Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-15
1aE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Sgluia's Wants
,IuARETH II. DAY

.,,d sylvia SO rea"''' '""'
almost over,ot tbs talented, brilliant. popu.
Sylvia' 18th half the young men ~
lar e'rn,, e'rn,,,noring for even one evening VI
Town clU, clan'U occepting Tom Ira,nor'
her con1p""i, con1p.ro,c determined young bank
. he moaf'", rodorate salary and very
rerk WI" nnrosnccts for the future.
nodprate ,,os amazing! 1t had taken
truly " wcars to summon sufnclcnt
| Tom thr.s nronosp. and now ne won
rourage, 10 n,nmpnt why he had not
done II oTi'I D,I hc knew. His limited cir
.s,onccs ,sv had at ono ','mr ho,wsen s them
clns.,moonntablc barrier oetwert t,,,in ,is nd
lnsu, nnw 'rU that he had saveu 'i.. Lont ~" %o
sut ISo,ting on better NJ lhe a. Unmn ,o
VS Vs clustered the. necessary cou'"e' '"
nau the question. ,,. .J
'Pcp 'nr and wen have a church wed.
"les,d le.,d " six bridesmaids and all tne
ding a"" and. Tom. | know a dear llt.le
'hIln >; 81 Iike 70 live in, brand-new,
house .nIy $4,000. There $ duck Oh
and obi! horc we can keep our own
garage W"' for veil surely have one
little Tu.' ,ro dear? And, Tom, ! saw
wont we, We, sHitc in town the other day
living ~ and n solid mahogany set lot
fm s,s'Sn6 You sec. dear. | SORT OF
only lunch YOU ask me soon. so We
bad nortiuc no"i around. for ] believe in
pesn pesnn.redness. you know
p'sg TOm was beginning TO
,l.obss'' lv%b in several different direci
u, nun'" Now. Tom thought he had slheu
iOnJ,, nO,r,, m better than that. ne knew
syFm "r was very well of. though
Der ,ana0sltby aa,b that they had a hivver.
rd W. Ms"i nirost every one In the thrifty
Is s,l a'u ,own. but where had Sylvia ac-
hue 'V" such cxtravagant tastes. On,
qureu hoJ been n fool TO dream OF win
blt ~ sor r" and keeping her. He had won
ping t,t H, how about keeping her! was
ha w. OWsr nil, like some other empty
so, III u" Girls hc knew. with aspirations
aesa,' r;ch husband? Surely he had
l@ lived in a manner that would
net. sylvia 10 believe that he had
|roney. .L. -, .Lo s1OOO bo
Md managed to save. at no small sac
Daa nsoo either. We'll. he was doomed to
t, old bachelor. for he never could
~ % .rv one but Sylvia. He was dis
pw.oirtcd in her. to be sure. for he had
|spPolnJI'h har rho sinccrest, truest type
@IeNeu nLaoL n hut ba loved her none
q Won."snhi @ co. lie disonpoiptmont.
he less ~, ,norontIv mistaking his 81.
%Tu' Liila Ipp wns chntterinp on han
enc ", ..drrkv" kitchen cabinet
|pE s"I"ss auJ", cookcr and no end of alu-
ind nIe'r ,,oro thc nurchose of which
nlnII' m mann benkruptcy for Tom.
VIIu u n,"s, '",." .ncok, no must tell her that
. nv ,Lo W." ,birc. ro,ld not be. for years
|ll wv" org anywoy. and probably never.
nv n"nc.I,io sy% :" hn bopon. miserably.
49, ,%T,' ,,.;,h somn osnprity
~ ror0 ,or finished Tom Iamcly.
,,nf oorrsc Won do. dear. and | love
y, Ji.,rortion and that is WHY |
you " gouJIy % woit for all the lovely
sh "".' no oro going to get. together.
htns, w., W. seq. Il, Shc Ioved him NOT for
,So,if SO H;" oIonc
"Syivio no began again, and stop.
-, Th"n n courage came to him. n
.",o,o bc hoL NOT thought possible, 1t
~" uu'pt 0oor thot hc must sneak.
ia dd NOT try to take her hand or
lie Of" Nv, NY NY 10 Tor "" Cr;nn;ng his
.UncLIs. wv" los tore,hrr. ho plunged.
listen, lust minute. Sylvia. |;
..I,,", ;n,ondoJ oJJ 70 nisrnnrasent things
|Ir I surely must have if YOU think
h rop afford to huv A $4,000 house. sew
|,nI tbousand dollars worth of furni-
|nrp a cor md all that sort of thing.
|Tro tried IN save. and thought I had
|, tidy littIc .um until heard your
|r,nts didn't realize girls needed so |
|mrch to mokc tbcm happy. | somehow
|fmrbt Won loved nc enough TO start
\, tbn bortom Of thC ladder md climb |
|rp with mo, but guess | made n |
mistake.
"Tm sorry. Sylvia, but I can't OK.
D4rt yn tn marry me-. for you'J mover |
Se bsnnv nm n GALAXY of s350o and n
|SarL orroun, nr SI0OO omt of which |
|vpd have in huv furniture and GOT |
b,rtpd "
sylvia wos ,ilcnt oh if sbo would
|spIy saw somcthinr-onvihirg to hrcok |
~" ~S ''iL','l's iI,s TnnA lnIhg 10 oTcaN
N upr; n' ~" W"aN ana shakS anu
|MWOughlE miserable.