Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-08
DEITY LAsHER waved her hand a.,

0EIVx LASHEH waved her hand q
- the smart blue car swung aroun,
the corner; q straw hat waved good
BY q the car vanished, Betty was still
smiling when she entered the cool livins
room and blinked her pans- brown eyel
at Uncle Abner. The elderly gentleman
looked oyer bis spcctacles and frowned
Who was that young man, Betty?,
George Farnum. Uncle Abner,
Zswnsdi Betty. pulling 3. IL, OF Oft ,as'. her briEG. @
tss had r:,IHs.s /: perfectly gorgeous ride out to
III Inn I" Uncle Abner alwars clesr.
ed Ms throat when he was about to say
something disagresable. Betty sat down
Him." repeated Mr.. Cory. Am
your engagement to Jack?''
| Betty twisted the diamond on her left
hand and blushed warmly as she raise,l
her eyes to meet the fierce blue ones
| Of her nearest relative. !.
Broken my engagement to. Jack ?
No indeed, uncle dear; but Jack is
away Of. in Kansas now. .s snd d Il ~. = dull M
around"
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MI; ';ws wgoiln; lsos s',l,; Ill.," nurnu,.d Betty,
blushins Suriously. She picked up her hat
and turned toward the hail.. a..
"Elisabeth," called Uncle Abner
collly, ''iOes Jnck knwo that you have
been receiving attentions from George
II have told him about the rides"
nd Betty as she marched upstairs.
her eyes full Of tears. 1t had been lone.
some after Jacks departure for the
West to install some special machinery
in a large manufacturing plant there,
and upon the Success Of his first com.
mission for his firm depended Jack Mon.
Of Latimer 4 I.atimcr. Mr.. Abner Cory
was a large stockhOlder In the 1ntimcr
works, and he had looked with approval
upon Jacks engagement to hts little
niece. He rather distrusted George Far.
NUNS idleness and riches, although he
liked the young man personally and
considered that he had the making OF
a man in him II he would only get to
work.
But he wanted Jack for Betty, 50 he
said.
4 few days later Betty sat on the
front porch knitting a say sweater. In.
side the library Uncle Abner was talking
TO- his lawyer. Daniel Smith. Their
voices rose and fell In endless discus.
sion Of stocks and bonds and mortgages.
halted by the sound Of Mr.. Cory's thin
voice, speaking with the slow distinct.
ness that always marked his dictation.
"All the rest and residue OF my es.
tate - give and beQueath to my
beloved niece. Elizabeth Lasher
provided she becomes the wife OF George
Humphrey Farnum ." rumble,
rumble. betty heard no more. She had
overheard that much because Uncle Ab.
ner had spoken louder. ns II to impress
his lawyer with the words. Pale and
trembling, afraid Of she knew not what.
Betty crept away from the porch and
ran down to the orchard. where she
sat down on the grass to think things
out. al she had done when she was
small girl.
What chaotic thing life was!
She had always believed that Tn.
Gle Abner favored Jack Monroe-and yet
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Tear came into the .irl'. AVN. Tbs
liked to believe q was the
sama h,rd~b:d u,,tn esssS h.r h"troth.i
to Jack-the tender song always made |
her homesick with longing for her lover.
Now she listened with tears running
down her cheeks. She would 20 to Jack |