Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
m,ve Always Held Myself High"
. AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

'NITHI, the OLD coyole' o"iu ~' nv
w mind conjuring up the .pimpled
"a norsniring face of the head waiter
I%om .1u he knew to be the father OF
OopAi he is m important gentleman
"a be has means, and II he sells out,
III, III, he downright wealthy, so Poppa
N,nks it's fine match for me, and !
upSST pTSav don't you tie up to any feller
,,,on congressman. Sophie, don't you.
fss Tst . your Pa rear He cant hurt you
w little fat fe.lcr like him. 40,
Sophie unwillIngly. smiled. I'm
val afraid of Poppa,' she said, land
vhen he sells out,
whats he agoin to sell out OF any
vays?" a.. ,o.o,r,
"You don't say Why, the 60: derned
AID son of-the gol -derned old fool
you don't mean to tell me that Benton,
the feller that looks like a long. drink
a warm milk. is plottin to make you
Ss bride Miss Mariana S Pa! Say,
sin't ain he the lively old outlaw! Who S
sson' to buy him outT'
'"I don't know. He's had a bid from
.ome New York party, through his
agent, some man named Goldman, !
ht6ink-at least that's the agents name
not sure.
..Some Teller really wants to own the
Riyer Hotel Well, is that the truth
VTbe world is sure full of quaint fancies.
Sell out his little old hotel and marry
you-I'd never guessed it from lookin
Il him and settlin' up his charges.
Does Bill go with the buzz. box|
Sophie was back in the cloud of her
trouble and would no longer smile.
eve always held myself high" she
nid, II have that. And never kept
company with any Of the town boys,
not even carried on with the drummers,
and you know they're forever oglins
and lovemaking. 1--we always kind
d hoped" she stopped with waver-
ing break in her voice.
"Sure," said q. Sure, you've hoped
for regular feller."
"Yes-and when you've known one -
Beneath the lowered inky lashes, her
cheeks burned and quivered; her ripe
Ups We're pulled straight by pain.
"You can't quit thinkin' of him-1
reckon that's the truth, gel"
"And the more ! try to make myself
good enough for him." tire girl went
On, moving with beautiful difficulty
her pain. stretched lips, studying and
reading and practicing my writing SOS
he won't be ashamed of my letters
Poor Q was smitten by likeness and
he color rose slowly to his face.
why, the more I cant abide the
other fellows that ! could get for the
milling at them. There's no Use in
talking to Poppa about Laurie, for he
goes right up in the air and, anyway
] promised DR.. Sales
DIR. Sales!'
"ies, sir. Laurie is Dr.. Sales
eon. Oh, it happened once when DR..
Bales closed his house for the summer
and he sent Laurie to stop at the hotel
for his vacation. That's when ii
Rtarted. There never was such a sweet
BID, honest, Mr.. q. as that Laurie :"
Her face melted to the loveliness OF
pemory. Say that summer seems
hundred years ago. The good times
Ne had. ! just laughed at Mr.. Ben
!on those days, even though / had to
lock my door to him. And gee! he
Was fierce with jealousy. Afterward,
Though, in the fall, when DR.. Sales
came home. 1t was awful. I'll never
FORGET 1t. DR.. Sales came back and
Eound out about Laurie and me. You
can't blame him for taking on about it
because he wanted Laurie to harness ny
q Miss Heloise rinscoombe-think OF
!hat--and then to find him clean out his
pead over Newell, naturally it was
eard and put him back whole lot
was kind of sorry for him, myself
lnd i guess he was fond of Laurie like
Laurie was fond of him. But, after
got his way with Laurie, | couldn't
sei tor him; he just worried the SOU
w OF the boy and sent him away. and
me darting, startled eyes widened
va hxed. There was a long silence.
sbut he writes to you, ma am
she nodded. Sometimes, yes. But
let Tor long time now. And his let :
fs have gotten different, kind Of
Tlder like-l guess torturinl
tuoqsht worked out of her as splinter
Grks from a wound-"I guess, by now
Pes got another girl"
Where is this Laurie boy?" asked
In a place called West Lennon
ct 50 far away. He's started in prac.
se teere' | guess he's doing fine. He
xwluily smart and taking and good
What he needs" muttered Q, "i.
~ OF them long stiff bones that goe.
'wh @ me middle Of the back"
NO. Sophie sighed, "he needs
MLto see me. But | promised"
er voice trailed off into silence
picn lasted them through the eatinl
tnelr Ice cream and sober wall
SophIe returned to the work and the
.saer OF her daily life, with its thun
i' threatening shadows and Q be
WV himself to large leather chair IL
Sorher vni OF the lobby, where he smoked
sst st number of cigarettes and stared
nv iMr' BeAton behind the wires of hi'
',e cage until that gentleman becam,
,,nnyIiVously self conscious that he was
H. SS'VSeh ,I with an incessant tickling O