Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
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Unusual HeroS
80 Ferdinand has gone and there
is only one young man to be asked to
dinner. You'll stay, O."

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wss stiii ss..X,i ~ aeno..n,n Les.ss srS
foris ana tshio ssnnSs,rnss. Nv .s,t.
ress especially disturbed bis cous n,mity.
or rather the necessitv he was undsr
to exclude her from the conversation.
He made the blunder Of Cordially in.
cludinR her at Hrst, and later emarted
In bewilderment under Lelo's instruc.
tons. After dinner, imprisoned in the
South Parlor under eyes of Sir Sydney
Grinscoombe, he was entirely mute,
secretly observant Of Lelo's increasing
restlessness. Miss Selda read aloud
innexibly from the evening paper. She
WAS not unaware herself Of her niece's
nittings and nervous hngerinss OF this
ovyev. o,, ,sh aho .nat. When the giri slipped
~. una Win AZ Nh .ndr,s,,inns9isna9ie murmur
Unn.. ..Sc, Miss S Seiaa ,Ciueg her news
Rap's snu iIM y qu'ckiy GOWN across
er aanees. clencnins ner hanos aoout
sti,, Sv srs sas ioL nvS minutes, stons
sSa S ,u,..t,i.Is S.s,is as tnousn az s4mne'nlnS ON
snT sal,o,, u.wty s,,.. remempered. % te Lns i1ns
to yemow ,h,u cIhIins were snen parse1, De.
k.v I, wIn pI ar ins.ant helolse
sauy os;.y shMmsreu. one was carrying
sSon .t.an cioa. M across ner arm. ~
o. se'eaea an aowh ner wnite dress simost
S%o.t ~ t"G hyvI i, .xr 9olaen nead va M
i,aht' na' prfn.'y ou'nnea asalnst t1e nai'
s.sa.. ,sn, eI eyes We're oistended, apo
'po.s ol eo.or ourheo IN her cneeks.
am going out Tor little spin With
Ferdy, she said without defiance, but
without deference--e neutra! tone In
curious contrast to her vivid and ex.
cited look. Immediately she let the
curtains iaii ana ran out OF the mousse
MISS Seida lifted her head on Its long
ynr00S tnNAthAR
eyes moved to Q and he was aware OF
could see the band OF velvet on her
neck move as she swallowed nervously.
lou got no call to be afeared OF me,
Miss Grinscoombe,' said Q gently.
It was perhaps the strangest speech
ever addressed to her, and her recep .
tion Of It was no less strange. She let
It pass with a queer little shrinking
movement as though It had sped lust
above her shoulder like n dart. She
kept her eyes fixed upon him, and
slowly she lifted her hand to her mouth
90 u .han. ,u 'nt ~ atrps' ncr Ups; .ne SutVet
could no longer he controlled she
spoke behind the hand indistinctlv.
II could not bear Il for Heloise, :"
she snid mysterioua,v. And thon .
W "You % must bsin mo with bsnth Ana 'nen enI
is had throu,b and throm.h d.nss-nm.
selfish. passionnte: be--he e,c;tas bsr y
She said it in a manner absolmtelv
different from her usuai deiihsrsts
choice Of impeccohle svjlnhie..n msn :.
ner of eronins heln,essness monnton. :.
GUS in atone.
n u.,,. A.. -.
.SI was ~ WnLe tnat she misnt nSve
no;n no;reeu ,.,. ~, s srnaps sne aiG; out nls
innn pa,n was % mo aaalr OF ners: ine tyrans
maS tno., .or'ure 'ne Mave tnat sees h's
= cnMTJ,,," m'n ,mpuni'!, tns rei'e1 o'
eehSe e.Wnm @ 30 az .ne necessity .,
,t lou nave inhuence Win nef,
T.n, Menv oh .Ne queer y9lce; MISS Seiaa
Jppa t',,;at"J : mv. nenI. ~ ner ups were stu'
m. ~. VI t usaaI eVmpVsuo.
anJ mI shn u ,ans s,eaSnea s ..seI % on nSr knest
the a tsns. @ ,e annesr.nns oa~nfd st.Sny W. ~
he.eu W an mhe. urScnSy y
xn.en nerVts ana muecles 20 tnGu3n
w w 50 tolng ne couid iorce tne venacle
" srea'er speed.
II Meant Evil For Her
"You are n man md rou ara b.r ,ov.-
Your influence over her inst now ;s Ton
time. strongor tbom ,n,n" W., ,,,,,.,
hold her bnck from tho donoors &c hor
own tom mneramont Wov dnn't ra.i;s.
those Ianqers--bow could ynm, prt vn',
mnst taLe nv w"rd for tbsn, VII.
Won ,reMvom-vo,, love bsr a. could
wish ber fo ho IovoJ a. n ~ ,,,,sa,
moments sbe wants = II. invsS rrhe,
hind of love .,nrassss ;t"a,S Az ..r.;c.
ThisNthis horr;bis thine 49, ios;
wjnt.r Sbs M,as horsd S;..rrosn..S
aha eYnects too much - Ws. Hs S.,
a certsin charm He can msts lors
You can see that by looking at him,
Once, Q'--she seemed to chose with
white hot certainty the surcst goad, the
most stinging lash to action--"I saw
those heavy lips of his on her hand, and
I saw In her face that It meant evil
for her. I've been studying you, been
watching your extraordinary power over
wholesome girlhood In your company as
though YOU were a sort of a marnet.
But he can pull her away from you.
He can appeal to her sympathies. Hs
IA miserabiy married to a woman who
plays fast and loose with his life and
her own. He has been fatally brought
up. The money of parvsnu cramlied
His Will has never been crossed. He 4:
as greedy as a spoiled child, a. wiiifuI,
as undisciplined. He hasn't an fdeai
or a standard or a moral anchor in his
soul. He's a highwayman. wish I
could make you feel the danger he Is
to her--romantic, excitable as she Is.
/ tell you the way he looks at her ID
an insult. He wants to possess her.
He wants to break her delicate pride
to his own unbridled will"
She stopped, breathiess. In astonish =
ing contrast came Qs quiet. slow voice.
"Some of that il real bronc. Miss
Grinscoombe. and A whole lot of IL Is