u,.,
"you let me think yoq wei, y.
o last nieht, you know" Jill sai'
snsas;eu Didn't / send let OF kin'
eccus,nsH eNasss for Lady Elrica|' she aske'
lightly. :, uo, did but, a
= ,.tsr Ie,.ef Of fact, was not engage
ma,.'' the-the great even
tnen tnennsd after left your sister
sapp" Tallentyre's voice was cry an
syureasionless he turned ms nIa ria,,,,
NV were walking on togetner siow ovo.
s..ra sus. looked at her with burning esetss sts
" have you to thank Tor IT, ne saio lo
ror A moment JilPs composure as
....sd her she stared at him wHh wiz
@ .sss and parted lips; 1t scenes as
.s and place we're swept awSF, an
ulac uas a once more the little girl he ha
~. ~. w met in Henry Sturgess' ofin.
Then she laughed. >, -. en-;
aTbat sounds romantic she sal
calmly. - .,,,d h. . bette
Vorui, Vii, ,nnid NOT trust herself 10 look q
.,Sm. she was afraid Of the panic in ne
heart. ,. osort
1 oWsli" :" she said rather hoarsely
.rf beauty counts for anything, ana
suppose 1t does with most men
He broke in fiercely. -
"Beauty counts for nothing-noth
800 oh, for Gods sake, let's dro
~. farcical pretense. You know a
snll as / do that / care nothing ~
hsr--iet us at least be honest with on
"rothar. I've never cared for an
woman in my life but you, and l Jos
sou through my own cursed lol'1
fSat,s the truth, and you know 1t, Y
rlsase don't congratulate me-or-o
snvthing like that" he stamrnered
It1 i;t;,s % as he smoke. "It's-it's like jok
Inc Ing beside a deathbed, he adde
Loarsely. IT,. sL. -,
nm could not answer him. she wa
.lad from the bottom of her heart whe
at the end Of the road he ieit liz
He hailed a taxi and drove straist
70 Erica Hewing's; he felt that u
would 70 mad il he were lett to nun
|elf; during the short drive he set ioI
ward with clenched fists pressed nara
Ibis eyes, trying to shut out the memor
AS the taxi stopped outside IL
Hewings he saw Ralph Hillyard comiu
up the road.
IT am on my way to congrutuln'