Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-12
THIS BEGINS THE STORY

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mtd her " Lonoomi; Looniv.s hi,n o az ns may
tvs,H bad mei"iS been beside ths dead MANS
S~I SoSy. Trenie e. nsreenary type o.
pomsn s.f ,sw. wsn ,,s q StIi q Keep THESE tse secret
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M Fofturs Hunter gmh th;ss s.s. smo'o'eqge aOe
s.erfdh,se" fhe ",oeddinS ,dIdi expenses. and the re. q.
jNsyes hini ooncernirY Irenie.s eio'm: a
ktter he 1rnes , ,rofhsy. and turned over
he,sr-sSSic rsr ,eSich adds to her Jealous distress.
. urvr TT coNr,NuEs
AND hHH -
yTE TURNED away with a hall
II groan: Il was more than be could
-, That she should heap Goals of fire
h,s head. and she went on. only too
ss.sr % now to pour out her love to him.
s1..But / love you-you know l do,
,v.n when I'm unkind Perhaps it's
s.csuse I love you too wcll--' He
aueht ner ,o ni"'' '"Se
r.I love you. too! l adore you
you happy
She missed the hopelessness OF nis
passionate WORDS sne ohly neaiu In.
sweetness, ana for some nonehss my
dung together ana klsScu ,,..S
drew away from MN Wi'n i',.e aa;,s In.
"And Us Iuie ' "s""
vtrything sne usheu eh''''
'EyerSthing' ,,honvr - she
i've peeh 81 "'""pp''
vllspereui ae,,id M, trust himself TO an
az NV ,,os afraid that another word
Ii Weak him down: he went with
woi,u tbo hall. kissed her again, and
wv ny ber iii a bend in the stairs
M hsr from him.
~ 49,. Ii, all r;oht aoa;n--
And Hs 4u,'e h;sransd ~ c,,estion
werything n Nv mn n,,,y ron,y
bAuntcd hi.n aI TT. Lne,v tbat Il
All si, rlsnit toi Ja Lnew Tint the
neyer cuuIa "a ,,;it that night with
ondse .ngy .h n" oloon ~ dasnairina arms
Elssss s ant nnt sto stend SECURE in the light of
youlI nv -, tbot u,itb the morning the
day he hiew su ona dnnhts would Green
c,a i. 'aa aaoSn and drive them still further
paeh "e''" "
'pus" ,,, o,t tho light and went up
H. Mhis pun room.
~ w., III. bo were WORTHY of her: al
I"1 Ill Last nigbt no had not slept,
Ehvus .. as far enough away from him
Wy thoro soemed fn he n fiery wheel
wv " ,so,abt revoivinp in his head which
a,nIS I've him no rest.
I aTSot ,vos tbe end of IL all to be? He
.,,M zoe nothing In the future but
\ ..rsr,tion and heartbreak for then,
sTa''''0n ""N
Ia cursed the day that had brought
HIM n Somerton. and yet he knew
INN 4 had given him the greatest hap
Eissss Of his life.
Whatever happened. there would
hsvsr he another woman for him; no
bse could ever take Anne's place In his
|esrt
He took off his coat and waistcoat
I hpd slipped into a dressing gown. IT
m useless going to bed, useless trying
d sleep.
He paced up and down the room rest
essly half n dozen times, his thoughts
SIl on the future if one could only see
Mo tiff one could only know what
! MAS going to happen 1t would have
! Ieen such a simple solution to his life
: he and John Smith could have
khanged places that autumn afternoon
IN tie woods, and IL he had been left
Wing there with the bracken bedding
I hove him.
And even now the whole story was
bot known. There were many papers
6songIng to the dead man he had not
with A sudden impulse, he took his
Us from A coat pocket and unlocked
! bne Of the drawers in the chest.
7, nos IN unt;dy drover. be had
was an uhtiuy ua~ ~