Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-10

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.,.ycY needs no defense. She wa
il h,,hly talented, honestly and not .,. ar.
ss.,.ily i1 temperamental, and she wcul0 ,,A
J. .,-,vs be masnifyins her joys ana ..,. a.,,
.lS., .S.;..m.nt. nine diameters; she woulo
.ss y. nm any length Of time IN tn.
..a,um: ~ but would alternate the peas.
- ' n. sbysses. She few at ratne'
..., ~. .nnroached her busbears exam
..,..,v. ~. Things that Jenny (who wa'
,dn .,.sout talent) shrugged her shoulder. ,,.
S..'. WV. and coniured away with a smile
~. ~, objects against which Nancy nuns
s.,..li s desperately-with the same men
.. y, .sock A, that which the athlete
w.. - nhysically when, believing he IL
s,,.ins sdn At substances, he hits nothing
but air.
. ho,n coincidence; every instinct In
-, ,ose up in protest against the comic
.,.,. =. which she adorned. She had set
n, y sosl high, the classic opera; and she
Va ~ sou. toward it, body and soul. She
=, no Atalanta, to be tricted BY
riden apples. She was only twenty
mt. Al! IL Nancy magnified her disap.
,o,ntments nine diameters. 80 would
+. m.suify the objects Of her love.
There came a knock on the door.
NM, ar,'I rose and answered It, silently.
isnny stepped Within.
'TIy "Wybat are you doin' up so late? . .
Nancy p Jenny cried, her hands Tying
"a her throat ut the sight OF Jeremiah 8
I'M, battered face.
"Oh. Jenny, they came out OF the
alley, four Of them. They nearly killed
him mWs
j.nny ran to the lounge and knelt.
Asony pinched her heart.
~'S1S ailey?'' she said. He was
,lvayI yankin' me past 'em. thought
L vss q joke. An so they got him
But Why? What's he done! What did
yeu do!"-fercely.
n tried to help him. Look at my
lps. But he isn't a boy, Jenny; he's
Z man."
"Just find that out?" said Jenny.
dply.
For a moment blue eyes and hazel
eashed but it was metal against metal,
tAsrs was nothing within to be seen:
l sish from the patient broke the tab.
lau, for which blue eye and hazel were
mteful. The two young women leaned
h,ward expectantly; but there was no
neurrence at that time.
rs he badly hurt:"
'The surgeon next door says he'll
h al right In the morning; but he
must keep still for couple Of days"
'How you come t get struck ?"
II tried to pull one of them away.
ae,struck me, and I ran for help"
Good girl! But if I'd "a been
here !"
, "And what could you have done that
failed to do?"--with a shade of trucu.
ence.
I'D killed a couple with my hat.
)ins."
''Hatpins?"
"6ure. A woman can bust up q riot
nth coupla hatpins. I've told you
hat q hundred times. But alleys
NJ amt wise about, Nancy"
y. Jenny, some one is threatening his
liie He's been babbling Il little.
Somebody tryin T. kill him? What
ioel What's tn boy done!"
" don't know; but he spoke of
ausys and battle and murder and sud.
da death, and ! don't know what else"
Y, Nancy"
Who said he wouldl Some one
Nsab to hurt him; and he doesn't know
Wy either, from what I gathered"
Az at once Nancy knew that Jenny
aNS nlit % got out of the room. II Jerry
osoeled again about love, 1t would make
ss0aludon all around. It would not be
'all 70 any one Of the three.
Jenny. what did hs do to YOU that
y y was sorry for?" She shot this boil
70 emoarrass her friend.
4 Jenny got up. He kissed INC in tn
ata i. one night. You know-kid stuff.
W. M sneatlv ea strangled me. He was scared
'@ "s.. a!ter ned done it. Said he didn't
u.sn u an was sorry. l didn't mind.
,aUx'h ,as,. VINO 1t was. Sometimes Won
,0a ! mind. JUS that once; never tried
!, ! van Or mentioned it. WHY. don't
,.sk .tnk NED ever kissed a young woman
's!ose; y. Hes a queer boy, Wc nin,t
~ ~ o him yet. WHAT'S be do?
WAYS . he work at? wv
81, ss writing n Latin somcthin, p"
S",! ~ now ';. to drive Jenny away from ths
~ H wi, WIshout offending her.
k,c,;"ai" " your granny !" jeercd to
~" ,'ai one: Latin don't buv loh.
,v.. w. he don't let tn walters mt
~ ~. ps1ythln', but he's no tightwad """'
u, H. 4ss s. spending his capital. lie told
"Rut 81: as inherited a little" '''u
].,tS@us.s Sus alleys an murder an sudden
lIbiIGInew lbinIG = about that? Th' m"rs "rseI
Sno.,oo, % nun, t further he Gets swav
sTs'a ssR". he's somebody else?" AWAY
n tSs nv oa ! saw him in his own home,
'sllsd' = ' h;o' country, The old housekeensr. @ e.
,Issr. I nm " Jerry; That part f'is Of il r.
alien into to .insxy i%sy ,b be something he has as
s ns,,Ia IIoat see how. He's been w,.h
IL. 'it'y = every night: guess we" we bette1 Wt1
d wbs, Up, p. He's tn kind th"t'iI Tet,sl tsll
III, l;l, ''d lie put up?" asked "Sl sort genn, :"
ov = \. ~as %;s a lion. Jenny! I DONE ..o
4 Ws,i y, E'd 1t. II he'd had @ his hant see
~ sot behind him =. ~ strong. But