Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-03
.rc,ys THE STORY

'Hs ,cas sir yesarS bniiv o'I her from the
h procfSsGscc" sovld haze blaoktea ,ni nis
s%d, sSot, for him; Whem tnsnt ne s,i about her,
lac Iyv at last he J., t010o' y, 0,,ouSd cd from school
Vhes 'HG HGcath nth Of her father, Chrs, t hsr
b bor ,me 70 a her great delight, ,,nnt mf' less S
Of the ,inm trG,m' 70 him. when, ,oith TIE
than notht'dsg sor ~ aunt, on the fret mightt
come. She put up her tron' ro,r @ @girlhood to
aoISi T. his as a passing I'"m orc,, ~ notice Il.
contdshood' orcoi nc f'S Griet to her. Then
Ths md' " " terribly dull ,cees . oo
sSgsc sc her aunt oemeGr% .,,;na '" and though
o. gmOiJI" g,m,OnISr came and ioent ae meLe nsted
Christ,op"as,r Ind then ono night ne dssGd .s;d
hsDISu, s0r Scy old she 'eGs ana amo,Sh sh' TO be
eighteen and q"''' '
married coSTuNtJEs
AND hh"n ,ooo,t looking
x,E STOOD for mo,n.n, a,a.
,.. ot her. She could feei MS e'.'
- down a.,a, nv bo said. irrclevantly, 1t
upon her. ihen Il, .,ro tnown each
,..med: after ALL we ,o ~,
A.. most of our lives, nave" W." g.,
O'n1, Y" She was mystihed' Die
j -. understand him.
"And got o' fo,rt,y. "Oh,
',' soid with heartfelt fcrvor'
6es, sue SUM- uvol,-Ill take you
Chris lausheu' .o.row 70 YOU
80 soid casually.
liSe' "' =, 40. hove EXPLAINED why,
Marie couiu ''o, r,,, ,.os not what
MT she felt sure that 'n'S " ho,
Id originally intended to say 10 hei
N,o answered at once, yes
put 81. ,.r,
bhould love ~ g many tbe first
1t was the first rue u i" n', g.,
many blissful days that toilo"eu' ioi
,,o. M longer went out and
Christop,',A 80. s.;onds He stayed at
hbout with MS lri'"'.' c,..,..
Nome with Marie ana MISS ~, o,e' ea.,o..
Sometimes he seemed u lltL.e ieSus Sf,a.
md impatient, Marie thousnc. 80 O.,
.he caught him Ea"nins dn IoI,, ,,,o;t
the clock as II he were ahhiou'is " a.
;ng for something, or tor TINE W PaII TT,
but she was too happy 10 oe ~
WAS with her often, ana tha' was u
That mattered. ,,, .o ,r
And thcn-quitc suddenlV'-'ne Hill
scle happened. ,,..
1t was one Sunday evening" o, s",uo,
Sunday In June, when l1onuon See'i,e'
sun baked and breathlcSS' ana oie ~ ~.
AZ. lOnppI
country. .., .. .oo
Miss Chester had hau lriI'IGI S VIII ~ w." @
but they had gone now anu IN" ,.;t, Mt
prowling round the drawing r4o,n' s;tNro WV.
It's heavy, oId-taSntoheu i",or nat tuoy
hands in pockets, as II ne u'u lo' "''''
what to do with hlmsell' ,oo,od .
Half n dozen times ;,, ne ho ,ooto tooL
Marie--half a dozen timeS ne lo1h
step toward the door ana rnn,e oav az.
agaln' in'Lt ~. Tdn hino ",n nros o and his care
Ple'Son m III ne io,nor n snilod
ICES np' cLo..on no nod haen verv silent
.hss N"tI.,' tLa ,.iai,ars Ioft and nres
700, slncG ,h '"e ,tttio n,rrnnred excus,
eh.!, l mi.' hnn ,,,nrt and wont NJ,
sae sa'neIcu up HUI "''A "''
:" .ne foun'I ni,ood houd aud ron n f;ngo
0ni'S -, S"aiio"'u aiio' &c &c 10 s,,dLon,v forn
iVunu q . "io .;stt Do''" d H., ,,o;ca so,,nded q
..,,o oUU o1 odsn,, nnd az" iorltv whom suddenly h
de''u ..;d. anu '''N''
saiai ~ , ~ ,. >,o
-. CoIooto %I Vt i0't 10" aon't hroatbo " ~
sta;ns IDJoo,a ;,
Wo hoJ oi,rors ool,od ber ">Iari
cslasto" ""u a,r"n "o"I1 t5oir chiIihond II ba
seorn her french name, but Marie llke
4, 4, as as sne sne ''Aeu everything ne c"o'e
sbo roso ,ou, with o,oor,tv Sbo wa
sssdv IN q fowr r,irmta. onJ +bov wan
.rt ~ lev li''.,u'e5, tL ".,u ny t,o.,, "l
'f 'sv'nea ." NY 'n1 IN, H'See 5 Shuia u.s.
,sstod tH tSov W. omII n oti an Jo"n wv" ~ tho E@
%ntmont' MY ''u'O e' ''"" ~ 'N' '
paaHment; iAm ;,
=. He'o Il Oe Of.e1', nc 'a'u'
nv was very silent walk thoug
mare dld not notice IT, She was per
eeuy happy' she was sure that ever
woman they passed must be envying he
,Sr walking with SUCH n companion
now and then she looked up at him wit
sagrlhs eyes
5hey walked along the Embankmen
IId away m from II toward Ncstmihste
Aooey' lhere was service going o
nas,,S lnslae' ana through the open doors ting
svuau . near the wonderful strains OF IL
organ.
,,sS, marie stopped to listen--she love
Iusis, ana Chris stopped, too, thoug
NJ u,itb IuEfeed Ei re,stleSSly' ana drew patter,r
'seS T.,
abruptly:
sou "tVe got on very well since yo
1It IT,. noIlic-"h' TH Marie CclGSteE
nSr nNr uarK eyes were raised to his fac
H. H"' NnrlT ot course
=, nG nT ,hI lrowheI httlG.
r Hleah-do you think we should n
sr NS "st get on us weIlF' he asked, wit
- sIn gnoH,
,taM% HnS was miles. away from under
WboNUO vi VOICE sSe Sc. set her heart beating fns
aw"H "ueH Sayd Sne tried to answer, her voice die