Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-25
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Sor ,nnI uei1e'e " cnat'er,ins i.h i. ny HOOv
Thee?"
Il see" Sunny said "lf you can't
trust me, you'd best say nothing; only
ia got an idea somehow that you could
trust me 20
F:oss' Ss e2Ess Ess n" wsI fsa.9' &sas Ss%fSn h!
hesItated He brought tho tips OF his
fingers together and sat staring az
sunny, for some momente... Then he
seemed TO wake up; he hastily scribbied
something on "A piece OF paper
'"About that woman oily Cathon,'
he said Well II ithn't her name.
knew her before: got an engagement
once under her own name! II you want
70 know her real name here II tn tn u, !.
sunny. She picked II UP and read tn"
name: It was quite unfamiliar 10 her
Got her an engagement In a proVn-
said. And don't make any mi,htake;",'
he added. II know ith the , same one
"well?" sunny asked. This don't
tell me much -
Messy leaned back in his chair; he
closed his little eyes ...,
"Augutht the third he muttered'
"Thath it-Augutht the third" ~
What is?" sunny said. For goodness
sake do get on with II!
I've told you all I'm going to tell
you J. MobSy hald. -,
"But you amt told me nothing" she
"I've told you a lot. my dear, and IL
you've got the brainths I think you nave:
you'll work the retht out for yourthelf
pont forget the ID, datemApEutht ~ in Vrah thc
bed his hat suddenly ''Thorry: | mutht
run away" he said. "Tho-long'
Thunny!"
Messy boltcd-therc was no other
word for it-bolted out of the room like
a rabbit pursued by ferrets scuttlins out
OF its burrow. sunny stared after him
in sheer astonishment She called him.
but he did not come back.
Sunny rose and followed him down to
the street but Mossy had gone long be-
fore she gn ined the stairs.
Out In the, street Sunny opened the
paper and looked at The name again it
WAS certainly an uncommon one-"Mo-
rania Gilbert"
Morsnie Who over heard of such
name as that before? Gilbert was COM
she called herseI Gilly--short for Gil
bert, OF course--and had tackled on the
Casson and dropped the Morania.
Well what about II all?" Sunny Won
dIered dered. And why August the third? I'd
Tered; Running off like that as il he
vas half scared out of his life
Morania Gilbert. August the third
What on earth could August. the third
ave to do with It? And what August
'r tho year before that, or twenty years
lgo, or what?
Little wretch Sunny muttered
She stood there or the pavement wrink- |
Ing her brows in deep thought. People |
'asslng stared at her; most Of th"n
new her.
1T seems to mc"-Sunny muttercd |
Ter thoughts aloud--'as something must |
ave happened to her, Moraniu Gilbert,
ne August the third. Perhaps It was
the paper Perhaps"
IL dawned OH her suddenly.
hi. taxi - she shouted eXcitedlv
a cab pulled up against the curb for
-; august the usrd, please Sunny
Beg pardon. missp' the man said
II meatl--I mean a ncwspauer or-
ce: !" Sunny said. "''"per OIL
Take mo TO newspaper Office
, ANY old one !" she I, said Ti''' "rry. ,,o
,ninstro,. ,,ies~i don't care--tho Mail. or the
eieSraft Il don't matter. Yes, II does
longh a. She paused. "Il 20 to IN"
,aii "a no once, sho said. You car get
re IN hurry than you can out of mosI SST
ipers. can't your" - must
e. 4 believe you can. miss" he said
sunny stepped into the cab and I,
,ou 10 ~ or, OIL ;ew minutes later and she
i9wed Sw to see file of papers ~ W
one thins sunny had decided I, bor
: IN ~ would not be August the third
Ills ti's year, for now 1t was ONLY So
~ ,'oer' e ana Gilly Casson. as Giliy CAS-.
al months now 'oi sew
~ start and try last ycor" .b.
,tS,4a Uusm'' 80 shc asked to see the ,lIe ,or
Isust OF the previous year. ''0 to'
rTr ,ho nun an hour Che studied the cor,.
ere was nothing in il thnt , .1iEo, out
tNS ahything TO do with 0iiIv TeHNo No
Morahia Gilbcrt. To make yura aesGh
ent carefully through the issso ie, shS
rsn,oh uaI ne fourth, and then skimmed
as no > NuT3st %; august avg The flfth. There
ancihS 10 be n Sunday. Ana,I., oay
ali" ali conveyed no information to her here
,sdra S5nl ! have aye 70 ge, look at tho voo r.
'ioFe, she thought. VIC year
IL was very OblIgIpr, ,o,.
no Drought her the files ina GIerk
>, py every means in his nop,os 'Sigd
Ven W peHn t,r.s 20 INC Realm and had Seen ne ne
+, heart H Ia az, and knew her son,
r 80, but refrained. HNeu 70 tell
An w. Sunny gaeped -
I, "a Tu'u "hat you want, missq" -
Yes. I've got 1t all rIphtn. o...
id eHcitedly Canaan so, sunny
this paper? BET copy |
II dare gay, Miss Ducrow .. bo .o,, |
uiu not strike Sunny as odd ,ho.
r S"ou'a Nno" her; most people knew |
She had 10 wait a considerable
lore he brought the issue OF tbo % %a1ne
A. she wanted. ''o papcr |
Lhamk you very much for all wan,
tHoIS ~ sunny said. She shook hands
VI MN sFaHely, and the young man
rnna ,nhi'r NH pressure II wac something |
shaken hands with Miss sunny Dm' M
sunny went out. For ton rnlnu,es s,.
'od on the pavement outsida the St,e s
making UP her mind what sho sSonIJ
heNt, meh suddenly she made n in |
ohe walked Up Bouverie stTeet intn
~ ~ street ana hailed a cab '''''
. in'esSehuaie House" she said, know |
The driver nodded. Yes. m,ssr, ,a |
d. An know buckingham l Pals anS ns
Know quite n lot. you do p. Sunov |
d. We'll, hop II =" sunny
lie hopped It at very fair naoa L.
,ried sunny to her destinatfon anS "a
loaded his fare outside the massiwa |
i imposing portals OF BessendaIe
This time there was no red csrno,
Xn or awning erected above tho siGa'
TX sunny felt a tremor OF neryons.
- as she ascended the aWe-insnirino
ps and rang tho bell. US
CONTINUED TOMORROW
vri0ht 1891 by Geor9e p. Putaam's SONG. e.