Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-03

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TIllE telephone rang and Leslie an
l. swercd it. He did not come back
they heard the house door close and
soon after the rumble Of the car as
it left the garage. 1t stopped at the
door. and Leslie came in.
I'm sorry he said. but I guess
Elizabeth will have TO go home. You'd
better come along, Nina
What is it? l. somebody sick"
Elizabeth gasppd.
'lim's been in an automobile acci.
dent. Steady now, Elizabeth. He's
hurt, but he's going TO be all right.
The Wheeler house when they got
there was brightly lighted. Annie was
crying in the hall. and in the living
room Mrs. Sayre stood alone. strange
tigur" in a gaudy dress, but with her
fac" strong and calm.
"They've gone 70 the hospital in my
car. she said. They'll be there now
any minute. and Mr.. Oglethorre will
telephone at once. You are TO wait be &.
fore starting in.
They all knew what that meant. II
might be too late to start In. Nina
was crying hysterically, but Elizabeth
could not cry.
She stood dry.eved be the telephone
listening 70 Mrs. Sayre and Leslie, hut
hardly bearing them. They had got
Dick Livingstone and he had gone OF
in. Mrs. Sayre was afraid il had beer
on" Of Wallis's cars. She had begyeC
Waffle I" tell Jim TO be careful in II
II had too much speed.
The telephone rang and Leslie took
the receiver and pushed Elzabotl
gently aside. ITc listened for 4
moment.
Every well" he said. Then he
hung UP and stood still before he turned
around:
1T isn't very good news. he said
II wish could Elizabeth :"
Elizabeth had Crumpled up in small
heap on the floor.
All through the long night that fol
lowed, with the movement Of feet
through the halls. with her mothers
door closing and th" ghastly silence that
followed il, with the dawn thar came
through the windows. the dawn that q
Jim meant not new day. hut a new
life beyond their living touch. all
through the night Elizabeth was aware
of two figure that caVle md went.
One was Dick. quiet. tender and watch :
ful. And ono was Of heavy woman
in a gaudy dres.. her face old and
weary in the morning light, who tended
her with gentle hands.
She fol asleep as the light was
Frightening in the cast, With Dick
holding her hands and kneclins on the
floor beside her bed
II was not until the next day tha,
they knew that Jim had not been alone,
4 girl wbo was with him had been
pinned under the car and had died
instantly.
jim had woven his bit In tho pattern
and passed on. The girl wa, negligible :
Sbe was size had boon. That was all
Bur jim : death added the last element
20 the impending catastrophe. 1t sent
Dick West slone.
For several days after his visit TO
the Livingstone ranch Louis Bassett
made no move - 60 10 tho cabin. He
wandered around tho town, madC pro.
mlscuous ncovaintanccs AVID led up, III
careful conversations with such older
residents az he could fnd, 70 rhc Clark
and Livingstone families. Of tho latte'
he learned nothing; Of the former not
much that he bad not known before.
One day he happened on a short.
heavy set man. the sheriff, who hnl lost
ht Office on the strength of Jud Clark :
escape, and had no" recovered it. Ras.
sett had brought some whisky with
him. and on the promise of a drink
lureI wilkins 70 his room. Over his
-las, the sheriff talked.
".Ill this newspaper stuff lately about
JuI Clark hein: alive is dead wrong,
he declared, Irritabiy. maggie Donald
hero about her They all know it.
Those now-pdI"r fellows descended on
rs lern with n tooth. brush apiece and
suitcase bll uf liquor, and thought
,hcr'l got s'mcthiLS. Seemed TO thin
uc'd 'ull r',, cn thrm unless We got
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