Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-08
~ ...o ~ THE STORY

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sdM. ,.,,lops into a fdsAy, sor.
n ~ IN, sifh ghom e;so no o"" "Srtwsr.
SrI Roys.o.s ddnc'ns .sio.s oi
s,s loves h'm ava " '
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.s'ss, ~ npsTER. i rich mdn about
~ fAi ~ .roooses to Elisabeth ana
.s..s ke, lessons 'e'm ,.u..
cisr,sssRs SHEATH. a country lad, N
- siiA Elisabeth.
=, Know I'm Not Free
|. 10 tollow.d- him to the door, but
~ n, fingers on the handle, ne
!l.M y ~, let Iet YOU 20 like this" he
.sr"b,v elizabeth. you know.
,su know I'm not rree' ''
"a IA God -
r. broke of, to begin again des'
- ~ ~ better than any other man.
S..s I have known you. l nave
an, v host to--to play the game.
ny ~. r,s-o month agO-1 kept
SScsuse I-I-because ] knew
Ituless everything was. II you'll
- Keen Just little unhappy, and
M with me. Elizabeth. 1--we
ma mar. unhappy than can ever tel
Ind now-now you know after
"a, I mustn't even give you my
a.hin .There's--theres a limit to
mans endurance. and you're SO
~ All your life before you, and
there are thousands Of better
4 IN the world than am. You We
IA BE- happy. You've got to be
s.snful, It's-it's my greatest wish,
sSAut / can't help you to be either.
v,,h I could-1 wish---' .
M syes rested upon her with pas.
.ssts longing. She was, as he had
n N Young. and there were many
n IN the world who would tind her
i. She would forget him. perhaps
~ - ROW to feel ashamed because once
ma thought that she really cared.
a. waited, but she did not speak or
~ her eyes, and with mighty
NJ he forced himself to composure
Your cloak. may I fetch it for
ai
81. answered him then. expression
nj think-r think ! left It in the
ltoom. It's white one Roy
|on opened the door without another
srd and went out.
The band was still playing, and the
~ was crowded with dancers as he
ended his way through them. looking
the right and left as he went for
lne. Senestis, but there was no sign
her,
he spoke to one or two people. asking
! they had seen her.
Haven't seen her At ALL" 40 some
n told him. don't think she's been
lre tonight"
Royston found one of the stewards.
Mime. Senestis. have you seen her?"
The man hesitated.
II think she's gone; almost sure !
" her leaving about half an hour
D."
Reyston found Elizabeth's cloak
5ins across q chair where Neil Farmer
ID left II. and he was crossing the
kshge again with 1t over his arm when
hid Sanger. sitting out on the stairs
th half dozen men gathered around
~, caught sight Of him.
he scattered her little group of
purifiers without ceremony and ran
swn to him.
Pat"
Royston stopped dead, and his face
|sw hard.
We'll, what Is it?''
y want to speak to you: I've been
Pelils for you everywhere.
Very well, presently, I'm engaged
h moved as II to pass her, but she
erd the way. her eyes resting sus.
aeu.ly on Elizabeth's white cloak.
where are you going? Who does
q belong to-" she asked.
Durins the short time she had lived
1m Hcyston she had made his life
ea, but though she did not want
" nsfself, she hated to think that
etasr woman found him attractive.
1m eyes met hers untlinchingly.
Hnen l interfere with your life
question you about your friends It
~ cW you the right to do the same
me-" he said Hintily.
We shrugged her shoulders she on
9M annoying him.
w, all right. No need to get
W sse said. when shall I see
III ~ meet You here in a quarter Of
%. laughed. 81 may turn nm or
!n not; 1t depends" she said'
~, l,sdSe Yourself" Royston said
" walked away, and Emil wsni
~ me group on the stairs. her
A ,0i,l,owlns . ,,.s her husbands tall figure
little vixenish CLEAN. ""e
lss. So'ston found Elizabeth standing
!. ae had left her. but she roiseS
sl,,ss as he came forward, and he |
GD,..s,0' s with a pang that their childish !
,''Dh - "., seemed somehow TO have
~. wiped out, and that il wos n
M MI s,aUm. VINO looked at him now through
|.n' n putt. put the cloak around her shout. |
kh MsIns snosa. hard to steady his voice
am afraid Nine Senestis bos .,,,
I,s,s I sent Tor a taxi for you" e'
p.r 'e e,s was hardly any one about !
k,..,,e ~. Gne was downstairs danc;n.
Esn The hall porter came 70 Rov
Ny. got you a taxi. SIR"
oNtcn e". se"s out into the cool night
se1.d dis diserest,pp0 !Ss porter sSr something and
M ~ n IN got into the cab lesnir.
n ~. mat her face was in shadns
(svM ha h!sht from the biz hotel S%%. do"r
MA ,hn usr little feet in their bisS %
M cI.o, SI.oes, her white cloak and % tha
aoystonrsv s,aaS 70 tightly in her Ian.
III. Il wos s'ood oareheaded at the omen
st the l"Ss. las good, BY, and he knew IL.
hake ono IIser Is In him was driven ~