Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
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mAdiAtely wlunS the hand that had
e9efed Il. Then h raced p ~ dqes
and wa9 oons. Kennedy could hear
Nm thu.dering up the stairs.
That letter! The viii o. The nan, 70 /
AAvA tAus Reeolutely aet Q brok6A lQdy /
asaiA.t tAe safsASth Of iAts, and 70 have |
wens by denyinG himsen all that made
Mfs worth living. TO have built 9 tor.
At kay with the other.
.Ksnpsdy made Ais way Ia wi1dow, |
| where he could zee the sSaSa. :. ~
"MaHx, what shall ] dol ! am. or was,
q potentta! murderer. have In these
years killed Gilas thousand timeh The
I tortules invented for that sublime
man, wAose only fault was that IL
wanted 70 make me rich! What sAAll
tns wreck, who was once your loyer,
g! How sAall hs make amsnda 70 0odf
1ov aware warned me that sons day
my temper. Hut thsre never seemed 70
ne anything 70 curb. ] could not an.
ttctpatA the outbu.sts. They were On me
and. gone before was really aware Of
Il. And God knows, ] was always sorry.
II was never directed at you, Mary. You
know that. ] am very tired. All this
damnatton because never wanted 10
b ssperated from yoYs again; enough
money % that should be my own
master. Do you remember that hrst
the world toSsthsri Then little Mary
came and ] had to travel alone. In.
nocent hystandersi The boy 10 right !
Annihilation for me and mine, By man
] never knew. never heard Of
l. Kennedy left the window and went
down Into the street to search for q
taxicab. He would have plenty Of time,
be reasoned. Youth and love!
u Meantime, Bancroft, thrilling to the
last cOrpuscla In his body, courageous TO
the point where he would have deHed all
the world to keep him from that door,
, opened It with such excitement and
. inner wall. setting loose hollow clamor
II Nancy" he called joyeusly.
al No answer. Naturally for the unsx.
pected racket, which did not In the
1 least suggest to her that abe was being
i rescuedS had sent Nancy into q corner,
81 speechless and terrified. She was brave
q enough, but In the dark, the previous
: silence, the queer madman who had
locked her in, and this sudden hubbub.
Z scattered the remnant Of her COURAGE.
1T 10 ], Jerry-Jeremiah. J"
Still there was no answer.
t Baneroft's joy evaporated. and ar
: might BE- dead with trembling dnseri
= he struck match. The head snappst
4 Of, describing glowing parabola dylnl
l before 1t reached the floor. He punched
!. several matches and struck them, ant
y under this demi. torch he quickly
glanced about. A bit Of white-a bird
= wing. on Nancy's hat-caught his eye
and he rushed to the corner. She Wal
}. dead He flung aside the matches, care.
Y less whether they set the house on Ar,
! or not, knelt and took Nancy into BIZ
I; his emotional side was still highly sus.
n ceptible)' and called her oil the endear.
ments he could think Of, and asked God
to bring her back tender and beautiful
!. nonsense and twas pity Nancy missed
p It., for Jeremiah would always be Shy
t in love. never violent, never clamorous
!, % IN his fear he now was.
0 It was a wonder that she ever did
n come. back, 90 tightly hs held her. That
/ returning consciousness was more like
4 an egonized gasp for breath. She strug.
3 gled, then relaxed, her consciousness
I complete. She knaw who Il was who
held her. :. -
g "Not-not 90 tight, Jerry!'
!. a..G,t, "nht, Nahcy' ! thought you wer'
. "Foolish Of me to faint. But such
It noise! knew you would come"
J. For Z little while that was all; ex.
b cept that she put her arms around hil
g neck; because otherwise they would
d have been perfectly useless. And q
+. they rested, In the beautiful dark that
erstwhile had been % full Of menace.
t DO you care little" be asked
!. trembling. Her arms she might hav'
% been put around his neck out Of fear.
g. "More than ! ever thought I coult
tor any man. Hut ! didn't know f9l
]; that you were hurt. I thought you hat
i. going to have your hands full Of me +
% It flashed into his head aprightly, tha
II have his arms full Of her; but he dix
not utter the Jest; such words woul,
# be :acrilsss. 30 another spell Of 81
.,,,s' "%a; i.lI; 4 :; dark a. this when 'o'
70 Something In her voice told him tha
:, she was smiling. He blundered agains
" her ear. her cheek. her nose-swee
blunders, boweyer-before he. found hel
s. lips. Then be leaned back. happy ant
J. bewilderedl She cared The unbs'
T. lievable bad happened ! He heard he
't was never to know why.
and a. strues!sd ~ ii to be- her lsst. % Th.t H mad
mani What has become OF him
10 Where 10 hot Gan we leave7"
q. 'EIe IL waiting outside for VI, Nancy
;. Ie 10 no longer mad, but . subject to
all the pity you hays In your heart
It 10 Q long story. may, 10 well tel
&" you now. DO you mind the dark ~
] dark ] don't mind anything. not svel
N the future; But, Jerry, you1l have I
4. Ut was his turn to smile. I'm hav
In q lob tomorrow. Didn't ] tell you las
" night that ] had one, This story b
=. ran many years ago"
:, ''"Whsss Is your hand Jerry"
~ Nancy was full Of pity and tender
ta ness she would always be 70 for th
Ho unfortunate. TO her, a. to Bancroft
I" i" there was nothins, rensllent In the "a.
That Kennedy had killed Q man an