Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-03-11
LADYFLNGERS
Rv JACKSON GREGORY
co,vri0ht. 1891. by Charles scrioner's Sons

quietly. that he is interested in such
things?"
"a little boy Ronnie's age is inter.
ested In everything in the world"
But to brand tho poor old senator
as a bad man. TO hint at states prison
''Is just Ronnie's way of mixing
things. He heard me reading something
from the paper to mamma he saw this
picture and supposed that this was the
man i was reading about"
Whom were you reading about?" he
asked quickly.
"a man named Robert Ashc. They
call him Ladyfngcrs. You have heard
about the attempt at robbing Mrs.
II am her secretary" he answered
In the voice which II had been his busi-
this. "Yes, have read of it,"
"Oh J" She loked at him curiously.
80 you are Mr.. Stccle2"
'Yes. I should have given you my
name before now, shouldn't /? But
somehow / suppose it's be-
cause they're so new to me, tha woods
seem to me TO make any sort Of an in D
PRODUCTION .idiotic. 1t seems as II, out
here, 1t didn't matter who n man was,
Just what he was. ="
That's equally true anywhere. isn't
II? when you come right down to it."
ut ought to be-"
He picked up his pipe; filed 1t again,
his eyes on Ronnie while he lighted 1t.
'"Tcll me-" he asked abruptly, with
out pausing to seek reason for the
question, what do you make of this
LadyhngcrsT
>, AGAIN she looked at him curiously.
re met her clear eyes smilingly,
frankly as was his way~.
...m n.y., she answered, he is a
.nlei; L; sh nc Mhat could l make OF
MN put Just tnat! what he has made
r,,n o, n'mse,t' !, "h Mhat Konnic calls bad
''Ih, d.. she enned smiling;
son,u pu' .hat uiun ! satisfy MIN: sud
aeniy ne wanted her opinion of Lady
hngcrs., 1t was important that he
should nave It,. Not merely because she
was the daintiest flower of n girl he
had ever seen, not that the physical
charm OF her, the glowing lovclincss.
made her opinion more to be desired
than that of n less radiant sister. but
rather because of nm emotion which
ne could not quite have shared into
words. 1t was perhaps little because
this girl was so antipodally set apart
IN her life and In her souls life from
the sort of thing which had grown to
be part Of Ladyfngers, the dcbonair
thief, that he desired her Judgment.
"He js NIL had. 7 sunnoso ,S ho osroa
carelessly. "'pp'''' "' "'A'u
She dij m. o,s,,.o. .,,. ,
have grown n b;t tbovrh,t.T g"i 'eei"eu u
when wc rcad n newsn,n nor .oo.,,,
of sucb a ,n.n ;; mvmspaper aesount
N IIsn IT. da., n,an, ne went on, stubborn
rcmomhor ~ soa.o. :, wonuer II we
after MI " iose' ,, una. nc IL perhaps
Jor .,..t,, ru"nh
Iar hand s"a,u,ss Io,. ,.au.. ',s,, nuu deepened.
In. hah'.,s ~. e'ii' upoH the Sleep
"se e.I % it,, ouis' .n
.,,onoi ,nink n,k tnat 1 remember, she an
'""teu ..Jto saowiy' because
"nccauso "ncauso' ne prompted her.
..B ..BBecnuse OF honnie
- Nv nomn,f' D.i;.s, Mhat could Ronnie have
" sho ~" MaJ.,,i m,th ii'auynnEersI
tbc sostnosa ouu'u sravely. lie marvcied at
my Hoa.ness OF hGr eyes,
~ njo;nnl nm "'noS! honnies mother, she
ot tp'"n"eu. am a. lou see, mamma Is not
Tor aL alr,ost Hstoms, honhie comes to me
~ hor" amos. S eSSersIhims. AND sometimes
.I'i11 w. nilh. In.o whht sort OF a man he
Hm"",n onn grow some day X he hadn't any
nr bnr,;,,,o IT, "u.cn MN grow up: II by any
h;n h; ''Gtu a;,,, cmance ne were lett alone IN a
tIes DpSSm"toh ~. the str,eets-Just as lit
,shn ,,',. hsno Mhs'
::.Snc :.Hn was startled. =. -,
ho .;u 10y seem TO know all about him,
"e Sald quickly:
NAM, pM'y lttle. 0niy what l have
IN "t tho', ,n 'ne pupers. MS name has been
dioJ whon ,''%s' bo ,.aa .nu1 s once iils mother
I.eu Mhen he was nvc or six years old.
sVlhs 'hat ne Is hardly more than n
D;s1' now. N IS Just pitiful. And so.
you want 10 know what l think
noe't noe i.nu!nngcrs, u Is just that he has
,Ja m'L pten strong enough TO be straight
MY" II was 20 easy 10 De crooked. And
'"at .!e, am sorry 1or MN.
u,y sorry ior MN laughed Ashe.
ro,no e See's en s;sS TO pe getting away with the
ehtne al rlght,
,o nhe SHOOK her head again. great
'ook Oh wisdom IN the young eyes.
III lou can ! get away with thing
.ke that' shn sald. That's law
that men dldh make. l think you've
got 70 pay sooner or later. was
renu.hg Dook the other day that made
me thlhk' IL said that he who sins
''us1 pay. think mat is true
q. Inc prison. he began. But
she interrupted.
uon mean that. l mean that
YOU makes you pay--or nature. IT
YOU cut thihgs that are not good for
you, you get sick. Ihats paying for
IL. i0or ROBERT Ashe will have to pay
some day ior what ne has done:
81. wonder now unused Ashe:
If he loves his freedom maybe by