Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-04
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
CHAPTER XIV

and Remembers
DY APPOINTMENT Kirby met
at Graham & Orborne's for
luncheon. She was waiting in the
tower room for him.
where's Esther?" he asked.
Rose mustered faint smile. 'she's
eating lunch with handsomer man.
"You can't throw a stone up SIX
teenth street without hittin' one, ne
They followed the head waitress to a
small table for two by window. Rose
walked with the buoyant rhythm OF
perfect health. Her friend noticed, as
he had often done before, that she nad
the grace Of movement which Is corol-
larry to muscles under perfect response.
Seated across the table from her; Dc
marveled once more at the miracle VI "
her soft skin and the peach bloom OF
her complexion. Many times she hau
known the sting of sleet and the Splash
of sun on her face. Yet incrediDl! ner
cheeks did not tan nor lose the'r hn''
ness. h,,d-
Cole Sanborn." She flushed a lit
tie, but looked straight at MIN Ti">c
Won told him-about Esther =,
"No. But from somethin' ne said !
think he guesses." .s,..
Her eyes softened He avn ~
good to Esther. can see he likes r her
and she likes him. Why cou,dn ! s't J.,
have W met him first? She's so lovnble: ,
Tears brimmed to her eyes. IhaI
been her ruin. She was ready, IT, believe
nnv man who said he cared for her.
Eveu when she was little bit OF q
trick when people liked her. she was
grateful to them for it and kinda snug
gled up to them. l never sa" ''''e
cuddly baby .,: or,
"Have you found out anything more ,,
vet about-thc man." he ASKED Ills
voice low and gentle; .. sh,
NO. It's queer how stubborn sh'
con be for all her softness. i,m Sm' gu 81,
almost told me last night; ln M,
out in q day or two now. VI course, Co. !,
was your uncle. The note l io""o wa
really an admission OF gun. oruI, &
cousins feel that some settlement ousn
to he made on Esther out OF the cstate
i've been TRYING TO decide what w0ul'
ho fo,r viii YOU think it over and le
mo know what seems right to you
The waitress came, took the'r orue'
" "I.m roin' out to Golden today on
,or wild goose chase Kirby SAID
~ man gave me n hint. He didn'
want 70 tell me the information out ar
| ",,t whatever 1t is. / don't know WI!
What he said was for me to go I
. CoIdcn an look over the list OF mar
riage licenses for the last "on'n
Her eyes flashed an eager aucstio
, at him. "You don't suppose:
e couldn't be that Esther was MARI, y,
I TO your uncle secretly ana tha' -
PROMISED not to tell. =. .,
n II hadn't thought OF that. ~ ,nts,
be-" His eyes narrowed IN '"o ,In.r,no
c ZION. "And If Jack an Miss liarrima
4 hod irst found It out, that would eS
, ,inin why they called on Uncle Jam
@ a'r iha n,rht he was killed. DO you wal
G 70 90 to Golden with me! ~ !,
G r;.hr, & believe we'll find out som'
q % thinr there. Shall VIC go by the 'nte'
: er"", ..As coon as we're through lunch,
It rhev walked across along Arapahh
s.raot IN the loon and took Goid'
n cor II carried them by the vindu
: o~er the Platte River and through u, :
&c North Side into the country. ~ u
,,,shad mast truck farms and apple o
o chords into the rolling fields beyon
q nhsro the crops had been harvested a
le the land lay In the mellow bath rr' oi |,
', simmer sun. They swung ro.lna ia, ~,
% Maintain into the little town hnodl
Is NJ me loot of Lookout. 4,
.. From the terminus of the ilnc u,
u walked m the steep hill TO tie coHl
e. homsc An automobile, new and "t
'r extensive make, was standing pS
curb. D rooobed :
~ Machine a young man, ran down !
~ stems of the courthouse and stepped !,
= Tho oar, The man was Jack Cunhi',
H. ham lie took the drivers seat. bes'
a. KIM was a yelled young woman IN
y, ~ leather motoring coat. In spite % ot
ID ID veil Lane recognized her as fhS'
st Hartman. ,. s,,h, of
nd ndd cons;" and anger flushed his ia
~ Without a word he reached ior
starter, threw in the clutch and 81
The rough rider watched the