Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-03
rue DAILY NOVELETTE,
Sarah Without an n
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EIEANOh - -
-. not much fun to .,p be who vfe has has red
haT. y freckles Sdn ana az, 1fSVf Of sudden has
particg9lanr1H n1 ones horizon the very "e'o
Of foTaS one oakley, crouehed IN ine me TSorn
=, profile Rock ,,nmsseeingiy MAJ, m down into
mountain. be,ow where cultivated melus
the valles, tiise n checkerboard WIN.
lay spreat,Ih IN" of river traversing inc
squares +, isn't fair cried Sarar. m,r.
"Ccely, M i,,st nlain Sarah And every
ian1-aImiu cot matches my name-ny
thing mon Of carroty hair ,Syoists my G and
ion, and my yo,a.nicces are all the rage,
skirts WI WIZ, eb,ame philip Marden tor hot
VINO uS' as noticing me !.,,,, bo,oy
so tnu' rom the cabin Veratua SeVm NV
sostped the voices OF ohSnsron. thS srt Cicely's
CHEEKY eho hos must 60 down, or she Wouio .,n
aunt. ,.nh So and teased into explanations
Of her absence slovIy, a tentative sort
AS she r00fSected r0SS itself into her con
Of plan Pi ~ believe" she said aloud
sGt9niIiHyc sGt9usIiI,SScS I'll try t. And I'll get Elaine
to Ts0 heIP Night after the girls had tnav ,ett
InaI idering fire around when tney
the srl93itut,eI and sung, and had sought
had froIiCEsu in,,[s Sarah sT broached the sub.
their ro9m,ilS' mnr h,Sdfeiiow, Elaine. not, it
ject ~ 10 confessed, without dlihdence;
mug T"EIane IL wish youa ieIlu inI,, ,iIe vo,,
Ih.a Ea iust once and show me now you
curriers' Jus' t"Ir and couldn't ] borrow
wave U,rnrshmallow toast tomorrow
for tn" tn".o,,r ordinary morning serge anu
lS, nlsn' do YOU talk to boys anyho"
There VIZ i've of pete. Sarah" gasped
For me tm6f f"CE Course, will-but what's
the big idca?" ,,., ,,,t,o like every
hodv else" cried Saraa -. dS,,arrS. far nnSc
"JuSt ISL 'ittS'! Ire And after this, Eiaine' my
III m! NOT middlc-ages Sarah, put
sam$ saa!r.a. without an II. And I'm going
to act tIuih shook %E' her head a bit uncom'
Gi,,aanTipriv. G,ar,Tiii Then she entered into I'M.
pttGIHi., ~ Tho thing and not only dam-
EVIL and did up Sarah's tawny loCks'
but Hromiscd the loan. not OF thS ,,,,s, miU,
,ng serge, but ,. OF an eNtId EVA aIIurinr
AGO AIeo amid giggles from the two OF tneln, mem
ne S,sVd drilled INTO Sarah's eager littie Draih
sSaTious fetching little leads she naa
sonnd effective In conVcrslng win t'ie
opposite sex. Elaine was % paieS nSr ~ tSe
Lhntt'h XII she was one of those porn III tue
NrIS TSS following evening at the marsh
,,o,inw toast, Sarah's and her conIeu-
crates .ehGm'nSS oIG PfoHfie friend g of Eaimes
IA iIi''' 'brnught n crowd of fraternity
hrotbers over from their camp on ROCKY
T,on and. for the first time in her YOUNG
IfS Sarah knew the thrill or poplaIi.S
tttber her softly waved hair or her De.
El.,Tne, ElSmvr gown or the confidence born or
,Snrn brought out her personality, or
sise some hitherto absent star OF ues-
tiry had risen. ,,, o,o h,d
,,,ith iunilnprlDle mafSI-
u,oiion,s done to perfection. had danced
"wcTv dance on the lanterned Neranua,
and most significant of all. had actually
been invited 70 the SATURDAY ",gnt @ n0n mop
Of lhc Iron Mountain House by none
"tber than Philip Marden himself.
FnIl0wCd days in which Sarah moved
90 in a dream Continually Philip
SGuired her and made no bones aboui
sSNwing his interest in her If occa'
sionsllT sarah noticed a worried little
Srown on Elainc's fair brow, it troubled
bcr not Phil was no property Oh
IIoinc's who, by her, own confession,
was as good as engaged 'poy pack
home
came the very last evening OF the
bouse uarty. No plans had been laid,
for there was packing to be done ana
the putting Of the cabin to rights. But
deep down in her heart Sarah knew
ihai philip would come to say EOOd-Dy
Fnd-who could prOphesy what else! In
mood Of rXal'atiOn she waited.
Surc enough, just as the moon climbed
slowly above the distant mountains, ms
firm step sounded or the GFavei pain
Lets walk to the summer house
he began without preamble. "lve some.
thing to say
Sarah nmided spcechlessly and walked
along beside him, feeling as If she trod
on air 1t had Come-the most won
derful moment Of her life.
Then, as She sat down on the rustic
bench. Phil turned and faced hel.
sarah, he began. I've. 1--we no business Xd,,
why, you've been playing with me ano
] didn't know it,
The girl who had shrunk back as II
struck looked up whitctaced in the
moonlight. "WhRt-what do you mean
she asked.
Don't pretend YOU don't know" he
cried imnaticntly, "A-a girl who has
always been like 4 sister to ME saw
that was getting hard MT and put me
wise told me how you had wanted 10
have an Out-and.Out Irritation just for
tho fun Of it, only, heaven knows |
wish had understood at the begin
ming"
For moment there was utter silence
IN tn" little arbUr. Then Sarah rose
softly and went over to Philip.
"I'hil," sh" said hrokcnly, its partly
true hut--watt! I'm being punished
for that part of it by having to admit
out the slightest bit OF help. that i
/"
But Thil was gazing hungriIy. incrcd,
ulOusly into Sarah'S eyes. sarah" he
said, you don't mcan--is 1t possible
that while You were playing at love you
actually learned to care"
Then, at her wistful little nod. he took
her In his arms.
Some time later, "T love your quaint
littr name, dear" said PhIIm.
40 yuu"" inquired his tianCee. II
used to spell il Sara, but it really
should have an H."
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