Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-11
:, AND HEaE IT CONTINUES


AND HEAE ~ CVNIANoAe
O and r Meet at Last
cHp nodded slowly, heard q sound,
S,nd stood up, Withdrawing her hand.
n, turned hastily to see what she was
looking at.
~ want you," she said, ito meet my
western friend, Mr.. Kinwydden." The
heavy, sultry, languorous excitement
i,ltsd from her face.
@ had come up the veranda steps and
v,s advancing toward them.
A sudden cold north wind blowing
,rto 4 fever. room could not have been
,,or, destructive to the atmosphere Of
Ferdinand's love making than was tho
presencs Of tho westerner. He had
nsver looked more grim and cool. Four
Asys Of pain and Imprisonment and hard
thinking in the hotel bedroom had
thinned his face and paled 1t to bronze.
Te Mary he had once said--'Temper il
! mighty bad thing to lose, but a
mishty fine thing to kept settles
yoSr head like egg shells does coffee" ="
II IL could be confined to the thinking
rather than the feeling portion Of the
mind. he had discovered, It acted as a
poverful clarifer. 1t seemed to burn
no in cold fire the non essential obser.
ystions. But his anger, though con.
trolled, was Of quiet, primitive inten-
atty. BY DR.. Sales he had been called
"a nameless founding from a cow
camp; his ardent and humble hope
lad been flouted as laushable, insolent
ths purpose to which he had bent the
steel fibers OF his will had been named
presumption; he had been told that the
lady Of the Manor had some small
use for him and that when he had
filed this minor use, he was to suffer
an irnominious turning out. He knew
that this last was not an idle threat.
Better men. by DIR. Sales own ad-
mission-a boast which Q had since
taken pains to verify--had been run out
Of Sluypenkill for daring to criticize
the lazy and inefficient methods of its
physician. DR.. Sales Incidence and
Incapacity had grown through protected
years to almost criminal proportions,
but for some reason he was established
above punishment. Q, prowling about
Number 80 or lying rigid on it's bed
with his we'll hand clenched above his
head, had pondered over DR.. Sales,
Weighing and dissecting the scraps of
evidence incautiously dropped by the
man about himself. until surprisingly
clear, consistent and penetrative pic
ture of his career had marshaled itsel<
In the cowboys shrewdly observant in
telligence. He had won more than thin =
ness and pallor from his confinement.
This is Ferdinand Fadden, O." said
Helolse, ian old friend Of mine-your
hand isn't well yet, is it? Still in q
dinS;", u .., H.. ..,, .,,,, >,
said Q slowly; there was smile in the
eyes he fixed upon Ferdinand, a re-
miniscent sort Of smile, "but I'm not
doing any hand shaking yet. Mr.. Fer.
dinand Fadden will hev to excuse me-"
gadden appraised him negligently. II
va! pushing apparition; his eyes ap-
pealed to Heloise.
% was one of our guides out West
last fall, Ferdy-on the hunting trip !
took with Mrs. Fayre and Tommy
sou know"
"C.m, sec." Fadden turned away
from him as though he had lost interest.
We'll, III leave you to your Western
.ss''"AoNVhSSps Alc NOOh hVT
trying BY look to bring back the heat
to her face and eyes. But it had van :
hhed past immediate recall.
+ Tonight" he moved his lips to
make the word and, as she nodded, he
walked triumphantly away, passing q
With a curt nod.
I'm going out there myself after big
game one Of these days." he said, hang
tns on his heel. Better sign UP with
me while you're here, Q. How many
ehr'
Mr.. Kinwydden is not here to sign
up hunting parties, Ferdy."
Il, what the deuce.o, after big game
himself, is he?" Fadden lifted his
Eebrows and glanced sardonically back
Heloise. a queer silent ripple
Eemed to pass over Q's body from
tsd to fort, though he said nothing
pS did even change his mask.
sad oiss quickly. Hes n dead.
"oh, tou needn't try to frighten
III be careful. I know my West.
ther made his fortune in cattle, you
low, when there were fortunes to be
de at that particular game. He
hted me to be cowboy--Jove! He
+ Lelo. I've visited COW camps
IMsh you mightn't think Itch, o."
khe Westerner stood silent and ex =
Issionless.
yisitin' COW camps" he said,
wiling his words little, and Lelo
r ~Ina herself suddenly attacked by
M,tth at Ferdinand's expense. The
picture, surprisingly complete, Q's
wae grew OF that gentleman's social
venture rsn.ures IN the West compelled amuse.
TI,.ht' The victim missed the impulse.
twe ~ went away tingling slightly as
nad been numbed.
Nlsitin' COW camps" repeated Q,
Mklng the chair Ferdinand had left.
me seemed, all at once and rather in .
humors. " s"' s''
say, gel, give me one of those long
nanh nHS IKE the one you gave Fer-dee
nand, will you?"
Mn, que granted this request and watched
bl' the amusement still twinkling over
Ssd tace; His meeting with Fadden
ysrs. W.uched, for some reason, a con
tsirss"uohal tsis spring, for he began to
~h.. 10 her as he talked sometimes
nv. oh they We're alone, out West
tsr t,su camp fire or riding on q belated
SAn SAn together under the stars--splen =
u heady talk, OF adventure, spicy as
NJ tahgy as mountain air, delightful
wh hn unexpected taps of humor into
,sIss rnIssn listener plunged with mirth
heaslns suddenness. Lelo forgot the
csf es. OF the late afternoon and of a
tbsi;,n,ih emotion that both shamed and
wida idi'ed her, She sat up childlike, with
ThsSr. ThS eyes and parted, smiling lips
dsm d.re was no further mention Of Fad
m IN" until Miss Sclda appeared, gOwned
y, uelcate black lace, long, plumy
nahging at the length of its chain
(. rs.s NJ SIDE. rose to greet her and
NNveQ smile and tho welc0mins