Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
The Vengeance 81 ~ 4.
Henry. Jarromanl. 1s.,.. ,;,..'., /.
~ BY ROY VICkERS II Payi

BY ROY VICKERS

tausnsser a!sIsss a. 40 You do?" said Claudine,
N! q Saerea ert0ncd sd' ,t, and for a moment the
Nemoted Nem at each other. Nell was
two a. though chasing an elusive
s.mory. % claudine was very quiet ana
ts.kic. :.,,u.nt he had spoken Jarro.
| Ine..rctted what her somber eyes
n.n M had been a cruelty. He re.
toe .n..d nd now that she had been In the
nemo .eme twenty four hours already.
nossSS sSS."htless Lady Doucester. although
eno S.J nreyented meeting, had spo.
~ .ou ouher of Nell. JArroman gritted
ten 18th ~ How Claudine's personality
hy hy..ssj him! She had seated herself
nt I.s N Nell now, but she was dra.
~, na.,,si,v silent. And Nell still stared.
T...oman's glance went from mother
ss.nShter. Claudine in nunlike black
" - co,,rse. the pose demanded black
-c' .r.ssfinsly beautiful. Nell In a
uus ~. cloth skirt and q blouse OF violent
us s.ss cut so low that she had felt
...s.rsined to pull it together at the
Hsost with a brooch Of silver chain.
ia then suddenly he saw neither
= Hh sh.m. but Nadia. Nadia. In faintest
..r with little white shod feet that
~ eoo,S have held in his hand, and hair
~. ,r,,soned twilight, and all the love.
iiss.s nss 4 Of her soul shining in her eyes. :,
n. thou rh in answer to that visiOned
.,!ss,n. Jarroman tod himself that
wss1ine should have her chance. He
I..s I'.w a" chair opposite them and, sitting
!. n stated the case us ii to an I'M
Martial umpire. ,.-
,,w.liiinp 10 accent any assistance from
me- Perhaps. you can persuade her,
w. Crayne, where I have failed 4:
II" began Claudinc. :.
"it amt a matter o persuadin
m, in Nell, unless it's me pcrsuadin'
S.th o. YOU to let 1t drop. l know
,on mean II all for the best, but ain T
rdn' none Of 1t, thank you kindly oil
"Sore,y YOU realize that. your father
.rlv asks to be allowed to give you u
sooa time" suggested Claudine. watch.
rs Jarroman from the corner Of her
w, GOOD time p echoed Nell. "If yer
want ter know the truth; dad. you come
slonr too late," Nell went on. whats
ths good o. me avin' tori for n
sther this time O. day? If you'd hin
ma mother stead O. me dad 1t might
Lye bin different. II you'd bin inc
mother maybe you might ave taught
ne 10 ,chingc me ways. It'd tike O
mother to do that---an' it'd be n whole
dine job for 'er, too 49,.
Chsdine Decides to Travel .,..
Jarroman looked at Claudine. but her
e,es we're downcast. Ne,fs cry for
mother must be soaring her brain as it
vu soaring his own. She must feel no
Ia than lie the dead weight OF their
laufhter's unenswerablc taunt that they
hM come too late. He had been
matched from his child by an accident.
C'ludine-but II was not his to judge.
III wss his to give. her the chance for
which she herself had asked him When
De left her house.
"a whole time job he repeated.
holding her eyes with his own. Some
thing that requires more brain work
thsn most people can give"
She shrank back. 1t was 1.-the
movement; a practiced mOyement. And
III told him clearly that her plea for
Partnership at their last encounter had
been. az he had suspected. a pose. She
Old not want to weld her sword ut. the
forge. She did not want, to be n crafts,
man. ''''
$50 yer sec. wot with one thing and
Smother. I'd best get orr and DO me
packing Nell was running on, rs
he rose from the embrasurc. 1T amt
Parf been setout--me bein' ere. and
I'm sorry it's done with in u manner OF
peaking.
Ts'y,"' she added with sudden nlac-
Ply to Jarroman. dyer think or
adyship 'ud let me ave 'er moticar--
est for the lawst time like-to 60 'ome
D. mcan-so's ter let the boys see
... ! rely aye been stayln' in tn
II am sure she will, my dear" said
afroman. II will ask her myself for
ou: You 50 and do your packing
Good ol' dad!' said Nell. Nov
% ave done something useful. Well
Nell looked at her. Again ,she
afank, ansrily. Jarroman wondered
ny. Nell would not hurt her, unless
Cor! 1 knew I'd seen you be. =.
a,h.d on Nell. ."Your Ace was fair
tttin' on me nerves, jes' now. Wy,
su come to my 'ouse one night along
old Soapy Sam-beg is pardon,
lister Theed-didn't yer?"
!asroman started.
|" Nell urged. IVY. the boys was
laIin' when you come In and arsked
70 take q 'and an you said you
.'at the time an then you showed
MY ",Y..;" =, breathed claudlne, "you arc
We'll. I must be settin' orf. Come
any Oh time you like an welcome.
GMat M forget about the car, dad.",
Neu swung along the corridor to her
VA room like q glad schoolgirl. Jar.
'm1n a1I faced Claudine. -.
,how long have you known herr"
- nne sayagery in his voice startled
am; n;, Pah She was not worth it!
nov long have you known--her
w 81 you, and done nothing?"
only learned where she was the
" you came out Of prison. Theed took
NJ, !" sec her. ! didn't know before
Ass; l swear to you.''
iae words came in a stammering
s.a !. she was looking up at him, her
parted. her slender arms supporting
!. ~ she sat hent forward a little,
snsuid bands spread out fat on
..ner side. Beautiful! A beautiful
~ VI defense. but, like all her poses.
clever one, for, after ali, her
,nse ~ lay solely in the fact that she
% ~, aoandoned her child So successfully
NJ az tnc age Of twenty two she did
=. even know her address!
!, are you going to blame me afresh
,oSmat SSnat did more than twenty wears
oo, fne was asking him. 1--WE been
ms.su ,tenry,,a moral fool If you like,
Hs HH.asured things wrongly
/ wss voice soothed his physical ear,