Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-14
He Felt Guilty

s..l,v seen anything so strange as Miss
c.lds Grinscoombe creeping along the
s,nsr hall of this inn at three o'clock
~ rainy night so long ago--creeping
s,d shaking and crying with letter
= ber hand--It probably wasn't his
M,,s Selda-- q had a swift recurrent
lind picture of her cold face, and with
more vivid impression OF that
s.cret waver, that controlled uncer-
..,ntv that hid itself beneath the stone
IA iron of her look. 1t was not fair
~ the woman's pride that he should have
Stumbled upon any such piteous up
ssavol Of her youth. Perhaps--Q ate
N. chicken and waffles silently, throw
Inc ant n humorous observation now
snd then to keep his comrade enter
tsined-perhaps the hospital Mt the
Mlls had suffered from mismanagement.
perbaps Dr. Sales ignorance had
ken allowed disastrous protection be-
cause of Miss Grinscoombe's control Of
tbe Mills, of the hospital, Of all Sluy-
n,nkil. Q's patient investigation.
dictated by the tireless wolfishness of
NJ, instantaneous hatred of William
Sales, had brought him again and again
face TO face with the revelation that
| eluypenkill lay in the hollow Of this
nav faced woman's narrow hands. A
man under her protection could afford
h,ness, could afford selfishness, could
| afford his pet vices. But it wasn't t
exactly fair to adopt this information
and the old man was scarcely to be
! trusted-hadn't his son accused him
Of making up tales for his own amuse
nent? Suddenly Q, thinking of the
"old lady" and her ''poor boy laugh
ID softly and maliciously over his
coffee. cup
"What you got now" demanded the
mechanic, ready for anything.
~ got queer tracks-looks like n old
hdy's walking backward down a hill, v
he said. whats the ammunition for
hat-kind Of game-toast and tea?
Or fried lady fngers?'
"The whisky you We taken oughtn't
have done that to you," said the
mechanic. "You Western fellows don t
bold your drink
Layer Cake
~ have my faults" said Mrs. Stop
per, strokng down the brown and
white foulard over her prominent bust,
upon which she habitually seemed to
suspect the persistence of a breakfast
crumb; nobody knows that better than
myself, but | am not a gossip. | can't
abide gossip. Indeed, ] said to Mrs.
Eggles only yesterday when we were
/ discussing the dreadful trouble that has
come upon poor Mrs. Huggs like a
Judgment from Heaven, every one hav-
ing expected catastrophe since she
was blind long enough to cultivate the
acquaintance Of the Johnson woman,
knowing as she must have known that
outter on a hot day Is no softer than
tnat husband Of hers, and I've always
said that if woman can't keep her
husband she deserves to lose him meat
Is too strong food for weak stomach
and wife should temper the wind to a
shorn lamb -
"ies, ma'am," said Q. T. Kin.
wydden.
DE was figure Of discretion, seated
" Mrs. Shoppers parlor, slipping Mrs.
ctopper's tea. The room was arranged
!or card party, which preceded read
Ing from Sir Walter Scott, Mrs. Stop
Er belng chairman Of Scott Club.
Ane members were due at four thirty
and 1t was now four o clock. @, having
loand wandering and returned yellow
Mt' named Sweetie, very dear to Mrs.
o.epper's heart. was being rewarded by
~ireshments and moral observations.
les, ma'am,' he said.
80 said to her, Gossip is one of
ne seven deadly sins'--not that I meant
@ lrreVerent, you understand, Mr..
A'n"ydden, because | was quite in
earnest and Mrs. Huggs was the first
70 cast stone when Charles 3. Starr
sWays daughter-the dry goods store
on the corner, you know, and such a
hIce man. though he doesn't quite be-
tuas' but he has such nice Van Dyke
.s' vsara' which gives elegance, ! always
Linh' 10 mans appearance, no matter
Nnat his hgure-she left for the movies
sHa was seen with practically nothing
w, IN production entitled He Killed
We Ihlng He Loved and her poor
r.,n r,v'nef being in the audience and not
prepared for seeing Susy like that, in
yupllc' tainted dead away-and how
your wrist now, Mr.. Kinwydden?-
WI OF the sling, I see."
,yust hne, thank you"
w. sales sewed it up for you, !
.uppose. Well, he's very good, l dare
snS, S, ana a pleasant spoken gentleman
itu0ush, and the best people call him
-, ana know that Miss Grinscoombe
~ nave any other medical man, not
SJ que was on her death bed, but can t
isap iHssp IT, like DR.. Ellison. 1t seemed
nv rSe ne ana more for my indigestion than
rt. SUES And / never could believe
raat they told of him and the poor
isuns man having to leave Sluypenkill
W.use W,.ause OF It and he in love with dear
tbiri rrinscoombe, though l don't
ssn H . sne have had him, though you
aa roa never tell, and Miss Grinscoombe
rss M eountenancing him on the hospital
ns,.. I ana driving around in person to his
"en.s' breaking up his practice with
N o"h hands, You might say! LOYALTY
Sa,ss Ir friends is one thing and DR..
~ mas been her friend, no doubt
NJ 10 say there was a time when,
cs;n In 1t been for the pride of old Mr..
urinscoombe, which-even wben yon
iSuer Son'e al he had to be proud of, and
hs. uVpe us far from me not to admit a
80, superiority-was something sinful
sT"' where was !, Mr.. Kinwydden ?"
Yon u AFRAID, ma am, I'm off the trail.
A. was speakin' about does bein' n
,euTi 10 Miss Grinscoombe, wasn't
presume likely u.dr,. l.. ho.,
\SsAs Grinscoombe's pride, doctor
NV nave been more to Miss Selda
friend. He looked high in his
~ widower, and, when he first
practitioner in a very small