Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-01

lub ulCkenSG Bless me T.
The stack was at the far end of n
large field. He knew that he might
shout himself hoarse, and IL was not
likely he would be heard for very con.
tbe hns f he sSw on sngth 4S Ala
looked down and Sunny looked UP.
, Good morning" she said. Taking
ladder, he said; "the ladder seems TO
have slipped"
ut is not heavy" Barstowe said, az
think you could easily put It in place
i not, would you run and tell one of
the men to Gomez"
Sunny nodded 'Its a nice morn
Ing" she said :; "and wanted to speak
An right, Wen talk when I come
girl. lift tho LADDER
There's heaps of time It's only
quarter past six" Sunny said.
| And want 10 talk to you. It's no.
| about jam and the factory this time
IT'S something. different You see, today
nesday Today you're Mr.. Barstowe of
| the Realm, aren't your
Yes, OF course but"
We'll. II isn't Squire Barstowe | want
op tax shs e Ross n9w It's Mr Robert Barst0wo
here. Put the ladder"
Heaps of time besides, IT'S me to do
| tho talIiing" Sunny said You can sit
down comfortable and listen. It's about
| q sketch"
Barstowe glared down at her. you
can take It to Curtiss,'" he said.
Hes seen 1t. He thinks It's ripping,
| but he says I couldn't do the part; he
says girl with my nose, and hair, my
color is no good for tragedy"
Very likely he is right
said. "Now"-she produced the manu-
scrInt from ber bIo,,seNl@if vou'li si,
down, YOU can listen comfortably"
II shall do nothing OF the sort, Miss
raise rails the % ladder yo1rseIf" " '0' ''''' ~
Heaps and heaps Of time for that"
Sunny said won't YOU listen?'"
| mo :" ho said. "certainlv not. 7 shall
| certainly not listen to anv sketch, or any.
thing else, while am here"
| But IL won't take twenty minutes for
me to read" '''''
| "I refuse 10 hear a word of Il - he
said
! I'm sorry :" Sunny said. She turned
away.
| "Wbere are Won poinro" Barstowe
"Oh, for a walk, and like that she
| said
| put the ladder up."
| "ft's TOO beavy"
| On nf bn
"Wili vou ston first To-" ~ "'''''
NO: i viii not! he said angrily.
bng FOR To Hon Sen See "ny vS on do 1o
| thing for mo y" sunny said She looked
IN. 5Come now - she said
IT refuse to hear one word. This is
not the time nor place for anything OF
the kind. Put the sketch before Curtiss
and he will deal with it; II he thinks
we'll enough he will recommend mo e
read it,"
Hes scared out OF his life Of you
He's a nice boy, and I'm very fond Of
him" sunny said, but he's too scarce
Of, you to be any good I've got to reat
"And tell you l will not listen I,
you!"
"well, then, there's nothing for me t,
do but to go away"
go and tell one of the men," Bar
stowe said.
But Sunny walked away as though she
did not hear
Barstowo looked about him. The stacl
was far too high for him to slide down
or jump down: 1t would mean a broker
limb perhaps n broken neck. He calleC
to Sunny, but she did not take any no
tice.
"Drat the confounded girl! he said.
ter George-one Of you! III, sam san
Kitchens, youth, hi,
Sunny sat down under a. hedge at thu
! emu Oh inc llelu anu "dtCueu Hlll,
go on; shout" she said to herself
yell, go 1t, shout again, now then
again ="
"Hi, hi, hi" Barstowe yelled. You
Sam. one of you--are you all deaf? Con
found that girl"
For half an hour he kept II up. iii
he grew hoarsa and hot sunny sat an(
wa tcheJ him from, Tho distance then ah,
rosa and welkod hacE sioNl.,, 70 1h,
stack,
| HAbou. ,l,ot sl,a+cb or sha oerad
Hang the sketch - he said, II won't
listen "'e ''' 0
"Its getting 70 he near seven" she
said ; "breakfasts at half-past, Mrs Bar
s'oTe "i'e, sea seadi Tho sketch and vou---" II,
shook his fist.
II never see n man get into such n
temperH' sunny said. "Oh, we'll II you
stop +" he shouted
"I'll read the sketch II Won like and
| Won can sir here"
word dans n y tne n sNetch' won near a
"All right"
called to her 10 come back.
What n rldiculous position for n
man of hia standing@stiIclt here on tor
f" nf n patstack S rns Sks''u's-S'"VN ''e'o o'' '0p
Good crariou, -, bo -oaoctod ~ ,a,
Iust possible he might have TO STAY here
an day Most on ahS men rT Wouo }boso DC b 0n
wern not would ho driTing sheen to The
railwaV sion here Mi day, and he had
a hundred and ten ten things 10 do in ' town @
TJo had an annointmert Of the creates,
inheritance nj Tnir mast Ten Ge SaG
n,aont 10 otor, ar F"r 7 ondon NJ haiS ra a,
eight sharn what vas the time now
lie t. took ot, out III his wi watch. WV >''''0 "'"
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