Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-10
ruIs STARTS THE STORY

iepo ,.,tbcr. has little faith IN Hill
Me "I bvt i'm feels that Kdthy ioill
Sa",,.oh for them. she neglects
90 "AJH Her riches arc a burden to
ine"' Gurus Tallentyre, a society do
nuii ;,o' falls IN lore toith Jill, but
nosy ~. .a.onosals reveal his so truly selfish
p,s that she rejects him and
s,r;c, so,c her employer, rich tdryer.
~ ~, sisters no,c meet ~ society;
ssnn sISn,Stvrc, risitino at Kathy's house,
,;, meets Jill, after couple of
agam, absence, and he could not
G,,s G ihat the jill ,ohom he had
g.nrn aud loved had eper eristcd
...i.;do .s;d his imagination. He had not
"ssrt 10 sneak Of the past, out some
So,o the cords slipped out.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
TILL laughed.
d "You mean that 1 have grown
s,der?" she said lightly.
"No--no. / did not mean that" he
answered.
Her eyes mockcd him.
"Wiscr, perhaps, then" she sub
mitted with a touch of irony.
He made no reply.
"Kathy has n fine house." she said
,rreleyantly. Elmer even than mine
10 You must come and see my
housc. Mr.. Tallentyre-it's really rather
heautiful in its way after
Acacia Terrace" she added whimsi-
cally. 1850,
~ am thinking of giving it up and
taking a fat instead she went on
presently. Its rather inconveniently
large in some ways; and ! always had
= longing to live in q fat"
Yes" he said, Il remember you
telling me that.
Did IH---did I, really? How funny
=" she leaned back in her chair.
~ am afraid l must have bored you
rather dreadfully with my heroics in
those days.
mo, you did not bore me at ALL
cts kind Of you to say that w
Talentyre moved restlessly; pas
sonate longing seized him to rouse her
from this possession to make her
fsel--if only for n moment: to see for
himself If his old power over her was
indeed dead and gone.
"Do you remember that Sunday
and the ranting Salvationist? he asked
suddenly.
"0f course I do and his
special invitation to you-or was it to
me?-to come and have q dip in Jor-
dam" she laughed with frank amuse-
lnent at the memory. "Oh, dear, what
q long time ago that seems ="
II ct is not so long-only a year " ="
"a year is long time-sometimes,"
she said, with a little shadow in her
voice.
He turned and looked at her.
1T has seemed long to you?" he
asked quickly.
She seemed to be considering the
question.
Z In some ways-yes," she said at
last when l think of all that has
happened, and how my life has changed
You have got everything you want
at last"
She shook her head.
!. mot quite everything; that would
b too much to expect"
he dropped his monocle and picked
Il up again.
. You once told me that your idea OF
happiness was to be rich, and some
body, he reminded her.
Jill smiled reminiscently.
Il was very silly in those days;
am wiser now."
He looked at her.
You mean that you have learned by
experience that there are other things
better worth having" he asked.
jill nodded.
80 many things" she agreed.
He leaned toward her n little.
Tell me some of them?"
Her eyes rested on his thin face con
siderngly.
IT is rather difficult" she said |
There are So many, but perhaps
yes, ] think that of them all, |
\ would best like to have my dreams
asain-my illusions l suppose you
would call them; l never realized how
them" -0''
!, You mean that you lost them
through me-" Tallentyre said quietly,
tor the first time Jill flushed a little,
put she made no attempt to eyade the
or deny it.
hat" '1' '''i" oiu mean
"Jill =" her name seomed
,s;SGape ,;.ype MN unconsciously; there was
i..n .ue thrill OF anguish in his usually
,nS hno!ee' put 1t was gone Immediately,
man Ae ne was the iethargic, self-possessed
van .ap9 OF the world once more.
nm fS.ease :! I.s, don't think l am blaming
~ % JlIl SAID with gentle coldness.
,esN,ap ptppse' tp' II were wise, I should
,ood t, 'nat you really did me quite n
~ ~ t' urn Know | wanted waking up
No "a "noW l wanted to be made to see
isvoS as II really Is, and not as / be-
a. ion' 10 De; She smiled a. little.
mistakes again" she added. '''''
re dld not answer.
and now supposinp we to,k ohou.
ightlv more interesting" said Jill
Lsdy r,,, W men are you going to bring
'emcmbont tica 70 see me? Don't you
n her?" 'n'efested always was
'a,94lientyre ~ flushed and bit his lin
IL. J. shall be delighted 70 brin. Ip, ber 20
W y s0a' If I may" he said constrained
,r,c DO must get Kotbv to
arrange ,onas for us to meet here % frst y y
ure wife. ''Nus Win your tu-
.estoHG stGh,Sre did not move, but tho hand
jsnt on the seat between them sud.
''"'T saEhcit closed convulsively.. ~
,venlv rs Is charming of you," he said
,roIns am sure - bc
Un and rose to his feet as Gerald
,Ta,,sar. came across the room to them,
.hs tentyre stnayre took his leave soon after:
aimost aIn ~. Of the evening had been
,xcussd more more than he could bear, He
Il a Iu bn, himself to Kathy on the plea
lad aot a"oeta1ache; he told Ralph that he
Elrlcs 70 70 go on to crush to meet
,ora = hewing "such
Hiuvano no added with his lazy drawl.
tisnd 'asa as,a laughed; he thumped his
'Sd "bnectionately on the back.
'sse me i'WTHs Ws you cant de-
"A hlc Whom