Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-06
The Vengeance Of ": s:
Ho>or,s 17prn>ooo4o Woman
S = N' Alsoays
By ROY TICKERS p..s

By ROY VICKERS

-. .ickshers last night i'm an me
u, xSen We come In, e ses, 'Wot abou
~. ~1 'ot cup O. cocoa, and I ses, don
.S n I do!' Well. II was 'ot, ~
swshin-'otter'n wot any. one coul!
LIZ n rot wasn't a perfect lady, whicl
~, not. % I pours II. In me sauce
IS hi"vs on IL an . calls me {,
s ~, a The sayin' In. Well, I didn'
S.csst ~ t.ii i'm OF at the time-we wa
oiS Ma Carfax's room, an ye
n.sss. ave seen 'er d. face, 20
SuE.Nin. while we vas chewin' tn
Mos.hnt Mosht wen I get back 'oins today
~, A. the Kings Arms I mean
SV~ ~" ss e was right and ] was wrong
r..ss over me all Of sudden like whcr
wss jawin' with Ben. II yer ain
.aII;n' to burn yer mopth fer the SAX,
~ ~oiitencss, Nell, me girl, ses, 'yot
..r;t never be Q lady, 20 wot's tht
sood O. tryining. I ses. 80 I'm orf ah'
iIna.r Jarroman's accusing case
,.Sv Gloucester was silent. Lord Dou.
.s.ts,'s long years Of diplomacy, how
sssr. helped him to exclaim:
"But, Miss Jarronan, this Is yer,
sudden! You don't mean you mus'
isys Us today"
u. I)oucestsrs in Council
"I'm orr aht Of IT," repeated Nell
ssti6ed in spite of herself BY. hel
sst's protest. mo offenss, yer lord
sSin. but II amt no use. You beer
dvk' me a chaunce o. seein wot it't
iike to be q lady along O. mo dad
Vii, I seen It; an 1t amt no us'
"put you and I must talk thing,
s,sr." said Jarroman, ~ she was back.
toward the door. I've been III
"a know, that's why didn't come t.
- you % I said I would. You car
~ me Just Q moment, cant you!
Nsli looked at him doubtfully q
xAcush che suspected ridicule, but sht
Ssis no answer and he followed hel
AZ ths door closed behind them Lady
Dcueester relaxed. She put q hand on,
E Z chair With 10 cropping q move.
nsat that her husband came to hel
M In quick conformation.
''My dear, IFS been too much for you
:1'm perfectly wcll," said Lady Dou
eagter sternly, but she lay back II
; Ssr chair and closed her eyes. She
heard him leave the room and pres.
sntjy return. She drank what he gave
lsr and felt her strength creep back.
''Thank you, Mollentrave. My hair
mt coming down, is It? Good! Sit
down here; in twenty minutes Theed
vii Be upon US again. What a reptile
lie man is! He's been crawling in
and out Of our lives ever since" she
ALTERED, then concluded-''cver since
" annexed John Camden's thirty thou
and pounds"
Lord Doucester nodded.
"You say Wilfred knew about it?''
HE had guessed 1t wasn't ours.'
Sid Lady Gloucester bluntly. "Whcn
N have more time, Mollentrnvc, want
to tell you how perfectly sweet he IL
about Il. I told him everything In the
end, even about Jarroman's insane VEN
detta. Wilfred doesn't fully under.
stand that, but he accepts It. I left
bin ringing up some agency or other
Find Nadia?"
"Oh, Of course, haven't told you
that! When ] got to Crescent street
Dene said Nadia had gone out before
breakfast and had not yet returned. ]
knew that meant trouble-no sane
woman goes out before breakfast, even
Y she doesn't take any. While Will
fred and I were chatting q note was
brought to him. It was from her. II
said that she felt az he had done when
he left her the night before, and went
on with lot of rubbish about not be-
Ing able to breathe In place that was
not really hers. She didn't give her adj
dress, but said that in about a week 8
time she would meet him ut his club.
6he hopes to get woSk, and SO to be
able to discuss the future with him ~
II think she said-one wage. Garner
may discuss It with another"
The afectionate patience in bis wife q
voice brought q smile to Lord Dou-
es:ter's lips, instantly suppressed.
"She seems to me % take a very
hudable point Of view" he said weight
". Lady Doucester's fingers tapped
. :os; des:s deny i! Blu. it happens
a silence fell. which Lady Gloucester
efcke In the musing, almost tender
voice she rarely used.
It's such a long time ago, isn't It,
nat we discovered was heiress to
thirty thousand pounds unless John
Camden had a child. Nearly twenty
years ago, and yet CON remember al.
most every word Of that long, Ions
talk ws had In which ws decided exactly
what price ws were willing to pay for
tuccesS."
Risk Of discovery, risk Of imprison.
n@t and the burden of wondering
vlsther We were defrauding q child or
H."
Yes, those risks and doubts were
Ns price," nodded Lady Gloucester,
and We never shirked them. LookinS
bach, ! think I put them out Of my
mind altogether. At least, I know that
i$day ! am not ashamed Of what we
old twenty years ago; would do II
Lord Doucester's murmur of agree
ment made his wife suddenly stretch out
hee hand and lay it upon his.
Mollentrave, it's extremely pleas.
ant! at our age, to find ourselves In such
perfect accord. And We are Of the same
Splnion as to the future, aren't wei
mean--" She hesitated and curled
ger hand into his as though the twenty
years had melted away and she was
,!eenG again, with her young lover.
,,Mhat do you mean, my dearest 7"
Henry Jarroman is on my ,u,no,''
SSseiared Lady Gloucester. "In ono way,
ss u most amenable; the moment ht
ssW the property back from Theed hi
~ reassisn 1t to Nadia and, no doubt,
se!p US In our efforts to persuade those
yy'headed children to take his as.
ssSnce sance and be thankful, instead oi
i.ing independence at us. But he
4 SsSsssssees. as We do, that they may b.
'"Well?" +
4. ne thinks that II they win not TAXI
r;.a S:s. what he gave them at their mar.
ne .ss tnat we--you and I-ought to sell
tv.ne ~ .ne PLACE and refund Nadia's thirty
~ thSousand, Oh, don't mean that he had