Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-31
WHO'S WHO ~ TIFF STORY

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Elixabeth had quite definitely put
Dick out of her heart. ON the evening
AZ the day she learned hc had come
hack and had not seen her. sh" dcNo'
srately killed tcr love and d"c'n'iy III.
&srred II. She burned her notes ana
his one letter and put away h"" ring
performing the rites not as rite. our as
A shameful business TO no d"he WIN
quickly. She tore his photograph ihto
6its and threw them into her waste
basket. and having thus hou>rcIcAneI
her room set to work to housec''ah "'r
heart. 81. os
numb and totally without feeling. Inc
little painful construction in her rhrEt
which had so often come lateiy N!,h
her thoughts Of him was gone. Sns
felt ey,raord,narly empty. bat not
iisht, and her feet dragged about the
room. ,r.rt.
ness, but simply that sh" was up aga
something she could not hsht' ana 40
longer wanted to fight. She was beaten;
mt tbe strange thing was that III" did
not care. Only. she would not oe
nit;ed As the days Went on she re-
sented the rity that had kept her III
isnoranre for So long. and had I"t h'F
Eesr her heart on her sleeve ana sH'
even wondered sometimes Whcth"r wv
story of Dicks loss ot memory had h',
heen false. evolved out Of that pity An"
the desire ~ save her pain. IT,.
David sent for her. but she wrote mr."
4 little note. formal and r"-tra'n"d' ~"
would come in day or Two, oU' ''N
she must get her bearings. lie "a> ~
know that she was not angry. ana I''l
it all for the bo~, ana 81" was N''E
lovingly his. Elizabeth, ,
She knew now that she would even
tually marry Wall;e Sayr" if only :"
.st nwnv from pity. He would hay" 20
Enow tho truth about her. that >h" ll9
not love any one: not even hrr t"'"''
and her mother. She pretended 7" care
for fear Of hurting them, but sn' Wa wa,
actually frozen quite hard. sue ~"
not believe in love II was 4 terr!h''
thing. 10 be avoided by any one ML"
wanted TO get along. ana TINS a'U!u.i- :
was really quite simple 'he SI'"p'H
stopped feeling ,,. oor,o %
this comfortable knowledge sh" say III
fbe church as usual. in the choir stars
and suddenly she hated III" churrh,, ~"
hated the way the larynx OF iiehrF
Wallace, the tenor. stuck out hK" Il
crab. annie over his low collar. SN'
hated the fat double chin of the pass
She hated the talk about love and the
certain rewards of virtue. and IN" races
Of the congregation, SNUG and sure W
salvation. ..
she went to the choir master after
she service TO hand in her resignation;
And did not. because it had "ccnrrrH
to her that it mig ht look, I" US" NII.n
word, as though she we're crusNeu
Crushed That was funny.
Wallie Sayre was waiting for hcF
cntside. and she went up with linn 70
lunch and afterward they played soIt;
They had rather an amusing game, ana
once she had 10 SIT down on oNhker
and laugh until she was weak. whHe ne
fought his way out Of pit. 'rush"''
indeed.
So the weaving wen, on. almost com :
pleted now. With Wnllie SaEre bld!nG
his time. but fairly sure Of the result
with Jean Melis happening on two
days old paper. and reading over ana
over a notice addressed to him. with
Leslie Ward. neither better nor worse
than his kind. seeking adventure in =
bypath, which was East Fifty -sixtF
street. And with Dick wander ing the
streets Of New York after twilight. nnd
standing once with his coat collar turned
ND against the rain outside of the Met
rcpolitan Club, where the great pa!ntin.
Of his father hung over a mantelpicce.,
Now that he was near Beverly. Dick
hesitated to see her. lie felt no re-
sentiment at her long silence, nor at M
exile which had resulted from il. H.
made excuses for her. recognized hi
own contribution t. the cataStroph"
knew. too. that nothing was 70 be game
by seeing her again BUT he determine,
finally 70 see her once more. and then Il
20 away, leaving her to peace and e
success
She would know now that she ha,
nothing to fear from him. All h.