Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-02

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Cssw ,en o rant TO help spend her
1Vsess VIZ SHs saus she mast get q
sssIScS simply ds q sa"r,cr. G"."cnT II il
-; 81 s.itors ana sc.,nrnc' scmem.,:' Car
k tusiness not rom"n"o, w., ~ 1hc
H.ss,i u e6ronted az ~ W komc
~ Int calls on Sandog az &c. .:,i!mo nIo
i;,osss " further, s"e W , "''%y se,
y SsSses hiS invention, o mas. 'H
ia sees she 70 sdrrounaeo W
ss...,es." Glover inSfruc's MN "'"
= Hssvspose" to her. r.,.,
C.michsel's Conditions
. MOTHER thing. Perhaps It's a
A sood deal to expect. But don't
!. J. sO Snnear 10 be merely the pauper
Y 'Ssa ~ I ths luck to secure Elphinstone
.I.S. ~ II that had been all ] should
.ss.sitsd straight out Of your ofiicc
w.. x r,orninr, As I tried to. Your
49, e.,i,i have to know I'm more or
~ r"or - man. But II send you
~. ~ flowers and theatre. tickets
=: ~: " an. ~ thew may quite we'll imagine
~. H." U Tho sort Of poor who has a
~ 1T ~" tt"cked away. May they be
.I'svS to 20 on thinking that. please =
III you mean my relations, salI
r,,r.r, n impatisntly,:, "yonIl be surprise! .s
~ little they will think about that
4. N There are only two ways OF
'..Nns money, you know. IN this
M.:T One IS as God, and worsiiping
s%Mhs % other is as soap and using 1t
p..homt having any attention to how
..IVtb6 .ssS there is as long as It's there. My
..sjs Al the second way.
iis thought, "And as for you, you
Ina Il In the 5ath.'D
Gba said: "TO them a five pound not,
/. ths some as a half Grown, and
M crown il tho same AZ n five.
s.rnS motto. We're all like that. II
ssu mean other people. III let them
XII s ~, you haye exactly what income YOU
ssasider appropriate. Is there anything
kT. n. :. =, s,;,, h.
he suddenly found bimsclf wishing 70
~ Il more gently. TO speak tas chill.
Sssn my) hnicely" to her. Con.
s,cusntly, he pulled himself together
"a continue speaking coldly. To exact
n, Mound Of all that was. duet him.
"You," he said. "have been very ex-
,lkit 10 ME about what you require for
m next fortnight. Me. in the char.
,etAr Of the latest ndorer, at your bccl,
md call. Lunches, evenings, notes.
You give a convincing picture Of nc
wslins my heels OH your doorstep
ne, incessantly. in the role OF a tame
at who has the time to behave like
ens Of your-FoursOme down there.
In afraid that cant quite matcrialize,
vs. Elphinstone:'
"Are you.' she asked, changing
9Qr mind again:"
u am merely giving my side Of 1t.
! IN not fortune hunter at n loose
sad. am busy man, and my work
nis up a very big pnrt of my time.
N 4 matter Of fact. this very mex,
month is q particularly heavy ionc,
which would lenve you with n part
tine 6ance or none. US far as I'm con :
oned."
She glanced at his firm young pro.
De against the evening sky: clean -cur
y Que Of those Grccian sportsman n
painted on her bathroom tiles. lie
turned, and she met his acute but far.
away eyes. lie didn't see her, as she
new. He saw his aim.
IT. he announced. "there IL q
ntting, or lecture, or q paper at
tAs Aeronauticul Society that | wish
y attend. ] shall attend that. II there
y something on an airdromc that
J want to see, I certainly should not
cut 1t out because you thought of being
eeen at q concert with mo. ! emit.
II! no use saying that I should attempt
NV forever ut your side"
Personally. Of COURSE" said Glover
lpeinstonc IN measured. courteous
ssoeS Il should SO much prefer that
Soa were never there ut ALL"
5S, mean you've changed your
mo. I mean ! see what YOU mean /"
Nsu!ned the young business woma n
Iuaoly' Tor now she was on familiar
eSeld. This reminded her of John
lvniostone. who had also had his
w, ne business for which he had been
svW 20 take her az Il tool. "WOrk
49, ~ nrst. engagement second. Any.
ua3 TINT gets IN the way OF wo-i,
saos aside. Apart from that, yo,,
s 70 the program. That's fair,
9nslder. Very we'll. Then we might
Snppiomise for the look of the thing
lou might say what you liked" he
un, half-srnteful to find her rs
= sssonaole Iona as this. half.appalled again
|.nsuca .n.ca utter cold -bloodcdncss in n girl.
Wnt you give me out as a man with
i..any many irons in the fire that ! have
"'Sauanplly) no time to behave like a
aefs usual fiance?"
shall say you are n genius" sbc
G!ued without hesitation. "Tbat will
~ I" number Of your non appearances
y avsc vsscccntriritirs generally---"
~. you IKE to add that when I am
ssis, ~ certainly make up for it in de-
y %,va va. ne suggested dryiy, "thnt is up
A., ou. Or anything else of the kind
~ you care to invent"
..,.tl shall say that YOU nre anita.
sS!s different from any 0rdinory SORT
man | ever met" C,lovrr imf,rmn
nm, ., u S safc line: explains any.
sn.snanat ."at may turn up looking odd nr
NAV peeaen' seat besldes,' She concluded MS
M. r"'n'n ,no n" gate again. "it will
Ihsncoo '''"" so in'lcll more u usunl
"a" r. ! don't trink ! need trouble
|GS,o.u urrn"r Just now. Good evening,
pr Carmichael"
.,,er. thinking over tbot ,ftcr.
W." program and over the mannrr
,uSsa S'"h with whom It had been con
tsMen.., s"en. Alajor Harry Carmichael
"ynet ss'.,et those strong, sensitive emri .
s%,,s & hands Of his as thourh thrv
sS"m Snsa ths shoulders of s"Inc onc
n mu,, =. was about to shake. the while
% kata nn;;, LORD, how I'm going
ElnS,,.ne .ne very same moment Glover
ninr Ss \. cloud.grny eyes, dark .
Sard ~ IT with n threat of thunder,
lld sso, 'o~arh TIN" spot where She
h,n's %;se ,he last 81 impsc Of tho young
| N herssiff ssiff.rrp,rarIng r,g back; and she cried
mis- was aftcr ,ho L I "'"''