Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-03
sT.RTs THE STORY

tooe w, has little faith W hu
10 moInei i;jI feels that hdfhy ioh
tsrd, os' -" tksm, but she negteos
10 maon ma.,iv. ,Ei jill, pho IS emptogeJJ
hsm a..ooyopher, gets doqua,n.e.a
81 S,r.s Tallentyre, niso q 'oew.s
Sin owSs owS a friend Of Hit,ydrd. Sao
san, o"Ii iops ,oith him, OUT nhuet
tcm " mat he must marry m'nes s.;cI
srosos sn,t Kim in idleness. IVn ,o,n Eotb~ %
ssp,pVd TX death, and jut TOO '''' '
W.. IN an appearance. Do,r Hu
v"Do you cant ~ Sotbu ,nere lust
sskee; sne IN her nep oedutvut
sfrongo,a ,r;th that oddly nervous
s.o,ni s.o"rs,,ion in her blue eyes
AND HERE IT CONTINUES Els, :,
~nT COURSE I want to see nm aa,
nv.,hs ,ah falteringly; she toi,
" ksiup' kJ.u into the inner room, anu
stood loos,d that she kept her manu-
Ji,i nTs,r' S"or as II anxious for 1t not 10
k shut; ,,,s asleep for a little while dIsI,s ne
Don s,en Wss his pain; his handsome
had ioltSd iI0Sod almost childish as ne LAY
o ,r,th his curly hair orusheu oa."'
sne1eb b,s iips a litte, parted. -- m"
anu eu.tiso-he I doesn't look SO very ot W 90
,.a Kathy falterinsly; she dio ho' ~
snv nearer to him. 49,, /. hos never
HThe doctor says that "a, IA n answered
had such bad attack, y, . Sod in n
.nrtly; she stood pesiue .no .hers was
sort sort Of defensive nttltuae' 'a1 anger in
sn.bins but bitterness ana anger ~
heart toward Rathy. = ~.
ne1 nThsra n, was a moments silence IN tue
Tnere wa" "I;i,yard moved restlessly.
Ksthy turned at once
.I ,h,nk 7 ought to be going--kalph
,., 20 90 on to the city, she SPOKE
,ns, GansS in A whisper. she looked with
nhalyo s.Worv we'll" Jill walked past her
inIN ,. '' Don better'" Hillyard asked her
.uLwordly: il was the first time he had
spoken to her. =, =, ,s,ro-od b,m.
2. MAS ali such an unreal scene
x.thv In her beautiful clothes. standing
thsrs with the stiff awkwardness OF
stranger; and yet-only a Few snort
weeks ago this ugly room had pesn ner
home: the home to whtcn she nad peeh
Glad 10 return every nighttime hone
where at least she had always naa
the warmth Of her sisters unseinsh
leve. Ia. .,,o,oto
-.s.ntm.nt: S,ri MA she wondered II sudden
wealth would 90 quickly have changea
bsr. had she been married to Ralph
Hliyard instead Of Kathy. and her
heart cried out in passionate protest.
"Well-good- by" she said after
moment: she leaned a little toward
Ksthy, Offering her cheek-it was hot
and burning; Kathy kissed her
II shall come again soon--and If
there is anything you want
Hillyard laid a couple Of sovereigns
oa the table; he avoided Jill's eyes
as he did so--
Give them to Don--from me-" he
said awkwardly.
jill did not answer; she left the
sovereigns lying where he laid them
down; she knew hoy furious Don
would have been had he heard the un-
conscious condescension in his brother
tn-law's voice; she knew that Don
in the face Of the giver.
Kathy and her husband went out of
the room together: jill stood looking
yards hand was on his wife's arm !;
he seemed to be talking to her in
low voice.
Suddenly Kathy freed herself; she
came running back; she pushed the door
TO now Of her own accord--she went
up to jill with eager steps.
"Jill-oh, Jill" she said tremblingly.
Jill raised her dark eyes: they were
hard Hws1i,9 and accusing
Don't be cross with me- do love
Iou--you know do: but-but Ralph
She could not on her voice
trembled 50.
Hillyard called to her from the mar
row passage below; there was a touch
OF impatience in his voice.
"Kathy-Kathy !"
Kathy put her arms round jill; she
Kissed her unresponsive face twice with
eager fondness.
down the stairs.
When she went out to the car she
found Tallentyre talking to her hus-
osnd he greeted her gravely-he did
not shake hands.
"1 hope your brother is better" he
ss'S 20 fnGnts: rather formally II was Just going
Hes asleep-we didn't think he
locked vrv III, did we, Ralph? 2" Kathy
appealed to Hillyard eagerly.
lie shrugged his shoulders; he was an
44yed at Tallentyre's friendship with
Slii-annoyed, too, because Tallentyro
haa refused to tell him how they first
He has these attacks 30 often-it's
useiess getting upset every time. Can
"e.Eye you lift, Tallentyre?'
Iallentyre waited till the car hal
Snnsn Srven away, then he went into the
jill was standing where Katbv had
ley her; the two sovereigns sri, sp isp
unn,Seded on the shabby tablecloth'
Don is better, I am glad To hear "
!tah,entyre said; he went up to her and
'ooA her unresponsive hand.
Iill did not answer; she looked I'm nj
MN absently; then W.
nts Ralph who Is doing IT," she said
noarsely' II might have known Kathv
.rs was Always so weak-so easily led
na sne loves him. He'll take her right
inw from me.-that's what he Is try.
aid, but didn't : ~ ~ Nv"
III your sister loves YOU, sbs will
tv. tsr allow any one to take her AWAY
"ym nm you,, Tallentyre said. away
~ 'sl, laughed mirthlessly.
On ~ Ip.ioVe ioVes him 30 much better
Sats mat nate him--1 never thought I could
~ nSs~nsh any one 30 much - sF' with nv
ip' si~nsp movement she swept the sover.
Aoor1hlyard had left for her to the
Si,d cheeks were burning, Wv
money iS.her starve than touch his
neatS .ne treats us as II we were be.
Inow tm MIN altogether; oh, Won don't
shnd now ! hate him I could hardly
Tai,.n,set ,ste today and not tell him 60
'",m IN back on the table, ' e''"' ana put
c.r.e ~ probably gave than, :. Wa,